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jambul · 31-07-2013, 01:42

This is on the cable.co.uk website:

Virgin Media reportedly close to BT Sport carriage deal

Tuesday, July 30th 2013 by Nigel Adie
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Virgin Media said to be close to signing carriage deal for BT Sport
BT and Virgin Media are thought to be close to making a deal on the carriage of BT Sport channels.

The finishing touches are reportedly being put to a deal that will see Virgin Media team up with BT in order to offer customers the latter's new Sport package.

According to Broadcast, the telecoms companies have been in negotiations for some time and are eager to establish a contract ahead of BT Sport going live on Thursday (August 1st), although it is not yet clear if this will involve Virgin charging viewers for the service as a standalone product.

Should the deal go ahead, it will mean the three BT Sport channels - BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2 and ESPN - can be offered to four million Britons who currently get their pay TV from Virgin.

"We're always looking to bring the best possible value and choice of great quality content to our customers and we're talking to BT about how we could potentially make the forthcoming BT Sport package available," said a Virgin Media spokesperson.

All BT broadband customers have free access to the online BT Sport player and mobile app. In addition, BT Sport is free to Infinity customers with a BT TV package and to BT broadband customers who have a Sky set-top box.

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jambul cf.member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Manchester Services: V6 x2, 1GB, Posts: 26	Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news This is on the cable.co.uk website: Virgin Media reportedly close to BT Sport carriage deal Tuesday, July 30th 2013 by Nigel Adie . . Virgin Media said to be close to signing carriage deal for BT Sport BT and Virgin Media are thought to be close to making a deal on the carriage of BT Sport channels. The finishing touches are reportedly being put to a deal that will see Virgin Media team up with BT in order to offer customers the latter's new Sport package. According to Broadcast, the telecoms companies have been in negotiations for some time and are eager to establish a contract ahead of BT Sport going live on Thursday (August 1st), although it is not yet clear if this will involve Virgin charging viewers for the service as a standalone product. Should the deal go ahead, it will mean the three BT Sport channels - BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2 and ESPN - can be offered to four million Britons who currently get their pay TV from Virgin. "We're always looking to bring the best possible value and choice of great quality content to our customers and we're talking to BT about how we could potentially make the forthcoming BT Sport package available," said a Virgin Media spokesperson. All BT broadband customers have free access to the online BT Sport player and mobile app. In addition, BT Sport is free to Infinity customers with a BT TV package and to BT broadband customers who have a Sky set-top box.