Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
British Sky Broadcasting PLC |
| Acronym: |
BSkyB
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| Legal status: |
Public Limited Company
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| Website address: |
http://www.bskyb.com
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Sections
| Section: |
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/professional associations |
| and more precisely: |
Companies & groups |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
James Conyers
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| Position: |
General Counsel |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Philip Pilcher
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| Position: |
Head of European Policy |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
67 Grant Way
Isleworth, Middlesex TW75QD
UNITED KINGDOM
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| Telephone number: |
(+44207) 7053474 |
| Fax number: |
(+) |
| Other contact information: |
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
BSkyB Sky) operates a direct-to-home satellite (DTH) platform in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Sky retails pay-TV services over this platform, as well as over other (DSL and IPTV) networks to residential and commercial customers. Sky channels are also provided on a wholesale basis for distribution by cable in the UK and Ireland. Sky is also a broadband and telephony provider.
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
| Number of persons: |
3
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Complementary information:
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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EU initiatives related to the internal market and information society, justice and home affairs, energy and consumer affairs.
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Audiovisual and Media
- Competition
- Consumer Affairs
- Culture
- Energy
- Information Society
- Internal Market
- Justice and Fundamental Rights
- Research and Technology
- Sport
- Trade
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT)
European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA)
Digital Interoperability Forum (DIF)
Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA)
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
07/2011
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06/2012
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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100000
€ - 150000
€
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Amount and source of funding received from the EU institutions in financial year n-1 of registration
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Procurement:
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0 €
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Grants:
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0 €
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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