BT’s huge outlay on TV sports rights is disruptive but highly rational, according to Henrik Karlberg, director of pay-TV, TalkTalk TV.
Champions League win for ITV as BT marches on
ITV has agreed a new deal with UEFA that will allow it to show highlights of Champions League and Europa League matches for three years, starting from the 2015/2016 season.
BT joins Ultra-HD crowd
BT is planning a live Ultra-HD test to coincide with IBC 2013. The broadcast of the Saracens and Gloucester rugby match on Sunday September 15th will be captured as a […]
Virgin secures BT Sport channels
BT and Virgin Media have signed a three-year agreement, the result of which is that millions of Virgin Media TV customers will now have full access to BT Sport TV […]
BT grows TV base
BT has added another 40,000 customers to its television service, bringing the customer base to 810,000.
BT mulls Sky Sports pricing appeal
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 […]