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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Mark Sweney

BT enters exclusive talks with Discovery on BT Sports

BT has spent billions on sports rights to drive the growth of BT Sports.
BT has spent billions on sports rights to drive the growth of BT Sports. Photograph: Javier García/Rex/Shutterstock

BT has entered exclusive talks with the US pay-TV firm Discovery to create a joint venture business that will include BT Sport, which has rights to sports including the Premier League and Champions League.

The joint venture, which BT expects will be operational later this year subject to regulatory approval, ends almost a year of uncertainty over the future of the telecoms company’s decade-old pay-TV sport operation.

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