Anglosovic Satellite Broadcasting

Anglosovic Satellite Broadcasting (ASB)is a television company headquartered in London, which provides direct broadcast satellite television services to the United Kingdom. The company was announced to merge with Sky Television plc in November 1990, but both ASB and Sky were eventually sued for disrespecting satellite viewers' opinions. As a result, ASB and Sky's operations and channels kept their separate identities. It started broadcasting on 25 March 1990 and has 10.6 million subscribers as of 2015.