Telecoms
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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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Danny Baker and Danny Kelly to host new BT Sport football show
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Radio and TV presenter Danny Baker is reuniting with on/off collaborator Danny Kelly to front a new football show for BT Sport, the sports channels from broadband giant BT. The channels will offer sports fans 38 Barclays Premier League matches per season, exclusive Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) coverage and 800 hours of live tennis, including…
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YouView demonstrates what’s in store this year
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More on our trip to YouView’s riverside HQ where a small group of UK tech journos were treated to a sneak peek at the platform’s near future. As already reported, the starting point was the announcement that more than 400,000 YouView boxes are now in homes across the UK – a landmark reached less than…
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Virgin Media website claims “BT Sport is coming”
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Cable company Virgin Media says BT Sport “is coming” to its network this summer. The three BT channels will offer sports fans 38 Barclays Premier League matches per season, exclusive Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) coverage and 800 hours of live tennis, including the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships. BT has also bought Disney’s ESPN channels,…
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BT Sport – studio construction videos
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Journalists attending the press launch for the new BT Sport channels were given a tour of the studios and production centre, but while we were able to look and ask questions, we were forbidden from taking pictures or filming. Just five official pictures of the studios have been provided to the media by BT who…
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New BT Sport ad targets Virgin Media users
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BT has stepped up efforts to use its forthcoming sports channels to win over customers from Virgin Media. The channels will offer sports fans 38 Barclays Premier League matches per season, exclusive Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) coverage and 800 hours of live tennis, including the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships. Earlier this month BT announced…