<prompt> Yini eyenziwa ngaphambi kwenkulungwane entsha yeminyaka? Njengoba kunikezwe umbuzo odlule, bhala umongo onempendulo yawo. Kungaba imisho engu-1 kuya kwengu-20. Umongo:  <response>: Isevisi yedijithali ye-BSkyB yethulwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-1 Okthoba 1998 ngaphansi kwegama elithi Sky Digital, yize kwenziwa izivivinyo ezincane ngaphambi kwalokho. Ngalesi sikhathi ukusetshenziswa komkhiqizo we-Sky Digital kwenza umehluko obalulekile phakathi kwensizakalo entsha nezinsizakalo ze-Sky ezi-analogue. Amaphuzu ayisihluthulelo okuthengisa kwakuwukuthuthukiswa kwekhwalithi yesithombe nomsindo, ukwanda kwenani leziteshi kanye nensizakalo exhumanayo ebizwa nge-Open... manje ebizwa ngokuthi i-Sky Active, i-BSkyB incintisana ne-ONdigital kamuva i-ITV Digital yokunikezwa komhlaba kanye nezinsizakalo zekhebula. Phakathi nezinsuku ezingu-30, kwakudayiswe ama-digi-box angaphezu kuka-100 000, okwasekela isinqumo se-BSkyB sokunikeza ama-digi-box nama-minidishes mahhala kusukela ngo-May 1999. 