Sky, Channel 4, ITV forge video advertising partnership
The three broadcasters will allow small- and medium-sized businesses, and eventually ad agencies, to launch one campaign across all their linear channels and platforms.
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 three broadcasters will allow small- and medium-sized businesses, and eventually ad agencies, to launch one campaign across all their linear channels and platforms.
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A Sky Group exective has criticized Amazon for doing little to curb the proliferation of streaming sports piracy through its Fire TV sticks.
Kay Burley, one of the most-recognizable television journalists in the United Kingdom, is retiring from Sky News after 36 years.
Comcast will be able to bundle Max and Discovery Plus on Xfinity TV, Sky and Now TV in several countries.
The price of the service is just £15 per month, and includes access to more than 100 channels from Sky.
Sky Group saw its operating loss more than double this year, the company revealed this week.
The deal, set to expire next year, dates back to 2011, allowing Sky to distribute HBO and other WBD-owned shows and movies on Sky Atlantic.
The move will impact TV viewers who have not yet upgraded their satellite TV boxes to support high definition signals.
The agency said a campaign for a discounted TV package ran afoul of misleading advertising rules by not fully disclosing its limitations.
It marks the first time Xumo Play, as a service, has been made available outside the United States.
The entertainment giant has explored possible ways to bundle Max with various telecom products, according to a report.
More customers complained about Comcast’s Now Broadband than any other British home Internet provider during the first three months of the year, Ofcom says.
The WNBA has inked a multi-year national broadcast partnership with Comcast’s NBC, Disney’s ESPN and Amazon’s Prime Video through 2036.
A 52-year-old British man was arrested by local police on suspicion of fraud and money laundering in connection with an illegal broadcast operation involving programming from Sky television.
Comcast’s Sky Group is bringing its streaming TV device, called Sky Stream, to customers in Italy.
Priya Dogra is joining Comcast’s Sky Group as its new Chief Advertising & New Revenue Officer, starting next month.
The platform will allow Sky Sports customers on satellite, cable and streaming to access even more live events via the web.
A television adaptation of the film franchise “Ted” has proven to be a hit 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.
Journalist Yalda Hakim is leaving the BBC for a new role as the presenter of a global news program at Sky News.
Comcast continues to shed pay television customers — and, surprisingly, also lost broadband customers during Q2 2023.
Comcast’s Sky Group will begin selling its latest streaming television device in hundreds of brick-and-mortar stores across the UK.
Channel 4 and Comcast’s Sky have extended a multi-year partnership that will allow fans of Formula 1 to watch some coverage on free TV.
The figure, which included content production across Europe, was released in Sky Group’s annual impact report for 2022.
British sports fans are more than willing to pay for cable, satellite and streaming to watch matches, even amid concerns over increased costs of living.
Comcast’s pay television company in Germany, Sky Deutschland, will stop producing its own original series next year.
Executives from several major television companies and streaming services will appear before British lawmakers on Tuesday.
The Sky Live camera costs £280, though it can be purchased on installment, and works only with Sky Glass TV sets.
The owners of a British sports bar must pay thousands for illegally offering live access to Sky Sports programming.
The shift toward streaming means fewer satellite support positions are needed at the European pay TV business.