All eyes on BT's pay-TV venture

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BT's imminent move into Premier League broadcasting is expected to take centre stage when it unveils fourth quarter and full-year results on Friday.

The telecoms giant has been engaged in a war of words with BSkyB since landing a three-year deal to show 38 games a season from this summer. But it will have to overcome scepticism in the City over whether it can do better than other pretenders to the pay-TV crown such as ESPN and Setanta.