Production company Best Films and Sky Pictures, the feature arm of UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB, have settled a legal dispute over the release of soccer picture Best.

Sky and the film's producer-director Mary McGuckian and producer-star John Lynch have agreed to a simultaneous outing for the picture in cinemas through distributor Optimum Releasing and on Sky. The move comes after McGuckian and Lynch secured a court injunction against the satellite powerhouse to stop the film being broadcast in March.

The producers claimed that Sky was "frustrating the traditional theatrical release pattern that supports our industry."

McGuckian co-wrote and directed the project with husband Lynch, who takes a writing and production credit on the title. Sky is one of the investors and takes a production credit on the film, which details the life of football star George Best.