broadcaster Foxtel, and in 2004 to Italian broadcaster Sky Italia. 21st Century In 2000, Amstrad released the first of its combined telephony and e-mail devices, called the E-m@iler. This was followed by the E-m@iler Plus in 2002, and the E3 Videophone in 2004. Amstrad's UK E-m@iler business is operated through a separate company, Amserve Ltd which is 89.8% owned by Amstrad and 10.2% owned by DSG International plc (formerly Dixons plc). Amstrad has also produced a variety of home entertainment products over their history, including hi-fi, televisions, VCRs, and DVD players. BSkyB takeover In July 2007, BSkyB announced a takeover of Amstrad for £125m, a 23.7% premium on its market capitalisation. BSkyB had been a major client of Amstrad, accounting for 75% of sales for its 'set top box' business. Having supplied BSkyB with hardware since its inception in 1988, market analysts had noted the two companies becoming increasingly close. Sugar commented that he wished to play a part in the business, saying: "I turn 60 this year and I have had 40 years of hustling in the business, but now I have to start thinking about my team of loyal staff, many of whom have been with me for many years." It was announced on 2 July 2008 that Sugar had stepped down as Chairman of Amstrad, which had been planned since BSkyB took over in 2007. Amstrad was taken off the Stock Exchange on 9 October 2008. Amstrad has ceased operations as a trading company, and now exists in name only. Under Sky, Amstrad currently only produce satellite receivers for Sky, as doing so allows them to reduce costs by cutting out the middleman. Amstrad's former offices are now a Premier Inn Hotel. Sky bought Amstrad so they could have their own hardware development division to develop new Satellite boxes (Sky Q) made in-house. Computer product lines Home computers CPC464 (64 KB RAM, cassette drive) CPC472 (same as CPC464 but with 72 KB instead of 64 KB) CPC664 (3 inch internal disk variant of CPC464) CPC6128 (128 KB version of the CPC664 with 3 inch disk) 464 Plus (CPC464 with enhanced graphics and sound) 6128 Plus (CPC6128 with enhanced graphics and sound) GX4000 (games console based on 464 Plus) Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2 (re-engineered ZX Spectrum 128 with tape drive) Sinclair ZX Spectrum +3 (as ZX Spectrum +2 but with 3 inch disk drive instead of tape drive)