2nd Jan 2007 10:43
British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC02 January 2007 Press Release 2 January 2007 Sky+ breaks through 2 million boxes British Sky Broadcasting (Sky) today announces that the total number of Sky+boxes installed in customers' homes has broken through 2 million for the firsttime. The milestone was reached after the number of Sky+ boxes grew by more than50% in 2006, putting Sky on track to pass its target of 25% Sky+ penetrationwell in advance of the original schedule of 2010. Jeremy Darroch, Sky's Chief Financial Officer, said: "Passing the milestone of 2 million Sky+ boxes keeps us on track to breakthrough our target of 25% penetration well ahead of schedule. The rapid growthof Sky+ shows strong customer demand for additional services and gives us greatconfidence as our multi-product strategy moves forward this year." EndEnquiries: Analysts/Investors: Andrew Griffith Tel: 020 7705 3118 Robert Kingston Tel: 020 7705 3726 E-mail: [email protected] Press: Robert Fraser Tel: 020 7705 3036 E-mail: [email protected] About BSkyB British Sky Broadcasting (Sky) is the operator of the leading multichanneltelevision platform in the UK and Ireland. Around 22 million viewers in 8.3million households enjoy an unprecedented choice of movies, news, entertainmentand sports channels and interactive services on Sky digital, the UK andIreland's first and most popular digital television platform. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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