<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Satellite_Broadcasting" id="mwASI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Satellite Broadcasting">British Satellite Broadcasting</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Television_(1984–1990)" id="mwASM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sky Television (1984–1990)">Sky Television plc</a> merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.<sup about="#mwt185" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-35"}}' id="cite_ref-35" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./November_2#cite_note-35" id="mwASQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 35;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwASU">[35]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-35"><cite about="#mwt182" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFBrown2009">Brown, Maggie (5 February 2009). <a class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2009/feb/04/sky-tv-early-years" id="mwCSo" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Sky TV's launch: 'a wing and a prayer'<span class="cs1-kern-right" id="mwCSs"></span>"</a>. <i id="mwCSw">The Guardian</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCS0">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCS4">1 December</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt182" class="Z3988" id="mwCS8" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&amp;rft.atitle=Sky+TV%27s+launch%3A+%27a+wing+and+a+prayer%27&amp;rft.date=2009-02-05&amp;rft.aulast=Brown&amp;rft.aufirst=Maggie&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fmedia%2Forgangrinder%2F2009%2Ffeb%2F04%2Fsky-tv-early-years&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANovember+2"></span></span>