05-Oct-2011 By Mark Daniels
I was on my way to a meeting yesterday when the news came over the car stereo that Karen Murphy had been successful in her legal battle with the Premier League over using a foreign satellite to show her customers football matches, and I almost crashed...
05-Sep-2011 By Adam Pescod
Three Staffordshire licensees have been cleared of dishonestly screening live Premier League football matches via foreign satellite systems after a judge dismissed their cases.
19-Aug-2011 By Mark Daniels
I have been pondering a question for a little while … it is one that will either make me appear incredibly thick (some would enjoy that) or will...
16-Aug-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
A group of MPs has urged the UK Government to "use all its influence" in Europe to block the freeing up of football broadcast rights that would have...
16-Aug-2011 By Michelle Perrett
Sky is offering pub customers, who subscribe to Sky Ultimate, an LG 3DTV at a discounted price of £600 (ex VAT).
11-Aug-2011 By Ewan Turney & John Harrington
Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to help get riot-hit businesses get "back on their feet" through a package of measures, including business...
11-Aug-2011 By Adam Pescod
A Lancashire host has been told to pay £6,000 for screening a Premiership match via a foreign satellite feed. Linda Fox, of the Golden Cup, Darwen,...
08-Aug-2011 By Adam Pescod
A licensee in Tottenham believes he may lose at least £5,000 after a group of youths involved in Saturday's riots vandalised and stole from his pub.
12-Jul-2011 By Adam Pescod
Sky has announced its first set of live Barclays Premier League fixtures ahead of the 2011-12 season, with last year's top four clubs all to be shown...
01-Jul-2011 By Adam Pescod
A new website and mobile phone app set for launch in September will give sports fans more access to information on which pubs are showing live sport....
01-Jun-2011 By Steve Haslam
Multiple award winning lessee Steve Haslam compares Premier League football clubs with the pubcos.
25-Feb-2011 By Tony Holman
Only when the Murphy case is complete will hosts know limits on the use of foreign domestic cards on commercial premises, says Tony Holman.
Pub operators fined £66,000 over football web streaming
17-Feb-2011 By James Wilmore
A father and son who operate pubs in the Hull area face a bill of more than £115,000 for allowing streaming of Premier League football over the...
17-Feb-2011 By Ewan Turney
A father and son have received a record fine for screening Premier League football matches at 11 pubs via the internet.
Caroline Nodder: Foreign satellite opinion opens can of worms for pubs
14-Feb-2011 By Caroline Nodder
A can of worms was opened last week by a European judge who expressed the opinion that the Premier League should be banned from selling off exclusive...
Mark Daniels: The Premier League versus the advocate general
10-Feb-2011
If I want to buy a new car, it's perfectly legal for me to go and purchase one in Europe. I can either drive over to the manufacturer and pick it up,...
'BSkyB faces hit from 'landlady' football ruling'
04-Feb-2011 By James Wilmore
A legal ruling could revolutionise the way Premier League football and other sports rights are sold in Europe and may cost British Sky Broadcasting...
BBPA chief: Sky's price hikes are the 'real issue'
03-Feb-2011 By James Wilmore
Trade group leader Brigid Simmonds has argued that Sky price hikes are the "real issue", in light of today's opinion on foreign satellite, and...
07-Oct-2010 By John Harrington
A licensee feels he was treated like a second-class citizen after a TV provider refused to install Sky in his living area in case it was piped into...
EU governments give evidence in Murphy satellite case
06-Oct-2010 By James Wilmore
Legal representatives from governments across Europe were among those to give evidence to a panel of 13 judges in Luxembourg today as part of the...
05-Oct-2010 By Ewan Turney
The high profile Karen Murphy appeal against her conviction for screening Premier League football via a foreign satellite system is to be heard in...
'Football screening rights in the dock as European court hears Murphy case'
03-Oct-2010
The Premier League faces a potential 'Bosman' ruling this week when the European Court of Justice hears a Portsmouth licensee's claim that being...
Sky under fresh attack over key fixtures
08-Sep-2010 By James Wilmore
An angry licensee has hit out at Sky for "chopping and changing" the channels it uses to screen key sports fixtures, including England football and...
04-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team & Gemma McKenna
The size of Sky's price rises have been questioned by operators who say their average increases are roughly twice the level stated by the...
