Live UK coverage of the MotoGP World Championship will switch from the BBC to soon-to-launched channel BT Sport for the 2014 season under a five-year deal confirmed this morning.
The deal spells the end of the free to air viewing on the BBC, as well as British Eurosport’s subscription based live coverage. The BT Sport channel will be subcriber only, but will be free of charge to BT Broadband customers.
“UK Sports fans have had a rough deal for too long. Many have been priced out of the market but we will change this by giving away BT Sport for free with our broadband. Sports fans are the winners today,” said BT chief executive Ian Livingston, ignoring the fact that most MotoGP fans watch the races for free on the BBC.
BT Sport will be available via BT’s own TV service, on Sky’s digital satellite platform and online, including via a mobile App.
Non-BT Broadband customers will need to pay £15 a month for the BT Sport channels.
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