Sky Deutschland

German media company

Sky Deutschland GmbH

Formerly| Premiere AG (1991–2009)
Company type| Subsidiary
Industry| Mass media
Founded| 28 February 1991; 34 years ago (1991-02-28)
Headquarters| Unterföhring, Germany

Area served

| Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg (via cable subscription only)

Key people

| Carsten Schmidt (CEO)
Services| Pay TV
Broadcasting
Television production
Mobile app[1]
Revenue| €977.8 million (2010)[2]

Operating income

| €367.6 million (2010)[2]

Net income

| €407.5 million (2010)[2]
Total assets| €1.036 billion (2010)[2]
Total equity| €333.8 million (2010)[2]

Number of employees

| 1,420 (FTE, 2010)[2]
Parent| Sky Group
Subsidiaries| Sky Switzerland
Website| www.sky.de

Sky Deutschland GmbH, branded as Sky, is a German media company that operates a direct broadcast satellite Pay TV platform in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (through Sky Switzerland). It provides a collection of basic and premium digital subscription television channels of different categories via satellite and cable television.

It was launched in 1991 as Premiere. The channel originally started as a single analogue channel on the Astra 1A satellite, entirely without any commercials, showing films dubbed into German, as well as in original audio, live football matches from the German Bundesliga and Austrian Bundesliga (and at one time the UEFA Cup), and documentaries, concerts and TV series.

After the coming of the digital age, the service has since consisted of many channels with many new ones added over the years. On 4 July 2009, the service and its channels were rebranded as "Sky".[3][4]

Sky Deutschland is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast-owned Sky.[5][6] The programming service itself is provided by its subsidiary Sky Deutschland Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG (formerly Premiere Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG). It topped 3,000,000 subscribers by the end of 2011. As of Q2 2014, Sky Deutschland has more than 4 million subscribers.

## History

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Premiere logo in 2006 Typical illuminated Sky sign showing that a pub offers SKY TV

The German Sky has its origin in the analogue premium channel Premiere. It was owned by Kirch Group, Bertelsmann, and Canal+, and started broadcasting in 1991, having an encryption method similar to that used by Canal+ in France, Spain and Poland and needing a similar decoder.

In 1996, Kirch Media launched a digital satellite platform called DF1, which offered several different channels, including premium movie and sports channels and basically, thematic channels.

Premiere started broadcasting three digital channels in 1997, one channel mirroring the analogue channel and two showing the same content at different times. In the following years Bertelsmann and Canal+ sold their ownership of Premiere to Kirch Group leaving it as the only owner of the service.

Premiere and DF1 merged to form Premiere World on 1 October 1999. Many of the channels offered on DF1 were carried over to Premiere World, others were rebranded or closed.

In 2002, the service became known as simply Premiere. Many of the channels were rebranded and the package structure was overhauled at the same time. At the same time, Kirch Group filed for bankruptcy, due to Pay TV services in Germany failing to gain much traction, and terrestrial television in Germany having already become very robust in a shorter period of time when compared with other European regions, leaving Premiere as a pretty notorious flop.

In 2003, investment group Permira stepped in and took control of Premiere and managed to turn the service profitable in the following years. In 2005 it launched an initial public offering for €1.2 billion.[7]

Exclusivity was for a long time a major selling point for Premiere, and most of its channels were only available through the Premiere platform. This changed in September 2007, when Premiere launched Premiere Star, a new satellite package made up of channels that were not exclusive to Premiere. The new package was called Sky Welt/Extra. The package included TNT Serie, TNT Film, Sat.1 emotions, Kabel eins Classics, AXN, Kinowelt.TV, RTL Living, RTL Crime, FOX, Syfy Universal, Animax, Disney Junior, Disney XD, Boomerang, Cartoon Network, ESPN America, Eurosport HD, Eurosport 2, National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, MTV Germany, MTV Live HD and Nicktoons.[8]

Since 2007 for a period of time they used to broadcast TNA wrestling on their premiere sports channels. They broadcast episodes and live pay per views. At that time it was the only European cable television company to broadcast live TNA pay per views. It was also the only cable television company to broadcast both WWE and TNA entire programming in the same years, on the same channels.

