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Sky launches the UK's first satellite TV service with four channels: Sky Channel; Sky Movies; Eurosport and Sky News, Europe's first 24 hour news channel.
Sky's first customer management centre opens in Livingston, Scotland.
Sky Movies becomes Sky's first subscription channel.
Sky offers the first ever live ball by-ball coverage of an England cricket tour.
The Simpsons make their UK debut on Sky One.
Sky merges with its rival BSB to form BSkyB.
Sky Sports launches the first of its dedicated sports channels.
BSB and Sky's channels streamline in to a five channel network.
Sky Sports begins exclusively live coverage of the new FA Premier League.
BSkyB makes an operating profit for the first time.
Sky Sports introduces the clock and score line to live football in the UK.
Sky launches its first multi-channel package, offering 14 basic channels, including Nickelodeon, UK Gold and the Discovery Channel.
Sky News wins its first of 21 RTS awards.
17% of BSkyB is floated on the UK and US stock exchanges.
MTV launches on Sky.
Launch of Sky Sports 2.
The X-Files makes its UK debut on Sky One.
BSkyB enters the FTSE 100 index.
Sky opens a second customer management centre in Dunfermline.
The Ryder Cup is live on Sky Sports and shown live from beginning to end for the first time ever on UK television.
The Bruno vs Tyson world heavyweight title fight is the first nationwide domestic pay-per-view event in the UK.
Launch of the world's first National Geographic Channel as part of a Sky joint venture.
Sky Sports shows rugby union's Lions tour to South Africa – the first time an entire tour has been shown live in the UK.
Sky Box Office launches pay-per view movies.
Sky Digital launches with 140 channels – the UK's first digital TV service.
Sky Sports News launches as Europe's first dedicated sports news service.
Sky Sports broadcasts the world's first interactive football match.
Skysports.com offers the UK's first live football match streamed online.
Launch of Sky News Radio.
Sky News launches the world's first interactive TV news service.
Sky runs its first ever interactive advert.
Sky+ puts customers in control of how they watch TV.
Sky switches off its analogue satellite TV service.
Sky News wins its first, of three BAFTAs, for its reporting of 9/11.
Sky creates a dedicated service team for disabled customers.
Sky partners with the English National Ballet, the first in a series of arts partnerships.
Launch of Living for Sport - an initiative to motivate and inspire young people.
Launch of Freesat from Sky.
Sky News is awarded the contract to supply news to Five.
Sky Movies wins the rights to screen the Oscars® to UK audiences.
Introduction of the first Sky+ designer box range.
Sky News and Sky Sports News are streamed live to mobile phones as part of the Sky Mobile TV service.
Sky pioneers parental controls for television viewing.
Sky becomes world's first carbon neutral media company.
Sky launches the UK's first nationwide HD TV service.
Sky makes movies, sport and entertainment available for download to PCs.
Sky Broadband and Sky Talk bring more value to customers.
Sky+ gets even better with launch of Sky Anytime.
Sky One wins BAFTA award for Ross Kemp on Gangs.
Sky Real Lives launches.
Sky becomes the first ever principal partner of British Cycling.
Sky reaches nine million customers – more than one in three homes in UK & Ireland
Sky Arts expands output with new channel portfolio.
Sky demonstrates 3D TV using a standard Sky+HD box.
Sky announces Europe's most sustainable broadcast facility.
Sky announces plans to bring HD – the next generation of television – to more and more people.