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Sky commissions third season of Code 404

Sky Original Code 404 – the futuristic crime-fighting comedy starring Stephen Graham, Daniel Mays and Anna Maxwell Martin – will return for a third season on Sky Comedy and streaming service NOW. This announcement follows the success of the first two seasons of Code 404, with the second season becoming the biggest season launch in […]

November 4, 2021

Leverage: Redemption gets picked up in UK, Hong Kong, Africa

Electric Entertainment, the Los Angeles based production, distribution and post-production company, has announced that fans of Leverage in the UK, Africa and Hong Kong can now enjoy the reimagining of the series, Leverage: Redemption. IMDb TV, Amazon’s free streaming service, has secured full exclusivity across SVoD and AVoD for the series in the UK, NBCUniversal […]

November 4, 2021

Positive coming to Sky Documentaries, NOW on World AIDS Day

Positive will premiere on Sky Documentaries and streaming service NOW on World AIDS Day (December 1st). The Sky Original docu-series uses intimate testimony from some of the earliest HIV patients and real-life heroes to tell the tragedies and triumphs of Britain’s 40-year battle with HIV. Positive tracks the recent social history of our country, from a nation mired in […]

October 29, 2021

Apple TV+ coming to Sky Q, Sky Glass

Sky and Apple have announced a new long-term agreement that will see Apple TV+ launch on Sky Glass and Sky Q later this year, while NOW will bring integrated billing and in-app purchases across iOS and tvOS. Customers in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Italy will be able to watch all Apple TV+ Originals […]

October 28, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Michael Sheen, Nathalie Emmanuel star in new Sky Original film Last Train to Christmas

Sky has announced that BAFTA-nominated Michael Sheen (The Twilight Saga, The Queen) and Nathalie Emmanuel (Game of Thrones, Fast & Furious 7) have joined the cast of Last Train to Christmas, a brand new Sky Original film. Written and directed by Julian Kemp, produced by Sky, Future Artists Entertainment and Stigma Films the title will […]

October 20, 2021

NOW brings Succession storyline to life with football partnership

To celebrate the return of season 3 of Succession, streaming service NOW is bringing a slice of the Roy family’s dysfunctionality to the UK with a Succession-inspired football ‘takeover’ in Edinburgh. In the last season of the hit show, Roman Roy (played by Kieran Culkin) buys the Scottish football club Hearts to impress his father […]

October 18, 2021

Dexter: New Blood coming to Sky Atlantic, NOW on November 8

The highly anticipated return of Dexter: New Blood has been confirmed for November 8th with episodes available 10.00pm every Monday on Sky Atlantic and streaming service NOW. Michael C. Hall returns as America’s favourite serial killer Dexter Morgan. Alongside Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter), Julia Jones (The Mandalorian), Jack Alcott (The Good Lord Bird), Alano Miller (Sylvie’s […]

October 8, 2021

Telestream partners with Firstlight Media

Telestream is partnering with Firstlight Media to ensure comprehensive end-to-end quality monitoring of Firstlight Media’s unique cloud native, low-latency live OTT service. The solution combines Firstlight Media’s Gen5 architecture with Telestream fully automated monitoring to enable sports and entertainment services that combine the quality and reliability of broadcast with the agility and personalization of digital. […]

October 1, 2021

Controlling Britney Spears doc on Sky, NOW

Controlling Britney Spears, a new documentary that features interviews with key insiders and those with first-hand information about the conservatorship that has controlled the pop star’s life, is now available on Sky Documentaries and streaming service NOW. In a confidential report in 2016, Britney Spears told a court investigator that her conservatorship had become “an […]

September 27, 2021

Liman’s Everest to join Sky Original film line-up in 2023

Sky has announced that Doug Liman’s epic adventure thriller, Everest will join the Sky Original film line-up. Taking Sky Cinema to new heights, the film starring Ewan McGregor (Beauty and the Beast, Trainspotting), Sam Heughan (SAS: Red Notice, Outlander) and Mark Strong (1917, Kingsman) will be joined by Juno Temple (Maleficent, Ted Lasso) to play […]

September 9, 2021