About Sky;
British Sky Broadcasting plc operates the leading pay television broadcast service in the UK and Ireland, as well as broadband and telephony services. At 31 December 2007, there were over 8.8m Direct-to-Home subscribers to our television service, 1.2m broadband subscribers and 915,000 residential telephony customers.
In addition to the third party channels available through the Sky platform, Sky also owns and operates over 25 channels with a portfolio spanning Entertainment and News as well as Movies and Sports channels. Sky owned channels include Sky One, Sky News, Sky Arts, Sky Movies and Sky Sports.
Sky also operates a High Definition TV service, currently consisting of 17 channels allowing viewers to experience the enhanced quality of high definition for a range of Sky owned and third party channels.
About the Fight Network;
The Fight Network is the world's premier provider of combat sports content. Our combat sports content (mixed martial arts (MMA), boxing, wrestling, kickboxing and other sports) is delivered across an entire range of branded delivery channels including digital cable and DTH satellite broadcast, broadband, major internet portals (yahoo.com and foxsports.com), mobile, radio and DVDs, all focused on reaching the rapidly expanding universe of fight fans around the world.
In addition to our steady slate of live events, such as K-1 Kickboxing, Showtime's Pro Elite XC and TKO MMA, and Versus and Golden Boy boxing promotions, the Fight network is the leading source of televised fight news content through shows such as Knockout News and Before and After the Bell. We also produce original, fight-related reality and entertainment series' (such as Rough and Wrestling Reality) and radio content (Live Audio Wrestling, Fight Network Radio), as well as broadcasting the best available third party produced combat sports content.
On radio, The Fight Network reaches our audience through The LAW (Live Audio Wrestling), a weekly behind-the-scenes take on pro wrestling and MMA, syndicated across Canada and on the web. Fight Network Radio is the hardest hitting news and talk show on combat sports, heard across North America on Channel 186 on Sirius satellite radio.
Online, The Fight Network launched our brand new rich media website in May, 2008. We have content partnerships with portals such as yahoo.com (where we are one of the leading video sports content providers) and FoxSports.com with major agreements to come in 2008.
The Fight Network successfully launched our first digital television channel, available on all major satellite and cable carriers, in Canada in 2005 with a subscriber base that has grown rapidly to over 450,000 television homes. The Fight Network U.K. launched on BSkyB on January 15, 2008 with immediate access to over 8.5 million homes.
The Company's reputation in the world of combat sports has attracted leading personalities like Randy Couture and Georges St. Pierre as ambassadors and shareholders. Most recently "Big" John McCarthy, the former head referee for the UFC and one of the best known personalities in MMA, joined the Company as a strategic advisor and full time on-air personality.
About Bell;
BCE is Canada's largest communications company, providing the most comprehensive and innovative suite of communication services to residential and business customers in Canada.
Under the Bell brand, the Company's services include local, long distance and wireless phone services, high-speed and wireless Internet access, IP-broadband services, information and communications technology services (or value-added services) and direct-to-home satellite and VDSL television services. Other BCE holdings include Telesat Canada, a pioneer and world leader in satellite operations and systems management, and an interest in CTVglobemedia, Canada's premier media company.
BCE shares are listed in Canada and the United States.
About Star Choice;
Star Choice is a leading direct-to-home digital TV provider with over 870,000 customers across Canada.
Our service is available from coast to coast. Canadians can choose where to buy a Star Choice system. The easiest and most direct way is by calling us or shopping online on this Web site.
Star Choice customers can choose from up to 466 audio and video channels.
Customers also get access to Instant Pay Per View movies and events and more than 2,500 hours of original HDTV programming each month.
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