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  • How Sky and Virgin Media responded to the launch of YouView

    How Sky and Virgin Media responded to the launch of YouView

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    How have the UK’s pay TV giants responded to the launch the free TV & catch-up service?

  • Skyfall – new poster

    Skyfall – new poster

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    Here is the latest artwork for Skyfall, the 23rd official James Bond adventure which hits cinemas this October. The film is the third to star Daniel Craig as Ian Fleming’s James Bond 007 and also stars Dame Judi Dench, Javier Barde, Bérénice Marlohe, Ralph Fiennes and Albert Finney. Bond’s loyalty to M (Dench) is tested…

  • Sky announces Strike Back 3 air date

    Sky announces Strike Back 3 air date

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    Sky One has confirmed the air date for the third series of its hit action series Strike Back, based on the book by Chris Ryan. The first series, starring Richard Armitage as a special forces solider carrying out ‘black ops’, aired to rave reviews. The second series saw Armitage’s character killed off by terrorists and…

  • Sky gives Alan Partridge a second series

    Sky gives Alan Partridge a second series

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    Sky has commissioned a second series of Alan Partridge’s Mid Morning Matters. The series, originally shown on YouTube, finds Partridge (Steve Coogan) employed as radio disc jockey on the digital radio station, North Norfolk Digital. Filming is now underway for the second series which SKy says will “premiere exclusively on Sky Atlantic HD” in 2013.…

  • Sky’s NOW TV brings Hollywood’s biggest films to YouView

    Sky’s NOW TV brings Hollywood’s biggest films to YouView

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    Sky’s NOW TV service is now available on YouView, bringing premium movies to the nascent on-demand TV platform. YouView combines broadcast channels with broadband delivered content from catch-up services such as the BBC’s iPlayer and 4oD. ISPs TalkTalk and BT are also making content available to their broadband customers. Launching on YouView today, NOW TV…

  • Competition Commission clears Sky over pay-TV movies

    Competition Commission clears Sky over pay-TV movies

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    Sky’s strong position in the pay-TV movie market “does not adversely affect competition”, the Competition Commission confirmed today. Commercial rivals had complained that Sky’s hold over first-show rights gave them an advantage in attracting subscribers to their TV services. Last year the Commission issued a provisional opinion agreeing that Sky’s deals with the major Hollywood…