In January 2008, News Corporation bought a 14.6% of Premiere.[9] News Corporation increased its shares of Premiere in the following months. On 4 July 2009, Premiere was rebranded, becoming Sky Deutschland.[4] In conjunction with the relaunch, many channels disappeared from the platform, switched packages or were renamed. Several new channels were also added. The rebrand marked the return of News Corporation's Sky brand to Germany since the encryption of the Sky Channel (now Sky One) in 1993, apart from the availability of Sky News.

Sky also sells it services to pubs, restaurants, hotels and other establishments. The services are marketed by Sky Business.

Following News Corporation's split on 28 June 2013 to create two separate companies, 21st Century Fox (the rebranded News Corporation), and the spin-off company New News Corp, the 54.5% stake held by News Corporation in Sky Deutschland was retained by the rebranded 21st Century Fox.

Following media speculation, on 12 May 2014 Sky Deutschland's sister company, BSkyB, confirmed that it was in talks with its largest shareholder, 21st Century Fox, about acquiring Fox's 57.4% stake in Sky Deutschland and its 100% stake in Sky Italia. The enlarged company would be likely to be called "Sky Europe" and it will consolidate 21st Century Fox's European digital TV assets into one company.[10][11] The acquisition of the 57.4% stake was formally announced on 25 July 2014.[12][13] BSkyB also made a required takeover offer to Sky Deutschland's minority shareholders.[14] This resulted in BSkyB acquiring 89.71% of Sky Deutschland's share capital in total. The acquisitions were completed on 13 November.[12] British Sky Broadcasting Group plc changed its name to Sky plc on 21 November 2014. On 27 November 2014 Sky plc increased its shareholding in Sky Deutschland to 90.04%, and by 2015 had bought out the remaining shareholders, de-listing the company from the Frankfurt stock exchange.[15]

On 17 November 2016, Sky Deutschland and WWE signed a multiyear agreement to distribute WWE's premier pay-per-view events and broadcast Raw and SmackDown live on Sky Sports starting in April 2017.[16]

In May 2017, Sky Deutschland acquired Homedia, operator of the Swiss over-the-top streaming company Hollystar.[17] Sky subsequently launched Sky Sport as an OTT service in Switzerland, followed by an OTT entertainment service known as Sky Show in 2018.[18][19][20] Services in Switzerland are handled by Sky Switzerland, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sky Deutschland.[21]

In September 2017, Sky Deutschland extended its multi-year satellite capacity deal with satellite operator SES for seven transponders at the 19.2°E orbital position, confirming its long-term commitment to satellite delivery of services.[22]

In June 2022, Sky Ticket's name was changed to "WOW".[23]

## Channels

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Former Sky+ logo

The channels that make up the Sky package broadcast from the Astra 19.2°E satellite position, using the Astra 1H, Astra 1L, and Astra 1M satellites. All channels are available in SD and separate HD channels.

Sky´s channels are uplinked by Sky Italia.[24] Between 2004 and 2016, they were uplinked by SES Platform Services (later MX1, now part of SES Video); SES Video (formerly MX1) provide backup transmission services.[25][26]

### Current

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* Sky One
* Sky Replay
* Sky Atlantic
* Sky Cinema
* Sky Cinema Premiere
* Sky Cinema Highlights
* Sky Cinema Action
* Sky Cinema Family
* Sky Cinema Classics
* Sky Cinema Special
* Sky Krimi
* Sky News UK
* Sky Sport 1-14 (1 UHD channel)
* Sky Sport Bundesliga (1-5 bundesliga channel)
* Sky Sport F1
* Sky Sport Golf
* Sky Sport Mix
* Sky Sport News
* Sky Sport Premier League
* Sky Sport Tennis
* Sky Sport Top Event
* Sky Crime
* Sky Documentaries
* Sky Nature
* Sky Showcase
* Universal TV
* 13th Street
* Syfy

