"In what was a very competitive tender process, we are pleased to have secured the combination of rights that we wanted, providing certainty for us and our customers, " said BSkyB chief executive JeremyDarroch.
That said, JeremyDarroch, BSkyB's chief executive told Radio 4's Today programme that - having worked closely with James Murdoch as chairman for years -he had no doubt about the integrity of Mr Murdoch.