OpenSky

This page is incomplete.OpenSky is an American satellite television provider owned by British Sky Broadcasting and Kabushiki Gaisha ABS.

History
In 2007, after assessing the state of free-to-air satellite television in the United States, British Sky Broadcasting announced plans to start a new FTA satellite service. In January 2009, the New FTA consortium was formed, consisting of BSkyB, Dish Network and DirecTV. Dish soon pulled out after discovering the consortium's FTA desires.

In 2011, Blue Ridge Communications (now part of the Bright House network), a small cable provider that serves eastern Pennsylvania, expressed its desire to make its regional news channel, BRC 13, available on New FTA's service when it launches. The consortium approved of this proposal.

On August 29, 2011, the Righi Broadcasting Company joined the New FTA consortium. In 2013, Kabushiki Gaisha ABS announced that it had joined the consortium.

In 2014, New FTA was officially renamed 'OpenSky'. The consortium was made a joint-venture division of Kabushiki Gaisha ABS and BSkyB.

On June 10, 2017, commercials for the OpenSky service were reported to be airing on national television. On Friday, June 23, 2017, OpenSky officially launched its platform.

On July 10, 2017, it was decided to launch OpenSky in Canada and Mexico.