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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…
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Sky TV customers face “up to 10%” price increase
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Sky has informed TV customers that some prices “will increase on 1 September 2013 by up to 10% in accordance with our standard terms.” According to online forums, messages advising existing customers of the impending increase are now appearing in their online billing accounts while a message has been added to the firm’s sales website…
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Sky announces UEFA/FIFA nations deal
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Sky Sports has been awarded the rights to Home Nations and Republic of Ireland qualification matches for UEFA EURO 2016 and 2018 FIFA World Cup. The deal provides the channel with up to 500 international matches plus coverage of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and all other UEFA member associations, between…
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Sky Sports secures USTA and ATP rights
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Sky says it will show more live tennis than any other broadcaster after signing new deals to screen the US Open and ATP World Tour for the next five and three years respectively. The deal includes television rights to Andy Murray’s US Open grand slam defence at Flushing Meadows in August. Under the new deals,…