Sky Television (1984–1990)
Former British satellite television company; predecessor to BSkyB / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Sky Television plc" redirects here. This article covers the incarnation of the British broadcaster that existed between 1984 and 1990. For its present-day successors and other broadcasters of a similar name, see Sky Television (disambiguation)
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. A programming merger took effect on 1 December 1990.
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Company type | Public limited company |
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Industry | Media |
Founded | 16 January 1984 |
Defunct | 2 November 1990 |
Successor | British Sky Broadcasting |
Headquarters | London, England |
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Products | Pay TV services and programming |
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