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  • BT finally launches BT Sport for retail YouView boxes

    BT finally launches BT Sport for retail YouView boxes

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    Later than promised, BT has finally enabled owners of retail YouView boxes who also take a BT Infinity broadband connection to add its new sports channels to their package. As reported last week by seenit.co.uk, to order the channels box owners must pay a £49 activation fee and commit to a 12 month contract. Two…

  • It’s not just Virgin Media customers who are locked out of BT Sport

    It’s not just Virgin Media customers who are locked out of BT Sport

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    A few days ago I looked at the frustrations of Virgin Media customers who face missing out on BT’s new sports channels when they launch today. While they’re certainly the most voluble group missing out on the channels, they’re not the only one. YouView customers who purchased their own boxes but have connected them to…

  • O2 announces 4G switch-on date

    O2 announces 4G switch-on date

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    O2 says it will launch its new “superfast” 4G services later this month in London, Leeds and Bradford. The company will become the second to offer 4G, which offers faster mobile data speeds, and follows rival EE’s launch last year. O2 says its service, which will cover five million people from launch, will launch its…

  • 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…