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Sky UK Limited
Type
Subsidiary
Country
United Kingdom
Availability
Satellite
Founded
2 November 1990; 27 years ago (1990-11-02)
Slogan
Believe in Better
Headquarters
Isleworth
Broadcast area
United Kingdom
Parent
Sky plc
Key people
Stephen van Rooyen and (CEO)
Former names
British Sky Broadcasting Limited, BSkyB and Sky
Official website
www.sky.com
Sky UK Limited (formerly British Sky Broadcasting Limited, BSkyB and Sky) is a telecommunications company which serves the United Kingdom. Sky provides television and broadband internet services, fixed line and mobile telephone services to consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom. It is the UK's largest pay-TV broadcaster with 11 million customers as of 2015.[1] It was the UK's most popular digital TV service until it was overtaken by Freeview in April 2007.[2] Its corporate headquarters are in Isleworth.[3]
Formed in November 1990 by the equal merger of Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, Sky became the UK's largest digital subscription television company. Following Sky's 2014 acquisition of Sky Italia and a majority 90.04% interest in Sky Deutschland in November 2014, its holding company British Sky Broadcasting Group plc changed its name to Sky plc.[4] The UK subsidiary's name was changed from British Sky Broadcasting Limited to Sky UK Limited, and continues to trade as Sky.
Sky UK Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sky plc, with its current company directors being Andrew Griffith and Christopher Taylor.[5] Griffith acts as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the Managing Director for the commercial businesses division.[6]
Contents
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1 History
1.1 Origins
1.2 Premier League football
1.3 Sky Multichannels
1.4 Launch of Sky Digital
1.5 2010s
2 Services
2.1 Digital terrestrial television
2.2 Video on demand
2.3 Game consoles
2.4 Sky Broadband
2.5 Sky Mobile
3 Products
3.1 Sky Digibox
3.2 Sky+
3.3 Sky+ HD
3.3.1 Sky 3D
3.4 Sky Q
3.4.1 4K UHD
4 Television channels
5 Marketing
6 Broadcasting
6.1 Transmission
6.2 Low-noise block converter
6.3 Standard definition broadcasts
6.4 Digital satellite receivers
6.5 Electronic programme guide
6.5.1 Technology
6.5.2 Numbering system
7 Competition
8 Virgin Media dispute
9 Discovery Networks dispute
10 Litigation
11 Criticism and controversies
12 Awards and nominations
13 See also
14 References
15 External links
History[edit]
Origins[edit]
The present service can trace its heritage back to 1989, when BSkyB's predecessors Sky Television plc and British Satellite Broadcasting encrypted their respective film channels – Sky Movies and The Movie Channel which required viewers to get decoding equipment and a subscription to watch the channels. After the two companies merged, subscribers could get access to both channels, and later the sports channel Sky Sports also became encrypted.
Premier League football[edit]
Main article: Sky Sports
In the autumn of 1991, talks were held for the broadcast rights for Premier League for a five-year period, from the 1992 season.[7] ITV were the current rights holders, and fought hard to retain the new rights. ITV had increased its offer from £18m to £34m per year to keep control of the rights.[8] BSkyB joined forces with the BBC[9] to make a counter bid. The BBC was given the highlights of most of the matches, while BSkyB paying £304m for the Premier League rights, would give them a monopoly of all live matches, up to 60 per year from the 1992 season. [10] Murdoch described sport as a "battering ram" for pay-television, providing a strong customer base.[11] A few weeks after the deal, ITV went to the High Court to get an injunction as it believed their bid details had been leaked before the decision was taken. ITV also asked the Office of Fair Trading to investigate since it believed Rupert Murdoch's media empire via its newspapers had influenced the deal.[12] A few days later neither action took effect, ITV believed BSkyB was telephoned and informed of its £262m bid, and Premier League advised BSkyB to increase its counter bid.[13]
BSkyB retained the rights paying £670m 1997–2001 deal, but was challenged by On Digital[14] for the rights from 2001–2004, thus were forced to £1.1 billion which gave them 66 live games a year.[15]
Following a lengthy legal battle with the European Commission, which deemed the exclusivity of the rights to be against the interests of competition and the consumer, BSkyB's monopoly came to an end from the 2007–08 season. In May 2006, the Irish broadcaster Setanta Sports was awarded two of the six Premier League packages that the English FA offered to broadcasters. Sky picked up the remaining four for £1.3bn.[16] In February 2015, Sky bid £4.2bn for a package of 120 premier league games across the three seasons from 2016. This represented an increase of 70% on the previous contract and was said to be £1bn more than the company had expected to pay. The move has been followed by staff cuts, increased subscription prices (including 9% in Sky's family package) and the dropping of the 3D channel.
Sky Multichannels[edit]
Main article: Sky Multichannels
In September 1993, BSkyB launched Sky Multichannels which was the present digital platform's analogue predecessor. Sky Multichannels was a subscription package that gave access not only to Sky's own channels but also those of third party broadcasters.
The service started on 1 September 1993. It was based on an idea by then CEO Sam Chisholm and chairman Rupert Murdoch of converting the company business strategy to an entirely fee-based concept. The new package included four channels formerly available free-to-air, broadcasting on Astra's satellites, as well as introducing new channels.[17] The service continued until the closure of BSkyB's analogue service on 27 September 2001,[18] due to the expansion of the Sky Digital platform after its launch three years ago. Some of the channels did broadcast either in the clear or soft encrypted (whereby a Videocrypt decoder was required to decode, without a subscription card) prior to their addition to the Sky Multichannels package.[19][20] Within two months of the launch, BSkyB gained 400,000 new subscribers, with the majority taking at least one premium channel as well,[21] which helped BSkyB reach 3.5 million households by mid-1994. Michael Grade criticised the operations in front of the Select Committee on National Heritage, mainly for the lack of original programming on many of the new channels.[22]
Launch of Sky Digital[edit]
BSkyB's digital service was officially launched on 1 October 1998 under the name Sky Digital, although small-scale tests were carried out before then. At this time the use of the Sky Digital brand made an important distinction between the new service and Sky's analogue services. Key selling points were the improvement in picture and sound quality, increased number of channels and an interactive service branded Open.... now called Sky Active, BSkyB competed with the ONdigital (later ITV Digital) terrestrial offering and cable services. Within 30 days, over 100,000 digiboxes had been sold, which help bolstered BSkyB's decision to give away free digiboxes and minidishes from May 1999.
