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Sky To Introduce Free Broadband
News Sky has become the latest to join the 'free' broadband brigade — and has revealed its ISP makeover will cost it £250m in the next two years. BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch announced today that the company will start selling broadband services...
[July 18, 2006, 15:50]
Sky May Shake Up UK Broadband Market
News As well as buying an existing broadband ISP, Sky is rumoured to be considering spending up to £200m to install its own broadband equipment in BT's local exchanges - a process known as local-loop unbundling (LLU).
[October 13, 2005, 18:15]
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]
Sky May Shake Up UK Broadband Market
Talkback YES SKY HAS BROUGHT EASYNET BT SKY WILL NOW TAKE OVER AND GIVE A SKY FIELD ENG A LONDON BASE FRIM AND IT ALL STARTS IN SEPT THIS YEAR WE ARE ALREADY TRAINING AND DOWN LOADS BY THE DISH WILL BE 50MEGS FAST UP AND RUNNING
[April 21, 2006, 19:54]
Sky Giving Away Digital TV With Net Access
News Sky is unashamedly shoving its Skydigital service as hard as it can and makes no apologies to the gang of free ISPs entering the market: "We obviously want a digital box in every UK home" said a Sky spokeswoman.
[May 5, 1999, 14:14]
Sky Hit By Return Of Windows Media DRM Crack
News Broadcaster Sky has suspended its broadband movie download service after a Microsoft security patch on Windows Media's digital rights management (DRM) was cracked. The service's homepage currently reads: "In order to make an essential update to the...
[September 11, 2006, 13:00]
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. Sky Text is part of BSkyB's efforts to expand into interactive services, most...
[December 12, 2000, 16:22]
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]
Geldof, Sky Boost WAP Choice
News Bob Geldof's WapWorld, the UK's first commercial independent WAP portal, coupled with a content deal between Sky and BT Cellnet announced Wednesday could, according to observers herald a dramatic increase in the choice of WAP content.
[February 10, 2000, 6:09]
Sky To Axe .tv Tech News Channel
News Sky TV is to close down its .tv technology channel, the latest sign of the dot-com deflation. Sky was not immediately available for comment. According to independent sources, the channel, which was the UK's only television channel devoted to the...
[June 22, 2001, 17:30]
Sky Invests £250m On Internet And Content To Phones
News British Sky Broadcasting (quote: BSY) on Wednesday said it will invest £250m in its online division, Sky New Media, to bulk up its sky.com and skysports.com properties, with a focus on grabbing online-sports market share.
[February 9, 2000, 12:20]
Lastminute.com Inks Sky Digital Deal
News Lastminute.com has signed up with Sky Digital to provide its travel and entertainment ticket services to shoppers using interactive TV. As of today, Sky viewers will be able to access lastminute.com's array of travel packages, theatre tickets...
[June 12, 2003, 15:30]
Sky Active Brings E-Commerce To Millions Of Homes Via The TV Screen, With Vital Support From Capgemini
White Papers Sky Active is the world's first big, successful interactive television service. Following its full British launch under the Open brand name, its runaway success has exceeded all expectations, with audience figures climbing to millions in just a few...
[May 16, 2004, 0:00]
Free Broadband Modems For Sky Subscribers
Talkback I must admit dissapoitent at times with sky at times. I reliase its a cut price delevery bussiness.but if sky get it wrong it will badly affect their,customer base been with sky in this area since the start.e-mail me with clear price instructions...
[July 18, 2006, 22:30]
Broadband Takes To The Sky
News The world's first unmanned plane intended as a telecom tower in the sky is attracting interest as a new way to get broadband Internet connections to businesses. Helios, an aircraft resembling a giant wing, was built with funding and research help...
[August 14, 2001, 9:45]
Free Broadband Modems For Sky Subscribers
News Sky Digital customers who sign up for BT's "no-frills" broadband package will get their Alcatel "Green Frog" DSL modem for free, under an agreement announced on Thursday. The special offer, which is available to subscribers to Sky digital's Sky...
[October 17, 2002, 11:34]
Combating W32.Netsky.D
White Papers W32.Netsky.D is a mass-mailing worm that uses its own SMTP engine to send itself to the email addresses it finds when scanning hard drives and mapped drives. View this webcast to gain vital information on what the worm does, how to repair infected...
[November 23, 2004, 23:00]
Melissa: A Befuddled 'Sky Roket' Denies Virus Blame
News Sky Roket, the America Online account used to post several viruses, including the Melissa virus, to alt.sex, belongs to Scott Steinmetz, a civil engineer in Lynnwood, Washington. But in an e-mail interview with ZDNN, Steinmetz denied posting...
[March 31, 1999, 12:22]
BT And Sky Mull Deal To Deliver TV Via ADSL
News A BT spokesman would not confirm whether the telco is close to a deal with Sky. A tie-up between such well-known brands as Sky and BT would undoubtedly increase the intense battle between the telco and its cable rivals.
[September 5, 2000, 7:46]
