Former British satellite television company (1986–1990)
British Satellite Broadcasting plc
Industry
Media
Founded
11 December 1986; 37 years ago (1986-12-11)
Defunct
2 November 1990
Fate
Merged with Sky Television to form BSkyB[1][2][3]
Successor
British Sky Broadcasting
Headquarters
Marco Polo House, London, England, United Kingdom
Products
Pay TV services and programming
British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) was a television company, based in London, that provided direct broadcast satellite television services to the United Kingdom. It started broadcasting on 25 March 1990.[4] The company was merged with Sky Television plc on 2 November 1990 to form British Sky Broadcasting.[1][2][3]
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