In addition to most channels from the Sky Multichannels package, Sky Digital launched with several new channels that were exclusive to the digital offer.
The switch-over from analogue to digital proceeded relatively quickly. In Q3 1998, there were 6 million 'multichannel' TV homes in the UK (i.e. homes that watch television other than the traditional analogue terrestrial), and over half of these homes watched television using BSkyB's analogue service. BSkyB's digital service surpassed the analogue service in terms of subscribers in late 1999.[23]
By June 2000 the service had 3.6 million subscribers, which gave BSkyB 8.988 million subscribers across all platforms. This substantial growth reflected BSkyB’s 34% share of viewers in multi-channel homes (up from 13.4% from 1999).[24]
BSkyB's analogue service ended in October 2001, and the digital service would eventually be marketed as just 'Sky'.
By June 2005, the number of digital subscribers increase to 7.8m, while it produced 38,375 hours of sport in 2005[25]
2010s[edit]
Sky's direct-to-home satellite service became available in 10 million homes in 2010, Europe's first pay-TV platform in to achieve that milestone. Confirming it had reached its target, the broadcaster said its reach into 36% of households in the UK represented an audience of more than 25m people. The target was first announced in August 2004, since then an additional 2.4m customers had subscribed to Sky's direct-to-home service. Media commentators had debated whether the figure could be reached as the growth in subscriber numbers elsewhere in Europe flattened.[26]
The Daily Mail newspaper reported in 2012 that the UK government's benefits agency was checking claimants' "Sky TV bills to establish if a woman in receipt of benefits as a single mother is wrongly claiming to be living alone" – as, it claimed, subscription to sports channels would betray a man's presence in the household.[27] In December, the UK’s parliament heard a claim that a subscription to Sky was ‘often damaging’, along with alcohol, tobacco and gambling. Conservative MP Alec Shelbrooke was proposing the payments of benefits and tax credits on a "Welfare Cash Card", in the style of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, that could be used to buy only "essentials".[28]
Services[edit]
Digital terrestrial television[edit]
Sky initially faced competition from the ONdigital digital terrestrial television service (later renamed ITV Digital). ITV Digital failed for numerous reasons, including, but not limited to numerous administrative and technical failures, nervous investors after a large down-turn in the advertising market and the dot com crash, and Sky's aggressive marketing and domination of premium sporting rights.
While Sky had been excluded from being a part of the ONdigital consortium, thereby making them a competitor by default, Sky was able to join ITV Digital's free-to-air replacement, Freeview, in which it holds an equal stake with the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Arqiva. Prior to October 2005, three Sky channels were available on this platform: Sky News, Sky Three, and Sky Sports News. Initially, Sky provided Sky Travel to the service. However, this was replaced by Sky Three on 31 October 2005, which was itself later re-branded as 'Pick TV' in 2011.
On 8 February 2007, Sky announced its intention to replace its three free-to-air digital terrestrial channels with four subscription channels. It was proposed that these channels would offer a range of content from the Sky portfolio including sport (including English Premier League Football), films, entertainment and news.[29] The announcement came a day after Setanta Sports confirmed that it would launch in March as a subscription service on the digital terrestrial platform, and on the same day that NTL's services re-branded as Virgin Media. However, industry sources believe Sky will be forced to shelve plans to withdraw its channels from Freeview and replace them with subscription channels, due to possible lost advertising revenue.[30]
Video on demand[edit]
Main article: On Demand (Sky)
Sky initially faced increased competition from telecommunications providers to deliver pay television services over existing telephone lines using ADSL. Such providers are able to offer "triple-play" or "quad-play" packages combining landline telephone, broadband Internet, mobile telephone and pay television services.
To compete with these providers, in October 2005, Sky bought the broadband Internet Service Provider Easynet for £211 million. This acquisition allowed Sky to start offering a Sky-branded broadband service as well as a "triple play" package combining satellite television, land-line telephone and Broadband service. Sky also offers some streaming live TV channels to a computer using Microsoft's Silverlight.[31]
In early 2012, Sky released an update to its Sky Anytime service. This update offers customers the chance to buy and rent films from the Sky Store.
On 26 September 2012, Sky relaunched its "Anytime+" on-demand-via-broadband service as "On Demand" as the BBC’s iPlayer joined the line-up of channels offering catch-up TV on the company’s Sky+ HD box – linked to a router, the signal from which was recorded before viewing. The BBC was making the preceding week’s programmes available alongside ITV, Channel 4’s All 4, Channel 5 and the partly BBC Worldwide-owned UKTV, as well as Sky’s own channels.[32]
Game consoles[edit]
On 29 May 2009, it was confirmed that Sky Go would be made available on the Xbox 360.[33] In November 2011 Sony Computer Entertainment struck a deal with Sky to bring some of its shows to the PlayStation Store Video Store. Users are able buy individual TV episodes in SD or HD.[34] On 3 December 2014, Sky Go became available on the PlayStation 4, followed by the PlayStation 3 on 29 January 2015.
Sky Broadband[edit]
Main article: Sky Broadband
On 1 March 2013, it was announced that Sky would buy O2's and Be's broadband services from Telefónica for £180 million up front plus another £20 million once customers have been transferred. Telefónica said the deal would allow it to concentrate on providing better mobile services, including rolling out 4G.[35]
Sky offers superfast broadband, Sky Fibre, using ADSL2+ technology and fibre-optic, which are provided by BT Openreach.
