SkyShowtime and Paramount Advertising International have announced an exclusive deal for Paramount to handle SkyShowtime’s advertising sales across all of its markets. Through this partnership, SkyShowtime and Paramount’s global ad sales business will provide advertisers with unified access to premium advertising in 20+ European markets. SkyShowtime’s new Standard with Ads plan will be available from […]

SkyShowtime has announced the introduction of a new ad-supported plan – Standard with Ads – which will be offered alongside its existing plan, now renamed Standard Plus. Standard with Ads will include advertising at a cheaper subscription price, while Standard Plus remains ad-free. Standard with Ads will be available from April 23rd across all of […]

Movistar Plus+ and SkyShowtime have announced a multi-year agreement, bringing SkyShowtime to Telefónica’s TV offering. From early 2024, Movistar Plus+ will becomes the first Spanish operator to launch SkyShowtime, with its exclusive selection of international and Spanish-language series and theatrical releases from Paramount and Universal. The service will be included in the Ficción miMovistar package. […]

SkyShowtime has announced its newest original series and exclusive programming that will be coming to the service in 2024. The announcement was made by SkyShowtime CEO Monty Sarhan and Chief Content Officer Kai Finke during a panel discussion at the Content London event, where they shared details about the upcoming programming. SkyShowtime will premiere the […]

SkyShowtime has announced that former Netflix lead Juan Mayne has been appointed Regional Content Director for Iberia. Reporting to Kai Finke, SkyShowtime’s newly appointed Chief Content Officer, Mayne joins the programming team alongside Edyta Pytlewska-Mele, Regional Content Director for Central and Eastern Europe, and Fredrik Ljungberg, Regional Content Director for Northern Europe, encompassing the Netherlands […]

Sky and Paramount Pictures spent nearly £300 million (€347m) setting up their streaming service for Europe last year. The joint venture of Comcast’s Sky and Paramount launched in September 2022, aims to sign millions of non-English-speaking customers across the continent to watch TV series. Accounts for the UK business, available in 20 markets, shows its […]

SkyShowtime CEO Monty Sarhan has announced that Mark Neil, currently the Chief Financial Officer for A+E Networks EMEA, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of SkyShowtime. He will join the company and begin his role in January 2024. Based in London, Neil will report to Sarhan. The announcement follows current CFO Francesca Pierce’s appointment as […]

Less than one year since its initial launch in the Nordics, six months since completing its roll-out across more than 20 European markets, SkyShowtime now boasts a strong line-up of first-run feature films and exclusive series. As the home of new theatrical releases from both Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures, SkyShowtime will be premiering, later […]

SkyShowtime CEO Monty Sarhan has announced that former Netflix executive Kai Finke has been appointed Chief Content Officer. Based in Amsterdam and reporting to Sarhan, Finke will lead the programming team. In this new role, Finke will be responsible for programming strategy, overseeing the service’s pipeline of partner studio entertainment, merchandising and scheduling, and SkyShowtime’s […]

SkyShowtime has announced that Original series Mentiras Pasajeras (‘Fleeting Lies‘) will premiere exclusively on the service from October 9th, with new episodes available to stream every Monday. The series’ cast includes Elena Anaya, Pilar Castro, Hugo Silva, Quim Gutiérrez and Susi Sánchez, alongside an A-list roster of guest stars including María Botto, Pedro Casablanc and Estefanía […]