The BBC and Sky are both stepping up their efforts to counter the growing threat posed by the video streaming services of Netflix and Amazon. Sky, the European pay-tv and broadband provider that was bought by Comcast for just over £30bn last year, said on Wednesday that it would more than double its spending on original programmes to more than £1bn a year by 2024.

13 Jun 2019
BBC & Sky step up streaming push, CrowdStrike rises 97% on IPO, Netflix to release mobile game

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BBC & Sky step up streaming push, CrowdStrike rises 97% on IPO, Netflix to release mobile game
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The BBC and Sky are both stepping up their efforts to counter the growing threat posed by the video streaming services of Netflix and Amazon. Sky, the European pay-tv and broadband provider that was bought by Comcast for just over £30bn last year, said on Wednesday that it would more than double its spending on original programmes to more than £1bn a year by 2024.