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ITV News
5 days ago
- Business
- ITV News
Sky and ITV extend multi-year content and platform partnership
Sky and ITV today announced an extension of their long-standing partnership, which will see ITV's content and services remain seamlessly available across all Sky TV platforms in the UK. Building on decades of collaboration, the renewed agreement means Sky customers will continue to enjoy choice and flexibility across ITV's full catalogue of high-quality content, deeply integrated into Sky's innovative TV range. Sky Stream, Sky Glass and Sky Q viewers will retain access to the ITVX streaming service, as well as all of ITV's free-to-air linear channels, with the channels and ITV's on-demand content also available on the Sky Go app. Additionally, Sky Q customers will continue to enjoy a choice between on-demand catch-up content ingested directly into their set top boxes, alongside the ITVX app. Nick Herm, Group Chief Operating Officer, commented: 'This renewed partnership continues to deliver long-term value for both Sky and ITV, ensuring millions of viewers enjoy seamless access to ITV's content, however they prefer to watch. Whether it's live TV, streaming or on-demand straight from their box, we'll continue to bring our customers unmissable TV, all in one place.' Chris Kennedy, ITV Chief Operating Officer and Chief Finance Officer, said: "Our renewed agreement with Sky ensures that ITV's much-loved programmes continue to reach millions of viewers across the UK through Sky's platforms. This is a key part of our continued commitment to deliver unmissable content to audiences, wherever and however they choose to watch." The agreement means ITV content, such as Trigger Point, Code of Silence, The 1% Club, I'm A Me Out Here! and Love Island will continue to sit alongside award-winning Sky Originals like The Day of the Jackal, Gangs of London and Sweetpea, as well as Sky's unrivalled line up of live sport and programming from partners including Netflix, Apple TV, Disney+, Paramount+, Prime Video, BBC and Channel 4. Last month, Sky and ITV, alongside Channel 4, also announced their joint intent to launch a groundbreaking new advertising marketplace, which will offer SMEs access to premium on demand and streaming inventory across all three sales houses for the first time. The collaboration, which is set to launch in 2026, represents a major development in television advertising, enabling new-to-TV advertisers a direct, simple way to access premium video content from the three portfolios. The three broadcasters are also in discussions to simplify the purchase of addressable inventory for media agencies, which includes exploring the potential of a joint agency-facing solution, based on ITV's Planet V technology. Contacts:
The Irish Sun
27-06-2025
- The Irish Sun
More popular Fire TV Stick streaming apps are BLOCKED as Amazon issues serious warning to all users
AMAZON has blocked several popular but dodgy streaming apps from Fire TV Sticks in a fresh crackdown. The tech giant had 1 Two more apps disabled over concerns about people's data being at risk Credit: Getty It now seems that the firm has targeted more potentially dangerous apps. Blink Streamz and Ocean Streamz are the latest to be disabled, according to A message apparently appears on screen warning users that the two apps "can put your device or personal data at risk". Ocean Streamz's website already flashes up as dangerous when trying to access it on Google Chrome. Read more about Fire Sticks People are able to download shady apps because of Amazon's open source tech on Fire TV Sticks, meaning you can download apps from outside the company's own app store as you please. Amazon has faced growing criticism for its response to illegal streaming. Broadcaster Sky has hit out at the US firm, saying it Illegal streaming is estimated to be costing the industry "hundreds of millions of dollars". Most read in Tech Nick Herm, chief operating officer at Sky , recently accused Amazon of failing to do "enough engagement to address some of those problems, where people are buying these devices in bulk". He also believes that modified Fire Sticks "probably" make up "about half of the piracy" in the UK alone. Warning over 'jailbroken' Fire Sticks Illegal streaming can be delivered by a number of devices by one of the most common are 'jailbroken' Fire Sticks, which means a third-party media server software has been installed on to it. The software most commonly used is called Kodi. It can grant users unrestricted access to new features and apps the normal version of the device wouldn't allow – but it is not legal to use in the UK. But it becomes illegal when a box is used to stream subscription channels for free. It is also illegal to buy or sell these modified devices which have become known as "fully-loaded" - a term that describes how the software has been altered to allow access to subscription-only channels. "These devices are legal when used to watch legitimate, free to air, content," the government said at the time. "They become illegal once they are adapted to stream illicit content, for example TV programmes, films and subscription sports channels without paying the appropriate subscriptions."
