Sky Group, a privately owned UK-based media and telecommunications conglomerate, was founded in 1990 and is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. As of 2023, it employed approximately 31,480 people and generated revenue exceeding $1 billion. Its primary business is providing pay television services and themed channels across the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy. Notable subsidiaries include Sky Italia, Sky Adsmart, Hearst Networks EMEA (formerly A+E Networks EMEA), Sky News, SkyShowtime, and Sky Media UK.

2024 Revenue

Founded

1990

Headcount

31,473

Headquarters

UK

Primary Segment

Telecoms services

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

1

News Summary:

On June 10th, Sky launched Sky Glass Air, a new television offering 4K picture quality, hands-free voice control, and integrated streaming capabilities. This device requires no satellite dish or set-top box and will be available for £6 per month. Separately, Sky Sports will broadcast the Barclays Women’s Championship title match between Birmingham City and London City Lionesses this weekend, marking the first live broadcast from that division on the network. New research from Sky Sports indicates that 80% of UK sports fans express interest in at least one women's sport, with the largest audience encompassing fans of both men's and women's sports. In unrelated news, First Sky Construction, a subsidiary, received praise from Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama and the Minister for Roads and Highways, Hon. Kwame Governs Agbodza, for its infrastructure work.

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Sky Group offers 7 products in the media and telecoms services industry. Sky Group's product portfolio comprises of content rights, broadcast television and radio, media and TV services and telecoms services.
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Sky Group's revenues were over $1B in 2024. Caretta Research has split Sky Group's revenue into 7 different product categories, the largest of which is pay TV. For full access to Sky Group's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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Sky Group currently holds 262 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including greyhound racing, ice hockey, darts, tennis, combat sports, horse racing, baseball, golf, rugby league, aquatics and swimming, winter sports, soccer | association football, beach soccer, athletics, surfing, american football, boxing, motorsports, rugby union, cycling, volleyball, pool billiards, futsal, sports sublicensing, basketball, multi-sport, padel and pickleball, cricket, table tennis, fishing and netball.

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