JA
Would make sense. The pluralisation is an Americanism anyway.
Is there another plural for "sport" that I don't know about?
Yeah, just sport. Like how the plural of sheep is sheep. Hence the names ITV Sport and BBC Sport. Americans say sports, Brits say sport.
So, if Sky Cinema is being used as a single name across all of Sky Plc, does this mean Sky Sports UK could see a rename to Sky Sport?
Is there another plural for "sport" that I don't know about?
WH
And Sky TG24 as Sky News.
Speaking of that...
So, if Sky Cinema is being used as a single name across all of Sky Plc, does this mean Sky Sports UK could see a rename to Sky Sport?
And Sky TG24 as Sky News.
Speaking of that...
SW
When it became Sky Premier it wasn't supposed to be just a change of name but a complete change of concept, as part of one of Sky's endless attempts to create a British HBO. Barry Norman's show was on Sky Premier and I know that series like Harry Enfield's dreadful Sky show and Baddiel's Syndrome were both initially commissioned for Sky Premier, because the idea was it would become a flagship channel with classy drama and comedy that you'd pay extra to watch, exactly like HBO.
But before any of those series were shown Sky completely changed their mind, realised hardly anyone watched the original content when it was on Sky One, and so moved all the British comedy and drama over to Sky One and just used Sky Premier for films. You could fill a book with Sky's U-turns.
Once BSB was bought out by Sky, The Movie Channel was kept, even though the name change to "Sky The Movie Channel" made the already existing Sky Movies odd. The pre-BSB Sky Movies later became Sky Movies Max. When the movie channels got the egg logo, The Movie Channel was shafted to Sky Movies: Screen 2. Then it became Sky Premier, then Sky Movies Premier, and then they just merged Premier and Max, like they should have done back in 1991.
When it became Sky Premier it wasn't supposed to be just a change of name but a complete change of concept, as part of one of Sky's endless attempts to create a British HBO. Barry Norman's show was on Sky Premier and I know that series like Harry Enfield's dreadful Sky show and Baddiel's Syndrome were both initially commissioned for Sky Premier, because the idea was it would become a flagship channel with classy drama and comedy that you'd pay extra to watch, exactly like HBO.
But before any of those series were shown Sky completely changed their mind, realised hardly anyone watched the original content when it was on Sky One, and so moved all the British comedy and drama over to Sky One and just used Sky Premier for films. You could fill a book with Sky's U-turns.
:-(
A former member
So, if Sky Cinema is being used as a single name across all of Sky Plc, does this mean Sky Sports UK could see a rename to Sky Sport?
And Sky TG24 as Sky News.
Speaking of that...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpRcFTcioXM
This is so much neater than how Sky News looks.
IN
When it became Sky Premier it wasn't supposed to be just a change of name but a complete change of concept, as part of one of Sky's endless attempts to create a British HBO. Barry Norman's show was on Sky Premier and I know that series like Harry Enfield's dreadful Sky show and Baddiel's Syndrome were both initially commissioned for Sky Premier, because the idea was it would become a flagship channel with classy drama and comedy that you'd pay extra to watch, exactly like HBO.
But before any of those series were shown Sky completely changed their mind, realised hardly anyone watched the original content when it was on Sky One, and so moved all the British comedy and drama over to Sky One and just used Sky Premier for films. You could fill a book with Sky's U-turns.
Interesting, I never knew that.
Once BSB was bought out by Sky, The Movie Channel was kept, even though the name change to "Sky The Movie Channel" made the already existing Sky Movies odd. The pre-BSB Sky Movies later became Sky Movies Max. When the movie channels got the egg logo, The Movie Channel was shafted to Sky Movies: Screen 2. Then it became Sky Premier, then Sky Movies Premier, and then they just merged Premier and Max, like they should have done back in 1991.
When it became Sky Premier it wasn't supposed to be just a change of name but a complete change of concept, as part of one of Sky's endless attempts to create a British HBO. Barry Norman's show was on Sky Premier and I know that series like Harry Enfield's dreadful Sky show and Baddiel's Syndrome were both initially commissioned for Sky Premier, because the idea was it would become a flagship channel with classy drama and comedy that you'd pay extra to watch, exactly like HBO.
But before any of those series were shown Sky completely changed their mind, realised hardly anyone watched the original content when it was on Sky One, and so moved all the British comedy and drama over to Sky One and just used Sky Premier for films. You could fill a book with Sky's U-turns.
Interesting, I never knew that.
