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Ultimate Goal to premier on BT Sport in November

BT Sport will premiere the first episode of ‘Ultimate Goal’ on November 3rd at 10.30pm on BT Sport 3. Episodes will air every Tuesday over a six-week run.  Ultimate Goal sees 31 women from across Europe live and train like professional footballers as the hopefuls take centre stage at the home of English Football, St George’s […]

October 20, 2020

UFC 254 live on BT Sport Box Office

Khabib Nurmagomedov’s hugely anticipated return to the Octagon on Fight Island, will be shown exclusively live on BT Sport Box Office on October 24th. The unbeaten UFC lightweight champion will defend his belt for the first time since September 2019 against interim champion Justin Gaethje. In Gaethje, Khabib will face an opponent whose fights have […]

October 19, 2020

EE unveils Match Day Experience on BT Sport App

EE has announced Match Day Experience features on the BT Sport app, which will be inclusive for new customers taking the Full Works iPhone plan with the new 5G iPhone. Through a set of new BT Sport App features that make the most of the UK’s number one 5G network, and optimised for the iPhone […]

October 15, 2020

BT signs new carrier agreement with Zoom

BT is expanding its multinational customers’ choice of cloud-based audio and video collaboration managed services with the addition of Zoom Meetings to its portfolio. It follows the signing of a new carrier agreement between BT and Zoom Video Communications. The agreement means BT will now offer a fully managed Zoom Meetings service featuring a choice […]

October 9, 2020

BT Sport launches animated shorts series

BT Sport has announced the release of the first episode of its new animated series: BT Sport Shorts. BT Sport Shorts takes some of the best interviews from the BT Sport archive and presents them through powerful and inspiring animation. The first series of BT Sport Shorts features 6 episodes with each centring around a […]

October 8, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Cisco, Qwilt, DA launch new as-a-service CDN offering

Cisco, Qwilt and Digital Alpha (DA) say  they are “disrupting the commercial Content Delivery Network (CDN) market” with a new as-a-service offering based on Open Caching, with BT as the flagship customer. Streaming content is increasingly delivered in 4K and soon 8K, supporting augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) applications across multiple devices, over wireline and […]

October 8, 2020

BT confirms new Manchester home

BT Group has announced that the New Bailey development, close to Manchester city centre, will be its primary new home in the city and provide a future-fit workplace for thousands of colleagues. The new building will complete the New Bailey scheme, close to the city’s Spinningfields business district. It will become a key hub for […]

October 7, 2020

BritBox free on BT; Sriraman steps down

As previously reported, BT is offering its TV and broadband customers a six months free subscription to BritBox. The SVoD service from the BBC and ITV offers a library of classic British-skewed box sets and movies, with titles such as The Office, Downton Abbey, Top Gear and Doctor Who. The platform also launched its first […]

October 6, 2020

Nokia becomes BT’s 5G partner

Nokia has extended its long-term strategic relationship with BT into the 5G arena, following its selection as a 5G RAN vendor for the UK operator. The selection of Nokia follows the telco’s decision to exclude Huawei from its 5G network following guidance from the National Cyber Security Centre. As part of the deal, which will make […]

September 29, 2020

Staggered Premier League KOs anger Asian broadcasters

The Premier League is facing rebate demands from its Asian broadcast partners whose viewership windows are being impacted by the staggering of kick-off times in the UK to ensure all games can be televised without clashes whilst fans remain unable to attend. Broadcasters in the biggest Asian markets are preparing to demand millions of pounds […]

September 24, 2020