Sky Mobile[edit]
On 21 October 2016, it was announced that public pre-registration for Sky's new mobile network, Sky Mobile, would take place from 31 October 2016. The network will operate as a Full MVNO, utilising the O2 radio access network infrastructure.[36] On 5 January 2017 Sky Mobile went live to the public across the UK. Coining itself as the Smarter Network, with tariffs mainly focused on data rather than traditional calls & text, effectively saving consumers money in wasted unused minutes and texts. 1GB data costs £10.00 per month while 3GB costs £15.00 per month with 5GB data costing £20.00 per month. With all those data tariffs, the customer can choose from two different call & text packages with the 'Pay as you use' costing 10p per minute of calls and 10p per text message sent or £10.00 per month for Unlimited Calls & Texts. With the latter being free for new or existing Sky TV customers using the Sky Mobile network.
As of 30 March 2017, Sky Mobile is offering handset deals. Products are available from manufacturers such as Samsung, Sony, LG and Apple.
Products[edit]
Sky Digibox[edit]
Sky launched with a set top box known as the Sky Digibox, using the Slogans "What do you want to watch?", "Entertainment your way" and the current slogan "Believe in Better".[37] This was followed by Sky+, a digital video recorder with an internal hard drive which allows viewers to 'pause live television' (by switching from a live feed to a paused real-time recording that can be restarted at any point) and schedule programs to record in the future.
In later years the Sky+ box and then the Sky+ HD box replaced the original Digibox. The first photos of a prototype Sky HD box began appearing in magazines in August 2005. Sky launched HDTV services in May 2006. All Sky+ HD boxes incorporate a version of Sky+ using a 300GB, 500GB, or 1TB hard drive (of which 160GB, 250GB or 500GB are available to the user) to accommodate the necessary extra data.
Sky+[edit]
Sky initially charged an additional subscription fee for using a Sky+ PVR with their service; waiving the charge for subscribers whose package included two or more premium channels. This changed as from 1 July 2007, and now customers that subscribe to any Sky package have Sky+ included at no extra charge. Customers that do not subscribe to Sky's channels can still pay a monthly fee to enable Sky+ functions.
In January 2010 Sky discontinued the Sky+ Box, limited the standard Sky Box to Multiroom upgrade only and started to issue the Sky+ HD Box as standard, thus giving all new subscribers the functions of Sky+. In February 2011 Sky discontinued the non-HD variant of its Multiroom box, offering a smaller version of the SkyHD box without Sky+ functionality.[38] In September 2007, Sky launched a new TV advertising campaign targeting Sky+ at women. As of 31 March 2008, Sky had 3,393,000 Sky+ users.[39]
Sky+ HD[edit]
Main article: Sky+ HD
Sky launched its HDTV service, Sky+ HD, on 22 May 2006. Prior to its launch, Sky claimed that 40,000 people had registered to receive the HD service. In the week before the launch, rumours started to surface that Sky was having supply issues with its set top box (STB) from manufacturer Thomson. On Thursday 18 May 2006, and continuing through the weekend before launch, people were reporting that Sky had either cancelled or rescheduled its installation. Finally, the BBC reported that 17,000 customers had yet to receive the service due to failed deliveries.[40] On 31 March 2012, Sky announced the total number of homes with Sky+ HD was 4,222,000.[41]
In early 2012, Sky released an update to its Sky Anytime service. This update offers customers the chance to buy and rent films from the Sky Store. In June 2012, Sky launched a new EPG for Sky+ HD boxes. The update included a new modernised look and improved functionality. As of 1 October 2012, Sky Anytime was rebranded as Sky On Demand which included ITV Player and Demand 5. BBC iPlayer followed in late Autumn with 4oD which changed to All 4 on 30 March 2015, launched in early 2013.[42]
Sky 3D[edit]
Main article: Sky 3D
Sky began to broadcast programmes in 3D in April 2010. This included new 3D channels, including a Sky Sports 3D and Sky Movies 3D. Sky previously experimented with 3D broadcasting by broadcasting an Arsenal vs Manchester United football game live in 3D in nine pubs situated throughout the United Kingdom.[43]
Sky Q[edit]
On 18 November 2015, Sky announced Sky Q, a range of products and services to be available in 2016.[44] The Sky Q range consists of three set top boxes (Sky Q 1TB, Sky Q 2TB and Sky Q Mini), a broadband router (Sky Q Hub) and mobile applications.
The Sky Q set top boxes introduce a new user interface, Wi-Fi hotspot functionality, Power-line and Bluetooth connectivity and a new touch-sensitive remote control.[45] The Sky Q Mini set top boxes connect to the Sky Q set top boxes with a Wi-Fi or Power-line connection rather than receive their own satellite feeds. This allows all set top boxes in a household to share recordings and other media.
Sky Q became available to order on 9 February 2016 and is currently the only range available to new customers.
