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What does BT Sport's new European football deal mean for pubs?

11-Jun-2015 By Mike Berry

If showing live football is an important part of your customer offer then the landscape is changing ahead of next season as all matches from Europe’s elite club competition – the Champions League - will now be shown on BT Sport – and nowhere else.

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BT Sport unveils expanded football deal

09-Jun-2015 By Oli Gross

BT Sport has unveiled a deal for pubs to show up to 223 live Champions League and Europa League midweek matches, and more than double the number of games involving Premier League teams as last season.

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Big Interview: Bruce Cuthbert, BT Sport director, commercial customers

21-May-2015 By Mike Berry

Just two years on from launch, BT Sport has secured exclusive rights to football’s top European competitions. Mike Berry finds out how the company will make the case for pubs to switch on to its service.

BT Sport signs Serie A TV football deal

26-Feb-2015 By Mike Berry

BT Sport has secured the TV rights for Serie A Italian football for another three years.

New figures show 30% of pubs now subscribe to BT Sport

12-Nov-2014 By Mike Berry

BT Sport has published new figures which reveal that more than 24,000 commercial premises have taken its sports service, and that 30% of UK pubs now subscribe to the channel.

Sky and BT reveal festive football fixtures

06-Oct-2014 By Mike Berry

Sky Sports and BT Sport have revealed their festive Premier League football schedule.

Sky Sports and BT Sport reveal their live rugby coverage

15-Aug-2014 By James Wallin

Sky Sports and BT Sport have released their line-up of live European rugby matches.

BT Sport reveals first of televised Premier League matches

14-Jul-2014 By Mike Berry

BT Sport will kick-off the new 2014-15 Premier League season on 16 August by showing the Manchester Utd v Swansea match.

Jose Mourinho signs up as BT Sport reveals new Premier League campaign

11-Jul-2014 By Mike Berry

Jose Mourinho has signed a three-year deal with BT Sport. 

Show Premier League football the right way

16-May-2014 By Richard Scudamore

Tens of thousands of pubs across the UK have broadcast Barclays Premier League football on Sky Sports and BT Sport this season. I would like to say a big thank you to them.

BT Sport nets 19,000 commercial customers in first year

15-May-2014 By Mike Berry

BT Sport has signed up 19,000 commercial premises in the year since its launch, the “majority” of which are pubs, the broadcaster has revealed.

Sky and BT will share rights to new European Rugby Cup

11-Apr-2014 By James Wallin

Sky and BT Sport will share the broadcasting rights for the new European Rugby Champions Cup – the replacement for the Heineken Cup.

Great British Pub of the Year hosts BT Sport pub quiz

07-Apr-2014 By Jo Bruce

Former England rugby player and BT Sport commentator Ben Kay entertained locals at the Red Lion at Cricklade, Wiltshire - the reigning Great British Pub of the Year.

Sky Sports & BT Sport reveal April Premier League fixtures

27-Feb-2014 By Noli Dinkovski

All of the games involving the current top four Premier League teams in April will be screened live after Sky Sports and BT Sport announced its schedule for the month.

BT Sport signs deal for TV coverage of NBA basketball

28-Nov-2013 By Michelle Perrett

BT Sport and the NBA has reached an exclusive agreement for live television coverage of top NBA games and programming in the UK and Ireland.

BT Sport wins rights for Champions League and Europa League football

11-Nov-2013 By Mike Berry

BT has won the rights to broadcast the Champions League and Europa League football from 2015 in a c£900m three-year deal, outbidding both Sky and ITV.

Sky and BT reveal next round of Premier League TV fixtures

09-Oct-2013 By Mike Berry

Sky Sports and BT have revealed the latest round of televised Premier League fixtures.

BT signs up 10,000 commercial premises for new TV packages

18-Aug-2013 By Michelle Perrett

BT Sport has announced that more than 10,000 pubs, clubs, betting shops, hotels and other commercial premises have signed up to its TV packages.

BT Sport launches today

01-Aug-2013 By Gurjit Degun

BT Sport is set to launch at 6pm today, and will be free to view on the first day for anyone with Freeview, TV from BT or Sky.

BT Sport reveals smartphone friendly PoS to lure customers into pubs

11-Jul-2013 By Gurjit Degun

BT Sport is to provide pubs with PoS that combines traditional and digital elements to encourage customers to watch matches in the pub.

Sky Sports and BT Sport reveal Premier League TV fixtures

11-Jul-2013 By Mike Berry

Sky Sports and BT Sport have released the first tranche of Premier League football fixtures that each channel will show live.

Broadcasters Danny Baker and Danny Kelly reunite to host BT Sport football show

03-Jun-2013 By Helen Gilbert

Broadcasters Danny Baker and Danny Kelly will reunite once again to host a new football programme for BT Sport.

BT turns up heat on Sky in pub TV sport fight

14-May-2013 By Mike Berry

The battle for the pub TV sports market is hotting up with BT Sport aiming to offer licensees an alternative to Sky at a far cheaper cost.

BT Sport unveils pricing plan and additional sports coverage for pubs

09-May-2013 By The PMA team

BT Sport has announced its subscription prices with the claim that its TV sports channels could save independent pubs 78% versus the cost of Sky.

Everton and Liverpool football players team up to celebrate BT Sport launch

03-May-2013 By Gurjit Degun

Everton football star Marouane Fellaini and Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge have teamed up to celebrate the launch of BT Sport.

Arsenal and England winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to star in BT Sport adverts

29-Apr-2013 By Helen Gilbert

Arsenal and England winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is set to star in TV adverts for BT Sport this summer.

BT Sport signs up Lawrence Dallaglio for live rugby coverage

13-Mar-2013 By Adam Pescod

Former England rugby captain Lawrence Dallaglio has signed up with BT Sport to become its leading rugby union expert.

BT to acquire FA Cup and Europa League sports rights

25-Feb-2013 By Michelle Perrett

BT is to acquire ESPN’s UK and Ireland TV channels business.

BT to launch new sport TV channels to show football and rugby in pubs

17-Oct-2012 By Rob Willock

Television broadcaster BT Vision is launching two new sports TV channels, BT Sport 1 and BT Sport 2, as it seeks to enter the pub market with commercial subscription offers for Premier League football and Premiership rugby matches.