Sky Television plc

British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly two companies, Sky Television plc and British Satellite Broadcasting) is a company that operates Sky Digital, the most popular subscription television service in the UK and Ireland. It also produces TV content, and owns several TV channels. It is controlled by 36.8% shareholder News Corporation, an American company chaired by Rupert Murdoch. For the year to 30 June 2005 BSkyB had turnover of £4.048 billion, and made a profit of £631 million before tax and £425 million after tax. At ...

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• British Sky Broadcasting - Organisation
• British Sky Broadcasting - Direct subsidiaries
• British Sky Broadcasting - Joint ventures
• British Sky Broadcasting - History
• British Sky Broadcasting - Origins
• British Sky Broadcasting - Football rights
• British Sky Broadcasting - Improving technology
• British Sky Broadcasting - Terrestrial competition
• British Sky Broadcasting - Timeline
• British Sky Broadcasting - Future
• British Sky Broadcasting - Technology and conditional access
• British Sky Broadcasting - Management
• British Sky Broadcasting - Sky and cable television

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British Sky Broadcasting - Origins. By 1990 both Rupert Murdoch's Sky Television and the BSB alliance were beginning to struggle with the burden of massive losses. The collapse of BSB in November 1990 led to a merger, which was in effect a takeover by Sky - quality programming and superior technical quality had been no match for shrewd, aggressive marketing and pragmatic capital expenditure. The new company was called British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) but marketed as Sky, Marco Polo House was sold, BSB's ch ...

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In certain regions of the world, DBS is used to refer to providers of subscription satellite packages, and has become applied to the entire equipment chain involved. With modern satellite providers in the United States using high power Ku-band tranmissions, which result in small dishes, and digital compression (hence bringing in an alternative term, Digital Satellite System), DBS is often mis-used to refer to these. DBS systems are often driven by pay television providers, which drives futher confusion. Additionally, in some areas it ...

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Direct broadcast satellite, Direct broadcast satellite - Terminology confusion, Direct broadcast satellite - Commercial DBS services, Direct broadcast satellite - Free DBS services

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The first DBS service, Sky Television plc (now BSkyB), was launched in 1989. Sky TV originated as a four-channel free-to-air analogue service on the Astra 1A satellite, serving the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. By 1991, Sky had transitioned to a pay model, and launched a digital service, Sky Digital, in 1998, with analogue transmission ceasing in 2001. While the DBS nomaculture is rarely used in the UK or Ireland, Sky's service has caused the term "mindish" and "digibox" to be applied to produ ...

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Direct broadcast satellite, Direct broadcast satellite - Terminology confusion, Direct broadcast satellite - Commercial DBS services, Direct broadcast satellite - Free DBS services

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See Sky Television plc and British Satellite Broadcasting for pre-merger history. British Sky Broadcasting - Origins. By 1990 both Rupert Murdoch's Sky Television and the BSB alliance were beginning to struggle with the burden of massive losses. The collapse of BSB in November 1990 led to a merger, which was in effect a takeover by Sky - quality programming and superior technical quality had been no match for shrewd, agg ...

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British Sky Broadcasting, British Sky Broadcasting - Organisation, British Sky Broadcasting - Direct subsidiaries, British Sky Broadcasting - Joint ventures, British Sky Broadcasting - History, British Sky Broadcasting - Origins, British Sky Broadcasting - Football rights, British Sky Broadcasting - Improving technology, British Sky Broadcasting - Terrestrial competition, British Sky Broadcasting - Timeline, British Sky Broadcasting - Future, British Sky Broadcasting - Technology and conditional access, British Sky Broadcasting - Management, British Sky Broadcasting - Sky and cable television

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Germany is likely the leader in free-to-air DBS, with approximately 40 analogue and 100 digital channels broadcast from the SES Astra 1 position at 19.2E. These are not marketed as a DBS service, but are received in approximately 12 million homes, as well as in any home using the German commercial DBS system, Premiere. The United Kingdom has approximately 90 free-to-air digital channels, for which a promotional and marketing plan is being devised by the BBC and ITV, to be sold as "Freesat". It is intended to provide a multi-channel service for areas which cannot receive Freeview, and ...

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Direct broadcast satellite, Direct broadcast satellite - Terminology confusion, Direct broadcast satellite - Commercial DBS services, Direct broadcast satellite - Free DBS services

Read more here: » Direct broadcast satellite: Encyclopedia II - Direct broadcast satellite - Free DBS services

Sky is currently downloading a new version of it's Sky Guide service, which includes new genres, easier access to channels, and a complete renumbering system. This will have been the biggest change to the Sky EPG since its launch in 1998. In 2006 BSkyB is planning to launch its own High-definition television (HDTV) services. BSkyB have announced that the service will require a display that has HDMI or DVI interfaces and is HDCP compliant. SkyHD will be using the same Astra 2 satellites as Sky Digital, but using a new DVB standard, DVB ...

