Sky Picnic pay TV service scrapped

The proposed upcoming digital terrestrial pay TV service from Sky – called Picnic – has been scrapped. Media Guardian reports “Sky first started developing plans for the service, called Picnic, 18 months ago but has been unable to launch because Ofcom has not completed its regulatory investigation” and “Sky is understood to have considered launching [...]

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‘Picnic’ service not launching anytime soon

The proposed pay TV service from Sky called ‘Picnic’ doesn’t look likely to launch on DTT anytime soon as the Ofcom consultation continues, and delays any plans. If ‘Picnic’ were to launch, it would replace their existing free channels on Digital Terrestrial and they would likely be replaced by Sky One, Sky Movies and Sky [...]

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Disney Channel coming to ‘Picnic’ if approved

If Sky’s proposed DTT pay TV service gets the go-ahead, Sky have announced a new channel that will be on the lineup – the Disney Channel. This adds to the existing proposed lineup of one Sky Movies channel, one Sky Sports channel, Sky One and Sky News (none of these are 100% confirmed). The Disney [...]

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‘Picnic’ – Sky’s proposed premium service

Details of Sky’s proposed new premium/pay service on Digital Terrestrial emerged this week. The service would be branded ‘Picnic’ if it were to launch, following an OFCOM consultation. Sky have said the service will consist of three video streams – which would be home to various Sky pay TV channels – timesharing with each other. [...]

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