skyHD - NewsCorp connection
British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB — formerly two companies, Sky Television plc and British Satellite Broadcasting) is a company that operates Sky Digital, the most popular subscription television service in the UK and Ireland. It also produces TV content, and owns several TV channels. More than a third of the equity is owned by News Corporation, an American company chaired by Rupert Murdoch, who also acts as Chairman of BSkyB. (News Corporation's precise shareholding fluctuates due to share options and buy backs and was 37.7% at May 2006). For the year to 30 June 2005 BSkyB had turnover of £4.048 billion, and made a profit of £631 million before tax and £425 million after tax. As of 19 December 2005 it had 8 million direct to home customers, although this figure included all subscribers of Homechoice, Kingston Interactive Television and every other "Sky By Wire" IPTV service in the UK and Ireland. It also has a substantial numbers of customers via the cable operators NTL and Telewest, which resell many of its channels.
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