Sky Digital

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Sky Digital was a major British satellite television service operated by BSkyB, known for pioneering digital pay-TV and offering a wide range of channels and interactive services in the UK and Ireland.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sky Digital canonical 6
BSkyB 2
Sky Digibox 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf digital satellite television service
pay television platform
brandingChange later marketed simply as Sky
brandOwner Sky
broadcastStandard DVB-S
competitor Freesat
ITV Digital
ONdigital
Virgin Media (UK)
surface form: Virgin Media
country Ireland
United Kingdom
distributionMedium satellite
encryptionSystem NDS VideoGuard
feature interactive red button services
multi-channel digital audio and video
personal video recorder functionality
hardware Sky Digital self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sky Digibox

Sky+ HD set-top box
Sky+ HD
surface form: Sky+ set-top box
industry satellite communications
television broadcasting
launchDate 1998-10-01
market Irish pay-TV market
United Kingdom pay-TV market
notableFor interactive television services
offering a wide range of thematic channels
pioneering digital pay television in the UK
offeredService Sky Box Office
Sky Cinema
surface form: Sky Movies

Sky News
Sky Sports
electronic programme guide
interactive services
pay-per-view events
operator Sky Digital self-linksurface differs
surface form: BSkyB

Sky Television (UK predecessor)
surface form: British Sky Broadcasting
parentCompany Sky UK Limited
surface form: Sky plc
predecessor Sky analogue satellite service
primaryLanguage English
regulator Ofcom
replaced analogue Sky satellite service in the UK
satellitePosition Astra 28.2°E
serviceArea Channel Islands (crown dependencies)
surface form: Channel Islands

Isle of Man (crown dependency)
surface form: Isle of Man

Republic of Ireland
United Kingdom
serviceType direct broadcast satellite television
subscription television
technology digital television

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ITV Digital competitor Sky Digital
BBC Choice (former channel) broadcastOn Sky Digital
subject surface form: BBC Choice
BBC HD launchPlatform Sky Digital
BBC Knowledge broadcastOn Sky Digital
ONdigital competition Sky Digital
Sky Digital operator Sky Digital self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: BSkyB
Sky Digital hardware Sky Digital self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sky Digibox
Sky (satellite television) resultedIn Sky Digital
this entity surface form: BSkyB
BBC 7 availableOn Sky Digital
this entity surface form: Sky Digital (UK)
BBC Radio 7 broadcastOn Sky Digital