Satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting showed it had met its year-end target of five million digital subscribers ahead of schedule.
A total of 5.3 million people had signed up for BSkyB's direct to home (DTH) package, rather than through cable.
Revenues in the six months to December 31 from such sales moved ahead 33 per cent to £715 million while the number of DTH subscribers rose by a record 538,000. Yet, despite the growth, the company turned in pre-tax losses of £260.2 million.
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