BT
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BT adds TV box sets to digital downloads store
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The store is available via the ISP’s YouView set top boxes and allows BT TV users to pay for purchases on their standard phone and broadband bill.
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Serie A to remain on BT Sport until 2018
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BT has extended its rights to show Italy’s Serie A for a further three years. The deal makes BT Sport the competition’s exclusive UK home until 2017/18 and gives it access to up to 380 live matches per season.
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Virgin Media to spend £3bn to close gap with BT’s fibre broadband coverage
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Cable company Virgin Media has announced plans to spend £3bn extending its fibre broadband network to cover an additional four million additional premises.
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BT agrees £12.5bn purchase of EE
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EE’s shareholders, Deutsche Telekom and Orange, will receive a mixture of cash and BT shares with Deutsche Telekom entitled to appoint one non-executive member to the BT Board. It will also hold a 12% stake in BT while Orange will hold a 4% stake.
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BT and Sir Ian McKellen team up for Comic Relief
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Acting legend Sir Ian McKellen, currently filming second series of ITV’s Vicious with Derek Jacobi, will be the voice of BT’s Speaking Clock from today until Red Nose Day on Friday, 13 March.
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BT announces plans to boost broadband speeds to 500Mbps
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Broadband users could see download speeds boosted dramatically after BT confirmed plans to trial G.fast – a technology that can deliver speeds of up to 500Mbps – in 4,000 homes.