Sky TV wanted to breach the 10 million customer level by the end of 2010 so they’ve actually accomplished it with weeks to spare. The original target was set back in 2004 by Sky TV’s ex-chief executive James Murdoch. Since Murdoch set the 10 million figure, Sky TV have added over two and a half million customers.

Sky TV is now installed in over a third of UK and Irish homes and beams out to 25 million pairs of eyes.

Jeremy Darroch, chief executive of Sky, said: “To be the choice of 10 million families is a big achievement. Sky has always been a forward-looking company and we will continue to invest in content and innovation. That’s the best way to satisfy existing customers and create new reasons for people to join in and take more from us.”

Sky TV offers some of the best television, films and sports viewing available and Sky packages can be found for under £20 a month. They also offer bundles where you can access Sky TV, broadband and phone calls as part of the same package. Very often they run special campaigns with added incentives such as M&S vouchers. We keep our eyes peeled for the latest Sky TV campaigns so that you don’t have to.

If you want to help Sky move towards the 11 million mark by taking out one of the Sky packages then take a look over our Sky TV Deals page. There you’ll find all of the latest Sky offers for your viewing pleasure.

The Sky TV, Broadband and Talk package for £19 a month with the free £25 M&S Voucher deal is due to end on 23^rd September. Sometimes in the past, Sky have been known to extend these kinds of Sky TV offers, but it’s probably best not to take that risk if this Sky offer looks like the one for you.

This Sky TV bundle deal gets you one Sky Entertainment pack, up to 20Mb broadband and free evening and weekend landline calls in the UK. To activate the free £25 Marks & Spencer voucher you simply need to join Sky TV online and you will receive your voucher within 45 days.

Also thrown in with this £19 a month Sky TV offer is a free Sky+ Box (which would normally set you back the best part of £50), free set up (normally £30) and a tenner knocked off your first month’s bill.

If you are keen to grab this Sky TV deal before the Marks & Spencer voucher offer ends then you will find details of how to apply on our Cheap Digital TV page. There are also a range of other offers from Sky and other digital TV providers on that page.

Millions of people in the UK have enjoyed the sports channel through Freeview for the past 8 years. Now though, Mr. Murdoch has decided that he needs more money so he has to start charging more for any News Corp content. It’s not unexpected we suppose given previous tactics by News Corp to increase their revenues – but we’re a bit fed up about it all the same. At least though, if you are considering Sky TV deals then you know that we’ll try to help you find the best Sky offers on the market at any time.

The production company behind Sky Sports News, British Sky Broadcasting (almost 40 per cent owned by News Corp at the moment) has explained the move by saying more investment needs to be put into the channel to make a high-definition version – making it the first HD sports news channel in Europe. To pay for that investment they say they need to remove the channel from Freeview and start getting some cash in through subscription customers.

As well as watching on Sky packages, customers of Virgin and TalkTalk TV subscriptions will also still be able to view the Sky Sports News channel.

It does make you wonder whether eventually other channels such as Sky News itself may be taken down a similar path. We’d guess not actually as they probably benefit too much from the publicity that Sky News brings from the sheer number of people that watch it for free.

But you never know…

If you are thinking of Sky TV deals at the moment, or would consider paying for Sky packages to pick up quality channels like Sky Sports News later in the year, then check out the E4S Sky TV Deals section of the site for the best prices.

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