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BT announces “more than half a million” sport channel sign-ups
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More than half a million households have signed up to receive BT’s three sports channels, the company announced in Thursday. Available free to BT Broadband customers and BT TV subscribers, the channels will be available via tablet and smartphone apps, YouView from BT and BT Vision+ boxes and Sky HD+. Sky customers who have broadband…
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BT Sport announces FA Women’s Super League coverage
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BT Sport has revealed details of the FA Women’s Super League matches it’ll show live and exclusive during 2013. Coverage will kick-off with the big clash between leaders Liverpool and two-times champions Arsenal at Halton Stadium on Saturday, August 3. Channel bosses promise fans will then be able to follow the WSL through to its…
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BT Sport announces new programme details
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BT has announced details of some of the programmes airing on its new sport channels which launch next month. Broadcast from the Olympic Park in East London, the channels launch on August 1st and will offer football fans 38 Barclays Premier League matches per season. They’ll also carry exclusive Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) coverage and…
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BBC and BT secure FA Cup rights
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The BBC and BT Sport have joined forces to secure all UK TV rights to the FA Cup from 2014. The current broadcasters are ITV and BT Sport through its acquisition of Disney’s UK ESPN business earlier this year. The BBC’s coverage will be led by Gary Lineker and will be available on TV, online,…
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Sky and BT Sports announce Premier League fixtures
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Sport channel rivals BT and Sky have announced their respective line-ups for the coming Premier League season. The two companies will collectively pay £3bn for the rights to show live Premier League games. BT emerged as a surprised bidder in last year’s auctions, snapping up the rights to 38 games, including almost half the “first…
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An alternative router to BT’s Home Hub for use with BT Sport?
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For some, the euphoria caused by the sudden appearance of BT Sport on their YouView box has already been tempered by the realisation that their self-bought routers won’t work with the channels and that they’ll have to revert to BT’s dreadful HomeHub 3. My personal experience of the HH3 is that it loses at least…