UK: Sky plans to launch Pluck social media tools

Posted by Alisa Zykova on July 29, 2008 at 12:38 PM

British Sky Broadcasting (Sky) is going to work with social media provider Pluck on embedding social media tools across the company's digital properties. Sky intends to boost audience interactivity by incorporating social networking features.

"With over 1 billion monthly page impressions and many millions of unique visitors, the Sky portal needed a social media platform that could support the high-volume needs of our growing network," said Andy Jonesco, Managing Director of BSkyB, the Online Business Unit.

Sky News will be the first of Sky properties to launch such tools, including blogs, discussion boards user comments and a citizen journalism section. Other Sky properties such as Sky.com, Sky Entertainment and Sky Motoring would follow suite, reported Market Watch.

Users will be able to use a single profile to access the various Sky websites, allowing for better integration.

Source: MarketWatch