BT
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BT confirms plans to buy EE for £12.5bn in cash & shares
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Today’s deal cements BT’s long expected re-entry into the consumer mobile market which was originally due to be powered by a virtual network deal with EE.
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Review: BT YouView Box
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BT has followed the launch of its re-designed YouView+ set top box (STB) with the introduction of this new, smaller non-recording ‘zapper’ box.
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BT Sport to offer live BDO World Professional Darts Championship coverage
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BT Sport, which will share its coverage with the BBC, will broadcast live each night throughout the tournament which will run between Saturday, January 3 and Sunday, January 11.
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New tablet & smartphone app takes BT TV mobile
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BT has updated its ‘buy to own’ movie service to let customers watch purchases on their smartphones and tablets.
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YouView adds new internet channels to retail & BT boxes
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The channels, which use Arqiva’s Connect TV streaming service, have long been available to some internet connected Freeview set-top boxes and TVs but until now have been inaccessible on YouView.
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BT in talks to buy UK’s O2 and EE mobile networks
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The ISP and pay-TV giant is expected to launch a new consumer mobile service in the coming months, allowing it to offer ‘quad play’ packages of TV, home phone, broadband and mobile.