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Sky Atlantic is a British pay television channel owned by Sky Group Limited that launched in 2011 and broadcasts in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel airs original British-produced dramas like Fortitude, Tin Star, and Gangs of London, but is primarily dedicated to imported programmes from the United States. It previously held the domestic rights to HBO programming from January 2011 to March 2026, and Showtime programming from January 2016 to December 2021. It is available on the Sky satellite TV platform (including Sky Go and Now), and Virgin Media.
Sky Deutschland broadcasts a German-language version of the channel in Germany, Austria, and
Switzerland, while Sky Italia broadcasts an Italian-language version of the channel in Italy. Their programming is also dominated by acquired series, usually dubbed in the domestic language. The Italian channel also premieres Sky Originals produced in the country, like Gomorrah, The Young Pope, and ZeroZeroZero.
Sky Atlantic relies heavily on screenings of US television programmes, with more than 50% of all programming coming from HBO. Although the channel mainly screens dramas, blocks in the channel's schedule were dedicated to comedies and movies. The launch of Sky Atlantic in 2011 followed the broadcaster's £150m, five-year deal to buy exclusive UK and Ireland television rights to HBO's entire archive, new HBO programming and a first-look deal on all co-productions. Although it had been renewed since, the exclusivity deal with HBO expired on 26 March 2026 with the launch of the HBO Max streaming service in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy. In December 2024, the existing deal between Sky and Warner Bros. Discovery was updated to include life-of-series rights to all HBO programming released before the expiry date, including House of the Dragon, The Last of Us, The White Lotus, Euphoria, and Dune: Prophecy. All future HBO original programming, like Harry Potter, would be released exclusively on HBO Max. Sky still planned to make new acquisitions via separate agreements on a programme-by-programme basis, while new series in existing franchises would continue to be released on Sky as "co-exclusives".
In January 2016, Sky expanded the acquired programming on Atlantic after purchasing the broadcast rights to Showtime programming; however, Sky Atlantic did not broadcast all Showtime programmes, as some series would later air on Channel 4 as part of a separate deal. The deal with Showtime expired in December 2021, with all future series becoming exclusive to the Paramount+ streaming service which launched in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy in 2022, while a separate agreement allowed Billions to continue on Sky.
In 2025, Sky started acquiring several series from Peacock. In early 2026, they signed first-look deals with Starz and Canal+ that would involve co-commissioning future projects together.
Game of Thrones is Sky's most popular show.
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