If Bt has bought back 2million 5 thousand shares to day. How come it shows on trades as a sell?

New 11+ year high today @355.10p

BT strikes deal to carry Sky Movies on its TV service

LONDON | Mon Oct 14, 2013 12:41pm BST
(Reuters) - Britain's BT has struck a deal to show BSkyB's Sky Movies on its TV service, marking an easing in tension between the companies that have been battling to attract soccer viewers since the summer.

Telecoms company BT said on Monday its television customers would be able to add Sky Movies for a monthly subscription from October 26. In addition, its broadband customers would be able to get Sky Movies as an on-demand service.

BT has ramped up its TV offer in recent months by adding sports channels that show some English Premier League soccer matches, encroaching on territory in sports programming dominated by BSkyB for 20 years.

Berenberg Buy 353.50 353.50 375.00 415.00 Retains

JP Morgan Cazenove Neutral 353.50 353.50 - - Retains

I'm up almost 300% on these and picked up some tidy dividends along the way.

Long may it continue.

Dil - my main holding was purchased @97.7p In 2009.

I agree! :-)

Espirito Santo Execution Noble Buy 352.90 353.50 405.00 405.00 Reiterates

I didn't get in that low skinny I thing my first buy was at 110p and last one at around 140p for an average of about 120p.

Makes me laugh everyone calling them a buy now , same clowns were probably saying sell when we bought !

I remember when they were sub £1, the doom mongers were out in force - so I bought,

I also bought ARM at about the same time for around a quid.

I never understood tech stuff like ARM so tend not to touch as I can't place my own fair value on them.

Exception was the tech/internet bubble where I bought any old crap that was going up

:-)

Here's the one!

Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy 354.40 354.40 400.00 490.00 Upgrades

Credit Suisse Outperform 354.40 354.40 350.00 - Reiterates

And a bullish engulfing candle to boot!

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Buy 361.70 361.70 350.00 400.00 Reiterates

New high @372.20p

BT GROUP PLC HALF YEARLY REPORT

Financial highlights for the second quarter:
· Key revenue measure5 down 0.5% compared with a 5.5% decline in the prior year
· EBITDA decline reflects the expected BT Sport investment
· Efficiencies from cost transformation programmes running at a faster pace than in the first quarter
· Profit before tax2 and earnings per share2 up 2%
· Interim dividend up 13% to 3.4p
· Outlook reaffirmed

1 Results for the second quarter and half year to 30 September 2012 have been restated, see Note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements
2 Before specific items
3 Before specific items, purchases of telecommunications licences, pension deficit payments and the cash tax benefit of pension deficit payments
4 DSL and fibre, excluding cable
5 Underlying revenue excluding transit

Espirito Santo Execution Noble Buy 374.90 405.00 405.00 Reiterates

JP Morgan Cazenove Neutral 380.40 380.00 380.00 Retains

Nomura Buy 380.40 390.00 420.00 Reiterates

Deutsche Bank Hold 380.40 300.00 347.00 Reiterates

Espirito Santo Execution Noble Buy 377.70 405.00 420.00 Reiterates

HSBC Overweight 378.60 378.60 220.00 440.00 Upgrades

Jefferies International Buy 377.20 377.20 385.00 430.00 Retains

Champions League: BT Sport 'to announce £900m rights deal'

And now a done deal :- Champions League: BT Sport win £897m football rights deal

BT Sport deal highlights

Three-year deal costing £897m
All 350 matches in the Champions League and Europa League broadcast live each season from 2015
First time a single UK broadcaster has won the exclusive live rights
Champions League final will be shown for free from 2015
At least one match involving each participating British team for free every season

That's a big feather in the cap for BT and a big loss to Sky, be interesting to see the reaction on Monday. ITV sp may be hit, good oppo to add :O) Sky are very professional, whether BT can match them in that regard remains to be seen. Reading between the lines and comments from across the road they may have to lease some of the games out initially.