4K UHD[edit]
The Sky Q 2TB set top box is capable of receiving and displaying 4K UHD broadcasts. HDR will be added at a later date when HDR broadcast standards are agreed.[citation needed]
UHD broadcasts started on 13 August 2016, with the first live Premier League football match of the 2016/17 season, Hull vs Leicester City. UHD broadcasts are available free of charge to Sky Q 2TB multiscreen customers with any other relevant subscriptions. [46]
Television channels[edit]
Entertainment
Sky One (+1 available)
Sky Two
Sky Living (+1 available)
Sky Atlantic (+1 available)
Sky Arts
Pick (+1 available)
Challenge (+1 available)
Real Lives (+1 available)
Sky Betting and Gaming
Lifetime (+1 available) (joint venture)
Comedy Central (+1 available) (joint venture)
Comedy Central Extra (+1 available) (joint venture)
News
Sky News
Sky News Arabia (joint venture)
Sky News Australia
Sky News Business Channel
Sports
Sky Sports Main Event
Sky Sports Premier League
Sky Sports Football
Sky Sports Cricket
Sky Sports Golf
Sky Sports F1
Sky Sports Action
Sky Sports Arena
Sky Sports News
Sky Sports Mix
Sky Sports Box Office
At the Races (joint venture)
Movies
Sky Cinema Premiere (+1 available)
Sky Cinema Hits
Sky Cinema Greats
Sky Cinema Disney
Sky Cinema Family
Sky Cinema Action
Sky Cinema Comedy
Sky Cinema Thriller
Sky Cinema Drama & Romance
Sky Cinema Select
Documentaries
History (+1 available) (joint venture)
H2 (joint venture)
CI (+1 available) (joint venture)
Kids
Nickelodeon (+1 available) (joint venture)
Nick Jr. (+1 available) (joint venture)
Nick Jr. Too (joint venture)
Nicktoons (joint venture)
Other
A+E Networks UK a joint-venture with american company A+E Networks.
Marketing[edit]
Sky (formerly marketed as Sky Digital) is the brand name for Sky plc's United Kingdom digital satellite television and telecommunications services. Slogans that have used for marketing include "What do you want to watch?", "Entertainment your way" and the current slogan "Believe in Better".[37] Sky has also aired several advertisements featuring characters from Minions, Inside Out, Kung Fu Panda 3, The Secret Life of Pets and The Lego Batman Movie.
Broadcasting[edit]
Sky Minidish
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Transmission[edit]
When Sky Digital was launched in 1998 the new service used the Astra 2A satellite which was located at the 28.2°E orbital position, unlike the analogue service which was broadcast from 19.2°E. This was subsequently followed by more Astra satellites as well as Eutelsat's Eurobird 1 (now Eutelsat 33C) at 28.5°E), enabled the company to launch a new all-digital service, Sky, with the potential to carry hundreds of television and radio channels.[47] The old position was shared with broadcasters from several European countries, while the new position at 28.5°E came to be used almost exclusively for channels that broadcast to the United Kingdom.
New Astra satellites joined the position in 2000 and 2001, and the number of channels available to customers increased accordingly. This trend continued with the launch of Eurobird 1 (now Eutelsat 33C) in 2001. Additionally, some channels occasionally received new numbering — However, in early 2006, the majority of channels received new numbering, with some receiving single digit changes, whilst others received new numbers entirely.
It was the country's most popular digital TV service until it was overtaken by Freeview in April 2007.[2]
Sky is currently transmitted from the Astra satellites located at 28.2° east (2A/2C/2E/2F) and Eutelsat's Eutelsat 33C satellite at 28.5°E.
Low-noise block converter[edit]
Provided is a universal Ku band LNB (9.75/10.600 GHz) which is fitted at the end of the dish and pointed at the correct satellite constellation; most digital receivers will receive the free to air channels. Some broadcasts are free-to-air and unencrypted, some are encrypted but do not require a monthly subscription (known as free-to-view), some are encrypted and require a monthly subscription, and some are pay-per-view services. To view the encrypted content a VideoGuard UK equipped receiver (all of which are dedicated to the Sky service, and cannot be used to decrypt other services) needs to be used. Unofficial CAMs are now available to view the service, although use of them breaks the user's contract with Sky and invalidates the user's rights to use the card.
Standard definition broadcasts[edit]
Sky's standard definition broadcasts are in DVB-compliant MPEG-2, with the Sky Cinema and Sky Box Office channels including optional Dolby Digital soundtracks for recent films, although these are only accessible with a Sky+ box. Sky+ HD material is broadcast using MPEG-4 and most of the HD material uses the DVB-S2 standard. Interactive services and 7-day EPG use the proprietary OpenTV system, with set-top boxes including modems for a return path. Sky News, amongst other channels, provides a pseudo-video on demand interactive service by broadcasting looping video streams.
Digital satellite receivers[edit]
Sky utilises the VideoGuard pay-TV scrambling system owned by NDS, a Cisco Systems company. There are tight controls over use of VideoGuard decoders; they are not available as stand-alone DVB CAMs (conditional-access modules). Sky has design authority over all digital satellite receivers capable of receiving their service. The receivers, though designed and built by different manufacturers, must conform to the same user interface look-and-feel as all the others. This extends to the Personal video recorder (PVR) offering (branded Sky+).
Electronic programme guide[edit]
Technology[edit]
Sky maintains an electronic programme guide (EPG) which provides information about upcoming programmes and a list of channels. Channels available on Sky are assigned a three digit logical channel number which can be entered on a remote control to access the channel and determines in what order channels are listed.
The EPG differs depending on the viewer's location due to limited regional availability of certain channels or conditions relating to their must-carry status. For example, this ensures that viewers get access to the correct BBC or ITV region or that S4C gets a prominent listing in Wales.
All channels are grouped into categories depending on their content. What section of the EPG a channel gets allocated is determined by rules set up by Sky.
Sky has no veto over the presence of channels on their EPG, with open access being an enforced part of their operating licence from Ofcom. Any channel which can get carriage on a suitable beam of a satellite at 28° East is entitled to access to Sky's EPG for a fee, ranging from £15–100,000. Third-party channels which opt for encryption receive discounts ranging from reduced price to free EPG entries, free carriage on a Sky leased transponder, or actual payment for being carried. However, even in this case, Sky does not carry any control over the channel's content or carriage issues such as picture quality.
In October 2007, Sky announced that they would not accept new applications to launch channel on their EPG, citing "very significant memory constraints" on many of its older digiboxes.[48]
In June 2012, Sky launched a new EPG for Sky+ HD boxes. The update boasts a new modernised look and improved functionality.
