Sky Movies deal pushes TV rivals closer together October 14, 2013 BT FINALLY inked a deal with Sky yesterday to show its premium Sky Movies channels on BT’s TV packages following three years of negotiations. Though talks between the media giants to allow Sky Sports content across all of BT’s TV offerings remain ongoing, the Sky Movies deal could indicate Sky is more willing to negotiate [...]
BT offers movies package as Sky agreement reached October 14, 2013 Fresh signs that the relationship between BT and Sky might be healing. The two have signed a multi-year contract that will see BT customers able to watch Sky Movies for an additional monthly subscription, from 26 October. BT TV customers will be able to enjoy the latest movies across 11 Sky Movies channels, in standard [...]
EE deal could see BT heading back to mobile October 10, 2013 BT IS poised to move back into the consumer mobile market after signing a deal to use EE’s network yesterday, 11 years after selling off its BT Cellnet business. Yesterday’s agreement will initially allow BT to provide mobile service to its 250,000 corporate customers using EE’s network, and could allow BT to offer a consumer service [...]
Privatised Royal Mail floats at 330p as any wanting more than £10,000 of stock get turned away October 10, 2013 Allocation details for the biggest privatisation since the 1980s have been released. Royal Mail shares have sold at 330p. All members of the public who applied will get £750 of shares, but anyone who applied for over £10,000 will get nothing. 67 per cent of shares will go to institutions (as opposed to the 70 [...]
AT&T chief fuels rumours of a European move October 9, 2013 AT&T has broadcast its interest in a European acquisition, raising hopes that the firm could make a play for telecoms giant Vodafone. Speaking at an industry conference on Tuesday, chief executive Randall Stephenson said that mobile services in Europe are, “a huge opportunity for somebody”. Stephenson has previously hinted that he might look to Europe [...]
Best of the Brokers for 10 October 2013 October 9, 2013 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com CREST NICHOLSON Goldman Sachs has started covering the housebuilder with a “buy” rating and a 530p target, as it lifts its forecasts for the entire industry. While GS thinks Rightmove, Persimmon and Talyor Wimpey are the best plays on the UK housing recovery, [...]
BT Sport unveil Arsenal deal October 9, 2013 FOOTBALL: Arsenal have agreed a commercial partnership with BT Sport allowing the broadcaster access to players and manager Arsene Wenger to create unique output and to promote its schedules through the Gunners’ digital channels.
UK mobile firms join meeting on broadband plan October 6, 2013 TELECOMS groups including the UK’s largest mobile operators will today meet with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) over ongoing plans for the rural broadband rollout. Executives from EE, Vodafone and Three will all attend a meeting to explore ways of expanding coverage using mobile technologies, according to a report from the Financial [...]
Energy innovation is stagnating and the implications for growth are stark October 3, 2013 EVERY day seems to bring better websites, cooler startups and niftier smartphones. But there’s one area where technological progress is barely crawling along. Unfortunately, it’s one race we cannot afford to lose. I’m talking, of course, about energy. To get an idea of the problem we face, consider two stories from last week: Ed Miliband’s [...]
UK to test white space technology October 2, 2013 Ofcom has announced that the UK is to be one of the first countries in the world to test white space technology. 20 public and private organisations will be participating in Ofcom's pilot program in the next six months. White spaces are the gaps in the frequency band used to broadcast digital terrestrial TV. Ofcom [...]