By Simon Zekaria

LONDON--Sky PLC (SKY.LN) said on Wednesday it more than doubled its yearly profit as the expanded pay-television giant won more customers in its home U.K. market, as well as Germany and Austria.

Sky's net profit for the fiscal year ended June 30 rose to 1.96 billion pounds ($3.06 billion) from GBP865 million in the year preceding. Operating profit before exceptional items--a key metric of business performance--rose 18% to GBP1.4 billion.

Adjusted for exceptional items, revenue rose 5% to GBP11.3 billion.

The U.K.'s market-leading pay-television operator said it added 973,000 customers in the year, up 45%. In the fourth quarter, it added 158,000 new customers. The number of products its existing customers use, including broadband Internet and high-definition TV, jumped by 829,000 in the quarter.

It recommended a full-year dividend of 32.8 pence, up 3% from the year-earlier period.

"The past 12 months have been an outstanding period of growth for Sky," said Chief Executive Jeremy Darroch.

Last year, Sky bought its sister companies in Germany and Italy from 21st Century Fox Inc. (FOXA) in a deal worth about $9 billion, creating a pan-European pay-TV giant with over 20 million customers across Germany, Italy, Austria, the U.K. and Ireland.

Sky is 39%-owned by 21st Century Fox, which until June 2013 was part of the same company as The Wall Street Journal parent News Corp. (NWS.AU).

Sky shares closed Tuesday at 1,124 pence, valuing the company at GBP19.3 billion.

Write to Simon Zekaria at simon.zekaria@wsj.com

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