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Timeline of Sky Group

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This is a timeline of the history ofSky Television.

1970s and 1980s

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  • 1980
    • Plans for a pan-European satellite television station are put together by Brian Haynes, back by backed byGuinness Mahon andBarclays Merchant Bank and in November Mr Haynes sets up Satellite Television Ltd. (SATV)[2][3]
  • 1981
    • 21 October – SATV begins test transmissions on theOrbital Test Satellite after theEuropean Space Agency allowed the company to test the satellite for the use of commercial television, with an hour of light entertainment in English each night. The low-powered satellite forces it to broadcast to cable systems rather than directly to individual satellite dishes.
  • 1982
    • February – The BBC is awarded two of the five channels DBS satellite channels.[4]
    • 26 April –Satellite Television launches as a pan-European service. The channel was often referred to on-screen asSuper Station Europe. However the channel is initially only available in some European countries, withNorway andFinland being the first two countries to permit the new service's transmission via cable, followed byMalta,Switzerland andWest Germany.
  • 1983
  • 1984
    • 16 January – Satellite Television is renamedSky Channel.
    • 25 June – The consortium wanting to launch satellite television announces that the original launch date of 1986 will be delayed until 1989.[7]
  • 1985
    • 15 June – The consortium which has been planning to launch satellite television in the UK collapses on costs grounds.[8]
  • 1986
    • 2 April – TheIBA invites bids from the private sector to operate a commercial service on three of the five DBS channels allocated to the UK in 1977 for satellite broadcasting.
    • 11 December – The IBA announces thatBSB has been awarded a fifteen-year franchise to operate the satellite television service.[9]
  • 1987
    • No events.
  • 1989
    • 5 February –Sky Television launches at 6.00pm. The channel line-up consists ofSky Channel,Sky News,Sky Movies andEurosport.
    • 3 June – Sky Television andThe Walt Disney Company come to an arrangement which allows to broadcast movies for a five-year period,[11] this agreement comes a few weeks after plans to create a full-time channel were scrapped, although a Disney-branded version eventually launched on 1 October 1995.[12][13]
    • June – BSB is awarded the other two DBS channel slots, meaning that the service will launch with five channels. These two channels had originally been allocated to the BBC but were handed over for commercial use when the BBC dropped its plans to use the two channels on cost grounds.[8]
    • 31 July – Sky Channel becomes a UK and Ireland-only service and is renamedSky One although for a short time after the relaunch, some of Sky Channel's former pan-European programming is broadcast in the hours before Eurosport's startup, and the programme block is branded asSky Europe.

1990s

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  • 1990
    • 5 February –Sky Movies is fully encrypted, thereby becoming Sky's first pay channel.
    • 11 February – Sky Movies broadcasts its first special event – the boxing fight betweenMike Tyson and Buster Douglas.
    • 25 March –BSB launches, but initially only on cable - the channels do not begin broadcasting on satellite until the end of April. Its channels areGalaxy,Now,The Movie Channel,The Sports Channel andThe Power Station. BSB had planned to launch in September 1989 but problems with the supply of receiving equipment had delayed the launch.
    • 2 September –Sky One begins airing the American animated seriesThe Simpsons.
    • 2 November – Sky TV andBSB merge. The new company is calledBSkyB.[14]
    • 2 December –Galaxy andNow are closed down and are replaced on theMarcopolo satellite bySky One andSky News although arts programmes are shown for a short time on Marco Polo as a weekend opt-out service from Sky News so that contractual obligations can be fulfilled. This opt-out service is calledSky Arts.
  • 1992
    • February –TV-am closes its in-house news service and contracts out news bulletins toSky News.
    • 18 May – Sky purchases the live rights to the newly formed footballPremier League for £304 million.
    • 1 July – Sky sells theMarcopolo satellite toTelenor ofNorway for about £30 million.[17]
    • 15 August –Sky Sports launchesSports Saturday. The programme follows the same format as the BBC'sGrandstand programme featuring a mix of sporting action, concluding with the day's football results.
    • 16 August – To mark the start ofSky Sports's coverage of thePremier League, the channel launches an afternoon-long football programme calledSuper Sunday.
    • 1 September –
      • Sky Sports becomes a subscription channel.
      • Sky Movies stops showing non-movies content. It had previously shown selected premium content such as live boxing, music concerts andWorld Wrestling Federation due to it having been Sky's only encrypted channel and had been known asSky Movies Plus.
    • 1 October –The Comedy Channel closes and is replaced bySky Movies Gold, a "classic movies" service is launched as part ofSky Movies package and broadcasts from late afternoon until the early hours, with the first film is shown at 6.00pm on the new network was 1979'sRocky II.

