James Murdoch
James Murdoch
James Rupert Jacob Murdochis the younger son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the chief executive officer of 21st Century Fox and Chairman of Sky plc. He is the former chairman and chief executive of News Corp., Europe and Asia, where he oversaw assets such as News International, publisher of The News of the World newspaper, SKY Italia, Sky Deutschland, and STAR TV...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth13 December 1972
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I am pleased to be able to call on three senior executives who have helped to bring Sky to where it is today and to extend their responsibilities in ways that are closely aligned with our business priorities. With these changes, we will work together more effectively to create greater value for customers, exploit content on multiple platforms and expand into adjacent areas of business.
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Information is the most valuable commodity in the world today and this business is about giving people access to information that is relevant to their lives.
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What makes a media company successful is how it copes with competitive markets in which people have a choice. Competition today is at a more intense level than it has ever before been because the barriers to providing information in the virtual world are so low and the choice of provider nearly infinite.
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Connectivity doesn't just mean you get a lot more chances to deliver messages about customer service and pricing plans. This isn't one-sided. It enables people to talk back.
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My belief is that if you grapple with the big changes until you really get them and if you develop an internal compass to steer your marketing and communications, you will be working in a discipline that is more exciting, more intellectually rich, more delightfully complex and ultimately more rewarding than it has ever been.
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The future belongs to brands that do more than pay lip-service to real dialogue and recognise that their customers want them to believe in something.
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The whole rationale is being driven by the consumer. They want the whole home solution with the best and easiest to use technology.
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The team has met or over-achieved core performance measures including sales and operating profit, notwithstanding an increase in churn.
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We are well positioned to sustain our growth as existing and future customers tell us that Sky is their preferred brand for new entertainment and communications services.
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Today?s offer reflects the exciting opportunities that now exist to combine quality entertainment with significant high-speed connections.
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I am sure he will help us build Sky's reputation as the nation's number one entertainment choice,
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My hope and my intention is that as long as the board is satisfied with the work that I'm doing that I will be able to stick with it for the long term and continue rolling out the program of work that we've set out for the business.
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We don't rule out any pricing or promotional initiatives.
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We've reached a point where integration into a home entertainment platform will be both viable and attractive to customers and we expect to see rapid convergence between pay-TV penetration in the marketplace and broadband penetration.