Scottish Sun
27-06-2025
- Scottish Sun
More popular Fire TV Stick streaming apps are BLOCKED as Amazon issues serious warning to all users
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) AMAZON has blocked several popular but dodgy streaming apps from Fire TV Sticks in a fresh crackdown. The tech giant had already blacklisted Flix Vision and Live NetTV, confirming to The Sun this week that the pair "exhibited malicious behaviour". Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 1 Two more apps disabled over concerns about people's data being at risk Credit: Getty It now seems that the firm has targeted more potentially dangerous apps. Blink Streamz and Ocean Streamz are the latest to be disabled, according to AFTVNews. A message apparently appears on screen warning users that the two apps "can put your device or personal data at risk". Ocean Streamz's website already flashes up as dangerous when trying to access it on Google Chrome. People are able to download shady apps because of Amazon's open source tech on Fire TV Sticks, meaning you can download apps from outside the company's own app store as you please. Amazon has faced growing criticism for its response to illegal streaming. Broadcaster Sky has hit out at the US firm, saying it does not do enough to tackle piracy. Illegal streaming is estimated to be costing the industry "hundreds of millions of dollars". Nick Herm, chief operating officer at Sky, recently accused Amazon of failing to do "enough engagement to address some of those problems, where people are buying these devices in bulk". He also believes that modified Fire Sticks "probably" make up "about half of the piracy" in the UK alone.
The Sun
27-06-2025
- The Sun
More popular Fire TV Stick streaming apps are BLOCKED as Amazon issues serious warning to all users
AMAZON has blocked several popular but dodgy streaming apps from Fire TV Sticks in a fresh crackdown. The tech giant had already blacklisted Flix Vision and Live NetTV, confirming to The Sun this week that the pair "exhibited malicious behaviour". 1 It now seems that the firm has targeted more potentially dangerous apps. Blink Streamz and Ocean Streamz are the latest to be disabled, according to AFTVNews. A message apparently appears on screen warning users that the two apps "can put your device or personal data at risk". Ocean Streamz's website already flashes up as dangerous when trying to access it on Google Chrome. People are able to download shady apps because of Amazon 's open source tech on Fire TV Sticks, meaning you can download apps from outside the company's own app store as you please. Amazon has faced growing criticism for its response to illegal streaming. Broadcaster Sky has hit out at the US firm, saying it does not do enough to tackle piracy. Illegal streaming is estimated to be costing the industry "hundreds of millions of dollars". Nick Herm, chief operating officer at Sky, recently accused Amazon of failing to do "enough engagement to address some of those problems, where people are buying these devices in bulk". He also believes that modified Fire Sticks "probably" make up "about half of the piracy" in the UK alone. Warning over 'jailbroken' Fire Sticks Illegal streaming can be delivered by a number of devices by one of the most common are 'jailbroken' Fire Sticks, which means a third-party media server software has been installed on to it. The software most commonly used is called Kodi. It can grant users unrestricted access to new features and apps the normal version of the device wouldn't allow – but it is not legal to use in the UK. But it becomes illegal when a box is used to stream subscription channels for free. It is also illegal to buy or sell these modified devices which have become known as "fully-loaded" - a term that describes how the software has been altered to allow access to subscription-only channels. "These devices are legal when used to watch legitimate, free to air, content," the government said at the time. "They become illegal once they are adapted to stream illicit content, for example TV programmes, films and subscription sports channels without paying the appropriate subscriptions."
Scottish Sun
23-06-2025
- Scottish Sun
Two popular ‘dodgy' apps showing football games for free are BLOCKED on millions of Fire Sticks
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) TWO apps used to watch premium TV and football matches for free on Fire Sticks have been blocked, according to users. The pair of apps provide links to hundreds of channels from across the world, ranging from movies to sports. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 1 It's not clear why the two apps have been blocked Credit: Alamy They can't be downloaded from Amazon's own app store, instead people side-load them onto their Fire Stick and use a VPN to avoid detection. The two apps in question are Flix Vision and Live NetTV. Users have started complaining on social media that the pair no longer work, suggesting Amazon may have blocked them. It's not clear why at this stage. AFTVNews suggests that the block may have come about due to concerns over alleged malware hiding on the apps. Amazon has been approached by The Sun for comment. The tech giant has been increasingly accused of not doing enough to prevent illegal streaming. Earlier this year, broadcasting firm Sky hit out at Amazon for not doing enough to tackle piracy, saying that the problem is costing the industry "hundreds of millions of dollars". 'If you speak to friends and colleagues, [or] you watch football, people will know that you can get jail-broken Fire Sticks, and you can access pirated services on Fire Sticks,' Nick Herm, chief operating officer at Sky said in March. Herm accused Amazon in particular of not doing "enough engagement to address some of those problems, where people are buying these devices in bulk". He also believes that modified Fire Sticks "probably" make up "about half of the piracy" in the UK. Amazon has previously said that it is "committed to providing customers with a high-quality streaming experience while actively promoting a streaming landscape that respects intellectual property rights and encourages the responsible consumption of content".
