Luke Bradley-Jones, top Disney Plus boss in Europe, leaves for The Economist
The Economist Group has poached a Disney executive with deep ties to the streaming video industry in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Sky Group is a European mass media company that is owned by American telecommunications giant Comcast. The company operates three satellite television services — Sky UK, Sky Italia (Italy) and Sky Deutschland (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) — as well as the Now TV streaming service in the United Kingdom.
The Economist Group has poached a Disney executive with deep ties to the streaming video industry in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
The Comcast-owned satellite company saw a 49 percent increase in audience for Super Bowl LVIII compared to the previous year.
After nearly two decades at Sky’s U.K. business unit, Stephen van Rooyen is planning to leave the company.
DAZN has launched its streaming app to Sky’s connected TV platforms in the United Kingdom.
Comcast-owned Sky will continue offering the network, while Virgin Media is pushing subscribers toward other news channels.
Formula 1 and top-tier soccer matches are among the live sports events that will be shared between the two major media brands.
WBD and Comcast’s Sky have won further TV rights to the Premier League through the end of the decade.
The hour-long simulcast unwraps the day’s top stories from the United Kingdom, Europe and around the world.
Comcast’s Sky Group is updating the operating system that powers its streaming set-top boxes and smart television sets.
Sky Group has won a significant legal battle in its fight against online streamers, one that will help block pirated content in real time.