All Comcast articles – Page 13

  • News

    NTL pulls out from football takeover

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    NTL has shelved plans to bid for Newcastle United, arguing that a report from the Competition Commission (CC, formerly the Monopolies & Mergers Commission) blocking BSkyB's£623 million bid for Manchester

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    NTL BECOMES UK'S SECOND LARGEST CABLE TV OPERATOR

    1999-04-09T00:00:00Z

    NTL has overtaken Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) to become the second biggest cable TV operator in the UK, following the completion of its takeover of Diamond Cable.According to figures compiled

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    CWC considers cable merger with Telewest

    1999-04-09T00:00:00Z

    Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has confirmed that it is considering a proposal to merge its cable TV interests with rival operator Telewest in a deal that would leave just two

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    DirecTV set to acquire Primestar

    1999-01-29T00:00:00Z

    US digital satellite TV operator DirecTV is to acquire rival Primestar, reducing the number of players in the satellite market from three to two, writes Claire Atkinson.

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    THE COMMENT PAGE - The opening of Gates to cable

    1999-01-29T00:00:00Z

    A 5 per cent stake in the UK's third largest cable operator does not exactly add up to world domination. Yet NTL's rivals in the British cable market must be feeling