BSkyB chief executive Jeremy Darroch said he would look at making an offer for Tiscali, the UK pay-TV and broadband operator, as he unveiled a third-quarter increase in net subscribers of 60,000.

Tiscali, which has operations in the UK and Italy, has been put up for sale and is understood to have requested non-binding bids be submitted by next week.

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