Customers turned off by BSkyB price hike

BSkyB today posted higher first-quarter profits – but admitted that a summer hike in prices in the UK had made it more difficult to hold on to customers than before.

The satellite broadcaster put up prices by between £1.50 (€2.22) and £3 (€4.44) per month for most of its customers at a time when many were feeling the pinch from the economic slowdown in the UK.