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Originally Posted by Chris
While BSB and Sky were both loss-making concerns at the time of the 'merger', BSB was losing twice as much as Sky.
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Sky had a 10 year lease on SES transponders to the tune of £50 million , BSB opted to construct and launch it's own satellites (Marcopolo) at a cost of around £200 million also Sky's PAL receivers were also considerably cheaper than BSB's DMAC receivers.