SkyShowtime will be available through Prime Video Channels for the first time across four European markets: Spain, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden. SkyShowtime on Prime Video will roll out in Spain on July 1st, and launch soon in the other three territories. Prime customers will be able to subscribe to the channel for: €7.99 (Spain), […]

SkyShowtime has announced its latest commissioned original programming project in Poland – Langer. This is the second project in Poland announced by SkyShowtime in recent months, following the news that SkyShowtime Original Series Śleboda started filming in April. The announcement was made by SkyShowtime Chief Content Officer Kai Finke during a panel discussion at industry […]

DIGI, the Romanian telco, has launched the full SkyShowtime service, including premium linear channels SkyShowtime 1 and 2, to its digitalTV customers. This is SkyShowtime’s first B2B partnership in Central and Eastern Europe. As part of a launch promotion, DIGI will make SkyShowtime available to all current digital TV subscribers in Romania at no additional […]

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 […]