Sky Showcase

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Sky Showcase
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Sky Showcase is a British pay television channel which launched on 1 September 2021 along with Sky Max. It is owned and operated by Sky Group, a division of American media company Comcast.[1]

The channel was announced on 28 July 2021 to replace

Sky History, Sky Kids, Sky Sci-Fi and E! - as well as selected highlights from Sky Cinema, Sky News, and Sky Sports. However, sometimes the channel will air the same series as another Sky channel, but will show a different episode.The channel is being seen by Sky as their flagship channel and as a replacement for Sky One, whose programming transferred to another new channel - Sky Max - and to Sky Comedy.[3][4][5]
A german-language channel was launched in Germany and Austria on 4 August 2022.

On 15 January 2024, select programming from Sky Atlantic began being broadcast.[6]

Programming

Sky Showcase exclusives

Sky Arts simulcasts

  • Landmark

Sky Atlantic simulcasts

Sky Comedy simulcasts

Sky Crime simulcasts

Sky Documentaries simulcasts

  • The Bambers: Murder at the Farm
  • Hawking: Can You Hear Me?
  • The Jinx Part 2

Sky Kids simulcasts

Sky Max simulcasts

Sky Nature simulcasts

  • Big Cats: An Amazing Animal Family
  • Impossible Animals
  • Monkey Life
  • Shark with Steve Backshall

Sky News simulcasts

Sky Sci-Fi simulcasts

Sky Sports simulcasts

Sky Witness simulcasts

References

  1. ^ "Sky Showcase".
  2. ^ "Sky One axed in Sky channel revamp". 28 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Sky makes changes to entertainment portfolio unveiling Sky Showcase and Sky Max". www.skygroup.sky.
  4. ^ Yossman, K. J. (27 July 2021). "Sky Marks End of an Era as 'Sky One' Channel Is Retired in a Major Rebrand". Variety.
  5. ^ Kanter, Jake (27 July 2021). "Sky Overhauls UK Channel Portfolio; Retires Sky One & Launches Sky Showcase". Deadline Hollywood.
  6. ^ "Sky Showcase guide to new shows in 2024".
  7. ^ RugbyLeagueonTV.com [@rugbyleagueontv] (3 April 2023). "Sky's Double Header on Easter Sunday, 3.30pm Women: Leeds v York, 6pm Leeds v Huddersfield, Will feature on Sky Showcase (Sky 106 & Virgin 109), as well broadcasting on Sky Sports Action, from 3pm to 8pm" (Tweet) – via Twitter.