2000s

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  • 2001
    • The firstSky+ boxes go on sale.
    • 1 July – The Sky Sports.com TV brand is scrapped and the channel reverts to its original name ofSky Sports News.
    • 18 August –PremPlus launches.
    • 2 September –.tv stops broadcasting.
    • September – Sky launches its firstpersonal video recorder,Sky +.
    • 27 September – Sky stops broadcasting via analogue. Sky had originally planned to switch off its analogue service earlier in 2001 but delayed it by three months due to the possibility of lost revenue from the remaining analogue subscribers, thereby giving those customers extra time to switch to Sky's digital service.[26][27] The last channel to stop broadcasting via analogue satellite isSky One.[28]
    • 1 October – Following its acquisition of interactive serviceOpen...,[29] Sky launchesSky Active.
  • 2002
    • 7 January –Sky News content becomes available on terrestrial television for the first time in a decade whenChannel 5 begins simulcasting part of its breakfast news programmeSunrise.[30]
    • 1 March –F1 Digital+ launches. It offers enhanced multi-screen coverage ofFormula One on a pay-per-view basis.
    • 1 May –ITV Digital stops broadcasting.
    • 1 July – In another major rebranding ofSky Movies, the Sky Premier channels are renamed Sky Movies Premier, the Sky MovieMax channels become Sky Movies Max and the Sky Cinema channels become Sky Movies Cinema.[31]
    • 30 October –Freeview launches and Sky contributes three channels –Sky News,Sky Sports News andSky Travel – to the platform.
    • 9 December –Sky One Mix launches.
    • 12 December – After just one season,F1 Digital+ closes.[32]
  • 2003
    • February –Sky Travel Shop launches as a full-time travel retail channel.
    • 17 April – Sky launches three music channels –The Amp,Scuzz andFlaunt. The channels are operated on Sky's behalf byCSC Media Group channels.
    • June – The Sky Movies Premier Widescreen channel is closed and the majority of films on the remaining channels are now shown in widescreen.[33]
    • 1 November – The Sky Movies Premier and Sky Movies Max channels are brought under one banner as Sky Movies 1 through 9 and Sky Movies Cinema 1 and 2 become Sky Cinema 1 and 2.[34]
  • 2005
    • 1 January –Sky News takes over the contract to provide Channel 5's news service fromITN. The first scheduled Sky produced news programme had been due to air on 3 January, but two shorter bulletins for 1 and 2 January were hastily added to provide updates following theIndian Ocean tsunami on Boxing Day 2004.[35]
    • January –Sky Travel +1 launches.
    • June – Sky takes full control of Artsworld, two years after it bought a 50% stake in the channel.[36]
    • 31 October –Sky One Mix is rebranded as Sky Two, andSky Three launches on Freeview which replacedSky Travel.
  • 2006
    • January – Sky launches its online television serviceSky By Broadband, which is rebranded later in 2006 to Sky Anytime on PC.
    • 30 January – A tenthSky Movies channel is launched and Sky Movies starts broadcasting two HD channels. Sky Movies 9 and the new Sky Movies 10 arePIN-protected, meaning that for the first time15 rated films were able to be shown as early as 5.00pm.[37]
    • 2 March – Alternative/indie music channelThe Amp is relaunched as a classic hits channel calledBliss.
    • 22 May –
      • Sky Sports becomes the exclusive broadcaster of all live cricket matches in the UK following theECB awarding Sky exclusive coverage of all of England's home tests, one-day internationals and Twenty20 Internationals.[38]
      • Sky launches its high definition service whenSky One HD andSky Sports HD1 begin broadcasting.
    • 31 July –Sky Sports HD2 launches.
    • 3 November – The final edition ofSky News Ireland is broadcast.[39][40]
    • December – Sky sells their three music channelsBliss (previouslyThe Amp),Scuzz, andFlaunt toChart Show Channels. CSC had previously operated the channels on Sky's behalf.
  • 2007
    • 1 March –
      • The Sky basics channels stop broadcasting onVirgin Media when the two companies cannot agree a new carriage deal.[41]
      • Sky Arts launches, replacing Artsworld.
    • 27 March – Sky launches its on-demand serviceSky Anytime.
    • 4 April –Sky Movies is revamped with each channel now covering a specific genre and are renamed. The new line-up is Sky Movies Premiere, Sky Movies Premiere +1, Sky Movies Comedy, Sky Movies Action & Thriller, Sky Movies Family, Sky Movies Drama, Sky Movies Classics, Sky Movies Sci-Fi & Horror, Sky Movies Modern Greats, Sky Movies Indie, Sky Movies HD1 and Sky Movies HD2.[42]
    • 6 May –PremPlus closes.
    • 7 November –
      • Sky Real Lives launches.
      • Sky Travel is relaunched as a holiday retail channel, replacing Sky Travel Shop. Sky Travel +1 is renamed Sky Real Lives +1 and Sky Travel Extra becomes Sky Real Lives 2.[43]
  • 2008
    • 17 March –Sky Sports HD3 launches.
    • 20 March – A HD simulcast ofSky Movies Premiere is launched.
    • 16 May – Sky Anytime on PC is rebranded as Sky Player, along with updated software to include live simulcasts ofSky News andSky Sports.
    • 18 August –Sky Arts +1 starts broadcasting.
    • 31 August –Sky One,Sky Two andSky Three are renamed Sky1, Sky2 and Sky3 respectively.
    • October – High-definition simulcast channels of Sky Movies Action/Thriller, Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror, Sky Movies Drama, Sky Movies Modern Greats, Sky Movies Family and Sky Movies Comedy launch.[44]
    • 20 October – Sky Arts 2 launches and focusses on classical music, opera, dance and fine arts programming.
    • 13 November – The Sky Basics channels return toVirgin Media.[45][46]
  • 2009
    • 26 October – Sky Movies Indie HD launches.[47]

