European pay-TV group Sky yesterday said it expects to perform strongly in its new financial year after better-than-expected profits for 2014-15 prompted investors to rethink their growth forecasts for the newly-enlarged group.

The media baron Rupert Murdoch is preparing to hand over the CEO job at Twenty-First Century Fox to his son, James, the firm’s channel Fox News reported.

Sky said it was “in good shape” ahead of the imminent Premier League rights auction as it posted better-than-expected half-year results today and said it had signed up retail customers at the strongest pace in nine years.

The outgoing head of UK regulator Ofcom has accused government representatives of showing favouritism to Rupert Murdoch’s companies.

The League of Ireland is facing a formidable threat to its future attendances after the English Premier League confirmed it will screen live Friday night games from 2016.

Premier League matches will be screened live on Friday nights from the start of the 2016-17 season, it can be revealed.

BSkyB is to change its name to Sky after the pay-TV company completed the acquisition of Sky Italia and a majority interest in Sky Deutschland.

For one glorious summer, London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park felt like the centre of the world.

BSkyB has reported broad demand for its services after adding 760,000 new paid-for subscription products in the three months to September 30.

Let’s start with a question. What, in your opinion, is the most important fixture on the sports calendar this week?

A man has escaped injury after he fell from his speedboat which carried on circling around him out of control.

BSkyB bolstered its pay-TV empire today with the €6.7bn takeover of sister companies in Italy and Germany.

The independent producer behind the BBC’s hit show The Great British Bake-Off has been snapped up by BSkyB.

The Irish-owned Lalco Hotel Group has made its third property acquisition in conjunction with US billionaire businessman, John Malone, via the purchase of Dublin’s five-star Westin Hotel.

BSkyB’s plan to buy Rupert Murdoch’s pay-TV assets in Italy and Germany for up to €10bn is a bold bet on long-term growth at the expense of short-term profit, but the pioneering British media firm has pulled off such gambles before.

The owner of Virgin Media said it has no plans for a takeover of ITV after snapping up 6.4% of the broadcaster’s shares from rival BSkyB today.

European rugby chiefs stand to net "significantly more" than €17.5m in a lucrative worldwide broadcasting rights deal after distribution company IMG Media won the tender to broker global broadcasting rights for the European Rugby Champions Cup.

Broadcaster BSkyB is in talks over a deal that will expand its pay-TV empire in Europe through the acquisition of Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia.

BT has poached a top Sky executive to head its TV division as the two companies square up for the latest phase of their multibillion-euro war over football rights.

Rupert Murdoch has brought his son Lachlan back into the fold at his global media empire by appointing him co-chairman of News Corp and 21st Century Fox after seven years away.

Missing your favourite TV programme just because you are out of the country could become a thing of the past as the EU opens an investigation into restrictions.

In the year that Ireland finally exited the bailout, John Daly looks back at some of the big news stories from the business world in 2013.

ITV pointed to signs of improvement in the advertising market today after revenues grew 6% in the first nine months of the year.

BSkyB saw over £1.5bn (€1.8bn) wiped off its stock market value yesterday after Rupert Murdoch’s pay-TV group was beaten at its own game with the loss of Champions League soccer rights in the UK.

BSkyB fought back against intensifying competition today by launching a £10 TV box allowing viewers to watch on-demand services.

Facebook is to stop running advertisements next to pages containing "violent, graphic or sexual content".

BSkyB has said it now has more than 30 million subscription-paying customers.

A group of leading European broadcasters were in Ireland for the past two days as guests of the Irish Film Board (IFB).

Sky is to become the UK’s second-largest broadband provider after agreeing a deal today to buy rival O2’s half a million customer accounts.

Trailblazing Irish filmmaker Catherine Owens tells Alan O’Riordan why 3D is here to stay

Liberty Global has confirmed that it will buy Virgin Media in a deal worth $16bn.

Virgin Media has confirmed it is in talks over a possible takeover by US cable giant Liberty Global.

Manchester United have announced the acquisition of the one-third stake in their in-house television channel, MUTV, which was owned by BSkyB.

Roman Abramovich’s Chelsea moved into profit last year thanks to the proceeds of a share deal as well as their exploits in winning the Champions League, the Premier League club’s annual accounts showed.

Technology and telecom & companies have for the first time outnumbered financial services firms in terms of demand for commercial property, research shows.

Rupert Murdoch called time on News Corporation’s digital newspaper The Daily as he unveiled a revamped team at the top of the media giant’s new publishing arm.

Rupert Murdoch today called time on News Corporation’s digital newspaper The Daily as he unveiled a revamped team at the top of the media giant’s new publishing arm.

After an inquiry into press intrusion lasting more than year, Lord Justice Leveson today delivered a damning verdict on decades of “outrageous” behaviour by newspapers.

James Murdoch avoided a revolt over his position on the board of BSkyB today, despite the media watchdog calling his "competence" and "attitude" into question.

James Murdoch will come under attack from shareholders at BSkyB’s annual meeting today after the telecoms watchdog called his “competence” and “attitude” into question.

James Murdoch will come under attack from shareholders at BSkyB’s annual meeting on Thursday after the UK telecoms watchdog called his “competence” and “attitude” into question.

James Murdoch will come under attack from shareholders at BSkyB’s annual meeting on Thursday after the telecoms watchdog called his “competence” and “attitude” into question.

The number of employees within the contact centre sector has grown by approximately 14% over the last year, according to new research.

IDA Ireland might have a reputation for making large-scale job announcements, but official figures show its track record over the past decade is decidedly mixed.