BT chief executive Ian Livingston has told a Morgan Stanley conference the telco is “minded to appeal” against the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s ruling on the wholesale pricing of Sky Sports.
Key exec joins BT
Jamie Hindhaugh, the BBC’s head of production for London 2012, will join BT in mid-October as COO of its new sports channel.
Sky, BT win live Premier League rights
BSkyB has secured the rights to five of the seven packages of live audiovisual rights for the Premier League in the UK during the seasons 2013/14 to 2015/16.
Studios win right to block filesharing website
BT is to be forced to block access to film website Newzbin2 after the High Court ruled in favour of five Hollywood studios.
Ofcom to allow third party access to BT fibre
Ofcom has outlined plans to increase investment in super-fast broadband by opening up BT’s fibre lines to third party providers. The move will allow the telco’s fibre to be used by operators including Sky, Talk Talk and Virgin Media in a way similar to the opening up of BT’s copper telephone network to rival phone […]
BT facing loss on Sky Sports
11.00 Update: BT has unveiled what it is describing as “the UK’s best value deal” for Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2, pricing a single channel at £11.99 (€14.68) and the two channel bundle at a monthly £16.99.
BSkyB, BT and FAPL join Ofcom appeal
In their separate responses to Ofcom’s ruling on the wholesaling of BSkyB’s premium sports channel, there is one point of agreement: the regulator got it wrong.
BT expands on demand offer
BT has announced the launch of a new and bigger on demand subscription service. The first of its kind in the UK, BT Vision Film Club will now offer over 60 films each month – or more than twice the previous number – with 14 films refreshed each week.
BT scores on the news agenda
Will BT really start a pay-TV price war if Ofcom chooses to regulate Sky Sports? Julian Clover assesses the field.