BT
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More than a third of BT broadband customers now have fibre
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The UK’s biggest ISP now has more than 2.7m subscribers to its fibre Infinity packages, with 209,000 buying or upgrading to a fibre package in the financial quarter ending December 31st.
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BT Sport expands ESPN deal
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Disney owned ESPN sold its UK operations to BT after losing its Premier League rights at the last auction which saw broadcasting rights to the UK’s top sporting contest shared between BT and Sky.
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New Ofcom rules to limit BT’s broadband pricing freedoms
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BT’s freedom to cut broadband costs was curtailed today after telecoms regulator Ofcom said it must ensure margins on retail products are sufficient to ensure competition.
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Will buying EE force BT to build Windows Phone apps?
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Microsoft’s meagre marketshare of circa 10% means the big pay TV firms have decided it’s just not worth the cash, time and resources to build apps for a subset of that user base.
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BT festive deals – Infinity broadband from £7.50 a month
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The ISP and broadcaster has announced three new festive deals, including a £4.75 a month standard broadband package and superfast fibre optic-based BT Infinity for £7.50 a month.
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BT adds Sky Sports to YouView boxes & finally withdraws Vision+ boxes
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In November the Competition Appeal Tribunal ruled that an Ofcom ruling forcing Sky to offer the channels to rivals applied to BT’s newer YouView boxes and not just to its ageing Vision+ boxes.