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Telia’s Kirkby to replace Jansen as BT Group chief executive
Allison Kirkby, the president and chief executive of Swedish telco Telia, has been named as the new chief executive of BT Group and will take up her new role by the end of January 2024 at the latest
TNT Sports goes live in UK and Ireland
The UK and Ireland pay-television market has entered a new era today (Tuesday) with TNT Sports going live to replace BT Sport
MLC secures five-year Willow deal, international distribution
Major League Cricket has announced a domestic media rights deal with subscription broadcaster Willow TV and a series of international media rights agreements ahead of its inaugural season
Women’s Sports Group snares BT Sport’s Knight as co-MD
Women's Sports Group (WSG) has hired BT Sport's experienced broadcast rights executive Rachel Knight as co-managing director
BT Sport exploits gap to bag India-Australia series
Pay-television broadcaster BT Sport faced no strong competition in its acquisition of exclusive rights in the UK and Ireland for Australia’s current tour of India.
BT Sport to show World Baseball Classic
UK pay-TV broadcaster BT Sport is to show live coverage of the World Baseball Classic
BT Sport nets rights to remainder of Copa del Rey season
Pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has acquired exclusive UK broadcast rights to the forthcoming semi-finals and final of Spain's Copa del Rey cup competition. The deal begins with the first leg of the semi-final match between Osasuna and Athletic Club tonight (Wednesday).
Eurosport and BT Sport channels to merge under TNT Sports brand
Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe president Andrew Georgiou said “simplification has to be the overriding objective” for the media conglomerate’s joint venture with telco BT after announcing the merger of the Eurosport and BT Sport pay-television channels under a single TNT Sports brand in the UK and Ireland.
BT Sport bags rights to Australia’s tour of India
Pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has secured exclusive rights in the UK and Ireland for Australia's tour of India, SportBusiness understands.
Marsh to head ONE Championship’s European rights sales after leaving BT
James Marsh has been recruited by ONE Championship to the newly created position of vice-president of global media rights, Europe after leaving UK pay-TV broadcaster BT Sport
BT Sport and BBC to broadcast Glasgow’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport and public-service broadcaster the BBC have acquired domestic rights to the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Finals being held in Glasgow later this month
BT Sport to show EuroCup, Liga ACB lands Czech rights deal
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has acquired rights to the EuroCup, the second-tier clubs competition organised by Euroleague Basketball
BT Sport re-commits to squash in deal negotiated by Infront
Pay-TV broadcaster BT Sport has renewed its rights agreement with the Professional Squash Association (PSA) in a deal negotiated by the Infront agency
EPCR finalises BT Sport renewal as ITV, RTÉ and S4C sign free-to-air deals
European Professional Club Rugby has renewed a rights agreement in the UK and Ireland with pay-television broadcaster BT Sport, while free-to-air deals have also been struck with ITV, RTÉ and S4C.
Wrexham AFC, celebrity owners unhappy with broadcast rights
National League football’s Wrexham AFC and its celebrity owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have expressed their displeasure with the inability for the club’s games to be streamed domestically and…
EXCLUSIVE: BT set to renew EPCR pay-TV rights deal in UK
BT Sport is set to continue as the exclusive pay-television broadcaster of European Professional Club Rugby competitions in the UK and Ireland, SportBusiness understands
World Padel Tour to receive UK coverage through BT Sport
Pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has acquired rights in the UK and Ireland to the World Padel Tour (WPT)
Amazon sheds ‘frugal’ tag with UK Champions League play
Amazon blew away the competition for rights to the Tuesday-night Champions League rights package in the UK, emerging victorious from what sources described as “the most competitive” process for Uefa club competition rights the market has ever produced.