BT Sport TV launch creates 400 jobs

Mar 19 2013

Communications giant BT is to create more than 400 jobs through the launch of its new sports TV service.

Jobs will be created in contact centres in Accrington, Canterbury, Doncaster, Truro, Warrington, Newcastle, Glasgow and Dundee.

The launch of BT Sport, which will show 38 live Barclays Premier League matches, will also safeguard the employment of almost 200 staff being retrained to work on customer support.

Gavin Patterson, chief executive of BT Retail, said: "BT Sport is an important new chapter for us and it also promises to give a boost to the UK economy by creating hundreds of new job opportunities across the UK."