SATELLITE broadcaster BSkyB insisted it “remains a fit and proper licence holder” as it remains under the glare of media regulator Ofcom.

The watchdog is considering whether BSkyB should hold a broadcast licence in the wake of the phone-hacking crisis at News International, which is owned by BSkyB shareholder News Corporation.

Rupert Murdoch, chief executive of NewsCorp, which has a 39% stake in BSkyB, was told in a report by a committee of MPs that he was “not a fit person” to run an international company.

But BSkyB, which revealed a net rise in customers of 78,000 to 10.5m in the three months to March 31, hailed its “positive contribution to UK audiences, employment and the broader economy”.

BSkyB reported a 5% increase in revenues in the nine months to March 31 – despite freezing prices for customers – to £5.1bn. Pre-tax profits rose by 17% to £853m during the period.