Sky Broadcasting Group increased his operative benefit 26 % in his first fiscal semester, over the due thing and thanks to a major number of subscriptions in services of wide band and television of payment

The EBIT, including extraordinary, reached 388 million pounds sterling, from 307 million pounds sterling of the previous year. The sales for his part, increased 5,8 %, up to 2.600 million pounds sterling, since the company gained 171.000 new subscriptions in the last three months until December. The analysts were waiting for an exact EBIT of 359 millions, a few sales of 2.570 million and 136.571 new subscriptions.

The company that transmits his television services across 282nd East of the satellites SES Astra, dedicated 2008 to winning clients and to adding channels of high definition, with access to wide band from 2006.

Andrew Griffith, manager of the group, has repeated his forecast of 10 million clients reached in 2010.

Also, Sky Digital (BSkyB) belongs to few companies that in crisis times there is allowed the luxury of hiring personnel. He has announced that it will give work to 1.000 persons.


(Agencies, 29/01/09)