ltd. type private industry news gathering streaming sng media fibre satellite uplink & downlink and racing services founded 1987 headquarters mediacityuk salford products picture data virtual betting ob cameras & ip . net income 158.9 million 1 number of employees 850 1 website www.sis.tv satellite information services sis is a company which provides news gathering services specialized broadcast solutions and provides content and production services to the betting industry ; such as horse racing and greyhound racing to betting shops in the united kingdom and ireland and other worldwide destinations . it was formed in 1986 when bookmakers took the opportunity to broadcast live racing in their shops for the first time previously only live audio commentary was broadcast to licensed betting offices lbos and a whiteboard man transcribed the shows and results in the lbos . the service was launched initially in bristol on may 5 1987 and subsequently rolled out to approximately 10 400 bookmakers in the uk and ireland . sis is owned by ladbrokes 23 % caledonia investments 22.5 % alternateport limited 20.5 % william hill organisation 19.5 % fred done co owner of betfred bookmakers 7.5 % and tote 6 % . minor shareholdings are also held by leicester racecourse holdings limited the bibury club limited salisbury stratford on avon racecourse co. ltd. thirsk racecourse ltd. catterick racecourse company ltd. and frontrelay ltd. shareholder bookmakers account for approximately 5 800 lbos receiving the sis service . each of the bookmaker shareholders have board members representing them on the sis holdings board in the form of nick rust ladbrokes fred done betfred david steele william hill and joe scanlon tote . 2 in 2008 amalgamated racing limited trading as turftv entered the marketplace and is sis s only competitor for the distribution of horse racing and virtual racing products to lbos in the uk and ireland . turftv does not distribute to any of the worldwide locations serviced by sis . contents 1 history 1.1 1986 1.2 1987 1.3 2002 1.4 2003 1.5 2008 1.6 2011 1.7 2012 1.8 2013 2 external links 3 references history edit 1986 edit sis was formed in response to the impending change in the law . betting shops were able to have televisions displaying live racing action replacing the previous extel service of commentary over a loudspeaker . 1987 edit service launched on 5 may . supplied race coverage from two horse race and one greyhound meeting per day . received by just 100 shops in bristol with a target of 3 000 shops in its first year . 2002 edit successfully renegotiated contracts with the uk and irish bookmakers for a further five years . appointed by the betting industry to manage its rights licence with 49 of the uk racecourses and to include those races within its services . 2003 edit the service supplies more than 1 200 uk horse race meetings per year 1 500 greyhound meetings 300 irish and 300 south african horserace meetings and as a response to the introduction of the national lottery a range of numbers betting products including virtual horse and greyhound racing . 2008 edit on 1 april 2008 bbc resources sold their outside broadcasting division bbc outside broadcasts to sis and on the 9th of september launched the new combined company sis live . now received in virtually all uk and ireland shops together with 300 outlets in western europe a total of 9 500 shops . it is also broadcast to betting outlets in the caribbean sri lanka italy and the former ussr . 2011 edit sis becomes a partner with peel media for the operation of the studios and associated post production facilities at mediacityuk operating under the name of media city studios ltd mcsl rebranded in 2012 to be known as dock10 . 2012 edit moves their primary functions and head office to the mediacityuk complex in salford greater manchester . opens one of the largest teleports in the uk . currently broadcasts 80 hours of television for the betting shop industry every day from its facilities in mediacityuk and also duplicated from its milton keynes base together with the various satellite downlinks and uplinks for broadcastors around the world including european tour golf asian tour golf bbc itv itn channel 4 intelsat british sky broadcasting sky news sky sports sky arabia & rrsat in israel . 2013 edit november 2013 sis announce the signing of a seven year contract with itv regional news & itn news to provide hd capable sng trucks using ka band satellite capacity . external links edit sis official site sis live official site sis and itv itn sign 7 year contract sis live website bbc announces successful bidder for bbc outside broadcasts bbc press office bbc unit likely to be sold to satellite information service telegraph bbc resources to be split up guardian the facts pressrooms references edit a b c 31 march 2008 p & l account report and financial statement to 31 march 2008 this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please 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