Sky

Preview Live: support for pub sport

New Sky website to help licensees

By Gemma McKenna

Licensees can keep customers up to speed on top sporting events in their pubs by sending text alerts through Sky's new website PreviewLive, launched...

Holden: defending price rise

Sky pricing: a viable model

By Iain Holden

Sky Business's managing director Iain Holden explains the thinking behind the new "fairer" Sky charging system

Charity: new regime could be win-win

Is Sky no longer the limit?

By The PMA Team

Sky costs the average pub £8k a year. But the benefits of its new charging regime could make a difference to the sector, says The PMA Team.

Sky: fees structure revealed

Sky unveils new charging regime

By The PMA Team

Subscription fees for pubs will be based on rateable value, but discounts will be available for pubs with sizeable food trade or outdoor areas.

Sky crackdown on illegal screening

Pub fined £13k for illegal Sky use

By Lesley Foottit

Licensees of an Oxfordshire pub have been fined more than £13,000 after showing Sky football using a domestic card. Vincent Mark and Gary Smith of...

More people could get access to cheap Sky Sports and Premier League football

Pubs left out of Sky price cut plans

By Ewan Turney

Pubs have been left out in the cold over the proposed deal to force Sky to slash its prices to other broadcasters. And pubs could be further hit as...

Sky is holding prices

Sky to freeze prices until further notice

By John Harrington

Sky charges for pubs will be held "until further notice" and won't change with the introduction of new business rate levels on 1 April. The news will be welcomed by licensees expecting a big hike in business rates.

Sky: new charging plan under consideration

Sky plans new pub fee system

By Gemma McKenna

Sky's new system for calculating pub fees is to be in place by the time new business rates take effect next April, the broadcaster says. It could be...

Loss of gaelic games hit some pubs hard

Sky lets licensee end contract early

By Gemma McKenna

A licensee whose trade was hit hard by the loss of Irish sport on TV has been allowed to terminate his Sky contract following a dispute with the...

Sky

Sky contract rate up 14%

By John Harrington

Licensees who take Sky on a general premises contract — the package for venues with leisure facilities — will see a 14% increase in rates from...

Sky is freezing prices.

Sky freezes pub football rates

By John Harrington

But the cost of screening horse racing via At the Races is to rise by 50%, the broadcaster says.

Shiel: Eurostar claims unbelievable

Glass Half Full: new foes for the pub

By Ros Shiel

A former drinks PR's optimistic guide to life after redundancy. Days since redundancy: about six months Invoices issued last month: seven - a...

Bar Talk

Bar Talk

Has your Sky subscription increased? Adrian Clay Raikes Hall Blackpool I've just had to get the new Sky Ultimate package, costing an extra £69 per...

Sky-high prices

Sky-high prices

By Matt Eley Matt

Licensees have slammed Sky's latest deals on sports packages for 'giving with one hand and taking away with the other'. Last week The Publican...