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BT signs up 170,000 new broadband users in first three months of 2014
BT’s consumer division took almost 80% of new ADSL and Fibre broadband connections in the first three months of the year, according to the firm’s latest market update. The ISP added 170,000 new retail...
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BT Sport now available on BT TV without Infinity broadband
BT’s three sport channels are now available to all BT TV customers regardless of their broadband package. The channels are available for free to all BT broadband customers but, until today, a...
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Commercial take-up of BT Sport ‘neck and neck’ with Sky Sports
Image: BTBT has claimed to be “neck and neck” with rival Sky after signing up almost a quarter of pubs, including chains and independents, to its BT Sport channels. The ISP and broadcaster says the...
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BT Sport expands Rugby sponsorship with Welsh regions deal
BT Sport has signed a multi-year deal to sponsor Arms Park rugby ground, home of the Cardiff Blues, from next season. The ground will become known as the BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park for at least three...
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BT Sport deal boosts Aviva Rugby audiences
Sarra Elgan conducts post-match interview at Bath v Exeter. Image: BTEnglish Rugby bosses were celebrating today after their broadcast deal with BT Sport boosted TV audiences for the sport. A combined...
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BT Sport announces live coverage of British summer grass court tennis season
BT Sport has signed an agreement with the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) to cover this summer’s showpiece tournaments in the run-up to Wimbledon. The deal gives the channel exclusive live coverage of...
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BT Sport signs Caribbean Premier League T20 cricket deal
Image: CPL T20 LtdBT Sport has signed a two-year deal to show Caribbean T20 cricket, starting from July 11th. The deal includes coverage of St Lucia Zouks, whose line-up includes former England...
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José Mourinho signs three year deal with BT Sport
BT Sport has signed Chelsea manager José Mourinho to serve as a channel ambassador, football expert and programme maker. His first appearance as part of the three year deal will be in a new BT Sport TV...
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BT Sport releases second ‘Unmissable Moments’ TV ad
BT Sport has released the second TV advert from its ‘Unmissable Moments’ which features a mix of ‘channel ambassadors’, including José Mourinho, and match highlights. The channel’s initial ad for its...
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Premier League announces Sky and BT’s early matches
BT Sport’s production gallery. Image: SEENITThe Premier League has revealed which matches of the forthcoming season will be screened by Sky Sports and BT Sport. The season kicks off at 12.45pm on...
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BT signs up Portugal’s Primeira Liga
Image: BTBT Sport says it will show up to four exclusively live matches a week from the Portuguese Primeira Liga. The channels already show games from Germany’s Bundesliga, France’s Ligue1, Italy’s...
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BT Sport signs Germany’s home friendly matches
BT Sport has further boosted its European football line-up by securing the rights to show World Cup champions Germany’s home friendly matches. The deal excludes matches involving teams from the British...
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BT and Sky reveal European Rugby Champions Cup games
BT Sport and Sky Sports have announced the games they’ll show in the first two rounds of the new European Rugby Champions Cup. The contest replaces the Heineken Cup which ended last year after English...
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New BT Sport Fan Crèche offers ‘half time’ to weary shoppers
BT Sport has opened a new ‘Fan Crèche’ at Westfield Stratford City, offering weary shoppers and sports fans a chance to relax while enjoying its three channels. The Crèche” will be open seven days a...
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BT Sport adds new ‘red button’ service
BT Sport has announced a new ‘pop-up’ red button channel offering subscribers more of its sporting coverage on their TVs. Dubbed BT Sport Extra, the new service will be available whenever the...
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BT to migrate more TV subscribers to broadband version of BT Sport
BT is to stop delivering its sports channels via aerial to some users of its legacy Vision+ boxes and migrate affected customers to a broadband delivered version of the channels. But the firm says...
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BT Sport pub subscriptions ‘have overtaken Sky Sports’
BT has claimed to have overtaken Sky in the number of UK pubs subscribed to its sports channels. According to a survey of 1835 pubs conducted by Evalueserve/Amethist, the BT Sport and ESPN channels are...
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BT Sport announces new hotel pricing deals
BT is offering hotels the chance to subscribe to its three sports channels “from just £77 a month”. The price covers a single subscription in the bar area but the ISP says venues can add the service to...
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BT Sport to offer live BDO World Professional Darts Championship coverage
Darts fans will be able to enjoy nine days of live darts action on BT Sport after the broadcaster signed a deal to broadcast the BDO World Professional Darts Championship live from the Lakeside Country...
View ArticlePremier League adds extra games to TV rights auction
The Premier League has added fourteen extra games, including 10 Friday night matches, to the number of fixtures TV broadcasters can show from 2016-17. A total of 168 live games will be up for grabs,...
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BT confirms plans to buy EE for £12.5bn in cash & shares
BT has struck a deal to buy mobile network EE just a fortnight after confirming it was in talks with the shareholders of both it and O2 about a possible acquisition. EE, which has 24.5m direct mobile...
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Will buying EE force BT to build Windows Phone apps?
If you’re an iPhone or Android user you’re pretty well catered for in the apps department, especially when it comes to watching premium TV and sports on the move. Virgin Media, Sky and BT all have apps...
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BT Sport expands ESPN deal
BT has struck a seven year deal to continue using the ESPN brand and broadcast content from the US channel. Disney owned ESPN sold its UK operations to BT after losing its Premier League rights at the...
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Sky remains top Premier League broadcaster
Manchester United’s Old Trafford Stadium. Image: André Zahn Sky Sports is to remain the main broadcaster of the Premier League, having won five of seven packages on offer in the sport’s latest...
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Video: Francis Warren and BT Sport’s Total Combat
Image: BoxNationDebuting on BT Sport next week, Total Combat is a brand new boxing elimination tournament format devised by promoter Francis Warren. The show is hosted by OJ Borg and Charlie Webster...
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Total Combat – signs of promise but needs more momentum
Image: BT / BoxNationA boxing elimination tournament fought in a relatively small arena with a ring-side crowd should be compelling viewing but the opening episode of Total Combat (BT Sport) was...
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BT Sport secures UK rights to show first ever European Games
BT Sport has secured the exclusive UK broadcast rights to the inaugural European Games which take place in Baku, Azerbaijan this June. The 17 day event (12-28 June) will see athletes from 50 nations...
View ArticleChampions League: Football fans invited to register for BT Sport Europe
Previous rights holders Sky and ITV ended their association with the Champions League on Saturday when they screened Barcelona’s triumph over Juventus at Berlin's Olympic Stadium.
View ArticleBT confirms exclusive Champions League pricing
At a packed media briefing at their Olympic park studios, BT bosses ended months of speculation by confirming pricing for a new BT Sport Europe channel which will serve as the contest's home for the...
View ArticleBT and Virgin Media ‘in talks’ about new Champions League channel
The cable company has a wholesale deal with BT for the firm’s original three BT Sport channels which it provides to customers taking its XL TV pack. Virgin Customers with lower tier packages can buy...
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