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Sky Movies chief urges distribution change
From Digital Spy. Posted May 2 2008, 3.29pm
The Sky Movies boss says the "delay window" in film release should be dropped. (more)

Sky Movies' Ian Lewis: 'We have to get films to fans before they get to them illegally'
From The Independent. Posted April 28 2008, 12.00am
There seem to be more ways to watch a movie these days than there are ways to have your eggs of a morning: online, on-demand, pay per view, Sky+. What happened to the straightforward "on television" or even "at the cinema"? To the average film viewer, the industry might appear to be at the tipping point of new technology, but Ian Lewis, director of Sky Movies, thinks differently. He predicts the film world will suffer the same, very costly, mistakes the music business did, if it stalls its reaction to online possibilities, and other new ideas for getting films to film fans as quickly and as easily as possible, a few of which Sky is currently pioneering. (more)

Sky Movies Sci-Fi & Horror extends hours
From Digital Spy. Posted April 10 2008, 9.00am
Sky Movies Sci-Fi & Horror will gain additional hours in May. (more)

Caine classics get HD makeover
From Media Guardian. Posted March 3 2008, 7.55am
The star of Zulu and The Italian Job is to benefit from a Sky Movies drive to restore classic British films. By Owen Gibson (more)

Sky to add three high definition channels
From Digital Spy. Posted February 28 2008, 9.25am
Sky is to add Sky Sports HD 3, Sky Movies Premiere HD and FX HD during the next two months. (more)

Sky clocks up Anytime ad
From Media Guardian. Posted January 15 2008, 7.28am
Sky is to launch its first TV promoting the advantages of the Anytime on-demand service as part of a multimillion-pound campaign for Sky Movies. By Mark Sweney (more)

Name tweak for Sky Movies channels
From Digital Spy. Posted December 24 2007, 1.06pm
A minor name change will be applied to four Sky Movies channels next year. (more)

High def 'Bond' for Christmas Day on Sky
From Digital Spy. Posted December 4 2007, 12.49pm
Sky Movies is to air the UK premiere of Casino Royale in high definition on Christmas Day. (more)

Christmas broadcast hours for Sky Movies
From Digital Spy. Posted November 1 2007, 3.05pm
Some of Sky's movie channels are to change transmission hours for the Christmas period. (more)

Free weekend for Sky Movies Family
From Digital Spy. Posted October 15 2007, 10.04am
Sky Movies Family will be available to all Sky subscribers for a weekend later this month. (more)

Sky Movies boasts ad-free channels
From Media Guardian. Posted July 27 2007, 1.00am
3.30pm: BSkyB has created a TV commercial to highlight the ad-free nature of its Sky Movies channels. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Sky Movies to launch two more channels
From SkyDigi Online. Posted May 22 2007, 2.22pm
Sky has announced that it will be launching two more Sky Movies channels next week. (more)

Sky Movies to sponsor Sci-Fi film fest
From Digital Spy. Posted April 13 2007, 11.34am
Highlighting its move it genre-based movie channels, Sky Movies is to sponsor the Sci-Fi-London film festival. (more)

Sky announces new film channels line-up
From Digital Spy. Posted February 15 2007, 9.00am
Sky Movies reveals new movie channels packages, with customers soon able to watch on-demand TV though Sky Anytime. (more)

BSkyB ploughs £4m into Movies loyalty initiative
From Brand Republic. Posted March 15 2006, 7.03am
LONDON - BSkyB is to invest £3m-£4m in a customer-loyalty drive for its premium Sky Movies package to fend off competition from cable and video-on-demand services. (more)