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There are seven million subscribers who enjoy Sky Television in their multitude of services: there is all you want from great documentaries, movies, shows and cultural events to news, sports and interactive features at a high video and sound quality. Sky Television was founded as a four channel network in 1989 by Rupert Murdoch, but it merged with its competitor British Satellite Broadcasting in 1990 and it became British Sky Broadcasting. Even after the merge, the company was still in serious financial trouble with millions of pounds being lost every week. A serious change in the management and the creation of a subscriber base allowed for the gradual recovery of the losses and even the making of profit in the following years. The new Sky Television became a success.
Sky Television represents the most important subscription-based TV service provider in the UK that broadcasts for around ten million of British and Irish homes. The headquarters of the company are in Osterley, London, with the uplink with a direct connection to the satellite located just outside Southampton; yet, most of the Sky Television departments are concentrated in Livingston and Dunfermline, Scotland. Changes came over the years with modifications not only of the departments but of the packages offered to the consumers too.
Access to the Sky Television channels is achieved by means of the Sky digibox with or without personal video recorder included. Ratings indicate that this complex set allows one enough freedom as when having a personal channel at one’s disposal. It was with the introduction of the interactive TV services that Sky Television gained even more popularity, thus viewers could even select what cameras to have access to during sports events for example. Besides the subscription-based services, Sky Television also broadcasts around 160 free to access radio and TV channels via satellite.
The average package costs the Sky Television subscriber somewhere between £16 and £21 per month without any of the premium channels included. The variation depends on the programming and combinations that the users select. More advanced options have Sky World with Sky Sports and Sky Movies included, and such a Sky Television offer costs £45. The technical requirements are not difficult to meet: the satellite system has to be pointed in a certain direction that the satellite technician will take care of, and it needs to include a Sky box with an active viewing card. Furthermore, the company also requires that you have a credit card, whether Visa, Mastercard or Eurocard.
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