Numbering system[edit]
The EPG numbering is altered frequently when new channels launch or receive new numbers. A few times, the EPG has been substantially altered. For example:
In early 2006, most channels received new numbering. This shake-up intended to split up the original ten categories in sixteen. For example, several channels that had been listed under the 'Entertainment' category where split off into a new 'Lifestyle & Culture' category while the 'News & Documentaries' category was split into two. The 'Specialist' category, which had included shopping, dating, gambling, international and adult channels was split into several genres.[49]
Following the integration of Living TV Group into Sky in early 2011, several prominent slots were freed up as many channels were closed down. It was, reported Broadband TV News, the biggest reshuffle in EPG positions for over a decade, with MTV, Comedy Central, Universal Channel, Syfy, News Corporation's FX, and 40 HD channels moving to more prominent places.[50]
Competition[edit]
On 12 July 2011, former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown claimed that Sky's largest shareholder - News Corporation - attempted to affect government policy with regards to the BBC in pursuit of its own commercial interests.[51] He went further, in a speech in Parliament on 13 July 2011, stating:
"Mr James Murdoch, which included his cold assertion that profit not standards was what mattered in the media, underpinned an ever more aggressive News International and Sky agenda under his and Mrs Brooks’ leadership that was brutal in its simplicity. Their aim was to cut the BBC licence fee, to force BBC online to charge for its content, for the BBC to sell off its commercial activities, to open up more national sporting events to bids from Sky and move them away from the BBC, to open up the cable and satellite infrastructure market, and to reduce the power of their regulator, Ofcom. I rejected those policies." [52]
On 13 July 2011, MP Chris Bryant stated to the House of Commons, in the Parliamentary Debate on the Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation Bid for Sky that the company was anti-competitive:
"The company has lots of technological innovation that only a robust entrepreneur could to bring to British society, but it has also often been profoundly anti-competitive. I believe that the bundling of channels so as to increase the profit and make it impossible for others to participate in the market is anti-competitive. I believe that the way in which the application programming interface—the operating system—has been used has been anti-competitive and that Sky has deliberately set about selling set-top boxes elsewhere, outside areas where they have proper rights. If one visits a flat in Spain where a British person lives, one finds that they mysteriously manage to have a Sky box there even though it is registered to a house in the United Kingdom."[53]
Virgin Media dispute[edit]
Virgin Media (re-branded in 2007 from NTL:Telewest) started to offer a high-definition television (HDTV) capable set top box, although from 30 November 2006 until 30 July 2009 it only carried one linear HD channel, BBC HD, after the conclusion of the ITV HD trial. Virgin Media has claimed that other HD channels were "locked up" or otherwise withheld from their platform,[54] although Virgin Media did in fact have an option to carry Channel 4 HD in the future.[55][56] Nonetheless, the linear channels were not offered, Virgin Media instead concentrating on its Video On Demand service[57] to carry a modest selection of HD content.[58] Virgin Media has nevertheless made a number of statements over the years, suggesting that more linear HD channels are on the way.[54][59][60]
In 2007, Sky and Virgin Media became involved in a dispute over the carriage of Sky channels on cable TV. The failure to renew the existing carriage agreements negotiated with NTL and Telewest resulted in Virgin Media removing the basic channels from the network on 1 March 2007. Virgin Media claimed that Sky had substantially increased the asking price for the channels, a claim which Sky denied, on the basis that their new deal offered "substantially more value" by including HD channels and Video On Demand content which was not previously carried by cable.[61]
In response, Sky ran a number of TV, radio and print advertisements claiming that Virgin Media 'doubted the value' of the channels concerned, at first urging Virgin Media customers to call their cable operator to show their support for Sky, and later urging Virgin Media customers to migrate to Sky to continue receiving the channels. The broadcasting regulator Ofcom subsequently found these commercials in breach of their code.[62]
The availability (at an extra charge) of Sky's premium sport and movie services was not affected by the dispute, and Sky Sports 3 was offered as a replacement to Sky One on many Virgin Media packages. This impasse continued for twenty-one months, with both companies initiating High Court proceedings.[63] Amongst Virgin Media's claims to the court[64] (denied by Sky) were that Sky had unfairly reduced the amount which it paid to VMTV for the carriage of Virgin Media's own channels on satellite.[65]
Eventually, on 4 November 2008 it was announced that an agreement had been struck for Sky's basic channels – including Sky1, Sky2, Sky3, Sky News, Sky Sports News, Sky Arts 1, Sky Arts 2, Sky Real Lives and Sky Real Lives 2 to return to Virgin Media from 13 November 2008 until 12 June 2011. In exchange, Sky would be provided continued carriage of Virgin Media Television's channels – Living, Livingit, Bravo, Bravo +1, Trouble, Challenge and Virgin1 for the same period.[66]
The agreements include fixed annual carriage fees of £30m for the channels with both channel suppliers able to secure additional capped payments if their channels meet certain performance-related targets. Currently there is no indication as to whether the new deal includes the additional Video On Demand and High Definition content which had previously been offered by Sky. As part of the agreements, both Sky and Virgin Media agreed to terminate all High Court proceedings against each other relating to the carriage of their respective basic channels.[67]
Discovery Networks dispute[edit]
On 25 January 2017, Discovery Networks announced that they were in a dispute with Sky UK over the costs of payment fees to the broadcaster.
The broadcaster threatened to blackout their channels on the Sky platform, which includes Eurosport, Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, DMAX, Discovery Turbo, Discovery Shed, Discovery Science, Discovery History and Home & Health, unless Sky accepted their request for fair pricing. Sky indicated that they will not bow down, and the channels will likely become unavailable from 1 February 2017.
The same day, Discovery sent out a press release on the dispute and also blocked access to its own website with the news. Discovery stated 'enough is enough' and claimed that Sky is paying less for its channels than it was ten years ago. In that time, Discovery had stated that its viewing share has grown by more than 20%. Managing Director Susanna Dinnage stated in the press release: "We believe Sky is using what we consider to be its dominant market position to further its own commercial interest over those of viewers and independent broadcasters. The vitality of independent broadcasters like Discovery and plurality in TV is under threat."