### Defunct

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* Sky 3D (defunct, 1 July 2017)[27]
* Sky Info (defunct)
* Sky Sport Fanzone (defunct, 25 June 2017)[27]
* Sky Arts (on-demand only, linear channel defunct 3 April 2019)[28]
* Sky Select 1-10 (ad-hoc NVOD / pay-per-view channels)
* Sky Comedy (defunct, 27 September 2023)
* Sky Cinema Premieren +24, Sky Cinema Thriller and Sky Cinema Fun were closed. (defunct 11 April 2024)
* Sky Cinema Premieren was renamed Sky Cinema Premiere and Sky Cinema Best Of was renamed Sky Cinema Highlights. (defunct 11 April 2024)

On 29 November 2018, 14 SD feeds were closed on Astra 19.2 satellite: Disney Junior, Beate-Uhse.TV, National Geographic, Discovery Channel, 13th Street, Fox, TNT Series, Syfy, NatGeo Wild, Spiegel Geschichte, Sky 1, TNT Film, Disney Cinemagic and Sky Atlantic.[29] The SD switch-off is part of a major transponder reorganisation by Sky Deutschland on 29 November on the Astra satellite.[citation needed]

### Encryption

[edit]

VideoGuard is used as conditional access system.[30][31]

## Bone conduction advertising abuse

[edit]

In mid 2013, the company considered using bone conduction via train windows to broadcast ads to train riders.[32]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Wie du die Bundesliga 2018 in der Schweiz schauen kannst und wieviel es kostet" (in German). TV Pro Schweiz. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
2. ^ a b c d e f "Annual Report 2010" (PDF). Sky Deutschland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
3. ^ "Premiere rebranded Sky". advanced-television.com. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
4. ^ a b Roxborough, Scott (8 May 2009). "Premiere to rebrand as Sky Deutschland". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
5. ^ "Sky Deutschland AG - News". Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
6. ^ Christoph Steitz and Harro Ten Wolde (14 January 2013). "News Corp to grab control of Sky Deutschland". Reuters. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016.
7. ^ Premiere Shares Jump Nearly 14% In Trading Debut \- David Roman and Jennifer Letki, The Wall Street Journal, 10 March 2005
8. ^ "Premiere Star announces full channel line-up". broadbandtvnews.com. 16 August 2007.
9. ^ News Corp buys stake in German pay-TV firm \- Chris Tryhorn, The Guardian, 7 January 2008
10. ^ Statement on potential acquisition, BSkyB 12 May 2014 Archived 16 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved: 19 June 2014.
11. ^ "'Sky Europe': what is behind BSkyB's effort to buy Murdoch's European pay-TV businesses?", The Daily Telegraph 12 May 2014. Retrieved: 19 June 2014.
12. ^ a b "Sky creates Europe's leading entertainment company". Sky. 13 November 2014. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
13. ^ Garside, Juliette (25 July 2014). "BSkyB to buy Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland for £4.9bn cash". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
14. ^ "BSkyB to pay $9 billion to create Sky Europe". Reuters. 25 July 2014. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
15. ^ "Shareholding in Sky Deutschland AG". Sky. 28 November 2014. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
16. ^ Middleton, Marc (17 November 2016). "WWE Announces New International TV Deal". Wrestling Inc. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
17. ^ Signorelli, Max (18 May 2017). "Sky expands presence in Switzerland with acquisition of online-video service HollyStar". Omdia. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
18. ^ "Sky launches Netflix rival in Switzerland". Broadband TV News. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
19. ^ "Sky acquires Swiss OTT TV provider Homedia". Digital TV Europe. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
20. ^ "Sky Deutschland launches Sky Sport in Switzerland". IHS Technology. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
21. ^ "About Sky Switzerland". Sky Help-Center. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
22. ^ Sky Deutschland extends deal with SES Digital TV Europe 29 September 2017. Accessed 31 October 2017
23. ^ online, heise (7 June 2022). "Aus "Sky Ticket" wird "WOW"". c't Magazin (in German). Retrieved 20 November 2022.
24. ^ "Sky Deutschland moves Astra uplink to Sky Italia". Broadband TV News. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
25. ^ "MX1 provides Sky Deutschland with full-scale backup". Broadband TV News. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
26. ^ "MX1, Sky Deutschland extend service agreement". TVBEurope. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
27. ^ a b "Sky Deutschland scraps Sky 3D and Sky HD Fan Zone". Broadband TV News. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
28. ^ "Sky Arts to drop linear channel in Germany". Broadband TV News. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
29. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Sky D focuses on HD and removes SD channels". Broadband TV News. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
30. ^ Forrester, Chris (18 August 2014). "Sky Deutschland to drop Nagravision". advanced-television.com. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
31. ^ "Sky agrees Cisco security deal". Broadcast. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
32. ^ Andrew Trotman (3 July 2013). "Sky Deutschland to broadcast adverts directly into train passengers' heads". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 December 2017.

