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Sky Invests £250m On Internet And Content To Phones
News As part of its online plans, Sky has taken stakes in several Internet companies, including sports site Sportal, e-tailer Streets Online, and Static, which designs interactive TV services. British Sky Broadcasting (quote: BSY) on Wednesday said it...
[February 9, 2000, 12:20]
ISP Confirms Bug's Filipino Connection
News Sky Internet, the Quezon City, Philippines, Internet service provider that inadvertently hosted some of the "ILOVEYOU" worm code, said late Thursday that the company has tracked the bug to another hosting service, but its efforts have apparently...
[May 5, 2000, 10:49]
Sky Launches Interactive TV Betting
News British Sky Broadcasting (quote: BSY) is to add e-commerce capabilities to its Sky Text service, which provides Internet news and information to Sky Digital subscribers. However, Sky has not so far succeeded in establishing a foothold in next...
[December 12, 2000, 16:22]
Sky Shares Skyrocket On Online Strategy
News British Sky Broadcasting (quote: BSY) shares soared nearly 300 points after it announced its plan to sink £250m into the Internet and pursue ADSL and mobile-phone deals. Sky became the latest traditional media company to affirm the appeal of e...
[February 10, 2000, 9:00]
ZDNet UK's Mail Room
News As for the Internet in the sky. Story: Internet in the Sky - Net revolution? This provides a perfectly 'normal' Internet connection at a speed of 10 to 50 Mbit/s -- much faster than the satellite system, and fully interactive.
[April 30, 1999, 13:51]
England V Scotland Match Live Over The Net
News Football fans north and south of the English border will no doubt be delighted to know that Saturday's clash between Scotland and England is to be beamed live over the Internet courtesy of British Sky Broadcasting and the Scottish Gas Football...
[November 12, 1999, 13:55]
Analysis: PC Or Not PC... TV Is The Question
News ONdigital, Sky's (quote: BSY) main rival in the fledgling digital TV market, has chosen to avoid the unmetered Internet access route opting instead for BT's (quote: BT) 1p per minute off-peak, 2p per minute peaktime service.
[September 8, 2000, 8:12]
Sky Shares Soar After Online Announcement
News British Sky Broadcasting (quote: BSY) shares soared nearly 300 points after it announced its plan to sink £250m into the Internet and pursue ADSL and mobile-phone deals. Sky, 40 percent owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.announced its Internet...
[February 9, 2000, 16:30]
Amazon Book Ban Backfires
News The move to withdraw the book, "A Piece of Blue Sky," comes a day after a report published in Wired News triggered a rash of postings on Internet newsgroups. While competitors reaped a PR windfall, Amazon was taking a PR pummeling: Newsgroup...
[May 21, 1999, 8:06]
Nokia Bets On Linux For Home Networks
News Telecoms giant Nokia has attacked Sky and other digital content providers, claiming their use of proprietary technology is holding up the market for converged digital TV and Internet services. Heikki Koskin, vice president and general manager for...
[February 10, 2000, 16:17]
Lastminute.com Inks Sky Digital Deal
News Tobin Ireland Commercial Director Sky Interactive, said: "BSkyB is delighted with the launch of one of Europe's best known and trusted Internet brands on Sky Active.lastminute.com's high-quality range of travel and entertainment deals will be a...
[June 12, 2003, 15:30]
Time To Plan Your Web Services
News But a couple of visible Internet companies have begun testing the "object in the sky" model again -- notably Amazon and Google. The original vision was for Web services to allow companies to create huge "objects in the sky" that companies could...
[August 8, 2002, 14:05]
ONdigital Joins War For 'free' Set-top Boxes
News There will be additional charges for Sky sports and movies. According to a press release Sky will "relish" the prospect of consumers making a direct comparison between the services. Sky will also offer e-mail and online shopping via the Open TV...
[May 25, 1999, 17:05]
Palm.net Keeping It In The Family
News Open Sky, a joint venture of 3Com and Aether Systems, is expected to offer wireless service on a Palm III and Palm V by the first quarter of next year. Open Sky also will offer the service on the Palm III with a modem, and has ported the Palm VII's...
[September 3, 1999, 8:56]
AOL TV No Threat To Digital Players - Analysts
News Digital TV is driven by the broadcasting aspect rather than interactivity," he said, adding that Sky will eventually offer interactive services like shopping and banking but any Internet access will be with a "walled garden" approach rather than...
[December 14, 1998, 16:54]
News Corp Seeks Investor In Satellite Operation
News News Corp is looking to combine Star TV, Foxtel in Australia, its 40 percent stake in British Sky Broadcasting (quote: BSY) and its 35 percent stake in Sky Latin America, the source said. If there's any truth to the speculation that Rupert Murdoch...
[March 1, 2000, 13:36]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News But not as frustrating as DAB digital radio: while Sky and On are at least trying to get receivers into the home by giving them away, you can't as yet see much change from £800 if you want to experience a digital Brian Perkins (and I do).
[October 29, 1999, 18:16]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog But not as frustrating as DAB digital radio: while Sky and On are at least trying to get receivers into the home by giving them away, you can't as yet see much change from £800 if you want to experience a digital Brian Perkins (and I do).
[October 29, 1999, 19:16]
Interactive TV Market Heats Up
News Competition for the UK's interactive television business will heat up a notch on Monday with the launch of Freedomland, a set-top box system that seeks to undercut offerings from British Sky Broadcasting, ONdigital and Bush.
[April 30, 2001, 7:36]
North Promised Broadband Cable Network
Talkback and many people are left with SKY and BT which charge customers a lot of money and SKY offer too many unwanted channels. and if the customer uses sky world family pack thats another £38 per month so if the customer pays quaterly they are going to...
[July 27, 2003, 22:11]
