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

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.

As a Chels fan and sky subscriber my likely behaviour right now would be to drop CL viewing as the PL is more important imo

I suspect many chels to be of a similar opinion so BT are certainly not going to run away with it

About time someone challenged Sky's monopoly.

Way your lot are playing Joe you won't be playing CL football next season let alone 2015.

LIV GARFIELD TO LEAVE BT FOR SEVERN TRENT

BT today announced that Liv Garfield is to step down as CEO of Openreach during Spring next year. Liv has decided to take up a new challenge as CEO of Severn Trent, the FTSE 100 water company.

BSkyB CEO says keen to sign BT wholesale sports deal

(Reuters) - BSkyB (BSY.L) is keen to sign a mutual wholesale deal with BT (BT.L) so both groups can offer their customers the full range of live sports, Chief Executive Jeremy Darroch said on Wednesday.

BSkyB, the dominant pay-TV group in Britain, lost the rights to show Champions League soccer to BT earlier this month, making it more important that the two groups agree a wholesale deal so BSkyB can show the BT sports channels on its platform and vice versa.

Speaking at a Morgan Stanley conference in Barcelona, Darroch said he did not expect to take a huge hit from the loss of the channels and that they had not been willing to pay any more for the rights.

Berenberg Buy 374.50 374.50 - 411.00 Retains

Jefferies International Buy 374.00 374.00 430.00 435.00 Retains

NBA seals 'multiyear' UK broadcast deal with BT Sport

BT Sport has partnered with the NBA to televise live professional basketball in the UK and Ireland, a press release announced today.

BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2 and ESPN will air up to seven games a week through the second round of the playoffs, and the entirety of the conference and league final series. LeBron James of the Miami Heat, Metta World Peace of the New York Knicks and Spencer Hawes of the Philadelphia 76ers, will feature in primetime, multiplatform coverage, and certain games will stream live on BT Sport's website.

13 year high @388p within reach.

JOE GARNER TO BE CEO OF OPENREACH

JOE GARNER TO BE CEO OF OPENREACH

Brings proven track record in customer service improvement and programme delivery from banking and retail sectors

Joe Garner is to be the new CEO of Openreach, BT announced today. Garner, who will join in mid-February, will replace Liv Garfield, who is leaving to become CEO of Severn Trent.

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Interims 31st Jan.

3rd Quarter Results

Financial highlights for the third quarter:
· Underlying revenue excluding transit up 2.4% compared with a decline of 3.2% in the prior year
· EBITDA2 flat at £1,537m, with cost transformation offsetting the investment in BT Sport
· Earnings per share2 up 12%
· 2013/14 EBITDA2 now expected to be at the upper end of the £6.0bn-£6.1bn range

Citigroup Buy 398.30 396.50 430.00 430.00 Reiterates


Multi-year high @400405p

Credit Suisse Outperform 412.95 413.00 350.00 440.00 Reiterates

Berenberg Buy 405.00 413.30 411.00 460.00 Retains

BT SPORT TO REMAIN FREE WITH BT BROADBAND FOR A SECOND SEASON

Final Results

Jefferies International Buy 382.70 382.70 440.00 470.00 Retains