## External links

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UK and Ireland|

| Channels|

* Challenge
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* Sky Nature
* Sky News
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* Box Office
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Defunct channels|

* Now
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* Sky One
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* Disney Channel

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Pay-TV|

* National Geographic
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High View Group|

| Free-to-air|

* Deluxe Music
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* salve.tv
* Stadtkanal Steinach
* Südthüringer Regionalfernsehen (SRF)
* Telemedien Rudolstadt
* tv.altenburg

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Sky Deutschland|

| Pay-TV|

* Sky Cinema Premieren
* Sky Cinema Premieren +24
* Sky Cinema Action
* Sky Cinema Best Of
* Sky Cinema Classics
* Sky Cinema Family
* Sky Cinema Fun
* Sky Cinema Special
* Sky Cinema Thriller
* Sky Comedy
* Sky Crime
* Sky Documentaries
* Sky Krimi
* Sky Nature
* Sky One
* Sky Replay
* Sky Showcase
* Sky Sport News
* Sky Sport 1 - 11
* Sky Bundesliga 1 - 11
* 13th Street
* Syfy
* Universal TV

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Mainstream Media|

| Pay-TV|

* Heimatkanal (DE)
* Romance TV (DE)
* Goldstar (DE)

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A&E Networks|

| Pay-TV|

* Crime + Investigation
* History

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Others|

| Pay-TV|

* Curiosity Channel
* Kinowelt TV
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* Spiegel Geschichte
* Sportdigital
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Terrestrial|

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* RiksTV (NO)
* Saorview (IE)
* TDT (ES)
* TNT (FR)
* TV Vlaanderen (BE)

Defunct|

* @Home
* Akta
* Alice Home TV
* Alpha Digital
* Athina Sat
* blizoo
* Boom Extrasatelit
* Bragatel
* BSB
* Canal+ Spain
* Canal Digital
* Casema
* CenterTelecom
* Com Hem
* CTV
* Easy TV
* Get
* Infostrada TV
* Invitel
* ITV Digital
* Joyne
* Kosmos-TV
* Kabel BW
* Madritel
* Mediaset Premium
* N
* Neuf Cegetel TV
* North-West Telecom
* Numericable
* ONO
* On Telecoms
* Real Digital
* Quiero Television
* Radijus Vektor
* Southern Telecom
* Stream TV
* Starman
* TDC
* Tele2Vision
* Telfort
* TVTEL
* TV di Fastweb
* Unitymedia
* UPC France
* UPC Hungary
* Ziggo
* UPC Poland
* UPC Romania
* Uralsvyazinform
* Viasat
* VolgaTelecom
* Wind Vision