2010s

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  • 2010
    • 6 January –Sky Sports Xtra is renamed Sky Sports 4.
    • 26 March – Some Sky Movies channels are renamed. Sky Movies Showcase replaces Sky Movies Screen 1, Sky Movies Action & Thriller is renamed Sky Movies Action & Adventure, Sky Movies Drama becomes Sky Movies Drama & Romance and Sky Movies Screen 2 becomes Sky Movies Crime & Thriller.[48]
    • 3 April –Sky 3D launches, although it is initially only available in commercial premises.
    • 29 April –Sky Sports HD4 launches.[49]
    • 6 May –Sky News HD launches.
    • 10 May–9 August – Sky conducts three-month experimental revision of Sky Two, under which Sky Two predominantly operated a one-hourtimeshift of programming on Sky One.[50]
    • June –
    • 24 June –Sky Travel closes due to the increased competition from the internet for the holiday retail market.[52]
    • 5 July –Living Loves launches.[53] The channel shows comedy and drama programmes that have recently aired onLiving, and broadcasts each day between 3.00pm and 2.00am.
    • 13 July –British Sky Broadcasting buysVirgin Media Television.,[54][55][56] thereby adding several channels, includingChannel One,Bravo,Bravo 2,Challenge,Challenge Jackpot andLiving to its portfolio.
    • 9 August – Sky Movies Classics HD launches.[57]
    • 19 August –Sky Real Lives closes and some of the factual content shown on the channel moves to Sky 2.
    • 23 August –Sky Sports News stops broadcasting onFreeview[58] and a HD version of the channel is launched.[59] On Freeview, Sky Sports News is replaced by Sky 3 +1.
    • 1 October –Sky 3D becomes available to residential customers for the first time.[60][61]
  • 2011
    • 1 January –
    • 1 February –
    • 28 February –Sky 3 is rebranded as Pick TV.
    • 6 July – Sky Anytime is merged with Sky Mobile and is rebranded asSky Go.[66] Key changes include the ability to watch live channels in line with your Sky TV subscription at no additional cost, limited to two simultaneous devices.
    • 5 September –Sky Living Loves begins broadcasting 24 hours a day.
    • 20 September – Pick TV +1 is removed from Freeview.[67]
    • 12 October – The final edition ofSky Magazine is published.[68]
    • 8 November –ITN confirms it has secured a five-year contract to resume production of5 News from early 2012, meaning Sky News will cease to broadcast on the channel from the end of 2011.[69]
  • 2012
    • 21 February –Sky Living Loves stops broadcasting.
    • 9 March –Sky Sports F1 launches.
    • 17 July – Sky launchesNow TV. It is launched to provide access to Sky TV to those who have no existingpay TV subscription and do not want to be tied into a contract.[70] The service offered only films at first, adding sports in March 2013,[71] and entertainment channels in October 2013.[72][73]
    • 12 November –Sky One launches a +1 channel although for licensing reasons,The Simpsons is not broadcast on the timeshift channel.[74]
  • 2013
    • 28 March –Sky Movies Disney is launched, effectively replacingDisney Cinemagic.[75] To facilitate the new channel, Sky Movies Classics stops broadcasting, Sky Movies Modern Greats is rebranded as Sky Movies Greats and Sky Movies Indie becomes Sky Movies Select.[76][77]
    • 30 June – Sky Sports launches its first temporary channelSky Sports Ashes to provide full coverage of the2013 Ashes Series. Temporary channel renaming of this nature is now common practice within Sky, both for sports and movies.[78]
    • 7 October – Pick TV is rebranded asPick.
    • 30 October –digital teletext serviceSky Text closes.
  • 2014
    • 12 August –
    • September –Sky Sports News Radio closes.
    • 13 October – Following BSkyB's 2014 acquisition ofSky Italia and a majority 90.04% interest inSky Deutschland in November 2014, its holding company British Sky Broadcasting Group plc changes its name toSky plc.[80] The United Kingdom operations also changes the company name from British Sky Broadcasting Limited to Sky UK Limited, and still trades as Sky.
  • 2015
    • 31 January –Sky Active closes.[81]
    • 9 June –
      • The twoSky Arts channels merge into a single service.[82]
      • Sky 3D closes as a linear channel.[83] with 3D programming transferring to On Demand services.
      • Sky Livingit is rebranded asReal Lives.
  • 2016
    • 9 February – Sky launches its latest set-top boxSky Q.[84] and later in 2016, Sky stops selling itsSky+ HD box to new customers.[85]
    • 8 July – Sky Movies is rebranded asSky Cinema.[86][87]
    • 13 August –Sky Sports broadcasts its first event inUHD.[88]
    • 24 August –Sky Sports Mix launches. It is available to all Sky customers, and is designed to offer a sampling of content from the full range of Sky Sports networks to non-Sky Sports customers.[89][90]
  • 2017
    • 4 January –Sky Cinema Box Office closes.
    • 18 July –Sky Sports is revamped with the numbered channels being replaced by sports-specific channels. These include two channels dedicated to football, a cricket channel and a golf channel. Other sports are moved to two new channels – Action and Arena – and a showcase channel called Sky Sports Main Event is launched which features simulcasts of the top events being shown on Sky Sports that day.[91] Also,Sky Sports News drops the HQ label.
  • 2018
    • 23 January –Fox's £11.7bn bid to take full control ofSky is provisionally blocked by theCompetition and Markets Authority (CMA) amid concerns of plurality.[92]
    • 14 February –BT andSky have agreed a £4.4bn three-year deal to show live Premiership football matches from 2019 to 2022, but the amount falls short of the £5.1bn deal struck in 2015.[93]
    • 27 February – US cable TV giantComcast makes a £22.1bn bid forSky, challenging the existing offer from21st Century Fox.[94]
    • 1 March – Pick +1 returns to Freeview.
    • 6 August –Sky Living is rebranded as 'Sky Witness', bringing an end to theLiving brand after 25 years.[95]
    • 26 September – 21st Century Fox announces it will sell its 39% stake inSky UK to Comcast, endingRupert Murdoch's three decade association with the broadcaster.[96]

