Sky plans to broadcast one new film a week from 2022.

UK pay-tv broadcaster Sky is to launch 30 new Sky Original films this year and will increase this to one a week from 2022 in a bid to become “the best home cinema service in the world”.

It represents a major push into film for the UK pay-tv operator, taking on streaming giants Netflix and Amazon as well as Disney, whose channels were removed from Sky last October following the launch of Disney+.

The plan to launch one original film per week from next year echoes a similar commitment made by Netflix earlier this month.