* Middle East, Africa, Asia and Oceania
* Americas
* Canada
* Latin America and the Caribbean
* United States

* v
* t
* e

Comcast

Comcast Cable|

* Xfinity
* Xfinity Streampix
* Comcast Business
* Comcast Technology Solutions
* HITS
* thePlatform
* Xumo

Spectacor|

* Philadelphia Flyers
* Maine Mariners
* Wells Fargo Center
* New South Philadelphia Arena
* Spectra
* ComcastTIX
* T1 (32%)

Media assets|

* v
* t
* e

NBCUniversal

A division of Comcast

Predecessors|

* MCA Inc.
* PolyGram
* RCA
* Seagram Company Ltd.
* Vivendi Universal

Executives|

* Dick Ebersol
* Bonnie Hammer
* Donna Langley
* Steve Burke
* Pearlena Igbokwe
* Noah Oppenheim
* Cesar Conde

Studio Group|

| Universal Filmed
Entertainment Group|

* Universal Pictures
* Back Lot Music
* DreamWorks Animation
* Focus Features
* Illumination
* Illumination Studios Paris
* NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
* United International Pictures*
* Universal Animation Studios
* Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
* Working Title Films
* Amblin Partners
* Amblin Entertainment
* DreamWorks Pictures

|

Universal
Studio Group|

* Universal Television
* Universal Content Productions
* Universal International Studios
* Carnival Films
* Matchbox Pictures
* DreamWorks Animation Television
* DreamWorks Classics
* Big Idea Entertainment
* Bullwinkle Studios*
* Harvey Entertainment

Destinations
& Experiences Group|

| United States|

* Universal Studios Hollywood
* CityWalk
* Universal Orlando
* Universal Studios Florida
* Islands of Adventure
* CityWalk
* Epic Universe
* Universal Kids Resort
* Universal Horror Unleashed

|

International|

* Universal Studios Japan
* Universal Studios Singapore
* Universal Beijing Resort
* Universal Studios Beijing
* Universal Studios United Kingdom (planned)

Media Group|

| Television networks|

* NBC
* Bravo
* E!
* Syfy
* USA Network
* Oxygen

|

Streaming|

* Hayu
* Peacock
* PictureBox Films
* Fandango Media (70%)
* Fandango at Home

NBC
Sports Group|

* NBC Olympics
* NBC Sports Ventures
* Alli
* Golf Channel
* NBC Sports Digital
* GolfNow
* NBC Sports
* part owner
* MLB Network
* NHL Network
* Regional Networks
* Bay Area (45%)
* Boston
* California
* Philadelphia
* SNY (8%)

International
Networks|

* v
* t
* e

NBCUniversal International Networks

A division of NBCUniversal

Asia|

* DreamWorks Channel
* Golf Channel (Indonesia)

Australia & New Zealand|

* Bravo
* New Zealand
* Australia
* Universal TV
* Australia
* New Zealand

Europe, Middle East and Africa|

* 13th Street
* France
* Germany
* Spain
* Poland
* DreamWorks
* Diva
* E!
* Golf Channel
* Movies 24
* Syfy
* France
* Germany
* Poland
* Balkans
* Portugal
* Spain
* Studio Universal
* Telemundo Africa
* Universal TV Germany

Latin America & Brazil|

* Universal TV
* E!
* Golf Channel
* Studio Universal
* USA Network
* Telemundo Internacional
* DreamWorks Channel
* Universal+ (outside of Brazil)

Canada
(licensed)|

* Bravo
* E!
* Oxygen
* USA Network

Defunct|

* 13th Street Netherlands and Flanders
* 13th Street Australia
* Diva TV
* Diva Universal Italy
* Diva Asia
* E! Asia
* E! Australia and New Zealand
* Hallmark Channel International
* Hallmark Channel Benelux & Scandinavia
* KidsCo
* Sci Fi Romania
* Steel
* Style Network Australia
* Syfy Netherlands and Flanders
* Syfy Russia
* Syfy Asia
* Syfy Australia
* Syfy Latin America
* Universal Channel Greece
* Universal Channel Poland
* Universal Channel Turkey
* Universal Channel Japan
* Universal Channel Asia
* Universal TV UK & Ireland