ALMR: Pubs 'footing the bill' for BSkyB's growth ambitions
29-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
UK pubs and bars are "footing the bill" for Sky TV's ambitions to build itself into a larger, more profitable business, according to a leading pub...
Sky and ALMR at odds over price hikes
29-Jul-2010 By Gemma McKenna
The long-running dispute between Sky and the ALMR rumbles on — the two are at odds on the actual size of this year's price hike.
29-Jul-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Sky will be showing golf's 2010 Ryder Cup live in 3D this year, and has just released the list of 3D football fixtures for this season. Selected...
15-Jul-2010 By The PMA Team
Sky costs the average pub £8k a year. But the benefits of its new charging regime could make a difference to the sector, says The PMA Team.
Sky unveils pub sport portal
08-Jul-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Broadcast giant Sky is launching a new website to make promoting sporting events a breeze for licensees. Featuring all the latest live sports...
11-Jun-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Sky Italia is working with the Premier League to "stamp out" the use of its cards to show football in UK pubs. In an advert placed with BII Business...
21-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Licensees are urged to take full advantage of this weekend's bumper array of sport as three high profile finals take place tomorrow. Heineken...
12-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Licensees from 10 pubs have been cleared of dishonestly showing premiership football using foreign satellite systems. Of the cases at Chester...
04-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Cash-strapped Britons are staying at home to watch more than four hours of TV a day, at the expense of going out to places like the pub. The...
30-Apr-2010 By Ewan Turney
Around 10m more people could have access to Sky Sports and Premier League football at home under a temporary deal announced yesterday. Sky reached...
Sky announces the remaining Barclays Premier League fixtures to be shown in 3D
09-Apr-2010
The matches are:Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United on April 11 AprilTottenham Hotspur v Arsenal on April 14Manchester City v Manchester United on...
'Enterprise Inns says fewer pub tenants are struggling'
01-Apr-2010 By James Wilmore
Pub owner Enterprise Inns said the cost of bailing out struggling tenants has fallen in the last two months as the company sells off its...
31-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
Pubs have been left out in the cold over the proposed deal to force Sky to slash its prices to other broadcasters. And pubs could be further hit as...
'Sky Sports price war threatens pubs'
28-Mar-2010
A price war in the cost of watching live sport at home could force more pubs to close. The cost of watching the English Premier League and Ashes...
Town & City embraces Sky's 3DTV
26-Mar-2010
Town & City Pub Company has installed Sky's new 3D system into 20 of its pubs. The pub chain says it will show big Barclays Premier League games...
'Buy a pub and lose your life's savings'
21-Mar-2010
John Healey, the pubs minister, is encouraging potential investors to sink their pennies into pubs. As a publican's daughter I'm as keen as anyone to...
19-Mar-2010 By John Harrington and Lesley Foottit
More than 1,000 pubs and clubs in the UK and Ireland have signed up to receive 3D football through Sky. The broadcaster will also offer pubs...
11-Feb-2010 By John Harrington
Twelve Humberside pubs have had their licences suspended for allegedly screening football via the internet. The Morning Advertiser understands that...
11-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Seven of the nine licensees tried so far in the mass prosecutions for foreign satellite screenings have escaped conviction. It's a blow to the...
'Off-trade beer sales fall most in 30 years'
28-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Sales through the off-trade fell 3.1pc in 2009, the biggest decline since records began in 1978, according to the British Beer & Pub Association...
3D football in pubs from April
28-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Hundreds of pubs will be able to screen live football matches in 3D for the first time from April. Broadcaster Sky has announced it is preparing to...
17-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Hosts have accused Sky of offering a reduced service for the same money by removing Sky Sports 3 from its basic commercial package. Sky Business...
Host wins foreign satellite soccer appeal
11-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
A licensee has won his Crown Court appeal for screening foreign satellite football by arguing he didn't act dishonestly. Under the law, to be...
Licensee wins foreign satellite appeal
11-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
A licensee has been successful in overturning a conviction for showing foreign satellite football after it could not be proved that he had knowingly...
Sky and ESPN strike £65m deal to secure Scottish football rights
17-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore
Sky and ESPN have secured the rights to Scottish Clydesdale Bank Premier League football for the next five seasons for £65m. The Scottish Premier...
13-Jul-2009 By John Harrington
But the cost of screening horse racing via At the Races is to rise by 50%, the broadcaster says.
