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| April 24 2025 | Sky Atlantic scheduled to air the series Penelope, marking a new programming addition to the network's lineup. |
| April 22 2025 | Sky Max premieres 'Joe Lycett's United States Of Birmingham' |
| 2025 | Planned premiere of 'The Dyers' Caravan Park' |
| 2025 | Planned premiere of 'Big Zuu & AJ Tracey's Seriously Rich Flavours' mid-year |
| 2025 | Scheduled premiere of 'Can't Knock The Hustle' |
| March 20 2025 | Gangs of London Series 3 is set to premiere on Sky Atlantic |
| 2025 | Sky Atlantic is set to co-produce 'Lockerbie: A Search for Truth', a biographical drama series with Peacock, planned for 1 series and 5 episodes. |
| February 27 2025 | Sky Atlantic premiered the comedy drama series 'Small Town, Big Story', which is currently in its first series with 6 episodes and ongoing status. |
| 2024 | Sky Max began broadcasting 'Rob Beckett's Smart TV' |
| 2024 | Sky Max launched the comedy drama series Mr. Bigstuff |
| 2024 | Sky Atlantic co-produced two significant historical drama series: 'Mary & George' with Starz (7 episodes) and 'The Tattooist of Auschwitz' with Peacock and Stan (6 episodes). |
| 2024 | Sky News was named Royal Television Society News Channel of the Year for the 17th time, marking its 7th consecutive win in the award. |
| December 2024 | Sky UK & Ireland made a new agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery extending distribution of HBO original programming until Max launches in the United Kingdom and Ireland in early 2026. |
| November 9 2024 | Sky News released a video report on the Amsterdam riots, initially highlighting Israeli football fans' role in starting violence, but later removed and reuploaded an edited version, causing social media outrage. |
| August 15 2024 | Sky Sports channels added to Izzi platform, following AT&T's divestment of its 58.7% stake in Sky Mexico to Televisa. |
| July 19 2024 | Sky News was taken offline by the CrowdStrike incident, briefly unable to broadcast live. |
| January 15 2024 | Sky Atlantic began simulcasting select programming on Sky Showcase, expanding its broadcast reach. |
| 2023 | Sky Max began broadcasting 'Hold The Front Page' |
| 2023 | Sky Max began broadcasting 'The Overlap On Tour' |
| 2023 | Sky Max started airing the comedy drama series Funny Woman |
| 2023 | Sky Atlantic aired 'Dreamland', a comedy series with 6 episodes. |
| 2023 | Sky News UK launched on Bell Fibe in Canada, after previously being available on Videotron. |
| October 2 2023 | Sky Sports News went free-to-air for one day to celebrate its 25th anniversary, with a livestream available on YouTube |
| February 2023 | Sky News faced criticism over its reporting of the Nicola Bulley missing person case. |
| February 9 2023 | David Rhodes was appointed Executive Chairman of the Sky News Group, and Jonathan Levy was appointed Managing Director and Executive Editor of Sky News UK. |
| 2022 | Sky Max began broadcasting 'Rob & Romesh Vs' (series 4-7) |
| 2022 | Sky Atlantic broadcast 'This England', a biographical drama series with 6 episodes. |
| December 21 2022 | End of a measurement period showing Sky News had a prime-time audience average of 52,230 viewers (7pm-11pm) and an all-day average of 53,350 viewers. |
| November 22 2022 | Beginning of a measurement period for Sky News' audience ratings, which ran until 21 December 2022, showing an average prime-time audience of 52,230 viewers between 7pm and 11pm. |
| 2021 | Sky Max began broadcasting 'A League of Their Own' (series 16-19) |
| 2021 | Sky Max began broadcasting 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks' (series 29-32) |
| 2021 | Sky Max began broadcasting Brassic, starting from its third series, which continues to the present day |
| 2021 | Sky Atlantic began co-producing 'Domina', a historical drama series with Sky Atlantic Italy and MGM+, which ran for 2 series and 16 episodes until 2023. |
| December 2021 | Showtime programming deal expired, with future series becoming exclusive to Paramount+, except for Billions which continued under a separate agreement. |
| November 2021 | The Daily Telegraph reported on Sky News' top performing shows, noting that Trevor Phillips on Sunday averages around 160,000 viewers. |
| September 1 2021 | Sky Max officially launched, taking over the entertainment and drama content previously broadcast on Sky One. |
| July 28 2021 | Sky Max was officially announced by Sky Group, alongside Sky Showcase, as a replacement for the long-running Sky One channel. |
| June 3 2021 | Sky News updated its top-of-the-hour sequence, soundtrack, and on-screen graphics package. |
| 2020 | Sky Atlantic co-produced 'The Third Day', a psychological thriller series with HBO, consisting of 1 series and 6 episodes. |
| 2020 | Sky Atlantic premiered 'Little Birds', a historical romance drama series with 6 episodes. |
| 2020 | Sky Atlantic began broadcasting 'I Hate Suzie', a black comedy drama series that ran for 2 series and 11 episodes through 2022. |
| August 2020 | The proposed NBC Sky World News service was scrapped, resulting in 60 employee layoffs. |
| April 20 2020 | NBCUniversal sold its stake in Euronews, prioritizing the potential NBC/Sky service. |
| 2019 | Sky Atlantic co-produced notable HBO dramas including 'Chernobyl' (a historical drama series of 5 episodes) and 'Catherine the Great' (a historical drama series of 4 episodes). |
| November 1 2019 | Sky News Brexit-Free pop-up channel concluded its run, providing alternative news coverage during the Brexit period. |
| October 16 2019 | Sky News launched a pop-up channel called Sky News Brexit-Free, which aired on weekdays from 17:00 to 22:00, providing news coverage that excluded Brexit-related stories, as a response to viewer fatigue with Brexit news. |
| June 12 2019 | Sky Atlantic VIP channel closed down. |
| May 20 2019 | Game of Thrones final episode 8.06 'The Iron Throne' aired on Sky Atlantic, with 5,011,277 viewers |
| May 20 2019 | Sky Atlantic recorded viewership data for its most watched programmes, with Game of Thrones episodes dominating the top 10 list based on Live +7 ratings from BARB. |
| May 13 2019 | Game of Thrones episode 8.05 'The Bells' aired on Sky Atlantic, attracting 5,039,355 viewers |
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