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Making the Most of Sport - in association with Sky

English cricket: Rising from the flames

05-Jun-2015 By Mike Berry

It’s set to be a scorching summer of cricket, with the five match Ashes series starting next month. Make sure your pub is the pavillion of choice for fans.

Copyright

Six more pubs ordered to pay for Premier League copyright breaches

04-Jun-2015 By Mike Berry

Six more pubs across the country have been ordered to pay a total of £55,000 in costs for breaching Premier League copyright as the number of High Court actions against pubs showing unauthorised football tops 350.

TV Sport

Sky announces price freeze and new pub digital promotion service

27-May-2015 By Mike Berry

Sky has announced a price freeze for pubs for the year ahead – the fourth freeze in five years.

Sport

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.

Copyright

Pubs ordered to pay £19,500 for Premier League copyright breaches

18-May-2015 By Mike Berry

Three English pubs have been ordered by the High Court to pay costs totalling £19,500 for illegally screening Premier League football.

What does the new Premier League TV deal mean for pubs?

12-May-2015 By Mike Berry

The price for the privilege of broadcasting Premier League football has rocketed in recent years and last week hit an incredible £5.1bn for the three seasons from 2016. Sky and BT will between them show 168 live games with both expressing delight at the...

Making the Most of Sport - in association with Sky

Make the most of sports entertainment in May

11-May-2015 By Mike Berry

It doesn’t matter which sports your customers are interested in, there’s bound to be something special on Sky Sports to draw them in this May.

Interview

Q&A: Sky Sports' Jeff Stelling on football, pubs and punditry

08-Apr-2015 By Mike Berry

The PMA caught up with Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling, who has teamed up with Carlsberg UK in a quest to find ‘The People’s Pundit’, for a quick chat about all things football.

More pubs fined for Premier League copyright breaches

02-Apr-2015 By Mike Berry

Seven more pubs have been fined for showing unauthorised foreign broadcasts of Premier League football.

Foreign Satellite

Premier League takes action against Scottish pubs over illegal broadcasts

05-Mar-2015 By Mike Berry

The Premier League has commenced legal action against a number of Scottish pubs which have made unauthorised foreign broadcasts of its matches.

Sky Sports wins rights to show Major League Soccer from March

25-Feb-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

Sky Sports has won the rights to show Major League Soccer (MLS) from the US for the first time, in a new four-year deal which begins in March.

Swansea licensee granted appeal over Premier League copyright case

16-Feb-2015 By Mike Berry

A Swansea pub licensee fined £65,000 for breaching copyright law by showing Premier League football using a foreign satellite card has been given permission to appeal the judgment.

Sky and BT Sport retain Premier League TV rights in £5.1bn deal

10-Feb-2015 By Mike Berry

Sky and BT Sport have retained the rights to Premier League football after details of the latest TV deal were revealed.

Thierry Henry joins Sky Sports

16-Dec-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Thierry Henry has announced his retirement from football and will join Sky Sports as a football expert and ambassador from the start of 2015.   

New Premier League TV deal to include Friday night football

15-Dec-2014 By Mike Berry

Pubs will have the opportunity to screen live Premier League football on Friday nights as part of a new TV rights deal up for grabs in the new year.

Premier League football: Illegal pub satellite box supplier jailed

08-Dec-2014 By Mike Berry

A man who sold illegal satellite boxes to pubs that facilitated unauthorised broadcasting of Premier League football has been jailed for nine months.

Pubs ordered to pay total of £30k costs for breaching Premier League copyright

20-Nov-2014 By Mike Berry

Four pubs in England have been ordered by the High Court to each pay the Premier League costs for breaching copyright by making unauthorised broadcasts of Premier League football in their pubs.

Sky Sports adds Premier League fixtures in January

12-Nov-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Sky Sports has added ten live Premier League fixtures to its line-up for the start of 2015.

Manchester pub hit with £8,000 fine for Premier League football copyright breach

05-Nov-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

A Manchester pub has been found guilty of breaching copyright law and ordered to pay the Premier League in excess of £8,000.

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.

Illegal Sky usage: interactive map and all you need to know

30-Sep-2014 By James Evison

The Publican's Morning Advertiser has compiled a one-stop shop of all the content relating to Federation against Copyright Theft (FACT) action against illegal Sky football screenings, including an interactive map of fined pubs. Find out all you need...

Premier League announces crackdown on illegal supply of set top boxes

12-Sep-2014 By James Wallin

The Premier League has announced a partnership with media protection firm Idreto to investigate the supply of set-top boxes allowing pubs to illegally screen matches.

Licensees call for end to Saturday football screening ban

21-Aug-2014 By James Wallin

Publicans have called for an end to the ban on the screening of Premier League games at 3pm on Saturdays.

Carlsberg's Premier Sports club goes online

21-Aug-2014 By Helen Gilbert

Carlsberg UK has launched an online facility that gives on-trade members of its live sport package the opportunity to create customised, promotional marketing content for their digital channels.

