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MotoGP claims 5G broadcast first at British GP
The MotoGP motorcycling championship claimed a world-first at the weekend’s British Grand Prix by showcasing a stand-alone private 5G network for sports broadcasting.
Caribbean Premier League returns to BT Sport
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has acquired rights to the Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament
BT Sport to showcase Super League Triathlon Championship Series
Next month’s Super League Triathlon Championship Series will be shown live in the UK by pay-television broadcaster BT Sport after a rights deal was announced this morning.
Serie A returns to BT Sport in three-year deal
BT Sport has secured exclusive Serie A broadcast rights in the UK and Ireland from 2021-22 to 2023-24 in a deal with the Infront agency
Building scale a daunting challenge for European pay-TV and OTT operators
As media giants jostle for position in an increasingly competitive European market, Frank Dunne explores the state of the pay-television industry in 2021.
BT Sport extends WRC rights to 2024
WRC Promoter, the commercial rights-holder of the FIA World Rally Championship, has extended its agreement for exclusive live media rights in the UK with pay-television broadcaster BT Sport for three years,…
BT holds Ligue 1 fee steady in UK, Ireland renewal
Telco BT has kept its outlay flat in its latest renewal of French Ligue 1 football rights in the UK and Ireland.
BT to show English top-tier futsal final
UK telco BT has acquired live rights to the English Football Association’s National Futsal Series’ Summer Showdown Grand Final.
BT renews Ligue 1 rights in UK, Ireland till 2024
Pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has secured exclusive rights to continue showing the French top-tier Ligue 1 in the UK and Ireland for three more seasons till 2024
Premier League votes to roll over domestic rights deals after government green light
The English Premier League has voted to roll over its existing domestic broadcast deals into the 2022-25 cycle after receiving approval in principle from the UK government to sidestep its usual tender…
BT, RFU finalise deal for climax to women’s Premier 15s
Telco BT and the Rugby Football Union have finalised a domestic broadcast deal for the climax to this season’s Premier 15s, the English women’s top-tier rugby union competition.
ITV ‘not interested’ in pursuing BT Sport takeover talks
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has ruled itself out of investing in BT Sport, the pay-television sports arm of the UK telco, it is understood
BT to offer women’s Champions League final free-to-air
Telco BT will broadcast this year’s Uefa women’s Champions League final on a free-to-air basis via its digital platforms.
BT in talks over sale of sports broadcast business
BT is in talks with possible investors over its sports content business, BT Sport, as the UK telecoms operator seeks to consolidate its activities around its core communications offering
BT secures rights to climax of women’s top-tier rugby union league
Telco BT has secured domestic rights to the climax of this season’s top-tier English women’s Premier 15s rugby union competition, SportBusiness understands.
BT reduces fee in MotoGP renewal but will share live British GP rights
Telco BT will pay a slightly lower fee in its three-year renewal of MotoGP rights in the UK and Ireland as it will share live coverage of two Grands Prix – including the UK race – with a free-to-air broadcaster.
BT Sport becomes latest UK broadcaster to acquire Extreme E rights
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport is the latest company to have penned a deal to broadcast races from motorsport series Extreme E
BT shores up cricket content ahead of crucial Cricket Australia tender
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has taken advantage of Sky’s reduced appetite for international cricket board rights, securing deals with Cricket West Indies and New Zealand Cricket by committing to pay for each board’s entire available inventory.