Recognizing that British Telecommunications Plc is a phone company and Reuters Holdings Plc is an information provider, BT Broadcast Services is to take over the international satellite transmission services of Reuters’ BrightStar commercial satellite operation, enabling it to offer services using capacity on the Intelsat K satellite, which links Europe with the Americas. Instead of running the facilities itself, Reuters will place its permanent and occasional television distribution business with British Telecom. Financial details were not disclosed.