Freesat boosts TV subscribers July 23, 2013 Freesat, the subscription free TV service, will anounce today that it added 145,000 new homes to its service last year. The rise, which follows 21 straight quarters of growth, means the service could soon outpace pay-TV rivals like Sky and Virgin Media, the company said.
Froome won’t rest on laurels as Brit targets further Tours July 22, 2013 TOUR de France champion Chris Froome insists winning cycling’s most famous race has only heightened his appetite for claiming the title multiple times. Froome, who sealed his first yellow jersey in Paris on Sunday evening, is also targeting a historic victory at this year’s World Championship road race. But the Kenya-born Briton has played down [...]
UK economy heats up July 21, 2013 THE UK ECONOMY looks set to finally record robust growth this week, after a bundle of positive indicators from consumers and firms this morning all point to an expanding economy. All five of the latest surveys are positive, continuing a run of steadily strengthening data over the past few months and bolstering hopes that Thursday’s [...]
Froome overwhelmed by historic Tour win July 21, 2013 TOUR de France champion Chris Froome revealed he was reduced to tears after crossing the line on the Champs-Elysees, in the final stage of this year’s race yesterday, linking arms with the fellow Team Sky riders that made his stunning win possible. The British rider knew only a disastrous final day on the 100th edition [...]
National debt at its highest level since the 1960s July 19, 2013 Public sector borrowing statistics for June have been released, and the ONS has the numbers in a variety of flavours, depending on your preferred measure (see below). Sky's Ed Conway reports that national debt is at its highest proportion of GDP since the 1960s: Britain's national debt has just gone through the £1.2 trillion mark. [...]
World Cup and Euros to remain on free TV July 18, 2013 FOOTBALL’S major international tournaments will continue to be shown on free-to-air broadcasters such as the BBC and ITV beyond 2014 after the game’s governing bodies lost a legal challenge. The European Court of Justice yesterday rejected an appeal from Fifa and Uefa and upheld a 2011 ruling that prevents rights for the World Cup and [...]
Froome facing toughest day as Tour win looms July 18, 2013 BRITAIN’S Chris Froome admits today could make or break his quest for Tour de France glory after he extended his overall lead despite being hit with a time penalty for illegal feeding. The Tour’s 19th stage features four testing climbs and, with Froome looking weary on the Alpe d’Huez yesterday, represents the biggest remaining obstacle [...]
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 [...]
Bottom Line: Expensive but far from £19m down the drain July 17, 2013 SHAREHOLDERS in Severn Trent may be mourning the sky-high prices of May and early June, but it is too soon to claim the City didn’t earn its fees in helping the water firm resist the advances of the LongRiver consortium. It was revealed yesterday that in batting away the takeover bid Severn Trent paid £19m [...]
Froome closes in on Tour victory with stage win July 17, 2013 BRITAIN’S Chris Froome last night toasted a tactical masterstroke after a change of bike midway through yesterday’s time trial earned him the stage win and propelled him closer to Tour de France glory. Froome increased his lead on main yellow jersey rival Alberto Contador by nine seconds to four minutes, 34 seconds with just four [...]