Sky TV
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Sky TV is a British subscription television service offering a wide range of satellite and streaming channels, on-demand content, and original programming.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sky TV canonical | 5 |
| Sky1 | 3 |
| BSkyB | 2 |
| Sky UK television channels | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10396883 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sky TV Context triple: [Sky, service, Sky TV]
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A.
Star TV
Star TV is a major Asian satellite television network known for its broad entertainment and news programming across multiple countries.
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B.
Orange TV
Orange TV is a subscription-based television platform operated by the telecommunications company Orange, offering a range of live channels and on-demand content.
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C.
DStv
DStv is a major Sub-Saharan African satellite television service owned by MultiChoice, known for offering extensive sports and entertainment broadcasting across the region.
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D.
Vijay TV
Vijay TV is a popular Tamil-language television channel in India known for its entertainment shows, reality programs, and serials.
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E.
Bell TV
Bell TV is a Canadian direct-to-home satellite and IPTV television service provider owned by BCE Inc.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sky TV Target entity description: Sky TV is a British subscription television service offering a wide range of satellite and streaming channels, on-demand content, and original programming.
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A.
Star TV
Star TV is a major Asian satellite television network known for its broad entertainment and news programming across multiple countries.
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B.
Orange TV
Orange TV is a subscription-based television platform operated by the telecommunications company Orange, offering a range of live channels and on-demand content.
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C.
DStv
DStv is a major Sub-Saharan African satellite television service owned by MultiChoice, known for offering extensive sports and entertainment broadcasting across the region.
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D.
Vijay TV
Vijay TV is a popular Tamil-language television channel in India known for its entertainment shows, reality programs, and serials.
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E.
Bell TV
Bell TV is a Canadian direct-to-home satellite and IPTV television service provider owned by BCE Inc.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
satellite television provider
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subscription television service ⓘ television service ⓘ |
| brandOf | Sky Group ⓘ |
| businessModel | subscription ⓘ |
| contentType |
children's programming
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documentaries ⓘ drama series ⓘ entertainment shows ⓘ films ⓘ news ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distributionPlatform |
internet streaming
ⓘ
satellite ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
catch-up TV
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high-definition channels ⓘ mobile streaming access ⓘ multi-room viewing ⓘ on-demand box sets ⓘ ultra high-definition channels ⓘ |
| hasService |
Sky Atlantic
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Sky Cinema ⓘ Sky Documentaries ⓘ Sky Kids ⓘ Sky Max ⓘ Sky News ⓘ Sky Showcase ⓘ Sky Sports ⓘ Sky Witness ⓘ |
| hasStreamingService | NOW ⓘ |
| hasTechnology |
IP-based streaming apps
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digital video recorder ⓘ satellite dish ⓘ set-top box ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| market |
Ireland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| offers |
on-demand content
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original programming ⓘ satellite television channels ⓘ streaming television channels ⓘ subscription television packages ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Sky Group ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Comcast ⓘ |
| produces | Sky Originals ⓘ |
| serviceType |
pay television
ⓘ
video on demand ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sky TV Description of subject: Sky TV is a British subscription television service offering a wide range of satellite and streaming channels, on-demand content, and original programming.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sky TV
linked to: Sky TV
linked to: Sky TV
linked to: Sky TV
linked to: Sky TV
linked to: Sky TV