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Sky plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home entertainment and communications company in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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Ticker	Exchange	ISIN	Name
$SKY	LSE Main Market	GB0001411924	ORD GBP0.50

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Barry Gardiner 24 Sep 2018, 08:27

$SKY Comcast outbid Fox by $3.6 billion in a three-round auction process.
Comcast offered £17.28 per share, while the price offered by Fox was £15.67 per share. Congratulations to all shareholders!

Kourtney West 21 May 2015, 20:35

$SKY $VOD $BT.A $MANX $TEEG $TALK $SKMD Mobile telecoms are struggling to grow their revenues: voice is declining for several years, data is joining the trend. Potential new services are network-related M2M/IoT and higher level digital services, but success in these segments is not guaranteed automatically, so the value of many telecom companies (both mobile and fixed lines; at least in the developed markets) will decline in the coming years #bearish

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Robert Sheridan 28 Apr 2015, 22:06

$SKY results are simply amazing... but the profit margin growth should shop soon:
- Italy, Germany and Austria are already better in churn than the UK
- ARPU is stable in most of the countries
- Costs could not be cut forever
Fix the profit from the current share price spike in the next 1-2 weeks max.

Ray McNamara 24 Apr 2015, 11:03

$SKY can go 5-10% more from here - I am long #buy

Vishal Khanna 22 Apr 2015, 22:03

$SKY Q3 2015 Conference call transcript is available: seekingalpha.com/article/...anscript

Barry Gardiner 22 Apr 2015, 12:02

$SKY 9m results are worth a thousand of words:
- 5% increase in group revenue to £8,453 million
- 20% increase in operating profit to £1,025 million
#buy

Scott Dyas 11 Apr 2015, 23:07

$SKY push to innovation in advertising with AdSmart is paying off: 2014 adv. revenue is £472m vs 440 in 2013 and 440 in 2012 #bullish

Matthew Cameron 11 Apr 2015, 14:01

$SKY subscribers growth and churn decline in the UK, Germany and Italy are quite promising: it's an entertainment company and consumers are spending more on fun. European economy is improving #bullish

Barry Gardiner 10 Apr 2015, 21:58

$SKY Sky plc will be announcing results for the nine months ended 31 March 2015 via RNS, at 7.00 a.m. (BST) on Tuesday 21 April 2015.

Stephen Dixon 09 Apr 2015, 23:01

$SKY outperformed the market since the beginning of 2015 during the rally driven by EBC money printing expectations and announcement end Jan: +16% Sky Plc stock vs. +6.8% FTSE 100 #bullish

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Stephen Dixon 09 Apr 2015, 08:54

$SKY Vivendi CEO rejected that it was looking to buy Sky Plc... So if the stock retreats it will be a good buying opportunity as I believe Vivendi or smb else will consider buying Sky in the coming year #bullish

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Scott Dyas 08 Apr 2015, 23:28

$SKY Westhouse Securities reaffirmed their #neutral rating on shares of Sky Plc (LON:SKY) in a report issued on Tuesday. They currently have a GBX 814 ($12.14) target price on the stock.

Philippe Corden 01 Apr 2015, 12:39

$SKY Sky has acquired a 60 per cent stake in Jupiter Entertainment, a US-based independent production company with a track record of creating successful, returning popular factual series and formats. The investment forms part of Sky’s strategy to grow a broad, international content business spanning broadcasting, production and distribution.

George Walker 20 Mar 2015, 21:18

$SKY Under the terms of the transaction, Sky has received cash of £600 million and a vendor loan note, and will be entitled to further consideration contingent on CVC achieving certain minimum return criteria on its investment in Sky Bet. Sky has retained an equity stake of 20% in Sky Bet and ongoing board representation.

corporate.sky.com/media-c...partners

George Walker 20 Mar 2015, 21:17

$SKY is dropping non-core businesses:

Sky has today completed the sale of an 80% stake in its online betting and gaming business, Sky Betting & Gaming (“Sky Bet”), to funds advised by CVC Capital Partners (“CVC”) and members of the Sky Bet management team, in a deal which values Sky Bet at £800 million. This follows the receipt of all required regulatory clearances.

