Sky is owned by Comcast (the United States, NASDAQ: CMCSA), which acquired the brand on 9 October 2018.[1][2] Sky was founded in 1989 in London and was independent until 2018.
Sky is the largest pay television operator in Britain, Ireland, Germany and Italy, and its money transformed English football when it bought Premier League rights in 1992. Comcast won it in a 2018 auction against Fox, paying about £30 billion.
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Comcast won Sky in a rare televised auction ordered by the British Takeover Panel, outbidding Twenty-First Century Fox at about £30 billion. It gave Comcast pay television across Britain, Ireland, Germany and Italy in a single step.
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The parent company of Sky is Comcast, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Sky originated in the United Kingdom in 1989, but it is owned today by Comcast, which is headquartered in the United States. So Sky is a British-origin brand under American ownership.
Comcast completed its acquisition of Sky on 9 October 2018, after announcing the deal on 22 September 2018.
Sky was an independent company from its founding in 1989 in London until Comcast acquired it in 2018.
Yes. As of 8 September 2026, Sky is still owned by Comcast. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
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