By Tim Dams Comcast-owned pay-TV broadcaster Sky is to launch its new factual channels, Sky Documentaries and Sky Nature, on May 27.
The two new channels will launch alongside Sky History, a co-branded venture between Sky and A+E Networks that was previously known as History.
Sky announced its intention to launch the new channels back in January. They will be available to Sky customers through linear and on demand.
They will also launch on Sky’s streaming platform Now TV as part of the Now TV Entertainment Pass. Sky Documentaries is billing itself as the home of “world-class, real life stories from award-winning filmmakers,” including HBO, Showtime and Hulu exclusives and new Sky original documentaries.
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