All BT Sport articles
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Strategy & ChangeGreen sees ‘correction’ in TV sports rights prices
BT is attempting to turn down the heat on expectations for broadcast sport auctions in a market that has already seen signs of cooling.
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Financial & Performance
Divisional highlights: the value of fibre
Management ready to look at ways to bring out the value of BT’s emerging fibre infrastructure. Beyond the current crisis and recession fears, BT Global advancing down the path to recovery. Sudden freeze of live events underlines the importance of BT Sport to Consumer division financial performance. ...
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Financial & Performance
Numbers: no sport and shut businesses take their toll
While whole Group faces headwinds, Consumer and Enterprise take the brunt of COVID‑19 impact. The “ usual ” working capital payments on top of slumping earnings result in negative cash flow for the quarter.
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Analysis
Elsewhere in BT Consumer: Brexit prep and ESN progress
Brexit preparations; fairer price commitments; ESN deployment progress.
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Consumer (B2C)
Elsewhere in BT Consumer: WFH adaptations continue; BT Sport freshens content
COVID‑19 -led adaptation continues as BT Sport freshens content and go-to-market, and Consumer debuts second line service for work-from-homers.
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Suppliers & SCM
BT Sport turns to arch-rival Sky for media sales
Launch partner Channel 4 displaced after seven years.
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Content & TV
BT Sport: 5G could breathe new life into grassroots
Mobile Strategy Director Matt Stagg says BT Sport is pondering new production possibilities made evident by coronavirus restrictions.
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Financial & Performance
BT Q4/FY19–20 results first-take: Fixed and 5G leadership at all cost
Refusing to relinquish fixed-line or mobile leadership; not alarmed by O2-Virgin Media combination. Q4 and FY19–20 performance largely ignored (was on track). Cautiously positive on weathering COVID-19 crisis, but great uncertainty. Capex rising to fund uprated fibre ambition and Technology-led transformation — carts before horses? ...
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Strategy & Change
BT Sport reinvents to meet coronavirus challenge
Television unit develops innovative virtual studios and repackages older content to meet the challenges of maintaining a service during the live sport blackout.
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Analysis
BTwatch roundup - May 2020
Coronavirus response takes shape across all Group entities. BT Consumer takes steps towards splitting with Carphone Warehouse following O2 UK’s recent withdrawal. Openreach boosts East Mids broadband to support home working.
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Strategy & Change
BT makes stand against coronavirus
BT emphasising the critical role of digital infrastructure as the coronavirus pandemic brings dramatic changes to the UK. Support for government initiatives, including big data sharing and boosted NHS connectivity stressed, while management hopes government support will follow as economic challenges to the Group emerge. McRae gives ...
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Strategy & Change
The ups and downs of being a good sport
BT Sport hit with negative publicity amid tardy coronavirus response. Season’s televised football up in the air.
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Content & TV
BT Sport may back-peddle on Six Nations bid
Public negativity towards potential pay‑TV broadcasting of Six Nations rugby may deter BT Sport from participating in bidding for upcoming rights.
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Consumer (B2C)
BT Sport rolls out app updates
BT Sport rolled out an update to its Android and iOS applications with the aim of making navigation easier.
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Partnerships & Alliances
BT Sport, Samsung trial 8K broadcasting
BT Sport teamed with Samsung and other partners in another trial of 8K broadcasting.
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Content & TV
Updated BT TV aims for platform flexibility
Integration of Sky’s Now TV into BT’s YouView ‑based platform enabling Consumer to offer a more rounded pay‑TV product with simplified access to a range of OTT services. New packages built on apparently contradictory goals of leveraging demand for flexible on‑demand services while also tying customers ...
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Content & TV
Wilder-Fury bout exclusive on BT Sport
The Deontay Wilder–Tyson Fury heavyweight boxing rematch broadcast on BT Sport’s pay‑per‑view (PPV) channel was tagged as one of the most lucrative PPV TV events ever held.
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Enterprise (B2B)
Onside Law supports BT Sport deals
Specialist sports, media, and fashion law firm Onside Law acted for BT Sport on high-profile deals, including EE sponsorship of Wembley Stadium.
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Content & TV
BT adopts encoder to fight broadcast piracy
BT becomes first UK broadcast provider to use encoder. Video compression solutions specialist Ateme gets partnership.
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Content & TV
BT Sport launches Monthly Pass, expands Ultimate 4K UHD
BT Sport Monthly Pass competes with Sky Sports offering. 4K UHD HDR channel BT Sport Ultimate gets expansion.
