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The company which manages Britain's television audience measurement system, BARB, is to be put up for sale as its private equity backers eye a windfall worth hundreds of millions of pounds.

SES has signed a contract renewal with one of its biggest broadcast customers, Sky UK. The operator announced May 3 that Sky UK has signed a deal worth

Over the last couple of years, Sky has given indications of accelerating, if not pivoting, towards fixed broadband distribution in the UK and the Republic of Ir...

SES’s satellites continue to deliver SD, HD and UHD content for Sky UK’s subscribers ... | May 3, 2022

Luxembourg, 3 May 2022 – Audiences across the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland will continue to enjoy their favourite premium content via Sky UK, as the leading pay-TV operator extended multiple transponder contracts with SES.

Brett Aumuller moves across from Sky-owned Now following Tim Pearson's surprise exit last September.

SES Extends Long-Term Partnership With Sky UKs leading pay-tv operator signs a multi-year, multi-transponder contract extension for satellite delivery of SD, HD and UHD channels across the UK and Ireland Sky UK has extended its contract with SES for satellite capacity in a new agreement that will add over EUR 90 million in secured backlog. This renewal is in addition to capacity already under contract that extends through 2027. By the end of the renewed contract, Sky UK will have been an SES cu...

Although a number of popular BBC-produced podcasts are available to stream and download on third-party apps, like Pocket Casts, Overcast, Spotify and others, the broadcaster keeps some exclusive to its own podcast repository in BBC Sounds. This includes Inside Inside No. 9 – a companion show that aired alongside the latest series of the anthology comedy show from Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton. The podcast allows the creators to divulge production secrets and other behind-the-scenes ti...

Sky has continued its rapid expansion of supported apps on Sky Q by adding BBC Sounds.