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British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) was a television company headquartered in London, which provided direct broadcast satellite television services to the United Kingdom. The company was merged with Sky Television plc in November 1990〔http://www.cpbf.org.uk/body.php?id=2462&selpanel=1〕〔http://www.terramedia.co.uk/documents/BSB.htm〕 to form British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB). It started broadcasting on 25 March 1990.〔http://www.thevervoid.com/media/jupiter01.htm〕 ==Background== In 1977 the World Administrative Radio Conference assigned each country five high-powered channels for direct broadcast by satellite (DBS) for domestic use.〔The European Union and National Industrial Policy By Hussein Kassim P208〕 in 1982 after being awarded two of the channels the BBC proposed its own satellite service,〔The Times, Friday, 5 March 1982; pg. 15; Joint UK satellite set up By Bill johnstone Electronics Correspondent.〕〔The Times, Thursday, 25 February 1982; pg. 1; Satellite television BBC may get both 'space' channels By Julian Haviland, Political Editor.〕 with two conditions: * Used a satellite built by "United Satellite", a consortium of British Aerospace, Marconi and GEC, with cost estimated at £24M per year. * A supplementary charter was agreed in May 1983 which allowed the BBC to borrow up to £225M to cover the cost of the project as it was not allowed to call on public funds, nor use existing sources of revenue to fund the project〔BOOK: Broadcasting and New Media Policies in Western Europe By Kenneth H. F. Dyson, Peter Humphreys P232: ISBN 0415005094, 9780415005098〕 During Autumn 1983, the cost of the Unisat had been greatly under estimated, and the new Home Secretary announced the three remaining channels would be given to the IBA to allow the private sector to compete against the BBC on the DBS. within a few months the BBC started talking with the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), about providing a joint project to help cover the cost. Subsequently, government allowed the IBA to bring in private companies to help cover the costs (dubbed the "Club of 21"): * the BBC - 50% * ITV franchises Granada and Anglia Television - 30% * Virgin / Thorn-EMI / Granada TV rentals / Pearson Longman and Consolidated Satellite Broadcasting - 20%〔BOOK: Broadcasting and New Media Policies in Western Europe By Kenneth H. F. Dyson, Peter Humphreys P232: ISBN 0415005094, 9780415005098〕 With a year the consortium made it clear that the original launch date of 1986 was pushed back to 1988,〔The Times, Monday, 25 June 1984; pg. 3;Completion date for TV satellite put back two years By Bill Johnstone, Technology Correspondent.〕 while also asking the British government to allow them to tender out the building of the new satellite system, to help reduce cost.〔The Times, Monday, 17 December 1984; pg. 3; Cost threat to TV satellite By Staff Reporters〕 The project failed in May 1985 when the consortium concluded that the cost of set up was not justifiable. The BBC stated the costs were prohibitive, because the government insisted that the BBC should pay for the costs of constructing and launching a dedicated satellite.〔The Times, Saturday, 15 June 1985; pg. 3; British satellite TV project collapses By Bill Johnstone Technology Correspondent.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「British Satellite Broadcasting」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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