BT’s billion-pound EE deal raises “significant” competition concerns, says regulator June 9, 2015 BT's deal to buy mobile network EE for £12.5bn has raised "significant" competition concerns, according to regulators. The Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) will address the concerns after fast-tracking the probe into the more detailed second phase following a request from BT. "We have found that there is a real risk that the merger could [...]
BT Sport’s Champions League coverage to feature Steven Gerrard and Gary Lineker and cost additional £5 June 9, 2015 Before jetting off to Hollywood to play for LA Galaxy, Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard will join Gary Lineker in the BT Sport studio as a pundit for its Champions League coverage. Harry Redknapp, Glenn Hoddle and Howard Webb will also join the channel's team for its biggest season of football to date. BT will broadcast [...]
Gary Lineker lined up to present BT Sport’s £897m Champions League coverage June 3, 2015 Forget David De Gea to Real Madrid, the signing of the summer is set to be Gary Lineker to BT Sport. Read more: BT to reveal subscription prices for European Champions League coverage Lineker, the face of the BBC's football coverage for 20 years, could front BT Sport's Champions League coverage from next season onwards. According [...]
BT to reveal subscription prices for European Champions League coverage May 28, 2015 BT Sport is close to announcing a payment structure for subscriptions to its upcoming exclusive live coverage of the European Champions League. The broadcaster began showing Premier League matches during the 2013-14 season. It has since upped its football offering by paying £897m to show the Champions League for the next three seasons. Industry sources [...]
BT Group chief executive Gavin Patterson took home £4.4m last year May 21, 2015 BT chief executive Gavin Patterson received a £1.3m bonus on top of his £950,000 basic for the last financial year, it has been revealed. Patterson took home a total package worth more than £4.4m, up 5.7 per cent on last year. Chief financial officer Tony Chanmugam received a bonus of £714,000 – half [...]
BT wins major aviation contract with Emirates to manage contact centres May 18, 2015 BT Group has won a six-year, multimillion-pound contract with Emirates to manage the airline’s contact centres around the world Building on a deal agreed in 2009, BT will now upgrade and manage the latest versions of contact centre technology. This will improve how agents combine dealing with calls, emails and webchat enquiries. Emirates will use [...]
BT share price edges down as Ofcom outlines measures to open fibre networks May 15, 2015 Shares in BT opened almost one per cent lower at 461.65p this morning, after it was revealed regulator Ofcom could force it to open some of its fibre-optic lines to rivals. However, these falls were later clawed back, with shares trading at 463.9p, 0.24 per cent down, an hour later. The regulator said the measures [...]
English football clubs’ shortage of success in Europe is a risk for BT May 14, 2015 Gavin Patterson’s BT, which bid a sky-high £897m for the live rights to Champions League football for the next three years, could see the attractiveness of its package diminished if English clubs continue to perform badly in the prestigious competition next year. Four Premier League teams qualify for the competition but there are fears [...]
TalkTalk chief Dido Harding pushes to split BT and Openreach as profit rises May 14, 2015 TalkTalk boss Dido Harding renewed her calls for the regulator to force BT to sell its telecoms network division Openreach yesterday, and said more competition in the market would lead to further investment. Harding made the comments while discussing TalkTalk’s results for the year to 31 March, which showed a 3.2 per cent rise [...]
BT awards chief Gavin Patterson £1.95m in shares May 13, 2015 BT chief executive Gavin Patterson yesterday took home 416,719 shares, as part of an incentive package. The shares were priced at £4.69, meaning Patterson’s bonus came to a total value of £1.95m. Other senior executives to benefit included group finance director Tony Chanmugam, who received 391,131 shares, and Luis Alvarez, the chief executive of BT [...]