Sam Chisholm, media executive – obituary



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S Chisholm, who died at the age of 78, was a pugnacious antipodist media executor who spearheaded the development of multi-channel satellite TV in Britain and transformed the football finances of Premier League.

Director of Kerry Packer's Nine television channel in Australia before being chased by Rupert Murdoch to direct Sky Television – launched in London in 1989 in direct competition with British Satellite Broadcasting, which had the advantage initial to be supported by Margaret Thatcher's government as the first non-terrestrial. TV offer.

Sky's more dynamic mix of sports and news quickly dominated the race for new subscribers, but the two competitors …

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