Jul 17 2015
BT has unveiled details of its forthcoming Ultra HD TV package, which will include what the company says will be Europe’s very first live sports UHD channel – BT Sport Ultra HD. The channel will launch with a live broadcast of the FA Community Shield match at Wembley on August 2 between Chelsea and Arsenal […]
Jul 10 2015
Ofcom should amend the scope of its Digital Communications Review to include pay TV, so it can address high prices and a lack of competition in the UK market, according to the CEO of BT’s consumer division, John Petter. In a speech to the Broadcasting Press Guild yesterday, Peter said there were market failings in […]
Jun 7 2015
BT is inviting football fans to register interest in its new BT Sport Europe channel which is set to become the new home of the UEFA Champions League. The broadband giant and pay-TV operator has paid £900m to cover the contest for three years from the start of the 2015/16 season. Its deal also includes […]
Jun 1 2015
Intelsat is working with BT Group to distribute BBC World Service over the Asia-Pacific region, Africa and Latin America. Under the new multi-year, multi-transponder agreement, BT will leverage capacity from three of Intelsat’s leading satellite neighbourhoods to distribute programming for BBC World Service, a premier provider of global news and content. BT will have access […]
May 7 2015
BT has reported a 14 per cent rise in annual profits, claiming it is outpacing its rivals in winning new broadband customers. Pre-tax profit rose to £2.645 billion for the year to the end of March but revenues at the group dipped 2 per cent to £17.85 billion. The telco said business was being driven […]
Mar 16 2015
Sky has announced it is making changing to its satellite TV subscription prices on the 1st June 2015. Sign-up pages on the Sky website advise new subscribers that Sky TV prices are changing on the 1st June. Subscribers are advised that as part of Sky’s terms and conditions, Sky may “increase prices by up to […]
Nov 5 2014
Ofcom has today welcomed a court ruling that paves the way for more top sports events to be made available for the first time to viewers of BT’s YouView TV service. The Competition Appeal Tribunal has published an interim ruling that Sky Sports 1 and 2 should be made available on BT’s YouView service, which […]
Aug 26 2014
BT is set to impose a price increase of over 6 per cent on its home phone and broadband customers in a move that has already been called a “football tax” by some analysts. BT, who has 7.3 million home phone and broadband customers, said that from December 1st the cost of a BT landline […]
Aug 12 2014
Sky Sports 5 will be available to both new and existing BT TV customers on their BT Vision+ set-top box when the channel launches today (August 12). Existing BT TV customers with both Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 on Infinity will get the new channel automatically at no extra cost, while any new […]
Mar 27 2014
YouView’s shareholders are set to sign a £100m-plus deal to secure the future of the internet based TV service, with all seven partners remaining on board as equal shareholders in the venture. The seven partners are BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Arqiva, BT and TalkTalk, who under the terms of the new agreement will […]
Feb 18 2014
Ofcom welcomes the Court of Appeal’s decision that the judgment of the Competition Appeal Tribunal failed properly to consider Ofcom’s findings that there was ineffective competition in the market. Ensuring fair and effective competition in the pay TV market has always been Ofcom’s objective. Ofcom’s 2010 decision that Sky must offer premium sports channels to […]
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Jul 30 2015
BT adds 60,000 customers
In reporting its Q1 results, BT has revealed that it added 60,000 TV customers in the quarter, bringing its total to 1.2 million. BT Sport average daily audience figures increased 51 per cent, which the telco said was its best performance since launch, reflecting the improvements it had made to the BT TV offering. Adjusted […]
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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: BT, BT Sport, BT TV