Five years ago this week… Sky bit the bullet and begun the cannibalization of its core business of 30 years with the announcement that all 270 channels would be delivered directly over broadband via its Sky Q set top. This marked a bolder strategy than most at the time, and still holds true today, although the likes of Liberty Global are playing catch-up. Sky’s confidence in home broadband was bolstered by a partnership with Airties and the operator wasted no time making bold claims, aiming to do away with satellite dishes altogether by 2018. However, the painfully similar rhetoric that surrounded the arrival of Sky Glass in 2021 demonstrated that satellite will not go quietly. — Patent pool MPEG…