Max, Showcase and Peacock — three changes at Sky announced this week In a mix of channel realignment, name changing and content changing, Sky has tweaked and improved its channel content. We explain just what’s going on. Sky Max and Sky Showcase On Wednesday, Sky revealed two new/rebadged channels: Sky Max and Sky Showcase. These … >
Sky Studios has launched Transistor Films, a new, wholly-owned factual and unscripted production company headed by award-winning producer, Danny Tipping The company, based in London, launches under the new label this week with Executive Producer Ned Parker, Series Producer Zoe Hines and Development Executive Jason Oates joining the company. The name is inspired by the … >
Sky is powering on with its original content and we now have a feast of first-look trailers to enjoy We reported yesterday (here) on Sky’s ambitions for new content and today they’ve followed up with six new trailers for a whole range of shows. We’ll go through each one by one. Mutiny in space We’re … >
Sky is forging ahead with its ambitions and today reveals a bumper lineup of new shows and films for 2021 In plans reaching out beyond 2021, Sky has shared details for a vast range of original drama, documentaries and films (in excess of 100). It’s way too much to cover completely here, but we’ll mention … >
A new London location for Troubador Theatres promises a boost to the local economy and demonstrates the long-term health of the industry in the UK It’s a confusing time for the film and television industry. We’ve spent some time recently looking at various economic indicators, including deals such as Sky and STUDIOCANAL, the European growth of Netflix and the vast … >
A multi-year Sky and STUDIOCANAL deal will make a range of new content available and increase the market position of the two organisations We’ve recently seen a lot of evidence of changes in the global (and therefore European) streaming market, as content owners and platform owners eye their market share as the future market develops. … >
Netflix growth in Europe continues but subscribers should be more interested in the latest price rise According to analysis by Ampere Analysis (Netflix becomes the second largest TV group in Europe it’s good news for the company as it is now second only to Comcast (who own Sky) in Europe. The link is worth following, … >
After having a rough go of it in Sherlock, Martin Freeman is set to star in a new comedy about the ups and downs of parenting from Veep‘s Simon Blackwell and Chris Addison, it’s been announced. The series is described in the official press bumf as one that “exposes the parental-paradox that it is possible, in the very … >
In HBO/Sky’s upcoming four-part drama, Catherine the Great, Helen Mirren will be portray the Russian empress – and we’ve got fresh details on the series… The drama, which was announced earlier this year, will focus on the monarch towards the end of her reign and her romance with Gregory Potemkin. Mirren will assume leading lady duties … >
Netflix and Sky are joining forces for Ultimate On Demand, a combination of the Sky Boxsets catalogue and the Netflix streaming service, which will be available as a new Sky subscription pack for Sky Q customers.