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Premier League Acknowledges Priorities Have Changed During Lockdown

Alistair Taylor

11 Jun 2020

artificial crowd noise

Attention

BBC One

The English Premier League (EPL) is set to return to screens next Wednesday, over three months since the last fixture graced our screens. Considering the pandemic enforced-postponement has deprived sports...

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Collapsing Maul: Sport Facing Global Rights Re-valuations

Alistair Taylor

4 May 2020

All Blacks

All or Nothing

broadcast rights

The English Gallagher Premiership Rugby provides another case study that demonstrates just how significant COVID-19’s impact on rights holders is likely to be moving forward, as it faces a substantial...

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BT Sport Continues to Drive Innovation

Tim Mulligan

23 Nov 2018

5G

BT Sports

EE

BT Sport will broadcast this weekend’s EE Wembley Cup live on YouTube using remote production over EE’s 5G network; a world first according to BT Sport. The sporting event is an exhibition football...

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BT Pays A Premium For Video Scarcity

Tim Mulligan

6 Mar 2017

BT

BT Sports

Champions League

Today BT announced the extension of their exclusive UK broadcasting rights deal with UEFA for all Champions League and Europa League matches until the end of the 2020-2021 season. This has cost the UK...

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