BT


Sky Movies and BT agree deal

Sky Movies is to be made available to BT TV subscribers as a result of a multi-year contract between BT and BSkyB. BT will offer Sky Movies for a monthly add-on subscription to their existing BT TV package from October 26. The service will be available to both YouView customers and BT TV customers with […]

BT Sport gets UK cable deal

BT and Virgin Media have agreed a deal for the carriage of the BT Sport channels on the UK cable platform. The deal means that BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2 and ESPN will be available to Virgin Media XL TV subscribers at no extra cost, in HD. Customers on other packages will have the […]

BBC to examine YouView participation

The BBC’s governing body, the BBC Trust, has launched a review into the BBC’s involvement in broadband TV service YouView. The review will focus on topics such as whether the BBC’s involvement in the scheme has impacted on other public service broadcasters’ approaches to making their content available to other platforms, and the way in […]

BT Sport receives half a million sign-ups

BT reported a “strong start” for its new sports channel line-up with more than half a million households now having ordered BT Sport ahead of its August 1 launch. However, net additions for BT’s TV service in the quarter ending June 30 came in at just 23,000, taking the customer base to 833,000, as the […]

Virgin Media’s digital entertainment head steps down

Virgin Media’s executive director of digital entertainment, Cindy Rose, is stepping down from the company following its recent buyout by Liberty Global. Rose, who joined the company in 2009, is thought to be mulling over opportunities in the wider Liberty Global organisation, though has decided to take time off to spend with her family. “Cindy’s […]

BT plans TV rebrand, entertainment push

BT is planning to slowly rebrand its TV service from BT Vision to BT TV, and has plans to boost its channel line-up later this year. Speaking at a Broadcasting Press Guild event yesterday, BT Retail’s chief executive of TV Marc Watson said that BT is rebranding the division following the launch of its web-connected […]

Ofcom backs BSkyB in BT ads row

UK regulator Ofcom has ruled that BSkyB has not breached its broadcast code in refusing to carry ads for BT’s new rival sports channels. Following a complaint lodged by BT earlier this year, Ofcom said today that Sky was not in breach of its code on the prevention of undue discrimination between broadcast advertisers. In […]

UK connected TV service YouView nears 400k

UK connected TV service YouView is now in almost 400,000 homes. YouView did not break down the figure but it is believed that the bulk of the total is accounted for by customers that have signed up for the set-top box via service providers BT and TalkTalk. YouView has also said that a new raft […]

VOD and second screen use becoming widespread in the UK

A majority of viewers use second screen devices while watching TV, while about three UK viewers in ten are using video-on-demand services from the likes of Virgin Media, BSkyB and BT, according to regulator Ofcom. According to Ofcom’s survey of UK audience attitudes to the broadcast media for 2012, seven viewers in ten said they […]

Miramax poaches Netflix, FremantleMedia and BT execs

US studio Miramax has hired new sales executives for the EMEA region and the digital sector, bringing in new recruits from FremantleMedia, Netflix and UK telco BT. Richard Tulk-Hart joins from FremantleMedia and will be senior VP, head of TV sales, EMEA. He will be based in London and report to Joe Patrick, Miramax’s executive […]