Tag: Sky
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Comcast is Laying Off 1,000 Employees at Sky As Cord Cutting Grows
Sky, Comcast’s cable TV broadcaster in the United Kingdom, plans to cut 1,000 jobs as more viewers move from satellite TV to streaming services. Cord cutting has hit the cable industry hard and resulted in layoffs and closures for many companies. In 2023, at least five cable TV companies announced they would shut down or…
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Major Studios Target 47 Illegal IPTV Services to Shut Down
Anti-piracy group FACT, a group of major Hollywood studios dedicated to stopping piracy and British telecom company Sky identified almost 50 illegal IPTV services in the United Kingdom with the help of regional law enforcement. The operators had been providing its users illegal access to premium TV and movies — some from Sky, according to…
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The War on IPTV Continues As Internet Service Providers Are Ordered to Block Pirate Streams
It’s going to be a lot tougher to access illegal streams of Sky games and programming through an IPTV, thanks to a court order empowering the UK broadcaster to take the offensive against pirates. Last month, the UK High Court granted Sky an order that will allow the company to stop piracy in real-time. The…
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Comcast is Considering Selling Part Of Its Cable TV Empire
Back in 2018, Comcast’s Chief Executive Brian Roberts got a little bit of advice from a taxi driver – buy Sky. And so he did, eventually outbidding and seemingly overpaying for the U.K. pay television provider Sky Plc, valued at roughly $40 billion. At the time, Forbes reported this was likely an unwise purchase and…
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Discovery and Sky Add Non-Linear Brands to Their Partnership in Expanded Deal
Discovery has renewed its partnership with Comcast-owned Sky in a new long term, multifaceted deal that will keep Discovery’s channels across the Sky Network in the UK, Ireland, Austria, and Germany. In addition to linear channels, the new deal now encompasses non-linear brands in the UK and Ireland. Sky will now be a distributor of…
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Sky Announces Premium Package Including Netflix for UK Subscribers
Satellite TV provider Sky announced today that it will be offering a new premium content package for subscribers. The package will include Netflix, along with “Catch-Up TV,” BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, ”All 4,” apps like YouTube and Spotify, and more. Sky Ultimate TV will be available on Sky Q as a £25 ($36) per month…
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Disney+ is Getting Close to a Deal with UK-Based Sky
Disney+ and Sky are reportedly close to coming to an agreement that would bring Disney+ programming to Sky Q subscribers. The Telegraph first reported on the news, saying that Sky and Disney were “putting the final touches to a multi-year partnership” over the weekend. The partnership would make sense, as Sky already has licensing agreements…
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Sky Says Their Live TV Streaming Service Has Been Very Successful For Them
Yesterday at the Pay TV Show in Denver, Andrew Olson, the executive vice president for strategic innovation, talked about the success of Sky’s live TV streaming efforts. During the talk, Olson opened up about the Now TV streaming service Sky launched in the UK. According to Olson, the service is very successful both in a…
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Sky Launches Now TV As a Standalone Live TV Streaming Service in The UK
Today Sky announced that they are launching Now TV as a standalone contract-free streaming TV and broadband service with prices starting at just £18 per month for speeds of 17Mbps, rising to £25 for 38Mbps and £35 for 76Mbps. Now TV is not new as Sky launched the service about 15 months ago but what is…