Global rights holder Star Sports, owned by Disney, is in advanced talks with several UK broadcasters for the rights to England’s four-match Test series in India which begins on February 5th. Channel 4 are among the front-runners to acquire the rights, which would see Test cricket return to free-to-air television for the first time in […]
BT Sport will broadcast tonight’s finale of the 2020–2021 Vendée Globe, live on BT Sport Extra 4 from 18:00, as the stage is set for one of the tightest finishes in the race’s history. As of 3pm this afternoon, Charlie Dalin holds a narrow lead over his compatriot Louis Burton with just over 60 nautical […]
BT Sport will show a total of 26 Premier League games over 30 days – including every team playng twice over the next 10 days – and football fans can catch all the action for £25 with the BT Sport Monthly Pass. Standout fixtures include Spurs v Liverpool on January 28th, Spurs v Chelsea on […]
Conor McGregor returns to the Octagon for the first time in over a year on January 23rd to take on No.2 ranked lightweight, Dustin Poirier. The event will air live from Fight Island exclusively on BT Sport Box Office in the UK. McGregor and Poirier previously fought at UFC 178 in 2014 at the MGM […]
As the UK once again goes into full lockdown, the government has confirmed that, in the same vein as the November 2020 lockdown, UK TV production can continue. Oliver Dowden, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, confirmed the guidelines on Twitter, advising: “For the arts/creative sectors this means you should work […]
Almost 1.9 million Brits admitted to illegally streaming Premier League football at some point in 2020, according to research from personal finance comparison site finder.com. The survey asked Brits
BT Sport has renewed its exclusive rights to broadcast the Vanarama National League for a further three years, until the end of season 2023/24. BT Sport has been broadcasting live and exclusive coverage of English football’s fifth tier since 2013. The new deal will see more matches broadcast live each week, in a regular Saturday […]
Despite suggestions that the multiplay telco was set to lose its rights amid rumours of disagreement over price, BT Sport and Premiership Rugby have renewed their longstanding broadcast partnership and BT Sport will continue as the home of Gallagher Premiership Rugby in the UK for the next four years. BT Sport subscribers will continue to […]
BT has teamed up with Gary Barlow, Rio Ferdinand, Rylan Clark-Neal and Clare Balding for its +1 campaign movement which aims to beat loneliness by encouraging the nation to reconnect with a loved one they’ve lost touch with. Kicking off the +1 movement: Barlow spoke to his musical mentor and man who taught him ‘everything’, […]
BT Sport will premiere a thought-provoking short film created by students from Newham Sixth Form College, as BT Sport Takeover returns on Boxing Day at 18:45 on BT Sport. With no prior experience, twelve students took part in a 8-week course to create the show, run by BT Sport and hosted by Plexal, an innovation […]