Sky Deutschland
Sky Deutschland GmbH, branded as Sky, is a German media company that operates a direct broadcast satellite Pay TV platform in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (through Sky Switzerland). It provides a collection of basic and premium digital subscription television channels of different categories via satellite and cable television.
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mass media |
| Predecessor | Premiere |
| Founded | 4 July 2009 |
| Headquarters | Unterföhring, Germany |
Area served | Germany Austria Switzerland Liechtenstein Luxembourg (via cable subscription only) |
Key people | Carsten Schmidt (CEO) |
| Services | Pay TV Broadcasting Television production Mobile app |
| Revenue | €977.8 million (2010) |
| €367.6 million (2010) | |
| €407.5 million (2010) | |
| Total assets | €1.036 billion (2010) |
| Total equity | €333.8 million (2010) |
Number of employees | 1,420 (FTE, 2010) |
| Parent | Sky Group |
| Subsidiaries | Sky Switzerland |
| Website | www |
It was launched in 1991 as Premiere. The channel originally started as a single analogue channel on the Astra 1A satellite, showing films dubbed into German, as well as in original audio, live football matches from the German Bundesliga and Austrian Bundesliga (and at one time the UEFA Cup), and documentaries and TV series.
After the coming of the digital age, the service has since consisted of many channels with many new ones added over the years. On 4 July 2009, the service and its channels were rebranded as "Sky".
Sky Deutschland is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast-owned Sky. The programming service itself is provided by its subsidiary Sky Deutschland Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG (formerly Premiere Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG). It topped 3,000,000 subscribers by the end of 2011. As of Q2 2014, Sky Deutschland has more than 4 million subscribers.