Sky Group

Also known as BSkyB, Sky Plc, British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc, Sky

British media and telecommunications conglomerate

Key facts

Formerly: British Sky Broadcasting plc (1990–2014), Sky plc (2014–19)
Company type: Subsidiary
Traded as: LSE : SKY (2014–18), LSE : BSY (1994–2014), NYSE : BSY (1994–2010), FTSE 100 component (BSY, 1995–2014), FTSE 100 component (SKY, 2014–18)
Industry: Telecommunications Mass media
Predecessors: Sky Television British Satellite Broadcasting
Founded: 2 November 1990 ; 35 years ago ( 2 November 1990 )
Headquarters: Sky Campus , London , England, UK
Area served: Europe
Key people: Dana Strong ( CEO )
Products: Direct-broadcast satellite , pay television , broadcasting , broadband and telephony services
Revenue: £14.5 billion (2022)

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Sky Group Limited, trading as Sky, is a British media and telecommunications conglomerate owned by Comcast and headquartered in London. It has operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Italy. Sky is Europe's largest media company and pay-TV broadcaster by revenue (as of 2018), with 23 million subscribers and more than 31,000 employees as of 2019. The company is primarily involved in satellite television, producing and broadcasting. The current CEO is Dana Strong.

Formed in 1990 by the equal merger of Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, BSkyB became the UK's largest pay television company. In 2014, after completing the acquisition of Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland, the merged company changed its name to Sky plc.