All Sky Sports articles – Page 7
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NewsTop Up TV enters Sky Sports battle
Top Up TV is weighing into the battle to attract subscribers via Sky Sports as it starts offering the flagship channels from August on Freeview.
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NewsVirgin Media agrees Sky HD deal
Virgin Media customers will be able to access live sports content on Sky Sports HD1 and Sky Sporst HD2 after it agreed a deal with the satellite broadcaster.
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NewsSky defends sports price hike
BSkyB has defended hiking its prices for Sky Sports packages, which it says are needed to fund the £100m-a-year extra it now has to pay the Premier League.
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NewsSky warns BT: don’t pin hopes on Sports
As BT Vision unveils its £16.99 pricing structure for Sky Sports 1 and 2, BSkyB has warned it against pinning its hopes on sport to drive take-up.
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NewsSky raises prices for BT - and its own customers
BT is to make a £2 monthly loss on its new £16.99 Sky Sports 1 and 2 package after BSkyB bumped up its wholesale prices - and what it charges its own customers.
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NewsSky Sports News goes pay TV-only
Sky is retrenching Sky Sports News as a pay TV-only channel as the broadcaster extends its strategy of charging viewers to view its content.
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NewsNine in running for rights to show WRC
Nine broadcasters including the BBC, ITV, Sky Sports and UKTV are considering making bids to broadcast the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) for the next three years.
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NewsESPN buys 41 football games
ESPN has acquired the rights to acquire 41 international football games including World Cup friendies as it bids to rival Sky Sports.
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NewsBT Vision to undercut Sky Sports pricing
BT Vision plans to undercut what Sky charges customers for Sky Sports 1 & 2 from the start of next season - despite having to pay the full rate card price while the satellite broadcaster’s appeal against Ofcom’s pay TV ruling is heard.
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NewsSky v Ofcom: CAT delivers compromise
A compromise ruling by the Competition Appeal Tribunal means BT Vision, Virgin Media and Top Up TV will have to continue to pay the full price for Sky Sports while BSkyB’s appeal against Ofcom’s controversial pay TV ruling is heard.
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NewsSky Sports lines up World Cup studio in Cape Town
Sky Sports has secured space at a dedicated studio facility in South Africa so that it can provide local coverage of the football World Cup.
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NewsCrucial ruling looms for firms chasing Sky Sports
BT Vision should find out within days if it can offer Sky Sports for the start of the next football season.
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NewsPremier League contests Sky Sports ruling
The Premier League has challenged Ofcom’s decision to force Sky to sell its sports channels to other broadcasters at a discount.
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NewsESPN production contract up for grabs
ESPN is to end its production agreement with Sky - putting a multi-million pound contract to produce its Premier League, SPL and FA Cup match coverage up for grabs.
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NewsDarroch: Ofcom ruling will hit sport
Sky chief executive Jeremy Darroch has slammed Ofcom’s pay TV ruling, claiming it has got its decision “badly wrong” and will “hit British sport where it hurts.”
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NewsSky's rivals bemoan Ofcom verdict
Sky’s rivals BT Vision and Virgin Media have voiced disappointment that Ofcom’s has not gone far enough in forcing the satellite broadcaster to slash its sports channel wholesale rates.
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NewsSky ordered to cut sports prices
Sky must offer its Sky Sports 1 and 2 channels to other broadcasters at a wholesale price set by Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator ruled today.
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NewsSky broadcasts first 3D live sports match
Football fans watched Arsenal and Manchester United kick off the world’s first live 3D sports broadcast yesterday (31 January).
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NewsESPN to tackle Sky with rugby rights
ESPN will show significantly more Guinness Premiership rugby fixtures than rival Sky Sports from next season, after picking up rights previously held by Setanta.