Sky attracted an extra 242,000 customers in the third quarter despite impending price increases and intensifying competition across Europe. The figure was well ahead of the less than 180,000 expected by City analysts, and included the highest growth in the UK for the period in 11 years. It helped deliver a 5% increase in like-for-like sales in the first nine months of the financial year to GBP8.45bn, in line with expectations. The UK was Sky's strongest market, followed by Germany.
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