Sky signs another co-exclusive deal, this time with NBCUniversal
6 Apr, 2021 05:25 AM
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Sky TV says it has signed a new, multi-year deal with NBCUniversal. Financial terms are undisclosed, but a now-familiar phrase features through the pay-TV broadcaster s NZX filing: co-exclusive - as also seen in Discovery and ViacomCBS deals with Sky over the past few months.
Read More Co-exclusive doesn t exist in the dictionary, but in the Sky context it means sharing some rights with other broadcasters or, increasingly, with a content-creator s own direct-to-the-consumer streaming service.
During a February conference call with analysts after Sky reported its first-half result, Sky chief executive Sophie Moloney said her company would still shoot for exclusive rights in some instances but was comfortable with co-exclusive content in others - which she said proved the value of partnering with Sky in the NZ market while also providing opportunitie