British Satellite Broadcasting

British Satellite Broadcasting plc
IndustryMedia
Founded11 December 1986 (1986-12-11)
Defunct2 November 1990 (1990-11-02)
FateMerged with Sky Television to form BSkyB
SuccessorBritish Sky Broadcasting
HeadquartersMarco Polo House, London, England
ProductsPay TV services and programming

British Satellite Broadcasting plc (BSB) was a television company, based in London, that provided direct broadcast satellite television services to the United Kingdom. It started broadcasting on 25 March 1990. The company was merged with Sky Television plc on 2 November 1990 to form British Sky Broadcasting.