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BSkyB to hand £1 bn to investors

Comments (0) | 29 Jul 2011 | Rating Rating (-1 to +1): 0.0

| Print by Tim Human

Broadcaster moves to appease investors as board offers full support to chairman James Murdoch

BSkyB will return around £1 bn ($1.6 bn) to shareholders following the collapse of its sale to News Corp.

The broadcaster, which today announced strong full-year results, said it will launch a £750 mn share buyback and also increased its full-year dividend by 20 percent, taking the final dividend ...

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