Not content with sport, films, HBO and other high end US drama on Sky Atlantic, sponsorship of the Hay festival and Cambridge folk festival, BSkyB has now aligned itself with the 2013 Cat Laughs comedy festival in Kilkenny. Sky's sponsorship of the Irish festival, now in its 19th year and taking place from 30 May, comes on the back of the satellite broadcaster's move into comedy with shows including Trollied, Hunderby and Spy. The Sky Cat Laughs comedy festival will feature the exclusive first screening of new episodes of its Chris O'Dowd sitcom Moone Boy and feature a lineup including Dylan Moran, Kevin Bridges, Marcus Brigstocke, Holly Walshe and 30 Rock's Judah Friedlander. And for those, like Monkey, who like their comedy to hark back to the 1970s golden era of TV entertainment, Jimmy Cricket will also be putting in an appearance. The Good Old Days, anyone?