Other assets|

* Distribution
* Domestic
* International

Telemundo Enterprises|

* Telemundo
* Puerto Rico Studios
* Telemundo Studios
* Universo
* Telemundo Deportesw/NBC Sports Group
* Noticias Telemundo

Local Group
O&Os|

| NBC Owned
TV Stations|

* KNBC
* KNSD
* KNTV
* KXAS-TV
* WBTS-CD
* WCAU
* WMAQ-TV
* WNBC
* WRC-TV
* WTVJ
* WVIT
* K15CU-D
* KTEL-TV
* Other properties
* Cozi TV
* NBC LX
* NBC LX Home
* NECN

|

Telemundo
Station Group|

* KASA-TV/KTEL-CD/KUPT
* KBLR
* KCSO
* KDEN-TV
* KHRR
* KNSO
* KSTS
* KTAZ
* KTDO
* KTLM
* KTMD
* KTMW
* KUAN
* KVDA
* KVEA
* KXTX-TV
* WKAQ-TV
* WNEU
* WNJU
* WRDM-CD/WDMR-LP
* WRIW-CD
* WRMD-CD
* WRTD-CD
* WSCV
* WSNS-TV
* WTMO-CD
* WWSI
* WWDT-CD
* WYCN-LD
* WZTD-LD
* WZDC-CD
* Other properties: TeleXitos

Other units|

* Affiliate relations
* NBC
* Telemundo
* EMKA, Ltd.
* International Media Distribution

News Group|

| Main divisions|

* NBC News
* NBCNews.com
* NBC Out
* MSNBC

|

CNBC global channels|

* CNBC
* Africa (licensee)
* Asia
* Brazil (licensee)
* Europe
* World

CNBC Europe branches|

* Class CNBC (20%)
* CNBC-e
* Africa (licensee)
* Arabia

CNBC Asia branches|

* CNBC TV18
* CNBC Awaaz
* CNBC Indonesia
* JKN-CNBC
* Nikkei CNBC

Former/defunct
properties|

* 13th Street (Australia)
* A&E Networks (A&E)*
* Canal+ Group
* Castle Films
* Chapman Entertainment
* Chiller
* Chiller Films
* CIC Video
* Cloo
* Comcast Network
* Craftsy
* Diva
* Diva Universal (Italy)
* E! (Asia)
* Entertainment Rights
* Esquire Network
* Fearnet
* Filmation
* FilmDistrict
* G4
* Good Machine
* Gramercy Pictures
* Hallmark Channel (international)
* ITC Entertainment
* Interscope Communications
* Miss Universe*
* Multimedia Entertainment
* NBBC
* NBCSN
* NBC Sports (Chicago (25%)
* Northwest)
* NBC Weather Plus
* October Films
* Olympic Channel
* Pacific Data Images
* Peacock Productions
* PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
* Propaganda Films
* Savoy Pictures
* SBS CNBC
* Shift
* Seeso
* Spencer Gifts
* Style Network (Australia)
* Syfy (Asia)
* Syfy (Australia)
* Tell-Tale Productions
* The Entertainment Channel*
* Total Television
* UPA
* Universal Channel (Asia)
* Universal Channel (Greece)
* Universal Channel (Japan)
* Universal Channel (Poland)
* Universal Kids
* Universal TV (UK and Ireland)
* Universal Interactive
* Universal Music Group
* Universal Channel (Turkey)
* Vivendi Universal Games
* Walter Lantz Productions
* Western Publishing
* Gold Key Comics
* Whitman Publishing
* Golden Books Family Entertainment
* Golden Book Video
* Woodland Animations
* ZGS Communications

