British Sky Broadcasting Group plc
Grant Way
Isleworth,
TW7 5QD
United Kingdom - Map
Phone: 44 20 7705 3000
Fax: 44 20 7705 3030
Web Site: http://www.sky.com
| British Sky Broadcasting Group plc and its subsidiaries provide pay television broadcast services in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It primarily broadcasts sports events, movies, entertainment, and news programs. As of June 30, 2009, the company owned, operated, distributed, and retailed 29 Sky Channels, including multiplex versions of the Sky Channels, and retailed 159 Sky Distributed Channels to direct-to-home (DTH) viewers. It served approximately 9,442,000 DTH subscribers. The company also retails to its DTH subscribers Music Choice and Music Choice Extra, the digital audio services; and the Sky Box Office service, a pay-per-view service offering movies, sporting events, and concerts. In addition, it provides an interactive television platform for the development and delivery of interactive services, including betting, customer services, interactive advertising, games, competitions, voting, and quizzes; and a range of betting and gaming services. Additionally, the company provides broadband and telephony services comprising Sky Broadband, a broadband Internet access service; and Sky Talk, a telephony service available to DTH subscribers. Further, it provides Sky Anytime on Mobile, a mobile phone application that provides access to Sky Sports, Sky News, Sky One, and Sky Movies mobile content; Sky Mobile TV that offers approximately 25 channels streamed direct to the subscriberÂ’s mobile phone; and managed network and hosting services, including national and cross border IP virtual private networks, Internet connectivity, carrier services, hosting, co-location, managed video conferencing, and security solutions. Furthermore, the company broadcasts versions of three of its channels, Sky News, Sky Sports News, and Sky Three; provides analogue and digital cable services; and owns and operates various Web sites, including sky.com, skysports.com, and sky.com/news. British Sky Broadcasting Group was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Isleworth, the United Kingdom. |
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| Key Statistics |
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| | Pay | Exercised | Mr. Jeremy Darroch , 46
Chief Exec. Officer and Exec. Director |
N/A
| N/A | Mr. Andrew Griffith , 38
Chief Financial Officer and Exec. Director |
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1.74M | N/A | Mr. Mike Darcey , 44
Chief Operating Officer |
N/A
| N/A | Mr. Sid McGrath ,
Managing Director of United |
N/A
| N/A | Mr. Andy Jonesco ,
Managing Director, OBU |
N/A
| N/A |
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Dollar amounts are as of
31-Dec-09
and compensation values are for the last fiscal
year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of
options exercised during the fiscal year.
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