In response, Sky stated that they had been "overpaying Discovery for years." It comes after Sky had paid £4.2 billion on Premier League rights for the following three seasons.[68]
The channel 'blackout' would have also affect the Sky owned NOW TV with the removal of Discovery Channel from both the live stream and On Demand service.
On 31 January 2017 at around 21:00, Sky UK revealed that they would continue to broadcast the Discovery Networks Channels by releasing the following statement: "Great news, we can confirm that Sky will continue to carry the Discovery and Eurosport channels. This means you can still watch channels including: Animal Planet, Discovery HD, Discovery History, Discovery Home & Health, Discovery Science, Discovery Shed, Discovery Turbo, DMAX, Eurosport1, Eurosport2, Investigation Discovery, TLC and Quest." At the time of the statement release, it had not been revealed how much Sky UK had paid Discovery Networks.
Litigation[edit]
In July 2013, the English High Court of Justice found that Microsoft’s use of the term "SkyDrive" infringed on Sky’s right to the "Sky" trademark. On 31 July 2013, Sky and Microsoft announced their settlement, in which Microsoft will not appeal the ruling, and will rename its SkyDrive cloud storage service after an unspecified "reasonable period of time to allow for an orderly transition to a new brand," plus "financial and other terms, the details of which are confidential".[69][70] On 27 January 2014, Microsoft announced "that SkyDrive will soon become OneDrive" and "SkyDrive Pro" becomes "OneDrive for Business".[71][72]
Hello Games was in legal negotiations with Sky over the trademark on the word "Sky" used for the title of their video game No Man's Sky for three years. The issue was ultimately settled in June 2016, allowing Hello Games to continue to use the name.[73]
Criticism and controversies[edit]
Main article: Criticisms of BSkyB
Awards and nominations[edit]
Year
Association
Category
Nominee(s)
Result
2017 Diversity in Media Awards Broadcaster of the Year Sky Nominated
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Australia's Next Top Model (cycle 8)
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Australia's Next Top Model (cycle 8)
Cycle 8 contestants
Country of origin
Australia
No. of episodes
12
Release
Original network
Fox8
Original release
9 July (2013-07-09) – 24 September 2013 (2013-09-24)
Additional information
Judges
Jennifer Hawkins
Alex Perry
Charlotte Dawson
Didier Cohen
No. of contestants
15
Winner
Melissa Juratowitch
Cycle chronology
← Previous
Cycle 7
Next →
Cycle 9
Series summary
The eighth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model began airing 9 July 2013 on Fox8. Former host Sarah Murdoch left the show and was replaced by Jennifer Hawkins. Alex Perry and Charlotte Dawson returned as judges for this season with Didier Cohen joining the show as a new judge.[1] This is the last series of Australia's Next Top Model to feature Dawson, before she died of an apparent suicide five months after it ended.
The prizes for this cycle included a one-year modelling contract with IMG Sydney and worldwide representation by IMG London, New York, Milan and Paris, as well as a A$20,000 cash prize thanks to TRESemmé, a brand new Nissan Dualis, an overseas trip to Paris to meet with IMG Paris, and an eight-page editorial spread and the cover of Harper's Bazaar Australia.[2]
The winner of the competition was 16-year-old Melissa Juratowitch from Melbourne, Victoria.[3]
Contents
1 Series summary
1.1 Requirements
1.2 Auditions
2 Cast
2.1 Contestants
2.2 Judges
3 Episodes
4 Results
5 Controversy
6 Notes
7 References
8 External links
Series summary[edit]
Fifty semi-finalists were selected to take part in this years' competition.[4] The first episode of the show was shown in a special screening for fans of the series. Fifteen official contestants were chosen to compete for the title.[5]
Requirements[edit]
The all contestants had to be aged 16 or over in order to apply for the show. Those auditioning had to be at least 172 centimetres (68 in) tall. To qualify, all applicants had to be an Australian citizen currently living in Australia. Additional requirements stated that a contestant could not have had previous experience as a model in a national campaign within the last five years, and if a contestant was represented by an agent or a manager, she had to terminate that representation prior to the competition.
Auditions[edit]
Auditions for cycle 8 began to take place on 13 January in Adelaide, continuing in Perth, Brisbane, Townsville, and Sydney throughout the rest of the month before wrapping up in Melbourne on 23 January.[6]
Cast[edit]
Contestants[edit]
(Ages stated are at start of contest)
Contestant
Age
Height
Hometown
Finish
Place
Chanique Greyling[7] 20 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) Newcastle Episode 2 15
Taylor Henley[8] 17 177 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Adelaide Episode 3 14
Rhiannon Bradshaw[9] 19 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) Brisbane Episode 4 13
Brooke Hogan[10] 21 179 cm (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) Melbourne Episode 5 12–11
April Harvey[11] 18 172 cm (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Tweed Heads
Taylah Roberts[12] 18 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) Perth Episode 6 10 (DQ)
Madeline Cowe[13] 19 176 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Cairns Episode 7 9
Ashley Pogmore[14] 18 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) Sydney Episode 8 8
Shannon Richardson[15] 18 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) Gold Coast Episode 9 7
Jade Collins[16] 20 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) Sydney Episode 10 6–5
Dajana Bogojevic[17] 17 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) Queanbeyan
Abbie Weir[18] 17 181 cm (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Maclean Episode 11 4
Duckie Thot[19] 17 177 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Melbourne Episode 12 3
Shanali Martin[20] 16 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) Melbourne 2
Melissa Juratowitch[21] 16 172 cm (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Melbourne 1
Judges[edit]
Jennifer Hawkins (host)
Alex Perry
Charlotte Dawson
Didier Cohen
Episodes[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Original air date
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1 "Episode 1" 9 July 2013 (2013-07-09)
The judges met the top 50 semi-finalists for bootcamp at Cockatoo Island. As part of Australia's history as a penal colony, the contestants took part in several challenges and photo shoots relating to different convict themes. After taking part in group interviews with the judges, half of the contestants were eliminated. The elimination was followed by a runway show on a plank and a jailbird photo shoot session. After deliberating one final time, the final 15 were selected, and it was revealed that they would be travelling to Thailand for the next stage of the competition.