2020s

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  • 2021
    • 6 January –Sky Cinema Premiere +1 resumes broadcasting as Sky Cinema Disney's permanent replacement.
    • 16 March – NOW TV to rebrand asNOW.[107]
    • 1 September –
      • Sky One closes after more than 30 years on air. Its entertainment and drama programmes move to a new channel calledSky Max with its comedy programming moving toSky Comedy.
      • Sky Showcase launches. It broadcasts a selection of programmes from across Sky’s portfolio of channels as well as selected highlights fromSky Cinema andSky Sports.[108][109]
    • 18 October – Sky releases Sky Glass, a TV with Sky built-in, thereby removing the need of a set-top-box or a satellite dish.[110]
  • 2022
    • 31 March –
      • Sky stops broadcasting channels in standard definition for the first time when it switches off the SD feed of threeSky Cinema channels - Comedy, Drama and Thriller.[111]
      • ThePick andSyfy timeshift channels close.
    • 26 July – Syfy rebrands asSky Sci-Fi.[112]
    • 27 July – Sky Sports launches a UHD channel for Sky Sports Main Event.[113]
    • 18 October – Sky launches its new streaming box, Sky Stream, and becomes the second way to receive Sky without in need of a satellite dish.[114]
    • 31 October – Sky sells its stake inNickelodeon UK Ltd. toParamount Networks EMEAA. The Nickelodeon agreement had contained anon-compete clause that otherwise restricted Sky and Comcast from launching a children's television network while still holding a stake in Nickelodeon UK Ltd.[115] Less than a month later, Sky announces plans to launch its own linear kids channel.[116]
  • 2023
    • 13 February –Sky Kids launches and is aimed at children aged 1–7. Apart from promos, the channel doesn't carry any advertisements.[116]
    • 18 October – Pick rebrands as Sky Mix.[117][118]
  • 2024
    • 11 February – Sky Sports Tennis launches, beginning transmission shortly after Sky took over as rights holder to theATP Tour,WTA Tour and theUS Open.[119]
    • 29 May – Sky will close standard definition feeds of its sports channels and four of its movie channels.[120]
    • August – Sky Sports+ launches. This will allow Sky to show up to 100 events concurrently. Sky says that this will result in a 50% increase in the amount of sport that Sky will broadcast.[121] A Sky Sports + linear channel will also be available.[122]

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