BC
Blake Connolly
Founding member
One part of the Sky Premier being like HBO thing which did happen was the setting up of Sky Pictures to produce original films. The films would be shown on the channel first with the idea that they might also go to cinemas at the same time - not sure that happened. Tube Tales was the first, something with Dawn French was the second.
The idea was that there'd be one every few months, but I also think the plan was to get the distribution to some international or independent films without cinema release so there could be one exclusive a month. Either way, again, it didn't last very long.
The idea was that there'd be one every few months, but I also think the plan was to get the distribution to some international or independent films without cinema release so there could be one exclusive a month. Either way, again, it didn't last very long.
Last edited by Blake Connolly on 16 June 2016 2:34pm - 2 times in total
VM
When it became Sky Premier it wasn't supposed to be just a change of name but a complete change of concept, as part of one of Sky's endless attempts to create a British HBO. Barry Norman's show was on Sky Premier and I know that series like Harry Enfield's dreadful Sky show and Baddiel's Syndrome were both initially commissioned for Sky Premier, because the idea was it would become a flagship channel with classy drama and comedy that you'd pay extra to watch, exactly like HBO.
Interesting - they've only gone and finally done that with Sky Atlantic, which actually has HBO programming of course, and other non-HBO critically acclaimed comedy like Seinfeld and original programming like Alan Partridge. And you don't pay extra for it but it's exclusive to Sky's platform (and Now TV).
Once BSB was bought out by Sky, The Movie Channel was kept, even though the name change to "Sky The Movie Channel" made the already existing Sky Movies odd. The pre-BSB Sky Movies later became Sky Movies Max. When the movie channels got the egg logo, The Movie Channel was shafted to Sky Movies: Screen 2. Then it became Sky Premier, then Sky Movies Premier, and then they just merged Premier and Max, like they should have done back in 1991.
When it became Sky Premier it wasn't supposed to be just a change of name but a complete change of concept, as part of one of Sky's endless attempts to create a British HBO. Barry Norman's show was on Sky Premier and I know that series like Harry Enfield's dreadful Sky show and Baddiel's Syndrome were both initially commissioned for Sky Premier, because the idea was it would become a flagship channel with classy drama and comedy that you'd pay extra to watch, exactly like HBO.
Interesting - they've only gone and finally done that with Sky Atlantic, which actually has HBO programming of course, and other non-HBO critically acclaimed comedy like Seinfeld and original programming like Alan Partridge. And you don't pay extra for it but it's exclusive to Sky's platform (and Now TV).
LL
When it became Sky Premier it wasn't supposed to be just a change of name but a complete change of concept, as part of one of Sky's endless attempts to create a British HBO. Barry Norman's show was on Sky Premier and I know that series like Harry Enfield's dreadful Sky show and Baddiel's Syndrome were both initially commissioned for Sky Premier, because the idea was it would become a flagship channel with classy drama and comedy that you'd pay extra to watch, exactly like HBO.
Interesting - they've only gone and finally done that with Sky Atlantic, which actually has HBO programming of course, and other non-HBO critically acclaimed comedy like Seinfeld and original programming like Alan Partridge. And you don't pay extra for it but it's exclusive to Sky's platform (and Now TV).
Atlantic also has rights to Showtime's catalogue now too.
London Lite
Founding member
Once BSB was bought out by Sky, The Movie Channel was kept, even though the name change to "Sky The Movie Channel" made the already existing Sky Movies odd. The pre-BSB Sky Movies later became Sky Movies Max. When the movie channels got the egg logo, The Movie Channel was shafted to Sky Movies: Screen 2. Then it became Sky Premier, then Sky Movies Premier, and then they just merged Premier and Max, like they should have done back in 1991.
When it became Sky Premier it wasn't supposed to be just a change of name but a complete change of concept, as part of one of Sky's endless attempts to create a British HBO. Barry Norman's show was on Sky Premier and I know that series like Harry Enfield's dreadful Sky show and Baddiel's Syndrome were both initially commissioned for Sky Premier, because the idea was it would become a flagship channel with classy drama and comedy that you'd pay extra to watch, exactly like HBO.
Interesting - they've only gone and finally done that with Sky Atlantic, which actually has HBO programming of course, and other non-HBO critically acclaimed comedy like Seinfeld and original programming like Alan Partridge. And you don't pay extra for it but it's exclusive to Sky's platform (and Now TV).
Atlantic also has rights to Showtime's catalogue now too.