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Gary Lineker wins battle with HMRC over £4.9m tax bill
Tribunal rules TV host has not failed to pay any tax or national insurance as IR35 rules do not apply to him

Mark Sweney

28, Mar, 2023 @4:01 PM

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Eurosport and BT Sport will disappear after TNT Sports rebrand
Master brand chosen for pay-TV channel as it is already used in international markets

Mark Sweney

21, Feb, 2023 @5:00 PM

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Amazon and BBC break BT stranglehold on Champions League football
Amazon has broken BT’s stranglehold on live Champions League football in the UK, and highlights are set to air on the BBC for the first time in a new deal starting in 2024

Mark Sweney

01, Jul, 2022 @11:55 AM

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Amazon close to deal over Champions League rights in UK
US retailer and streaming giant set to split UK rights with BT Sport, while BBC to broadcast highlights in new Match of the Day edition

Mark Sweney

30, Jun, 2022 @3:18 PM

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BT enters exclusive talks with Discovery on BT Sports
Potential joint venture with US pay-TV firm and Eurosport owner is a blow to Dazn, the ‘Netflix of sports’

Mark Sweney

03, Feb, 2022 @8:06 AM

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We’re all the poorer for shareholders’ loss of nerve on executive pay
AstraZeneca’s vaccine effort is remarkable, but investors should not have let it divert them from the job of moderating bonuses

16, May, 2021 @6:00 AM

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Gary Lineker’s political tweets could help him avoid £4.9m tax bill
Presenter’s tweets on Brexit and Tories could form part of case that he is not a typical BBC or BT Sport employee

Jim Waterson Media editor

07, May, 2021 @1:32 PM

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BT in talks to sell stake in BT Sport
Telecoms company assessing options with companies such as Amazon, ITV and Dazn

Mark Sweney

29, Apr, 2021 @12:41 PM

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'There is tension everywhere': Premier League on back foot as rights auction nears
Sale of UK TV rights for 2022-25 seasons will take place in a changed landscape, with the price expected to fall

Mark Sweney

11, Jan, 2021 @7:57 AM

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UK TV streaming subscribers can no longer access live sport when in EU
Sky, Amazon, Netflix and BT Sport lose right to let UK viewers automatically watch all content after Brexit transition

Hilary Osborne and Miles Brignall

10, Jan, 2021 @4:08 PM

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'We'll emerge leaner and more efficient': Covid's impact on business
In spring 2020, we asked four bosses how the coronavirus crisis had hit them – how have they fared since then?

Gwyn Topham, Mark Sweney, Sarah Butler & Joanna Partridge

02, Jan, 2021 @4:00 PM

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'Congratulations’: Klopp in bizarre row with BT Sport's Kelly over Liverpool schedule
Liverpool’s manager has hit out at broadcasters, claiming they made his team play in the early Saturday kick-off after a midweek European fixture

Tom Bassam

28, Nov, 2020 @4:06 PM

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