BT
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Alec Baldwin named as the new face of BT Mobile’s ad campaign
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The Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor and producer will promote the firm’s BT Mobile service which earlier this week announced a new range of smartphone tariffs.
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BBC and Ericsson promise an end to delayed subtitles
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In 2014 research undertaken by broadcasting regulator Ofcom revealed that subtitles took an average of 5.8 seconds to appear on screen, almost double the recommended 3 seconds.
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BT Mobile now selling pay monthly smartphone tariffs and supporting tethering
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Launched last year as a SIM-only service, BT Mobile has more than 300,000 subscribers, the majority of who are understood to be broadband customers adding mobile to their BT bill.
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BT Sport extends Women’s Tennis Association broadcast deal
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Starting from January 2017, the new deal will see an increase of 30 events per year from the current deal and includes the rights to broadcast tennis clips and WTA content on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
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Premium live sports are heading to Freesat but will it be Sky’s NOW TV or BT Sport?
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The BBC Trust’s recent decision to allow Freesat, the subscription-free satellite service co-owned by the BBC and ITV, to offer paid-for sports content via broadband has prompted speculation that Sky’s Now TV could be heading to the platform.
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BT’s rivals renew calls for “legally separate” Openreach
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A coalition of telecoms firms and trade groups, including Sky, TalkTalk, and Vodafone, has renewed calls for BT’s Openreach network business to be hived off into a “legally separate company”.