BBC field units together with Absolutely Fabulous, The Young Ones and Top Gear are heading to Sky after the pay-TV platform closed a licensing settlement with BBC Studios.
The transfer will see a whole bunch of hours of BBC exhibits launch on Sky’s on-demand service in addition to its Now TV platform by way of BBC Studios’ UKTV channel manufacturers Gold and Alibi. A raft of exhibits will launch subsequent month with extra coming later within the 12 months.
The first slew of exhibits consists of Absolutely Fabulous, Only Fools and Horses, Blackadder, The Royle Family, Little Britain, Open All Hours, The Young Ones, Keeping Up Appearances, Red Dwarf and Extras in addition to current titles equivalent to McMafia.
Later within the 12 months, it would add The Last Post, Father Brown, QI, Top Gear, The League of Gentleman, Ashes to Ashes and Brian Cox’s Wonder sequence.
Rob Webster, Group Director of Partner Channels, Sky, stated, “Bringing all of these box sets together for the first time will cement Sky and Now TV’s reputation as the home of entertainment. It’s a great example of collaboration between Sky and BBC Studios, and we are pleased to be bringing our customers even more great British content.”
Marcus Arthur, President, UK & ANZ, BBC Studios, added, “We are delighted to have licensed this range of titles which Sky and NOW TV customers will soon be able to enjoy under the much–loved UKTV channel brands.”
