Monday, October 29, 2012

MLS

BT Sport has signed the rights to show live top tier football matches from the US. BT Sport has the new football rights for multiple years. Football fans will be able to follow Robbie Keane, Landon Donovan and Thierry Henry in the MLS. The Major League Soccer Championship rights include 99 matches per season in HD.

Brasileiro

BT Sport has signed the rights to show live top tier football matches from Brazil. BT Sport has the new football rights for multiple years. The Brasileiro rights include:
  • 100 live matches per season from Campeonato Paulista (Paulista) and Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A (Brasileirão or Brazilian Serie A)
  • weekly highlights shows from both competitions 
  • TV Globo Soccer Magazine show FootBrazil

Ligue 1

BT Sport has signed the rights to show live top tier football matches from France. BT Sport has the new football rights for multiple years. The Ligue 1 rights include:
  • 380 live matches per season in HD
  • a weekly preview show
  • highlights packages from each match day

Serie A

BT Sport has signed the rights to show live top tier football matches from Italy. BT Sport has the new football rights for multiple years. The Serie A rights include:
  • 380 live matches per season delivered in HD
  • highlights packages from each match day 
  • weekly preview show Total Italian Football 
  • weekly review Serie A Show

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Premiership Rugby

BT Sport and Premiership Rugby today announced a range of exclusive live rights over a four year period.

In a ground-breaking move for the club game in England, BT Sport will have the exclusive live broadcast rights for four years to show Aviva Premiership Rugby and the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Sevens from the 2013-14 season. Live Aviva Premiership matches are currently split between BSkyB and ESPN.

BT  Sport will also have exclusive live broadcast rights to matches played by Aviva Premiership Rugby clubs in any future European competitions from 2014-15 for three years.

The agreement covers:
  • Exclusive live broadcast rights to up to 69 matches per season from Aviva Premiership Rugby for four years starting from the 2013-14 season. 
  • Exclusive live broadcast rights to matches from the entire J.P. Morgan Asset Management Sevens Series for four years starting from the 2013-14 season. 
  • Exclusive live broadcast rights to matches of Aviva Premiership teams in any future European competitions for three years starting from the 2014-15 season.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Barclays Premier League

We are pleased to confirm that BT Sport has been awarded the A and G packages of live rights for the 2013/14 to 2015/16 Premier League seasons.

Our rights include 18 first picks, around half of those available, which means that for the first time consumers have a real choice of provider when it comes to watching the best games. We have secured access to 38 live games, including the opening game of the season, which represents a quarter of the 154 matches to be shown each season. 


Package
Number of
matches
Kick-off times
A
26
Saturday 12:45
G
12
10 matches midweek evenings and Bank Holidays, 2 matches Saturday 12:45