U.K. paybox BSkyB continues to prosper, despite the economic downturn, according to results released Thursday. Profits rose 59% in the six months ending Dec. 31 to £407 million ($648 million). Revenue ...

LONDON — U.K. arthouse exhib-distrib Curzon Artificial Eye and pay TV company BSkyB have pacted to simultaneously release Ken Loach’s “Route Irish.” The Iraq War conspiracy thriller will open on at ...

BSkyB broke new ground last October with the launch to homes of the world’s first dedicated 3D TV channel. Architect of that service is Sky’s Chief Engineer Chris Johns, who arguably more than any ...

Pressure continued to mount on James Murdoch before next week’s AGM of BSkyB, with major investors being lobbied to vote against his continued chairmanship. Labour MP Chris Bryant had written to 40 ...

Channel 5 owner Richard Desmond began a hunt at the beginning of the year for a buyer of the business, which he bought for £103m three years ago from Luxembourg-based RTL. His first move was to sack ...

The decision is split on whether James Murdoch will survive BSkyB's Thursday board meeting, its first since News Corp. pulled its bid to take over the cable company. Some say that Murdoch, BSkyB board ...

Alexander Abad-Santos is a former writer for The Wire.

Shares in BSkyB shed 1.3 percent, bucking a firmer blue chip <.FTSE> trend after UBS cuts its rating for the satellite broadcaster to "neutral" from "buy". UBS says in a note that since June 2009 ...