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B SKY B GROUP (BSY.L)On Dec 24: 561.50  Down 2.00 (0.35%)  
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Grant Way - Middlesex
Isleworth,  TW7 5QD
United Kingdom - Map
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7705 3118
Fax: +44 (0) 870 240 3060
Email: andrew.griffith@bsky.com
Web Site: www.sky.co.uk

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Index Membership:N/A
Sector:Media
Industry:Broadcasting
Full Time Employees:9,132

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
British Sky Broadcasting Group – interactive TV. British Sky Broadcasting Group, better known as B Sky B, plays an important role in the British TV and radio landscape. B Sky B has an expanding niche market - satellite broadcasting of TV programs through paying channels. It is one of the main suppliers of this market. B Sky B brings us entertainment, information and sport through mass program distribution. The Group particularly focuses on interactivity, allowing viewers to access a wide range of recent and original programs, for example new films on Sky One and Sky Movies. For sport, B Sky B has bought the broadcasting rights to football and rugby matches in Scotland and England, the two sports that bring in the largest number of viewers. The Sky Sport division also broadcasts golf tournaments, basketball, tennis, ice hockey and boxing and athletics. B Sky B can be proud of its success. The Group estimates that its channels are watched in10 million homes in the UK and Ireland. 6 million people subscribe to its digital service.
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