Channel 4 News report on launch of Sky, the UK's first satellite TV service, February 1989

Launched by Rupert Murdoch, with Andrew Neil as Executive Chairman

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Now owned by Comcast

[@sayhibobbi]

"If it's from Rupert Murdoch he can stuff it up his jumper." I rather like that fellow.

[@rtc9063]

It wasn’t a fair fight. The utterly incompetent IBA and all the rules it imposed on BSB - and then the right people weren’t in charge of it.

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0:33 Sky Television

[@rjjcms1]

I must admit I thought it was launched a bit (several years?) earlier in the 80s than that. We used to visit my Nan's and aunt's houses in Milton Keynes and they had Sky in its infancy. I remember it having plenty of channels but not a large amount of content yet,so they kept having to repeat the same list of programmes (typically in the same order) several times a day! That became a source of amusement to me at the time.

[@steeviebops]

@@rjjcms1 It was. Sky Channel went as far back as 1984 (or 1982 if you include SATV). But that was only on cable, or (unofficially) someone with a very large dish. This was the direct to home launch via the Astra satellite.

[@rjjcms1]

@@steeviebops Thanks. I was sure I wasn't just dreaming when I recalled their houses having it already at least as far back as the summer of 1986.

[@mattsan70]

Andrew Neil's teeth!! ughh

[@johnking5174]

Well Andrew got dental work some years ago, and now in 2022 all of his teeth are straightened and gleeming white

[@HughTVDX]

He got through a few brillo pads!

[@LANBritain1]

Hard to even believe that Andrew was still in his 30s there!

[@nicholasr39]

Welcome to England 😂