Record Growth For Sky+

Sky has seen record growth in its Sky+ customers, of 323,000 to 2.7 million in the three months to the end of September.

The satellite broadcaster also announced that it now has a total of 8,665,000 pay-TV customers, with 83,000 net additions made during the third quarter.

Sky’s HD service grew 23% for the period, to 358,000 customers, whilst Sky Broadband added 223,000 customers to reach 939,000 and Sky Talk enjoyed growth of 153,000 – a 29% increase – to reach 679,000.

James Murdoch, chief executive said: “We’ve seen continued good demand from customers for our entire product range, with over one million product sales for the fourth consecutive quarter. Sky+ has been exceptional, growing faster than ever before – and is now enjoyed by almost one third of Sky TV customers.

“We launched Sky Broadband in the belief that customers would respond to quality and value, and they have. After just 14 months over one million customers have chosen Sky Broadband, and growth continues.

“As expected, our financial performance reflected strong product sales, our investment in high quality programming and a full quarter of investment in Sky Broadband and Talk. We expect that performance for the full year will be in line with our plans.”

Sky also revealed today that its revenues over the three-month period were up 11% to £1.19bn, whilst operating profit hit £143m.

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