Love it or hate it, Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB is impossible to ignore for any investor looking at the TV or media businesses. In this week's Duel, Stuart Watson (TMFTiger) argues that digital TV will enable the company to keep dominating its market, while Maynard Paton (TMFMayn) says it's too dependent on increasingly expensive football rights.
Read the arguments carefully, and then cast your vote using our clever old Poll system.
The Bull Argument...
BSkyB(LSE: BSY) has been one of the great corporate success stories of recent times. It started broadcasting its services in 1989 but it is already the 15th largest company in the UK with a market value of £21b. But the game is only just beginning. more
The Bear Argument...
Three words reverberate throughout the media sector these days -- "Content is King".
For British Sky Broadcasting(LSE: BSY) to establish a foothold in the broadcasting industry, it needed content to attract the viewers. And there was, and still is, no better television content to own than sporting content. Sport -- it's unpredictable, exciting and addictive. BSkyB gambled in the early nineties that the general public was prepared to pay for televised sport. And especially prepared to pay for televised football. more
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