BT Vision
Summary
BT Vision is an IPTV television service provided in the United Kingdom, launched in December 2006, and owned by the BT Group. It requires access to a BT Broadband internet connection with BT's official router (BT Home Hub) to watch programs including on demand.BT Vision was launched on 5 December 2006, and entered the market to compete with Sky Digital, Virgin Media and TalkTalk TV (then known as Tiscali TV). Initial reaction by the industry was positive although there was some criticism that set up costs were expensive and it was noted that BT Group were entering a competitive market. In May 2007, BT Group launched a national advertising campaign for this service.
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Olympics presenter Clare Balding to front BT sports show
Presenter of BBC's London 2012 Olympics and Channel 4's Paralympics coverage will interview major sporting names.
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BSkyB to offer sports channels online for daily fee
LONDON (Reuters) - BSkyB will offer its popular sports channels online for a daily fee, seeking new customers to offset slowing growth at its core pay-TV service amid sluggish consumer spending.
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Sunset+Vine wins BT contract to produce Premier League coverage
Company behind Channel 4's Paralympics coverage will also produce Premiership rugby union for TV as part of £100m deal.
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BSkyB wins Now TV dispute BSkyB has won a trademark dispute over the Now TV brand after a high court judge threw out a challenge from the Hong Kong-based telecoms company PCCW. Mr Justice Arnold dismissed claims by PCCW that BSkyB s Now TV infringed on PCCW s trademark and that it constituted "passing off" (or was benefiting from PCCW s goodwill).
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BT Vision adds British Eurosport to the line-up
BT has struck a deal with British Eurosport to add two of its channels to its TV service BT Vision.
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BT appoints Simon Green as head of new sports channel
BT has appointed Simon Green, the chief executive of the Boxnation boxing channel backed by Frank Warren, to run its new sports channel.
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Cool Content: Matt Simpson on making BT credible in football
Matt is going to talk to us about his favourite subjects - content and football. Apparently he's miserable, downbeat and sarcastic. . . He writes a blog - View from the West Stand - about Leyton Orient(and it was a commenter on his blog that gave him that flattering description). He works at Zone, a digital agency based in London, with a mix of planners, creatives - and journalists.
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Jake Humphrey leaves BBC to front BT Vision's Premier League coverage
Presenter best known as the face of BBC's F1 broadcasts to be new anchor for football programmes aired by BT.
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Ian Livingston | MediaGuardian 100 2012
BT's swoop on the rights to 38 Premier League games pushes its chief into the media big league – but will its channel succeed?.
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BT Vision chief exec Marc Watson will set up a 'dazzling' new European rugby tournament
BT Vision's chief executive Marc Watson's plan for ''a dazzling new European tournament'' casts uncertainty over tournament.
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