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BT launches business charter, innovation showcase

BT has unveiled a new Charter for its 1.2 million UK business and public sector customers, providing a blueprint for the telco to accelerate a range of initiatives aimed at boosting the growth of UKplc. The Charter consists of a new set of commitments from BT to provide its Enterprise customers with a springboard for […]

May 18, 2022By Colin Mann

Fitch: WBD JV neutral for BT’s rating

BT Group’s proposed joint venture with Warner Bros Discovery is neutral to BT’s rating, according to credit rating agency Fitch Ratings, who expect the impact on its credit metrics to be limited. “Deconsolidation of the JV should not affect the group’s EBITDA significantly, while the impact on net debt at transaction close is expected to […]

May 17, 2022By Colin Mann

BT, Warner Bros Discovery confirm sports JV

Following its announcement of exclusive discussions on February 3rd, BT Group has agreed a set of definitive agreements with Warner Bros Discovery to form a 50:50 joint venture company to create a new premium sport offering for the UK & Ireland and to transfer the operating businesses of BT Sport to Warner Bros Discovery By […]

May 12, 2022By Colin Mann

BT results: “Openreach continues to build like fury”

BT Group has published its full year results, revealing underlying revenue of £20.9 billion (€24.4bn) – down 2 per cent for the full year – attributed to declines in Enterprise and Global. Cost savings meant EBITDA rose 2 per cent to £7.6 billion. The telco said it is on track to meet its targets for […]

May 12, 2022

BT Sport to air Non-League Finals Day

BT Sport will broadcast this season’s Non-League Finals Day on May 22nd live from Wembley Stadium. The Buildbase FA Vase Final will see Southern Combination Football League side Littlehampton Town face United Counties League Premier Division South side Newport Pagnell Town, with kick off at 12:15 BST. It will be followed by the Buildbase FA […]

May 6, 2022By Nik Roseveare

BT, AWS in cloud provision deal

BT’s Digital unit has agreed a deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as part of its drive to transform legacy infrastructure and internal applications to a new cloud-first architecture. The effort aims to help accelerate BT’s plans to build and innovate faster on a new suite of digital products and services and reduce costs in […]

May 4, 2022

BT Sport Pub Cup returns with Wembley final

The BT Sport Pub Cup returns for 2022 which will see 64 men’s and 64 women’s teams fight it out for a place in the final under the iconic Wembley Arch. This year marks the fifth edition of the tournament and will see a record number of female teams participate when it kicks off on […]

May 4, 2022

Ofcom: Virgin tops pay-TV complaints; Sky fewest

Ofcom has published the latest league tables reflecting complaints it receives about the UK’s major home phone, broadband, mobile and pay-TV firms. The quarterly report reveals the number of complaints made to Ofcom between October and December last year.Complaints figures overall decreased slightly over this period and remain at all-time low levels. Nearly all providers […]

April 27, 2022

BT Sport to premiere Super Villans doc

BT Sport will premiere Super Villans, the latest documentary from the BT Sport Films series, on May 18th on BT Sport 1. The film, an exuberant journey through the late Seventies and early Eighties featuring music, animations and archive reminiscent of the era, is narrated by Mark Williams, the well-known Villa fan who grew up […]

April 27, 2022

Blackbird wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2022

Blackbird, the technology licensor, developer and seller of the cloud native video editing platform, Blackbird, has announced that Her Majesty The Queen has approved the Prime Minister’s recommendation that the Company should receive a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade 2022. The Company’s overseas sales have grown by 314 per cent over three years […]

April 21, 2022