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Sky Deutschland seals major content deal with Sony Pictures Television

November 12, 2025 10.58 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland has signed a wide-ranging content licensing agreement with Sony Pictures Television (SPT), covering Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Filed Under: Newsline, Platforms, TV Tagged With: Elke Walthelm, Holly Comiskey, Sky Deutschland, Sky Q, Sky Show, Sky Stream, Sky X, Sony Pictures Television, WOW Edited: 12 November 2025 11:00

Hearst Networks and Sky Deutschland sign new carriage deal

August 25, 2025 10.09 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Hearst Networks Germany and Sky Deutschland have renewed their partnership with a new multi-year carriage deal that secures the continued distribution of The History Channel and Crime + Investigation across […]

Filed Under: Distribution, Newsline, Platforms, TV Tagged With: Crime & Investigation, Hearst Networks Germany, Kathrin Palesch, Sky Deutschland, Sky Media, Sky Q, Sky Show, Sky Stream, Sky X, The History Channel, Wolfram Wildhagen, WOW Edited: 25 August 2025 10:11

Sky to launch Sky Stream in Austria

May 12, 2025 13.09 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Pay-TV broadcaster Sky is bringing its IP-based television platform Sky Stream to Austria, with the service becoming available to new customers from 14 May 2025.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Streaming, TV Tagged With: Michael Radelsberger, Netflix, Paramount+, Sky Österreich, Sky X Edited: 19 May 2025 22:45

Sky and A+E Networks Germany renew carriage deal

November 21, 2023 10.05 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The channels from A+E Networks Germany will continue to be available on Sky Deutschland’s pay-TV platform.

Filed Under: Newsline, Platforms, TV Tagged With: A+E Networks Germany, Crime & Investigation, Sky Deutschland, Sky Q, Sky Show, Sky X, The History Channel, WOW Edited: 21 November 2023 10:07

Discovery+ to launch in summer via Sky Deutschland

January 25, 2022 11.45 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Discovery plans to launch its streaming service Discovery+ in Germany and Austria in summer 2022.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, OTT, Platforms, Top Story Tagged With: Discovery, Joyn, ProSiebenSat.1, Sky Deutschland, Sky Glass, Sky Q, Sky X Edited: 27 January 2022 10:54

Sky Austria adds ORF-TVthek to TV platform

March 16, 2021 11.40 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Pay-TV operator Sky is now offering its subscribers in Austria the catch-up service of the Austrian public broadcaster ORF as an app on its TV platform.

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, OTT, Platforms, Satellite, Streaming Tagged With: ORF, ORF-TVthek, Sky, Sky Q, Sky X, Thomas Prantner Edited: 16 March 2021 11:41

Sky Deutschland launches Sky Comedy and Sky Crime

February 25, 2021 10.17 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland will launch the thematic channels Sky Comedy and Sky Crime on April 1, 2021.

Filed Under: Newsline, Platforms, TV Tagged With: Extreme E, Sky Comedy, Sky Crime, Sky Deutschland, Sky Q, Sky Show, Sky Ticket, Sky X Edited: 25 February 2021 10:19

Sky Austria integrates Netflix into Sky X

April 21, 2020 22.27 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Austrian pay-TV broadcaster Sky Österreich has integrated Netflix as an app into its streaming platform Sky X.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, OTT, Platforms, Streaming Tagged With: app, Michael Radelsberger, Netflix, Sky Österreich, Sky X Edited: 23 April 2020 09:08

Sky without cable or satellite: Sky X launches in Austria

March 4, 2019 23.34 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Sky wants to become less dependent on cable and satellite distribution and is now making its entire pay-TV offer available in Austria through the new streaming service Sky X.

Filed Under: Distribution, Editor's Choice, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, OTT, Platforms, Streaming, Top Story, TV Tagged With: Discovery, Disney, FOX, HighView, Mainstream Media, National Geographic, NBC Universal, Sky, Sky Ticket, Sky X, Spiegel TV, Stingray, Turner Edited: 6 March 2019 08:40

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