Ofcom refuses Virgin Media’s request to delay Premier League rights broadcast auction February 4, 2015 Ofcom has refused a request made by Virgin Media to delay the auction of Premier League broadcast rights. The high-stakes bidding for the rights to broadcast the UK’s biggest football games will now continue as usual and is expected next week. Virgin Media is not making a bid for the rights, but the auction is [...]
Sky beats expectations with strongest UK growth in nine years February 4, 2015 Sky has beaten expectations in its first set of results as a Europe-wide business, with profits jumping thanks to the best UK performance in nine years and record demand in Germany. The figures In its first results including the Italian and German businesses – following the completion of the merger in November – Sky's adjusted [...]
Mix it up: Raise your glass to London’s best rooftop cocktail bars with a view February 3, 2015 Architects and engineers are at war with the sky. While they battle it out, the rest of us can sit back and raise a glass to the men and women who are realising humanity’s inexorable urge to break the heavens. Each skyscraper will have its day – but there can be no winners. Just consider [...]
McIlroy ready for second round of £13m legal row February 3, 2015 GOLF world No1 Rory McIlroy’s legal dispute with his former management company is set to resume today in Dublin’s High Court after both parties reported making progress yesterday. McIlroy is suing Horizon Sports Management over what he argues were excessive fees during a period in which he signed a lucrative sponsorship deal with Nike said [...]
BT Sport website and app go down as Manchester United, Fulham and Sheffield United play FA Cup games February 3, 2015 BT has suffered an outage of its website and app leaving BT Sport customers unable to watch three fourth-round FA Cup replay matches. Football fans planning to watch the live games on computers through BT Sport’s online player or via mobile on the BT Sport app have been unable to watch the action, including League [...]
BT Sport website and app goes down as Manchester United, Fulham and Sheffield United play FA Cup games February 3, 2015 The website and app for BT Sport has gone down leaving football fans unable to watch three fourth-round FA Cup replay matches. Those planning to watch the live games, including League Two club Cambridge United facing top flight club Manchester United, on computers through BT Sport’s online player or via mobile on the BT Sport [...]
TfL and MySingleFriend.com bring love to London’s cable cars and river buses February 2, 2015 All aboard, singletons! The capital’s river buses and cable cars are set to transport Londoners on a journey to love – and all in time for Valentine’s Day. Transport for London (TfL) and website MySingleFriend.com plan to host a date night on board MBNA Thames Clippers and the Emirates Air Line on Thursday 12 February. [...]
Ed Miliband hits back at “unholy” alliance of Boots boss Stefano Pessina and Conservative Party February 2, 2015 Labour leader Ed Miliband has hit back at Alliance Boots boss Stefano Pessina at a question and answer session hosted by Sky News at Facebook's London headquarters. Over the weekend, Pessina told the Telegraph that a Labour government would be a "catastrophe" for Britain. Pessina's company boasts 2,500 stores and employs 70,000 staff. Miliband told [...]
Dixons Carphone signs deal with Hutchison Whampoa’s Three to offer mobile services February 1, 2015 DIXONS Carphone has struck an agreement with network provider Three to offer mobile services that will also seek to help customers link up their devices and appliances. Under the terms of the agreement with Three’s owner Hutchison Whampoa, the company will offer mobile contracts that will let customers tailor their price, minutes and data to [...]
Powell pitch to young voters February 1, 2015 ED MILIBAND’S campaign chief Lucy Powell has called on Labour to engage with young voters, urging activists to take their campaign to “the pubs and the clubs and so on”. In an interview on the Sky News Murnaghan programme, Powell also said that her party had to get their message on to social media to [...]