Featured photographer: Michael Naumoff
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2 "Episode 2" 16 July 2013 (2013-07-16)
The 15 finalists arrived in Bangkok and were taken to a Buddhist temple for a meditation lesson before taking part in a styling challenge at the local market, where they were split into teams of five. For the photo shoot, the models were photographed as rich Thai travelers lost in the countryside.
Featured photographer: Kane Skennar
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3 "Episode 3" 23 July 2013 (2013-07-23)
The remaining models moved into the model mansion and had a lesson on healthy eating with James Duigan, while Ashley was taken to the hospital due to a case of appendicitis. In preparation for an upcoming challenge, the contestants received a message from Candice Swanepoel regarding the importance of body endurance, fitness, and strength in the field of modeling. At the challenge, they were faced with an arduous and grueling obstacle course in which the winner received $2,000 worth of fitness apparel and a years' supply of health supplements, before being styled as sports luxe athletes for the photo shoot.
Special guests: James Duigan, Candice Swanepoel
Featured photographer: Justin Ridler
79
4 "Episode 4" 30 July 2013 (2013-07-30)
The models were driven to Elizabeth Bay House for a lesson on proper etiquette. They later had a red carpet challenge in which they had to face the press, paparazzi, and fans of the show for a mock movie premiere at the Ritz Cinema to win the chance of appearing in a national Nissan Dualis commercial. At the photo shoot, the contestants had to embody a modern interpretation of the 1950s housewife.
Special guests: June Dally-Watkins, Rachael Finch
Featured photographer: Derek Henderson
80
5 "Episode 5" 6 August 2013 (2013-08-06)
The models were driven to the Australian Reptile Park in order to overcome their fears by touching the animals, and later had makeovers before walking in front of members of the industry and media, as well as their loved ones. They later arrived at Hyde Park for a vintage Calvin Klein inspired photo shoot.
Special guests: Julie Mendezona, Troy Thompson, Thelma McQuillan, Danielle Ragenard
Featured photographer: Harold David
81
6 "Episode 6" 13 August 2013 (2013-08-13)
The contestants arrived at Broken Hill for a lesson on line dancing to learn about teamwork, and later took part in a painting challenge. Conflict escalated after a paint fight between Ashley and Taylah turned physical, and the judges alluded that the issue would be addressed at panel. The models then had to work in pairs to embody fugitives escaping into the Outback in a photo shoot inspired by the film Thelma and Louise. During elimination it was revealed that Taylah was disqualified from the competition, and that as a result, no one would be eliminated that week.
Special guests: Tin Gauci, Kathy Ferry
Featured photographer: Jordan Graham
82
7 "Episode 7" 20 August 2013 (2013-08-20)
The models were taken to Manning Cartell for a crash course on runway walking, and received pointers from Jennifer Hawkins and Gabby Manning. They then took part in a casting challenge for Colgate Optic White to front one of their new campaigns, and secretly had their behaviour monitored as they reacted to awkward situations planted by producers of the show. Later, the models the models arrived at the Hilton Hotel for a glamorous photo shoot that showcased their smiles.
Special guests: Gabby Manning, Julian Watt, Matt O'Brien
Featured photographer: Simon Upton
83
8 "Episode 8" 27 August 2013 (2013-08-27)
The remaining contestants arrived at the Sydney Opera House for a ballet lesson from a principal artist of The Australian Ballet, and later put their knowledge to the test in a mute fashion film for the new flavor range of Mount Franklin's Sparkling Water. The best performer was rewarded with a custom made Samantha Wills jewellery set worth over $1,000. For the photo shoot, the models posed in surfwear to create an image that was representative of Australian beach culture.
Special guests: Amber Scott, Alex Goddard, Camilla Franks, Jordan Stenmark, Zac Stenmark
Featured photographer: Zachary Handley
84
9 "Episode 9" 3 September 2013 (2013-09-03)
The models arrived at House of Yoga Redfern for a session of anti gravity yoga to learn how to make more dynamic poses. They later went to garden square for a constricted styling challenge in a telephone booth to re-create looks from the Alex Perry Spring/Summer collection, and one of the models made and offhand comment that didn't sit well with Alex Perry. The winner of the challenge was treated to high tea with a friend at the Langham Hotel. After an emotional discussion with Didier Cohen regarding their lives before the show, the contestants had a photo shoot with mirrors for an editorial spread to be published in Cosmopolitan.
Special guests: Evangeline Yeun, Bronwyn McCahon, Nicole Adolphe
Featured photographer: Richard Freeman
85
10 "Episode 10" 10 September 2013 (2013-09-10)
The contestants met ex-rugby player Kris Smith for an exercise session to help them channel their inner male qualities. They were later introduced to drag king Rocco DÁmore, and were dressed in male attire for a challenge in which they had to pretend to be men and stay in character whilst talking to a stranger. The winner received a $700 Microsoft Surface tablet. The models were then taken to the beach for a timeless 90s B&W masculine styled photo shoot.
Special guests: Kris Smith, Rocco DÁmore
Featured photographer: Georges Antoni
86
11 "Episode 11" 17 September 2013 (2013-09-17)
The remaining four contestants were flown to the island of Mauritius to take part in two photo shoots that would help determine which three models would make it to the grand finale. Their challenge took the form of an underwater runway show for which the best performer was treated with a traditional Mauritian sugar scrub massage. The first photo shoot was a moody session on the beach with gothic styling, followed the next day by a colorful couture shoot among residents of the Mauritian fishing village. The contestants also received letters from their families back at home. Back in Australia, the judges decided which three girls would become finalists.
