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BT Finally Wins Right To Broadcast Sky Sports 1 And 2
- The Drum, Thursday, November 6, 2014 6:50 AM
BSkyB will have to loosen its grip on the much treasured rights to its Sky Sports channels after coming under fire from the UK competition regulator. The competition appeal tribunal (CAT) on Wednesday granted BT YouView TV customers access to Sky Sports 1 and 2 for the first time ever after four years of legal battles in a bid to make sports broadcasts more accessible to consumers in the UK. This follows a clash in 2010 between the two broadcasters which saw Ofcom insisting Sky drop its wholesale sports prices by 23%.
