Posted by Simon Perry on 18 November 2008 | Tagged as: Business, Financials, Sky, UK
We’ve just had notice that the UK side of Sky’s operation, British Sky Broadcasting Group plc, are raising around $600 million through a private Bond issue. They’ll be paying 9.5% interest, it will mature in 2018 and they hope it to close on or about 24 November 2008. The full statement is below.
Posted by Simon Perry on 4 November 2008 | Tagged as: Business, Content, Distribution, Legal, Sky, UK
Finally Sky and Virgin Media are holding hands again following their bust up dating back to Feb 2007. The overview? Sky will carry some of Virgin’s channels on their service and Virgin will carry some of Sky’s channels – both agreements last until 2011. They’ll both drop the outstanding High Court actions against each other. [...]
Posted by Simon Perry on 17 September 2008 | Tagged as: Distribution, Sky, UK
As you’ll know, many broadband providers sell you unlimited boradband service that are actually … limited. Under the guise of a Fair Use Policy (FUP), you are slapped on the wrist if you download more than they’ve deemed as fair. After a few slaps, they’ll cut you off.
Posted by Simon Perry on 7 February 2008 | Tagged as: Financials, Sky, UK
The interim results for UK satellite broadcaster Sky have been announced, with a £36 million pre-tax loss showing for the six-month period ending 31 December – its first loss for six years. Balanced against the financial loss was otherwise positive news, like their ARPU raising to a record £421 per subscriber, an increase in subscribers [...]
Posted by Simon Perry on 29 October 2007 | Tagged as: Distribution, Sky, UK
In less than 14 months, Sky Broadband has passed the 1 million subscriber milestone – faster than any other UK broadband provider to date. Sky has found that around 30% of customers who have joined Sky Broadband so far are new Sky TV customers.
Posted by Simon Perry on 10 August 2007 | Tagged as: Legal, News In Brief, Regulation, Sky, UK
The Sky/Amstrad comes in for a looky see.
Posted by Simon Perry on 7 August 2007 | Tagged as: Business, News In Brief, Sky, UK
Pace grab extra business from Sky.
Posted by Simon Perry on 2 August 2007 | Tagged as: Cellular, Content, Football, Mobile, News Corp., Sky, Sports, UK
As we’re not fans of football, we’re constantly amazed at how keen people are to watch the game that involves people kicking a pig’s bladder around an oblong section of grass. Ho, Hmm. Never one to not take the opportunity of cramming more football into people lives, Sky TV has teamed up with a load [...]
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 31 July 2007 | Tagged as: Business, Sky, UK
Murdoch’s monster media mammoths agrees deal for Amstrad’s set top boxes
Posted by Simon Perry on 27 July 2007 | Tagged as: Distribution, Portable, Sky, Sony, UK, Wireless
Sky find another way to get their content out – this time to the PSP handheld.
