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  • BT Sport signs up Liverpool friendlies

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    BT Sport has snapped up rights to cover Liverpool FC pre-season matches including clashes with Celtic, Valerenga and Steven Gerrard’s testimonial.  The broadcaster confirmed its latest signing just hours before its new £1bn channels launch on Thursday evening. Yesterday channel bosses announced the launch night programming would be available free to all homes with Freeview,…

  • BT prepares to launch its sports channels and propel British TV into a new technological age

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    After a year of waiting and an awful lot of hype, BT Sport’s launch is now less than 24 hours away and channel bosses are throwing open the doors to let every Sky, Freeview and BT TV home join the celebrations. What can we expect? The line coming from BT has always been one of…

  • BT Sport launch to be free and open to all

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    BT says the launch of its new BT Sport channels will be available free to all homes with Freeview, TV from BT or Sky. Launching tomorrow (August 1st), the channels will offer football fans 38 Barclays Premier League matches per season. Broadcast from the Olympic Park in East London, they’ll also carry exclusive Ultimate Fighting…

  • BT Sport announces Scottish Rugby sponsorship deal

    BT Sport announces Scottish Rugby sponsorship deal

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    BT Sport has signed a new shirt sponsorship deal with Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby as part of a wider four-year deal with Scottish Rugby. The BT Sport logo will be displayed on the front of both clubs’ shirts until 2017. In addition, the deal will see BT Group and BT Sport promoted at Scotstoun…

  • BT reveals BT Sport via retail YouView boxes details

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    BT has revealed more details of how owners of retail YouView boxes will be able to receive its forthcoming sports channels, BT Sport 1, Bt Sport 2 and ESPN which are to be delivered via broadband to the boxes.

  • Sky tells Virgin Media customers: “We’ll pay your BT Sport subscription when you move”

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    Sky is targeting rival Virgin Media’s customers with an offer to pay their subscription to BT Sport if they move their TV and broadband services. While BT’s forthcoming sport channels are available to Sky customers, both free to those who buy their broadband from BT and via a £12pm subscription for those who don’t, the…