Sky is to make its full TV service of hundreds of channels available without the need for a satellite dish for the first time, as it looks to stem customer defections to rivals such as BT. Jeremy Darroch, the Sky chief executive, said it would allow Sky to target up to 6m households across Europe who cannot, or will not, have a satellite dish. Now that really is a premium package Read more“This is the first time we have been able to offer the full Sky TV service without a satellite dish,” he said. “It is a big moment for the business.”Customers can currently use the Now TV broadband service to watch a limited range of Sky channels without a dish, but the new offering will allow access to potentially all of its 270 channels. Sky UK, which accounts for more than 90% of the pan-European broadcaster’s profits, experienced an 18% fall in profits to £620m in the second half of last year.

Source: The Guardian January 26, 2017 08:31 UTC