Featured photographer: Jez Smith
87
12 "Episode 12" 24 September 2013 (2013-09-24)
The live show opened with a catwalk performance from the fifteen models to Rudimental's song "Feel the Love", and the judges were asked their opinions of the final three. The final shoot for the cover and spread in Harper's Bazaar was shown, and the judges interviewed their favorite girls on their thoughts about their careers and modelling. After a second runway performance, the show highlighted each girls' journey throughout the competition, before going over interviews with their friends and family. Immediately afterwards, the third-placing finalist was announced. The models then perform in a rendition of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" with Cirque du Soleil, and Melissa was revealed to be the eighth winner of Australia's Next Top Model.
Special guests: Rudimental, Ricki-Lee, Cirque du Soleil
Results[edit]
Order
Episodes
2[a]
3
4
5[b]
6[c]
7
8
9
10[d]
11
12
1
April Taylah Melissa Melissa Jade
Madeline Duckie Shanali Dajana Abbie Shanali Shanali Melissa
2
Brooke Melissa Madeline Jade Jade Abbie Duckie Shanali Melissa Melissa Shanali
3
Duckie Duckie Shanali Duckie Ashley Dajana Dajana Abbie Melissa Duckie Duckie
4
Melissa Rhiannon Duckie Shanali Shanali Shanali Duckie Jade Duckie Abbie
5
Ashley Shannon Ashley Abbie Dajana Shannon Melissa Melissa Dajana
Jade
6
Taylah Jade Taylah Shannon Abbie Ashley Shannon Shanali
7
Shanali Brooke Jade Madeline Shannon Abbie Jade Shannon
8
Dajana Dajana Brooke Dajana Duckie
Melissa Melissa Ashley
9
Abbie Ashley Shannon Ashley Madeline
10
Taylor April April Taylah Taylah
11
Madeline Abbie Dajana April
Brooke
12
Rhiannon Shanali Abbie
13
Jade Madeline Rhiannon
14
Shannon Taylor
15
Chanique
The contestant was eliminated
The contestant was disqualified
The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two
The contestant won the competition
Controversy[edit]
Prior to the airing of the cycle, it was reported that a contestant had been disqualified from the competition for bullying. Host Jennifer Hawkins said of the incident, "I don’t know why but I went into (the show) thinking ‘oh, there won’t be drama, everything will be fine’, but of course there is always drama. A lot of things have happened in the house and we were dealing with something that hasn't happened before. It was really intense."[22][23] Hawkins later specified that the cause for disqualification was not bullying, but violence among two of the contestants on the show. She also revealed that Foxtel and the show's production company Shine Australia requested for the girl to be ejected.[24] The disqualified contestant was revealed to be Taylah Roberts from Perth, who physically attacked Ashley Pogmore. The day before the airing of the episode in which Roberts was disqualified, footage of Roberts choking Pogmore was shown on A Current Affair.[25]
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ In episode 1, the finalists were selected. The top 50 was reduced to a pool of 25 girls, which were in turn reduced to the final 15 contestants. The first official elimination took place in episode 2. April, Dajana, Duckie, Madeline, and Shanali won that week's challenge as a team.
Jump up ^ Episode 5 featured a double elimination with the bottom two contestants being in danger of elimination.
Jump up ^ In episode 6, Taylah was disqualified from the competition. As a result, no one was eliminated. Additionally, Jade and Madeline were awarded best picture as a pair.
Jump up ^ Episode 10 featured a double elimination with the bottom three contestants being in danger of elimination.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Australia's Next Top Model Judges". FOX8 TV. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
Jump up ^ "Australia's Next Top Model 8 - About". FOX8 TV. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
Jump up ^ Stephenson, Alice (25 September 2013). "Melissa Juratowitch's 'seven finger forehead' nabs her Australia's Next Top Model win". News Corp Australia. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
Jump up ^ "Australia's Next Top Model 8 - Top 50". FOX8 TV. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013.
Jump up ^ "Australia's Next Top Model 8 - Models". FOX8TV. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013.
Jump up ^ "AUSTRALIA'S NEXT TOP MODEL SEASON 8 2013 NATIONWIDE AUDITION TOUR BEGINS". MCN.
Jump up ^ "Chanique". Shine Australia & FOX8. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
Jump up ^ "Taylor". Shine Australia & FOX8. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
Jump up ^ "Rhiannon". Shine Australia & FOX8. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
Jump up ^ "Brooke". Shine Australia & FOX8. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
Jump up ^ "April". Shine Australia & FOX8. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
Jump up ^ "Taylah". Shine Australia & FOX8. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
Jump up ^ "Madeline". Shine Australia & FOX8. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
Jump up ^ "Ashley". Shine Australia & FOX8. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
Jump up ^ "Shannon". Shine Australia & FOX8. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
Jump up ^ "Jade". Shine Australia & FOX8. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
Jump up ^ "Dajana". Shine Australia & FOX8. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
Jump up ^ "Abbie". Shine Australia & FOX8. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
Jump up ^ "Duckie". Shine Australia & FOX8. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
Jump up ^ "Shanali". Shine Australia & FOX8. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
Jump up ^ "Melissa". Shine Australia & FOX8. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
Jump up ^ "Model mayhem as Jennifer Hawkins boots 'bully' contestant from Australia's Next Top Model". News.com.au.
Jump up ^ "Australia's Next Top Model Gets Ugly". Realityravings.
Jump up ^ "Jennifer Hawkins reveals why violent contestant marched from Australia's Next Top Model". Herald Sun.
Jump up ^ "Ugly incident". A Current Affair. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
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