BT Sport: Fortune favours the brave

This case study explains how BT, the telecommunications company, launched a new sports TV service improve broadband customer retention and acquisition.

BT Sport: Fortune favours the brave

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This paper explores a paradox of how a very expensive asset was made more valuable to a business because it was given away to the customer base for free.

It's a story set within the world of telco's and it starts in 2012. The four main brands battling it out for supremacy were (and still are) Sky, Virgin, BT and Talk Talk.

Without wanting to oversimplify things too much, the best way to win customer favour within the category is to provide a really good TV service. People are loyal to brands that...

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