Vishal Khanna 05 Feb 2015, 18:02

$SKY Q2 2015 Conference call transcript is available: seekingalpha.com/article/...anscript

Philippe Corden 05 Feb 2015, 11:25

$SKY 6m results: adjusted revenue +5%, adjusted EBITDA +7%. UK & Ireland and Germany are growing, Italy is table but it's only ~20% #bullish

Philippe Corden 30 Jan 2015, 23:19

Good luck to $SKY $BT.A $VOD This move will just erase margins in the long term... so #bearish news in 2+ years perspective

Max Carey 30 Jan 2015, 19:29

$SKY $BT.A $VOD Bold move - Sky is going to mobile:

Sky is set to add a range of mobile voice and data services to its customer offering for the first time following agreement of a new partnership with Telefónica UK. Under the terms of the multi-year deal, Telefónica UK will give Sky wholesale access to 2G, 3G and 4G services over its popular nationwide network... Sky plans to launch its first mobile telephony services to customers in 2016.

Max Carey 28 Dec 2014, 21:52

$SKY Sky has made a $4m equity investment in Elemental Technologies, a US-based software company specialising in multiscreen video delivery... The financing is part of a $14.5 million Series D round of funding led by Telstra, Australia’s largest telecommunications and information services company, along with participation from Elemental’s existing investors.

This minority high risk VC investment is basically a $4m to "to share perspectives and insight"

Lisa Hoppe 10 Dec 2014, 14:38

$SKY Sky AdSmart launches postcode targeting

Advertisers using Sky AdSmart can now deliver TV ads to Sky homes by postcode area. The ability to focus advertising using the first one or two letters of a postcode builds on the existing location-based targeting offered by Sky AdSmart, which allows the selection of TV regions and metropolitan areas across the UK such as Leicester, Belfast and Cardiff.

This is quite a big innovation... Sky proves its competitiveness #bullish

George Walker 05 Dec 2014, 15:39

$SKY Sky has agreed to sell a controlling stake in its online betting and gaming business, Sky Betting & Gaming (“Sky Bet”), to funds advised by CVC Capital Partners (“CVC”) in a deal which values Sky Bet at £800 million.

Scott Dyas 14 Nov 2014, 10:05

$SKY The change of the company’s name from British Sky Broadcasting Group plc to Sky plc is subject to shareholder approval at its AGM on 21 November 2014. The company’s stock exchange ticker will change to SKY from 14 November 2014.

corporate.sky.com/media-c...-company

Scott Dyas 14 Nov 2014, 10:04

BSY Renamed to $SKY

In order to recognise the international scope of the business, following the acquisition the company will change its name to Sky, in place of British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB). The company will be listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol SKY.

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About Sky

Sky plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home entertainment and communications company in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It retails television, broadband, and telephony services to residential customers, as well as commercial customers, such as offices, retail outlets, hotels, pubs, and clubs; and operates WiFi network across the UK and Europe that provides Internet access to WiFi enabled smart phones, laptops, and entertainment devices. The company also operates various television channels, such as Sky 1, Sky living, Sky Atlantic, Sky arts, Sky 3D, Sky movies, Sky sports, Sky news, Comedy Central, Watch, Gold, Alibi, and Fox, as well as Discovery, Disney, and National Geographic; and offers access to 195 pay television channels, including 134 Sky distributed channels and 32 sky channels, as well as approximately 300 free-to-air television and radio channels. In addition, it offers various services, such as Sky+, Sky HD, Sky Multiscreen, On Demand, Sky Go, Sky Go Extra, Sky Box Office, Sky Store, and NOW TV. Further, the company wholesales Sky Channels to other providers selling advertising on Sky and partner channels; offers a range of betting and gaming services under the Sky Bet, Sky Poker, Sky Vegas, and Sky Bingo brands; sells third party television programs; and sells and installs set-top boxes. As of June 30, 2014, it had 11.5 million customers. The company was formerly known as British Sky Broadcasting Group plc and changed its name to Sky plc in November 2014. Sky plc was incorporated in 1988 and is based in Isleworth, the United Kingdom.