Two men have been sentenced after they illegally sold and retransmitted broadcasts produced by Sky and BT Sport, and further enabled the unauthorised distribution of on-demand films. Following a trial at Canterbury Crown Court in the southeast of England, following an investigation by Kent County Council Trading Standards, Billy Martin from London was sentenced to […]
Virgin Media is offering Stream customers new savings on popular subscriptions including BT Sport, Sky Sports, and Sky Cinema which it says will save customers up to £31 per month in comparison to Sky’s new streaming service. Available immediately, Virgin Media customers who take M350, M500 or Gig1 broadband only packages can get Stream with […]
BT Sport has announced the nominees for the tenth annual BT Sport Action Woman of the Year Award. In a historic year of achievement for women’s sport, the BT Sport Action Woman Award celebrates six of 2022’s outstanding performances. 2022 will be remembered as a year of victories on home soil. The Lionesses were crowned […]
On October 22nd, fight fans in the UK and Ireland will be able to tune in to UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev, exclusively live on BT Sport Box Office. The fight card, taking place on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, will be live from 7pm BST and is headlined by two UFC title fights, alongside nine […]
BT Sport will continue to broadcast every game from the Heineken Champions Cup after agreeing a new multi-year partnership with EPCR. As lead broadcaster in the UK and Ireland since 2015, BT Sport will continue to televise the pool and knockout stages of Europe’s premier club competition until the conclusion of the 2023/24 season, plus […]
On September 24th, boxing fans across the UK and Ireland will be able to tune in to the highly anticipated heavyweight matchup between Joe ‘The Juggernaut’ Joyce and Joseph Parker, the number one and number two ranked boxers in the WBO rankings, respectively. The winner of this box office clash will claim the vacant WBO […]
Michael Hornung, who in June 2022 was jailed in his absence to four and a half years in prison for selling set-top boxes giving illegal access to Sky TV, BT Sport, and Virgin Media, has been ordered to pay more than £250,000 (€288,000) under the Proceeds of Crime Act. Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester […]
BT Sport has selected global media service provider Red Bee Media’s automated subtitling service, ARC (Automatic Real-time Captioning), to increase the amount of subtitled sports content that it provides viewers by around 200 extra hours per month. BT Sport’s use of ARC is the first time a major UK broadcaster has deployed the automated service. […]
BT Sport will premiere After The Roar, the latest in the award-winning BT Sport Films series, on September 9th at 10pm on BT Sport 1. The documentary is authored by former Leinster, Ireland and Lions rugby captain Brian O’Driscoll, who goes on a personal journey of discovery to better understand the mental health struggles he […]
WWE’s UK broadcast partner, BT Sport, has announced that the upcoming premium live event, Clash at the Castle, will air on the BT Sport 2 channel in the UK. The event takes place on September 3rd at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, and is the company’s first stadium event in the UK in over 30 […]