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Portuguese antitrust probes Vodafone, Nowo deal

The Autoridade da Concorrência (AdC), Portugal’s Competition Authority, has launched an in-depth investigation into Vodafone Portugal’s acquisition of local quad-play provider Nowo, expressing competition concerns. The antitrust authority justified its decision with the fact that, “given the evidence so far, it cannot be excluded that the merger will significantly impede effective competition in the national […]

April 6, 2023From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Juan Carlos: Downfall of The King coming to Sky in May

Juan Carlos: Downfall of The King, a new Sky Original documentary series, charting the rise and fall of the former Spanish King Juan Carlos I, will be coming to Sky Documentaries and NOW on 21st May 2023. The four-part series will also receive its world premiere in competition at Canneseries on April 17th. For many […]

March 28, 2023

Succession returns to Sky with final season on March 27

The fourth and final season of Succession will be start exclusively from March 27th in the UK on Sky Atlantic and NOW. Fans of the award-winning show will not miss out on the global excitement with each episode available at the same time as the US premiere each week at 2am, and on-demand thereafter. Succession […]

March 2, 2023

Barb: Number of UK SVoD homes dips in Q4

Barb has released data from its Establishment Survey showing that 19.42 million UK homes (67.7 per cent of households) had access to an SVoD service in Q4 2022. This was a -0.6 per cent decrease from 19.54 million in Q3 2022. Netflix and NOW saw quarterly drops in the number of UK homes with access […]

February 17, 2023

Sky: “Phenomenal viewing figures for The Last of Us”

The adaptation of video game The Last of Us is proving to be a huge hit for Sky with the first episode reaching over 3.05 million UK viewers, reflected in the 7-day cumulative audience figure. The Last Of Us marks Sky Atlantic’s second-biggest US drama debut, behind only House of the Dragon which launched in […]

January 31, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Sky Sports, ICC extend rights deal

Sky Sports has agreed a new long-term deal with the International Cricket Council (ICC). Beginning in 2024, the partnership will see Sky and streaming service NOW retain the ICC Broadcast and Digital rights to show all men’s and women’s events, including the ICC Cricket World Cups and ICC T20 World Cups through to the end […]

January 27, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Sucession returns to Sky on March 27

Sky has announced the new season of Succession will air on Sky Atlantic andstreaming service NOW from March 27th. Fans of the award-winning show will not miss out on the global excitement with each episode available at the same time as the US premiere each week at 2am, and on demand thereafter. In season 4, […]

January 26, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Sky announces Juan Carlos I doc

Sky has announced a new, four-part documentary series which will explore the rise and fall of former Spanish King, Juan Carlos I. The Sky Original series will be coming to Sky Documentaries and NOW later this year. For many years, King Juan Carlos I was a Spanish hero, celebrated around the world, for reforming Spain […]

January 16, 2023

Jackie Stewart doc exclusively on Sky & NOW

Described as an immersive and powerfully emotive documentary, Stewart is set to debut on Sky Documentaries and OTT service NOW on December Friday 30th. The film, looking at the life and career of the three-time Formula One World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart, is said to transcend motor sport and explores universal themes of love, loss and […]

December 6, 2022By Colin Mann

Branson docuseries on Sky and NOW in December

The four-part docuseries Branson, directed by Chris Smith (100 Foot Wave), debuts in the UK on December 4th on Sky Documentaries and streaming service NOW. Sixteen days before Richard Branson is scheduled to make a potentially historic flight as the first passenger to reach space in his own spacecraft in July 2021, the billionaire entrepreneur sits […]

November 14, 2022