British Sky Broadcasting Group plc is a British satellite broadcasting, broadband and telephony services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with operations in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Formed in 1990 by the equal merger of Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, BSkyB is the largest pay-TV broadcaster in the United Kingdom and Ireland with over 10 million subscribers. BSkyB is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalisation of approximately £12.6 billion as of 23 December 2011, the... 29th-largest of any company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange. News Corporation owns a 39.14 percent controlling stake in the company. Sky Television was set up by Rupert Murdoch in 1989. The SES Astra satellite network began with the launch of Astra 1A in 1989. Sky Television plc was the first customer of Astra and leased four transponders on Astra 1A ahead of its launch. Alan Sugar's Amstrad began manufacturing the original sateillite dishes and set-top boxes, something which it still does today.
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| Founded: | November 1990 |
| Headquarters: | London, England |
| Legal structure: | Public limited company |
| Industries: | Media |