BSkyB’s Digital Media Activities: Movie and Sports Downloads

This is from UK satellite giant BSkyB‘s (part of News Corp) latest SEC filing in U.S….some interesting plans on the online and mobile content downloads:

“Subscribers to our current broadband internet services are able to download an application that provides access to Sky Sports programming on their PC, including match highlights, interviews, programme clips and Sky Sports News bulletins (“Sky Sports Broadband”). Before the end of calendar 2005, it is envisaged that DTH subscribers who subscribe to both Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2, and who have broadband internet access, will be able to download Sky Sports Broadband to their PC for free. It is envisaged that subscribers who subscribe to both Sky Movies 1 and Sky Movies 2, and who have broadband internet access, will be able to download for free an application that provides access to a Sky Movies ‘on demand’ service (“Sky Movies Broadband”). Sky Movies Broadband is planned to include a selection of approximately 200 movies at launch, which it is planned will increase over time. It is envisaged that subscribers taking a Sky World Package (the pre and post 1 September 2005 package containing all of the Sky Premium Channels), and who have broadband internet access, will be able to download both Sky Sports Broadband and Sky Movies Broadband for free.

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Also in late calendar 2005, we are planning to launch a streamed mobile content application service. These plans envisage that subscribers taking a Sky World package will be able to receive news and video updates from Sky News and Sky Sports News via their mobile phone. The application is planned to be available across multiple mobile networks to subscribers with a compatible handset.
We are currently developing our HDTV service (see “Distribution รข

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