Telecoms

  • 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…

  • EE to offer Nokia Lumia 625

    EE to offer Nokia Lumia 625

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    UK mobile network EE has confirmed it will offer the Nokia Lumia 625 on its superfast 4GEE service, as well as on its Orange and T-Mobile UK brands. The handset runs Windows Phone and includes a 4.7-inch screen, Here Maps, Nokia Music and 5-megapixel camera. Nicola Shenton, Head Of Devices, EE said: “4G is incredibly…

  • Sky adds 34,000 new TV subscribers

    Sky adds 34,000 new TV subscribers

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    Sky added 34,000 new TV customers in the last quarter, taking its total TV customer base to 10.4m and cementing its position as the UK’s largest provider of pay-TV services. The additions are revealed in the firm’s results for year to end of June which were published on Friday. The TV gains cover both its…

  • BT reveals BT Sport via retail YouView boxes details

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    BT has revealed more details of how owners of retail YouView boxes will be able to receive its forthcoming sports channels, BT Sport 1, Bt Sport 2 and ESPN which are to be delivered via broadband to the boxes.

  • Sky tells Virgin Media customers: “We’ll pay your BT Sport subscription when you move”

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    Sky is targeting rival Virgin Media’s customers with an offer to pay their subscription to BT Sport if they move their TV and broadband services. While BT’s forthcoming sport channels are available to Sky customers, both free to those who buy their broadband from BT and via a £12pm subscription for those who don’t, the…