Premier League clubs are braced for digital giants such as Amazon and Facebook to gate-crash the bidding for streaming rights when the next TV deal is negotiated in the coming months, according to Ed Woodward, the executive vice-chairman of Manchester United
Amazon is in talks with British broadcasters to add their channel brands and programmes to its streaming service, as it gears up to use Jeremy Clarkson as the spearhead of an attack on the pay-TV market
BT will broadcast the next Ashes series from Australia after winning the latest battle in its war with Sky for key television content
BT has escalated its war of words with Sky, saying its rival’s dominance of the pay TV market is bad for consumers and calling on Ofcom to investigate competition in the pay-TV market
BT has made its most serious foray into television drama, signing an exclusive deal to carry the British channel of US network AMC
That deal would give BT the ability to offer customers a “quad play” package of home phone, broadband, TV and mobile
The battle for Premier League football rights has kicked off and fears that Sky will be on the losing side on Monday sparked the heaviest fall in its shares in almost five months
The sale of Channel 5 could be the next flashpoint in the battle between BT and BSkyB, with the strategic importance of the terrestrial broadcaster expected to spark the interest of the pay-TV rivals
