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BT offers cheap Sky Sports at home

05-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney

BT Vision has launched a new cheap deal for Sky Sports to home customers — a move which may add more pressure on pubs. BT has slashed the price of...

Pubs could suffer as 10m get access to Sky Sports

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 contract rate up 14%

23-Jul-2009 By John Harrington

Licensees who take Sky on a general premises contract — the package for venues with leisure facilities — will see a 14% increase in rates from...

ESPN snaps up Premier League football rights

23-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney

US-based broadcaster ESPN snaps up Premier League football rights from Setanta but things unlikely to change for pubs.

ALMR slams Sky's latest 'price freeze'

17-Jul-2008 By Paul Collins

Sky TV in pubs now costs £1,000+ a month

Sky freezes price of sports packages

10-Jul-2008 By Matt Eley Matt

Sky has announced a price freeze on its sports packages which could provide a boost to licensees struggling to make ends meet. Letters have been sent...

Football's calm before the storm

12-Jul-2007 By Richard Ross

Right now, for many of the world's sportsmen and women it's a case of the calm before the storm. Europe's footballers are easing themselves back...

Trade bodies plea with MPs for help over Sky prices

12-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil

Trade bodies have told a group of MPs that one of the big issues threatening the viability of community pubs is the cost of Sky Sports. Martin...