Well, somebody had to, I guess. But why Kate Bush?
In case you’re wondering, it was called Satellite Television Ltd when it was founded in November 1980, but Rupert Murdoch’s News International bought a 65% stake in the company on 27 June 1983 and it was renamed Sky Television on 16th January 1984 – yes, this day, 35 years ago.
"Hello, all our new viewers in Swindon!" It's 35 years today since Sky's UK launch, by Kate Bush for some reason. https://t.co/uzz7TC3LuL
I’m Rob Buckley, a journalist who writes for UK media magazines that most people have never heard of although you might have heard me on the podcast Lockdown Land or Radio 5 Live’s Saturday Edition or Afternoon Edition. I’ve edited Dreamwatch, Sprocket and Cambridge Film Festival Daily; been technical editor for TV producers magazine Televisual; reviewed films for the short-lived newspaper Cambridge Insider; written features for the even shorter-lived newspaper Soho Independent; and was regularly sarcastic about television on the blink-and-you-missed-it “web site for urban hedonists” The Tribe. Since going freelance, I've contributed to the likes of Broadcast, Total Content + Media, Action TV, Off The Telly, Action Network, TV Scoop and The Custard TV.
