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The Newsroom series two to debut on Sky On Demand
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Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom returns to Sky Atlantic for its second series next month, with audiences able to download the first episode via Sky On Demand from 20 August ahead of broadcast. The series stars Jeff Daniels as News Night host Will McAvoy and Emily Mortimer stars as Mackenzie McHale, the show’s executive producer. The…
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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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Sky announces free Premier League opening day coverage for all UK homes
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Sky is to offer all UK homes free access to the Premier League’s opening day by broadcasting its match coverage on Sky 2 and Pick TV, the free to air channel it operates on Freeview as well as pay TV platforms. The move to offer a day’s free access to Sky Sports comes after rival…
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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…
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BT accuses Sky of withholding Sky Sports package in new Ofcom complaint
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BT has asked media regulator Ofcom to investigate rival Sky for “an abuse of dominance” after the two companies failed to agree a carriage deal for Sky Sports 1 & 2 on BT’s YouView platform. Under the terms of an existing deal BT is able to offer the channels to users of its legacy BT…