Related|

* History of NBC
* History of NBC Sports
* Report on Chain Broadcasting (1941)
* National Broadcasting Co. v. United States (1943)

* Denotes joint ventures

* v
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Sky Group

A subsidiary of Comcast

UK and Ireland|

| Channels|

* Challenge
* Sky Arts
* Sky Atlantic
* Sky Cinema
* Sky Comedy
* Sky Crime
* Sky Documentaries
* Sky Kids
* Sky Max
* Sky Mix
* Sky Nature
* Sky News
* Sky Replay
* Sky Sci-Fi
* Sky Showcase
* Sky Sports
* Box Office
* F1
* News
* Sky Witness

|

Defunct channels|

* Now
* Galaxy
* The Power Station
* The Sports Channel
* The Comedy Channel
* Sky Arts
* Sky 2
* The Movie Channel
* Sky Scottish
* Sky Soap
* .tv
* PremPlus
* Sky News Ireland
* The Amp
* Sky One
* Sky Travel
* Sky Real Lives
* Bravo
* 2
* Challenge Jackpot
* Channel One
* Sky Living
* Loves
* Sky 3D
* Real Lives
* Merit

Joint ventures|

* Sky Sports Racing
* A&E Networks UK
* History
* H2
* Blaze
* Crime & Investigation
* Ginx TV
* Paramount UK Partnership
* Comedy Central
* Extra
* Sky News Arabia

Defunct JVs|

* A&E Networks UK
* Lifetime
* Bio

Defunct magazines|

* Sky Magazine
* Sky Kids

Other|

* Amstrad
* Diagonal View
* Freesat from Sky
* On Demand
* Sky Sports Active
* Digibox
* Minidish
* Sky+
* HD
* Sky Q
* Sky Betting & Gaming
* Sky Broadband
* Sky Active
* Sky Go
* Sky News Radio
* Sky Store
* Sky Text
* Sky Vision
* Now
* The Cloud
* Open....
* Sky Multichannels

Germany and Austria|

| Channels|

* Sky One
* Sky Atlantic
* Sky Cinema
* Sky Krimi
* Sky Crime
* Sky Sport
* Sky Sport News
* Sky Sport Bundesliga
* Sky Sport F1

|

Defunct|

* Sky 3D
* Sky Arts
* Sky Select
* Sky Comedy

Other|

* Sky Store

Italy|

| Channels|

* Sky Uno
* Sky Arte
* Sky Atlantic
* Sky Cinema
* Due
* Sky Meteo 24
* Sky Primafila
* Sky Sport
* Sky Sport F1
* Sky Sport MotoGP
* Sky Sport 24
* Sky Calcio
* Sky TG24
* Cielo
* TV8
* Sky Documentaries
* Sky Investigation
* Sky Nature
* Sky Serie

|

Defunct|

* Sky Vivo
* Sky Show
* Sky 3D
* Sky Music
* Sky Radio

History|

* Timeline
* Criticisms
* British Satellite Broadcasting
* Sky Television (1984–1990)
* Living TV Group
* Former joint ventures & properties
* Australian News Channel
* Granada Sky Broadcasting
* Japan Sky Broadcasting
* Sky México
* Sky Brasil
* Stream TV

See also|

* Sky Campus
* Sky Studios
* Jupiter Entertainment (60%)
* Love Productions
* Sky España
* Sky Switzerland

Other holdings|

| Current|

* Comcast Ventures
* Fandango Media (70%)
* In Demand (33.3%)
* Leisure Arts
* Midco (49%)

|

Former|

* Comcast Entertainment TV
* GuideWorks
* Plaxo
* G4

Related|

* Comcast Corp. v. FCC (2010)
* Comcast Corp. v. Behrend (2013)

See also: Acquisition of NBC Universal

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
* 2
* 3

National|

* Germany
* 2
* 3

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