Sky Television plc was a public limited company which operated a nine-channel satellite television service, launched by Rupert Murdoch 's News International on 5 February 1989. Sky Television and its rival British Satellite Broadcasting suffered large financial losses, and merged on 2 November 1990 to form British Sky Broadcasting.

11 February – Sky Movies broadcasts its first special event – the boxing fight between Mike Tyson and Buster Douglas. 25 March – BSB launches, but initially only on cable - the channels do not begin broadcasting on satellite until the end of April. Its channels are Galaxy, Now, The Movie Channel, The Sports Channel and The Power Station.

On March 16 1996, 660,000 viewers signed up for the UK’s first pay-per-view TV event – the Frank Bruno vs Mike Tyson world heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas.

Sky is Europe's largest media company and pay-TV broadcaster by revenue (as of 2018), [5] with 23 million subscribers and more than 31,000 employees as of 2019. [2][6] The company is primarily involved in satellite television, producing and broadcasting. The current CEO is …

Sep 26, 2018 · Sky offers three channels on Freeview platform, including Sky News. 2002 – Sky wins rights for live coverage of Champions League football. 2002 – On statutory accounts, BSkyB loses £1.3bn, 2002 year end. 2003 – Sky Sports starts broadcasting Heineken Cup Rugby Union. 2003 – James Murdoch becomes BSkyB CEO.

Feb 5, 2024 · 35 years of Sky TV - a brief history. Today, marks the 35th anniversary of Sky Television in the UK. Their launch on 5th February 1989 was a significant turning point for viewers in the UK and revolutionised the way audiences were able to consume content.

Aug 23, 2022 · Sky Digital launched in 1997, introducing Sky Box Office that offered pay-per-view movies. In 1998, the UK's first digital TV service with over 140 channels came, and later the EPG - Electronic Program Guide. Alt Text: image of a PACE Sky Box from the 90s. Sky integrated TV IDTV and Digibox after that. The Queen had one in Balmoral!

Feb 5, 2014 · A quarter of a century ago today, on the 5th February 1989, Sky launched a tentative direct-to-home satellite TV service to UK households, ushering in the first age of multi-channel...

Sunday February 5th 1989 saw a revolution in television viewing habits in the United Kingdom with the launch of the Sky Television Network direct-to-home service via the Astra 1A satellite. The line-up consisted of four channels – Sky Channel, Sky News, Sky Movies and a joint venture sports channel, Eurosport.

1998: Sky digital, the United Kingdom's first digital television service, is established. 2001: The company shutters its analog service. With nearly 17 million viewers, digital satellite television operator British Sky Broadcasting Group plc, better known as BSkyB, stands as the United Kingdom's top pay television provider.