All BT Sport articles – Page 6
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NewsBT Sport plots in-house Champions League coverage
BT Sport is giving serious consideration to producing its coverage of the Champions League and Europa League in-house when it begins broadcasting the football tournaments next year.
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NewsBT TV subscriber growth slows
BT recorded its slowest quarter of growth for its TV business for over a year as the Premier League season drew to a close.
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NewsBT Sport signs Jose Mourinho
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is to front a series of football programmes for BT Sport after striking a three year deal with the pay-TV broadcaster.
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NewsBT landed with £120k ESPN Ofcom fine
BT has been landed with a £120,000 fine from Ofcom that was incurred by sports broadcaster ESPN for failing to meet audio description targets.
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NewsBT hits 1m TV customers
BT has played down reports that it is targeting the majority share of Premier League football rights when they come up for auction as its TV service hits 1m subscribers.
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NewsBT hires TV boss from Sky Italia
BT has appointed Sky executive Delia Bushell as managing director of its TV and Sport division.
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NewsBT TV chief Marc Watson exits
Marc Watson, chief executive of BT TV and the man behind its aggressive push into sports, is to leave the company.
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NewsBT Sport adds 500,000 subscribers
BT Sport piled on half a million customers in the final three months of 2013 as its subscription base grew to 2.5m.
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NewsBT Sport greenlights WRC
Live TV coverage of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) is to return after rights holders struck a deal with BT Sport.
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NewsSports battle intensifies with February fixtures
The battle between Sky Sports and BT Sport is set to intensify after the Premier League games the broadcasters will air in February were unveiled.
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NewsBT Sport eyes further rights deals
BT TV chief executive Marc Watson has defended the £900m the business spent on securing Champions League rights and hinted it is considering bidding for more Premier League rights.
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NewsBT Sport reaches 2m homes
BT added almost twice as many TV subscribers as Sky over the last three months - as the number of homes with access to BT Sport grew to 2m.
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NewsTimeline woos Cowan for BT Sport post
Timeline Television has recruited former BBC lead editor Malcolm Cowan to the role of head of technology for BT Sport.
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NewsITV faces Champions League fight
ITV is facing a fight to keep hold of the Champions League just two months after losing its FA Cup rights to the BBC.
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RatingsPremier League opener nets 760k for BT Sport
Premier League football made its debut on BT Sport this Saturday as Liverpool put Stoke City to the sword in front of a 764k peak audience.
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NewsBT Sport seals Virgin carriage deal
Virgin Media has inked a deal to carry BT Sport’s three channels, giving the fledgling broadcaster immediate access to around 2m more households.
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NewsYouView's IP channels go live in EPG
BT has begun live streaming 21 channels including Comedy Central, TLC, Eurosport and Watch via the main YouView EPG.
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NewsBT Sport bolsters Red Bee deal
Red Bee Media has inked a deal to supply BT Sport with access and metadata services.
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RatingsBT Sport peaks with 200k on launch
BT Sport peaked with 207,500 (1.21%) viewers on its opening night as sports fans tuned in to see Bayern Munich versus Manchester City.
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NewsOfcom: no relief for BT over Sky Sports
Sky Sports will not be available via BT’s YouView service for the start of the Premier League season after Ofcom refused to grant the telco interim relief.