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Bottom Line: Beware the hype, this game’s only just kicked off July 25, 2013 IT HASN’T even started broadcasting yet, but BT Sport has already cost the group £40m – or one Luis Suarez – in pre-launch expenses. Yesterday outgoing chief executive Ian Livingston was keen to highlight the 500,000-odd households that have signed up for the new service, which goes live next Tuesday. But take a closer look at the [...]
BT Sport signs up half a million pre-launch July 25, 2013 TELECOMS company BT today said more than half a million households have ordered its new sports offering to challenge Sky Sports, as it reports a smaller than expected decline in first quarter profit and revenue. BT Sport is being launched in August as part of the British firm’s plan to compete with Sky and [...]
BT reports profit and revenues fall in second quarter July 25, 2013 Telecoms company BT has reported a revenues fall of one per cent, down to £4.449bn, for the period from the first quarter to 30 June (release). The biggest revenues fallers were Wholesale (down six per cent) and Global Services and Openreach (both down by two per cent). Profit before tax fell by 16 per cent [...]
Keothavong happy time is right to hang up her racquet for good July 24, 2013 FORMER British No1 Anne Keothavong feels she is leaving the women’s national game in safe hands, after announcing her retirement from professional tennis yesterday. The 29-year-old’s career has been curtailed by two serious knee injuries, dragging her to 285th in the world rankings, with her final appearance coming on Centre Court at Wimbledon last month [...]
Monarchy’s extraordinary longevity is good for UK capitalism July 22, 2013 SO it is a boy, a Prince and our future King. It’s wonderful news for his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, to whom we send our heartfelt congratulations; and an important moment for the country. The BBC and ITV interrupted their schedules; bankers’ toasted the Prince at a banquet in the City; town [...]
London Report: Data suggests UK economy is in good health July 21, 2013 THE UK economy is showing improving health, according to statistics out this week that are expected to reveal growth throughout the second quarter. The economy is forecast to have grown 0.6 per cent in the second quarter, accelerating from 0.3 per cent in the first three months of the year. The Office for National Statistics [...]
What the other papers say this morning – 18 July 2013 July 17, 2013 FINANCIAL TIMES Higher salaries to offset bonus cap Four out of five European banks plan to raise executive base salaries to counter regulation-driven bonus cuts next year, potentially undermining the effectiveness of the planned variable pay cap in bringing down pay. An EU-wide bonus cap will from 2014 limit variable pay to up to twice [...]
BT Sport nets rights to share FA Cup to 2018 July 17, 2013 BT KICKED off its debut season as a sports broadcaster with an early coup yesterday, netting joint rights to televise the FA Cup until 2018. The world’s most famous domestic knock-out competition will be shown on both BT Sport and the BBC, starting from the 2014-15 season. BT had already secured rights for the coming [...]
Pirate football site blocked July 16, 2013 THE PREMIER League vowed to clamp down hard on pirate streaming of its games this season as it yesterday gained a blocking order on First Row Sports, one of the biggest illegal live football-streaming sites in the UK. Yesterday’s judgment represented the first time a sporting body has sought an order blocking a site that [...]
Bale drops hint at Spurs stay by signing new three-year BT deal June 30, 2013 SOUGHT-AFTER Tottenham star Gareth Bale has given the biggest indication yet that he is to reject the lure of a move to one of Europe’s top clubs this summer after signing a three-year deal to become an ambassador for BT Sport. The new channel will broadcast 38 live Premier League games from next season and [...]