I think we've been an agent for change, everywhere, and I think change frightens people. They're going nicely in what seems like a settled industry, and someone comes in and says "I can do this better. It doesn't matter how nice that other one is." That's one of the distinguishing points of our acquisitions.

Our reputation is more important than the last hundred million dollars.

I feel that people I trusted - I don't know who, on what level - have let me down, and I think they have behaved disgracefully, and it's for them to pay. And I think, frankly, that I'm the best person to see it through.

I felt that it's best just to be as transparent as possible.

Money is not the motivating force. It's nice to have money, but I don't live high. What I enjoy is running the business.

Satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels.

The UK desperately needs less government and freer markets.