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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…
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BT Sport channels appear on YouView EPG
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BT’s sports channels have appeared on YouView’s EPG, the first internet delivered channels to appear in the platform’s guide. BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2 , BT Sport 1 HD and BT Sport 2 HD have appeared on the guide at channel numbers 507, 508, 510 and 511 respectively for users whose boxes are connected…
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Latest BT Sport ad claims top games are “no longer on Sky Sports”
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BT’s is using the latest adverts for its upcoming sport channels to highlight that it will offer 18 Premier League matches “that are no longer on Sky Sports.” Last year BT won the right to 38 Barclays Premier League matches per season from next season, these include 18 first picks which could see it offer…
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Ofcom backs Sky over BT Sport ad ban
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Media regulator Ofcom has ruled Sky is free to block rival BT from advertising BT Sport on its Sky Sports channels. BT had argued that Sky’s actions amounted to discrimination because Sky had previously accepted adverts for ESPN’s channels. The broadband and phone company argued that blocking its adverts from Sky Sports would make it…