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   BSkyB Makes Additional $1.9 Million Investment in Roku

   5:31 am 5/10/2013

   • by THR staff

   The move follows an investment of $10 million last year in the U.S. and European TV streaming platform.Read more

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   U.K.'s Channel 4 to Sell Ads for BT Sports Channels

   3:51 am 5/2/2013

   • by Stuart Kemp

   The telecom giant is looking for the broadcaster to bring in ad revenue for two new networks and Britain's ESPN, which BT recently agreed to buy.Read more

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   BSkyB Adds 30,000 TV Subs in Latest Quarter

   10:54 pm 5/1/2013

   • by Georg Szalai

   UPDATED: The U.K. pay TV giant, of which News Corp. owns 39 percent, grew its financials for the nine-month period and exceeded the 30 million paid products mark.Read more

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   Sky Movies Boss: Studios Benefit From BSkyB Deals, Shortened Windows

   7:36 am 4/17/2013

   • by Georg Szalai

   Ian Lewis also says Ultraviolet isn't "quite there yet" and argues his company's Internet-only video service is not a direct Netflix competitor.Read more

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   BSkyB Renews Deal With U.K. Indie Entertainment Film Distributors

   4:07 am 4/17/2013

   • by Stuart Kemp

   With the extension, the U.K. pay TV giant secures such titles as "Silver Linings Playbook," which won star Jennifer Lawrence an Oscar.Read more

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   BSkyB Refuses to Air Ads for Rival BT's U.K. Sports Coverage

   9:52 am 4/8/2013

   • by Georg Szalai

   The telecom giant, set to launch networks with English Premier League soccer and other matches in a challenge to BSkyB, says the pay TV firm is engaging in "undue discrimination."Read more

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7. MIPTV: BSkyB, Starz Team on 'Fortitude'

   9:49 am 4/8/2013

   • by Scott Roxborough

   The new Arctic-set drama will be the first co-production between the U.S. and U.K. pay TV channels.Read more

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8. BSkyB Brings Sky News Arabia to U.K.

   4:08 am 3/13/2013

   • by Georg Szalai

   The 24-hour Arabic-language news channel is a joint venture of the British pay-TV giant and the Abu Dhabi Media Investment Company.Read more

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   BSkyB to Acquire Telefonica's U.K. Broadband Unit for up to $300 Million

   1:09 am 3/1/2013

   • by Georg Szalai

   UPDATED: The deal will make the pay TV giant, in which Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. owns a 39 percent stake, the second-largest U.K. broadband provider.Read more

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    ESPN to Sell U.K., Ireland TV Channels to British Telecom Giant BT

    5:09 am 2/25/2013

    • by Georg Szalai

    UPDATED: The deal comes after the sale of the Walt Disney-owned sports juggernaut's 50 percent stake in its Asian joint venture with News Corp. Read more

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