Sizzling Pubs offers football-themed loyalty card

04-Aug-2014 By James Wallin

Sizzling Pubs is offering football fans discounts for matches with its new Green Card promotion.

Sky Sports to show Top 4 on Premier League opening weekend

14-Jul-2014 By Mike Berry

Sky Sports has announced a TV schedule that includes all of last season’s top four at least six times and every club at least three times by the end of November.

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. 

Sky Business announces 5% price increase

12-Jun-2014 By Rob Willock

Sky Business is following three consecutive annual price freezes with a 5% increase for TV subscriptions – effective 1 August.

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.

New Carlsberg Fan Squad ad transforms football fans' pub experience

09-May-2014 By Mike Berry

Carlsberg is set to unveil its new ‘Fan Squad’ TV advert starring Paddy McGuinness, Ian Wright and Jeff Stelling over the final weekend of the Barclays Premier League season.

Video: Carlsberg and football brings "people closer" in Ireland, Kosovo and Cyprus

01-May-2014 By Robyn Black

People on both sides of some of Europe’s most tense borders were invited for a beer and football, as part of a new campaign for Carlsberg.

Scottish bar hit with £7,000 fine after Sky Sports copyright breach

30-Apr-2014 By Mike Berry

A Scottish bar has been fined a total of £7,000 for showing Premier League football without the correct commercial viewing agreement.

Sky, Premier League and FACT explain the full story behind football screening prosecutions

16-Apr-2014

Recent cases have seen pubs fined as much as £65,000 for illegally screening football games. But many publicans say they are still confused about why these actions are being taken and exactly what the legal situation is. Mike Berry and James Wallin spoke...

The cost of Premier League copyright violation

08-Apr-2014 By Poppleston Allen

There is a saying that lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but if you are one of those premises showing Premier League matches on a Saturday afternoon using a satellite device not provided by Sky or BT you might be inclined to disagree.

Premier League and Sky pursuing unauthorised satellite suppliers

18-Mar-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

The Premier League and Sky have insisted that they are pursuing suppliers of unauthorised satellite systems after licensees criticised them for targeting pubs instead of rogue vendors.

Licensee fined £65,000 for illegal Premier League football screening

14-Mar-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

A Liverpool bar has been found guilty of infringing copyright law by broadcasting Premier League football using a foreign satellite channel, the High Court has ruled.

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 and Carlsberg UK agree sports discount deal

26-Feb-2014 By Fiona Griffiths

Freetrade outlets that stock Carlsberg UK products and those that sign up to BT Sport will be entitled to a 50% discount on a BT Sport subscription under a new deal agreed between the companies.

The Big Interview: David Rey, Sky Business

07-Feb-2014 By Mike Berry

David Rey tells Mike Berry how Sky supports pub businesses and about its aims to be the trade’s first choice entertainment partner.

Staffordshire licensee hit with fine after conviction for illegal Sky use

06-Feb-2014 By Mike Berry

A Staffordshire licensee has been fined almost £7,000 after being found guilty of broadcasting Premier League football without a commercial viewing agreement.

High Court rules Swansea licensee broke copyright law with Premier League football screening

31-Jan-2014 By Lewis Brown

The High Court has ruled a pub licensee in Swansea broke copyright law by broadcasting Premier League football using a foreign satellite card, which was for private use only.

March 2014 Premier League fixtures announced by Sky Sports and BT Sport

28-Jan-2014 By Lewis Brown

BT Sport and Sky Sports have announced their coverage of Barclays Premier League fixtures for March.

Premier League to prosecute 100 pubs over foreign satellite screenings

23-Jan-2014 By John Harrington

The Premier League plans to prosecute 100 pubs and bars across England and Wales for broadcasting games using foreign satellite systems, the BBC reports.

Police arrest man in connection with illegal Premier League broadcasts

03-Dec-2013 By Lewis Brown

A Nottingham man has been arrested on suspicion of selling devices that allow pubs to illegally broadcast Premier League football matches on a Saturday afternoon.

Sky offers free merchandise giveaways for licensees

21-Nov-2013 By Michelle Perrett

Sky Sports PreviewLIVE, the website to help Sky Business subscribers promote sport in their venue has announced free merchandise and weekly giveaways in the run up to Christmas.

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.

Carlsberg launches global Premier League ad campaign

25-Sep-2013 By Mike Berry

Carlsberg has launched a new global marketing campaign to sit alongside its three-year deal with the Barclays Premier League.

Licensee has foreign satellite pub football conviction quashed

23-Sep-2013 By Mike Berry

A Sunderland licensee has had his conviction for screening Premiership football matches via foreign satellite quashed, following the collapse of prosecution authority Media Protection Services (MPS).

Great British Pub Awards 2013: Party pics

16-Sep-2013 By Mike Berry

The BT Sport Great British Pub Awards 2013 is a celebration of all that is excellent in the pub trade, where the best publicans in the industry receive much-deserved acclaim for their outstanding efforts.