BritBox UK has hit its target of half a million subscriptions. The digital video subscription service, which was created by the BBC and ITV and includes content from Channel 4 and Channel 5, launched at the end of 2019 offering a collection of British box-sets available all in one place, including recent programmes as well […]
Viavi Solutions has announced that Openreach, the digital infrastructure firm, is using the Viavi Optical Network Monitoring System (ONMSi) to accelerate its full fibre broadband deployment, and enhance the quality of its build and experience for customers across the UK. Openreach said it selected ONMSi for the platform’s ability to address networks – from validating […]
BT TV has bolstered its TV packages with the addition of Eurosport. Effective immediately, Big Sport and VIP customers will be able to watch snooker, cycling, tennis, athletics, winter sports and motor racing, as well as this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games. The monthly price for both packages will stay the same. Eurosport on demand content […]
FreeSports, owned and operated by Premier Sports, has signed a deal with RDA to broadcast all tests, ODIs and T20 fixtures involving Afghanistan and Zimbabwe live on free to air over the next three years. From March 2nd, both sides face one another in two tests which is set to be the first Test match […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Premier League, Serie A and La Liga should come to market for their domestic media rights in 2021. The tender results for the Premier League, always considered as a gauge of the sports broadcasting market dynamics, will be even more closely scrutinised this year, at a time of a global pandemic, reports market research […]
Multiplay telco BT Group is responsible for generating £1 (€1.14) in every £75 produced in the UK economy, according to an independent report, The Economic Impact of BT Group in the UK, by consultancy firm Hatch, which calculates that BT generated more than £24 billion in gross value added (GVA) during the last financial year. […]
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 […]