Irish customers miss out on Sky-BT channel share deal

Irish customers are to miss out on a controversial deal that will see UK viewers benefit from Sky and BT sharing content including Premier League and Champions League matches on each other’s platforms.

Shares in both firms rose more than 1% as the two confirmed the deal that will see each supply their most popular channels to each other’s platform.

The deal eases the rivalry between two pay-TV giants facing new threats from the likes of Netflix and Amazon.