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BT Sport to air Women’s Champions League

BT Sport will broadcast action from Chelsea and Manchester City’s UEFA Women’s Champions League games. BT Sport’s live coverage will kick off on March 3rd with Fiorentina’s trip to Manchester City March on BT Sport 2, as Gareth Taylor’s side look to go one better in this year’s competition, having been eliminated by Toni Duggan’s […]

March 1, 2021

Rise launches ‘Rise Up’ mentoring programme

Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for women in the broadcast media technology sector, has announced the launch of Rise Up UTC Mentoring Programme, its first mentoring programme for young women aged 16 to 18 years in partnership with University Technical Colleges (UTCs). With a focus on STEM subjects and funded by Government, Rise is partnering […]

February 26, 2021

BT Sport Films examines how fans hold the key to football’s future

BT Sport will premiere Ours, the next documentary from its award-winning BT Sport Films series, on March 2nd on BT Sport 1 at 10.30pm. Ours is a film that speaks to, and speaks up for, football supporters. They have been conspicuous by their absence during the Covid-19 pandemic, when they have been missed in silent […]

February 19, 2021

All Premier League on TV until fans return

The Premier League has confirmed all fixtures for the 2020/21 season will continue to be made available to fans to watch live in the UK. This arrangement will be extended until Government guidance permits supporters to return to stadiums. All matches will be shown via existing broadcast partners Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon Prime Video […]

February 18, 2021By Colin Mann

BT: “Sport rights value will deflate”

Europe’s top football leagues are in for a period of “deflation” in the price of their television rights, says Simon Green, head of BT Sport. “There’s certainly going to be a rights correction and it may be seen and interpreted by many as rights deflation,” Green told the Financial Times. Green believes that as the […]

February 17, 2021

BT Sport to air England cricket from West Indies and NZ

BT Sport has announced a host of new exclusive cricket content including England men’s and women’s tours of the West Indies and New Zealand. BT Sport will also show all men’s and women’s domestic and international cricket in West Indies and New Zealand.  BT Sport has already begun broadcasting cricket from New Zealand, including the […]

February 5, 2021

EE Mobile Network sees 5G usage soar

EE has released its latest Mobile Network Index report, revealing new insights on how and where 5G is being used, and trends from the festive and new year period. Marc Allera, CEO of BT’s Consumer Division, said: “As

February 2, 2021

BT Sport’s ‘Matchday Experience’ immersion now on Android

BT Sport customers will be able to enjoy Matchday Experience on the BT Sport app for the first time on February 2nd. With sports fans currently unable to watch live sport in stadiums, Matchday Experience is a collection of immersive and innovative viewing features getting fans closer to the action. Launched earlier this season to […]

February 1, 2021

BT Sport renews MotoGP rights

BT Sport has extended its contract with MotoGP and will continue as the home of the motorcycle racing brand in the UK and Ireland. British and Irish MotoGP fans can continue to watch action of every Grand Prix on BT Sport, as riders including Marc Marquez, Valentino Rossi, Fabio Quartararo, and newly-crowned World Champion Joan […]

February 1, 2021By Nik Roseveare

C4, Sky, BT eye England vs India Test rights

Global rights holder Star Sports, owned by Disney, is in advanced talks with several UK broadcasters for the rights to England’s four-match Test series in India which begins on February 5th. Channel 4 are among the front-runners to acquire the rights, which would see Test cricket return to free-to-air television for the first time in […]

January 29, 2021