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Chairman steps down from Sky tribunal
Justice Barling, chairman of a tribunal set up to consider whether UK pay-television broadcaster Sky should have to offer its Sky Sports 1 and 2 channels to rival telecommunications company BT, has agreed to step down from the role, according to the Guardian newspaper.
BT Sport, BBC to follow Ben Ainslie Racing’s America’s Cup campaign
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport and public-service broadcaster the BBC have acquired rights to all sailing events under the banner of the 35th America’s Cup.
Conference has value for BT
UK pay-television operator BT will maintain its investment in England’s Football Conference, the tier below the Football League.
BT Sport snaps up Scottish Premiership play-offs
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has acquired rights for football’s Scottish Premiership 2015 play-offs.
Baku 2015 secures UK partner with BT Sport deal
Organisers of the 2015 European Games have secured a UK rights partner for the inaugural edition of the multi-sport event after agreeing a deal with pay-television broadcaster BT Sport.
BT Sport extends with rebranded Football Conference
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has opted to extend its partnership with the Football Conference, which comprises the three divisions below the English Football League.
GT Series drives away with rights deals for 2015 season
SRO Motorsports Group, promoter of the GT Series, has sealed a number of new rights deals ahead of the start of the 2015 season of the motor racing championship.
BT Sport renews with Premiership Rugby in pre-emptive strike to keep out Sky
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport renewed its rights to English Premiership Rugby last week, paying a strong increase in rights fee.
Dominic Hayes, commercial director, Premiership Rugby
Interview with Dominic Hayes, commercial director at Premiership Rugby, on the league’s six-season media rights deal with UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport
Broadcasters renew deals for European Le Mans Series
The European Le Mans Series, the continental motorsport endurance series, has unveiled media-rights deals with a number of broadcasters for the 2015 campaign.
BT TV division undergoes reshuffle, report says
BBC partners with BT Sport in novel programming deal
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has partnered with pay-television broadcaster BT Sport to acquire rights to magazine programme the Clare Balding Show.
Premiership Rugby extends BT Sport ties
Premiership Rugby, which organises English club rugby union’s top-tier Premiership, has agreed a four-year extension to its exclusive rights deal with UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport.
MLS gives Eurosport first pan-European football league
Pan-regional sports broadcaster Eurosport is thought to be paying a strong rights fee for Major League Soccer rights across Europe, excluding the UK, in its four-year deal agreed last week.
Setanta gets a fee cut but Uefa remains ahead overall
Irish pay-television broadcaster Setanta is thought to be paying less in its deal, agreed last week, for the Uefa Champions League than it does in the current cycle. Overall, however, Uefa has finished with an increase on the current cycle in Ireland thanks to increases in the value of the free-to-air rights.
BT Sport scores Serie A extension
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has agreed a three-year extension to its rights deal for Serie A, the top division of Italian football.
BT Sport offers free-to-air coverage for FA Cup giant-killer
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has said it will provide the FA Cup quarter-final game between Bradford City and Reading on a free-to-air basis following the exploits of the former football club in this season’s edition of the knockout competition.
BT Sport climbs aboard with Extreme Sailing Series
The Extreme Sailing Series has agreed a rights deal with UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport for its ongoing 2015 season.