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  • BT to become the exclusive UK home of AMC

    BT to become the exclusive UK home of AMC

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    A raft of major new dramas are heading to BT’s TV service after the ISP struck a deal to become the exclusive UK home of AMC, the US cable network. AMC’s past hits include Breaking Bad, Mad Men and Walking Dead. Today’s deal means Fear the Walking Dead, a spin-off of the last of these,…

  • BT to sell Game of Thrones Season 5 from Tuesday

    BT to sell Game of Thrones Season 5 from Tuesday

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    Last month the pay-TV broadcaster and ISP added the hit show’s first four seasons to its buy to keep download store which is available via its YouView set top boxes. Other shows available include HBO’s True Detective and Entourage, plus Jame Spader’s The Blacklist and popular spy drama Homeland.

  • Could the Champions League help BT TV overtake Virgin Media?

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    There was a plenty of confidence and swagger on show from BT bosses when the media returned to the BT Sport studios this week to discover how the firm planned to monetise its exclusive Champions League rights.

  • BT and Virgin Media ‘in talks’ about new Champions League channel

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    The cable company has a wholesale deal with BT for the firm’s original three BT Sport channels which it provides to customers taking its XL TV pack. Virgin Customers with lower tier packages can buy the channels as a separate add-on.

  • BT confirms exclusive Champions League pricing

    BT confirms exclusive Champions League pricing

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    At a packed media briefing at their Olympic park studios, BT bosses ended months of speculation by confirming pricing for a new BT Sport Europe channel which will serve as the contest’s home for the next three years.

  • Champions League: Football fans invited to register for BT Sport Europe

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    Previous rights holders Sky and ITV ended their association with the Champions League on Saturday when they screened Barcelona’s triumph over Juventus at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium.