BSkyB has warned that operating profits will take a hit of up to £70m next year as it invests in on-demand services and technology in the pay-TV and broadband wars with rivals from BT to NetFlix.

These last two summers have proved a reviver for a personal passion for sport; a timely antidote to the sometimes poisonous effect of football’s greed and angry existence.

New Now TV box gets streaming service into the living room, but consumers will still need to pay for subscriptions

More spot-checks and investigations will take place than before

Gabby Logan lambasts sport channel for failing to give women a level playing field

This has been such a busy few days of sport that they are all starting to melt into one another, and the heatwave is not helping the levels of concentration.

Latest deal runs until 2018

David Beckham is to star in a new children’s breakfast show aimed at encouraging more young people to play sport.

The first round of fixtures to be shown on TV was announced yesterday

Sky Sports are in no mood to let BT Sport settle into the Premier League broadcasting battle this season. With the announcement of the first set of televised fixtures, Sky have powerfully asserted themselves over the first weeks of the campaign. They are covering the prime sun loungers with their branded towels while, for now at least, BT are consigned to the shade.

View From the Sofa: From a rev-counter to the Ashes Zone, there's a whole new look to the game in the living room

View from the sofa: Sky Sports Ashes

Richie Porte and Geraint Thomas suffered punctures on stage five

BT wants to offer Sky Sports via YouView set-top boxes but says terms on offer are an abuse of Sky's market dominance