(For PR/media enquiries, please contact: Freud Communications on 020 3003 6300) RECENT QUOTES FROM NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINES: ‘Clever old Sky television seems determined to prove that it can outdo the BBC on viewer choice and even unexpectedly enough - on what should constitute genuine public service broadcasting.' ‘All of this just goes to show that it is possible for a commercial player to be more adept at niche upmarket programming than a publicly funded corporation. At this rate, there is going to be precious liittle left of the case for the BBC licence fee.' The Daily Telegraph, Janet Daley, 19th August 2008 ‘For those who love the arts it's a familiar gripe: there is not enough of them on television. Yesterday, Sky offered good news for those gripers by announcing it will double its arts content from October.' The Guardian, Mark Brown, 19th August 2008 ‘In what some regard as a challenge to the BBC, Blighty's dominant paybox BSkyB is launching a second arts channel as it attempts to move upscale and win kudos from politicians and other opinion formers.' 'BSkyB's decision to beef up its arts coverage comes as UK media policy makers prepare to publish an importannt review of public service broadcasting.' Variety, Steve Clarke , 19th August 2008 '…every year or so Sky makes an impossibly upmarket programme just to show it can be done . It surfaced this week as Roots of Faith' The Daily Telegraph, Stephen Pile, 28th June 2008 …I've been wooed by by the tiny satellite channel called Sky Arts The Stage, Maggie Brown, 17th July 2008 'Sky Arts - As good as BBC 2 when BBC 2 was BBC 2. No Yentob either' The Guardian, Sarah Dempster, 28th July 2008 'Sky Arts often offers the best arts programming of the week, given the off-air channels' increasing timidity over any serious arts coverage.' The Guardian, Nigel Willmott, 19th August 2008 ‘‘…Sky Arts, which has also captured Tim Marlow to present a new art show, can now shame BBC TV’s cultural coverage.’’ Richard Brooks, Sunday Times, 1st June 2008