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British Sky Broadcasting, British Sky Broadcasting - Organisation, British Sky Broadcasting - Direct subsidiaries, British Sky Broadcasting - Joint ventures, British Sky Broadcasting - History, British Sky Broadcasting - Origins, British Sky Broadcasting - Football rights, British Sky Broadcasting - Improving technology, British Sky Broadcasting - Terrestrial competition, British Sky Broadcasting - Timeline, British Sky Broadcasting - Future, British Sky Broadcasting - Technology and conditional access, British Sky Broadcasting - Management, British Sky Broadcasting - Sky and cable television

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In certain regions of the world, especially in North America, DBS is used to refer to providers of subscription satellite packages, and has become applied to the entire equipment chain involved. With modern satellite providers in the United States using high power Ku-band tranmissions using circular polarization, which result in small dishes, and digital compression (hence bringing in an alternative term, Digital Satellite System), DBS is often mis-used to refer to these. DBS systems are often driven by pay television providers, which ...

See also:

Direct broadcast satellite, Direct broadcast satellite - Terminology confusion, Direct broadcast satellite - Commercial DBS services, Direct broadcast satellite - Free DBS services

Read more here: » Direct broadcast satellite: Encyclopedia II - Direct broadcast satellite - Terminology confusion

By the end of early 2006, Sky will have finished downloading a new version of it's Sky Guide service, which will include new genres, easier access to channels, and a complete renumbering system. This will have been the biggest change to Sky since its launch in 1998. In 2006 BSkyB is planning to launch its own High-definition television (HDTV) services. BSkyB have announced that the service will require a display that has High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) or Digital Visual Interface (DVI) interfaces and is High-Bandwidth Digital Con ...

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British Sky Broadcasting, British Sky Broadcasting - Organisation, British Sky Broadcasting - Direct subsidiaries, British Sky Broadcasting - Joint ventures, British Sky Broadcasting - History, British Sky Broadcasting - Origins, British Sky Broadcasting - Football rights, British Sky Broadcasting - Improving technology, British Sky Broadcasting - Terrestrial competition, British Sky Broadcasting - Timeline, British Sky Broadcasting - Future, British Sky Broadcasting - Technology and conditional access, British Sky Broadcasting - Management, British Sky Broadcasting - Sky and cable television

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British Sky Broadcasting - Direct subsidiaries. British Sky Broadcasting Ltd. Operating company for the Sky pay-television service. Sky Television Ltd. The original Sky Television plc, now a holding company Sports Internet Group Ltd. Sports content and online betting services. British Interactive Broadcasting Holdings Ltd. Interactive television services, formerly an ...

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British Sky Broadcasting, British Sky Broadcasting - Organisation, British Sky Broadcasting - Direct subsidiaries, British Sky Broadcasting - Joint ventures, British Sky Broadcasting - History, British Sky Broadcasting - Origins, British Sky Broadcasting - Football rights, British Sky Broadcasting - Improving technology, British Sky Broadcasting - Terrestrial competition, British Sky Broadcasting - Timeline, British Sky Broadcasting - Future, British Sky Broadcasting - Technology and conditional access, British Sky Broadcasting - Management, British Sky Broadcasting - Sky and cable television

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Germany is likely the leader in free-to-air DBS, with approximately 40 analogue and 100 digital channels broadcast from the SES Astra 1 position at 19.2E. These are not marketed as a DBS service, but are recieved in approximately 12 million homes, as well as in any home using the German commercial DBS system, Premiere. The United Kingdom has approximately 90 free-to-air digital channels, for which a promotional and marketing plan is being devised by the BBC and ITV, to be sold as "Freesat". It is intended to provide a multi-channel service for areas which cannot receive Freeview, and ...

See also:

Direct broadcast satellite, Direct broadcast satellite - Terminology confusion, Direct broadcast satellite - Commercial DBS services, Direct broadcast satellite - Free DBS services

Read more here: » Direct broadcast satellite: Encyclopedia II - Direct broadcast satellite - Free DBS services

Rupert Murdoch's News International (a major subsidary of News Corporation) currently has a 38% stake in the company. News Corp also fully owns Sky Italia and about 78% of New Zealand's SKY Network Television Limited. The first CEO of BSkyB was Sam Chisholm, who was CEO of Sky TV before the merger. Chisholm served in this position until 1997. He was followed by Mark Booth who was credited with leading the company through the introduction of Sky Digital. Tony Ball was appointed in 1999 and completed the company's analogue to digital co ...

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British Sky Broadcasting, British Sky Broadcasting - Organisation, British Sky Broadcasting - Direct subsidiaries, British Sky Broadcasting - Joint ventures, British Sky Broadcasting - History, British Sky Broadcasting - Origins, British Sky Broadcasting - Football rights, British Sky Broadcasting - Improving technology, British Sky Broadcasting - Terrestrial competition, British Sky Broadcasting - Timeline, British Sky Broadcasting - Future, British Sky Broadcasting - Technology and conditional access, British Sky Broadcasting - Management, British Sky Broadcasting - Sky and cable television

Read more here: » British Sky Broadcasting: Encyclopedia II - British Sky Broadcasting - Management