(Telecompaper) European pay-TV provider Sky reported operating profit for the nine months to March up 12 percent year-on-year to GBP 1.14 billion after experiencing "good trading" across all its markets. Group revenues grew by 5 percent to GBP 8.72 billion, with a 6 percent increase in UK and Ireland and a 10 percent growth in Germany and Austria offsetting a 2 percent fall in sales in Italy. Overall Sky said 177,000 new customers joined in the quarter to the end of March to reach a total of 21.7 million across its European operations.