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NTL Incorporated, branded as ntl:, was a United States-listed British company founded in 1992, which provided cable television, cable internet and fixed-line cable telephone services. While NTL had its headquarters in New York City, the company's activities focused heavily on the United Kingdom, with operational headquarters in Hook, Hampshire.
When Direct-To-Home satellite broadcasting first came to the UK, there was competition between Sky Television and BSB, each which used competing technologies.Sky used the already common PAL picture format, and shared space on the Astra 19.2°E Pan-European cluster of satellites, whereas BSB used D-MAC carrier modulation, a bespoke system designed by the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA).
January – Cable television comes to the Isle of Wight when operator Isle of Wight Cable and Telephone Company launches. The island remains the only part of the UK's cable network not to be owned by Virgin Media. 1 February – NTL launches movie channel The Studio in conjunction with Vivendi Universal. [50] 2002
Eland Cables is a British company headquartered in London, with its principal operations in Yorkshire. [1] The company supplies electrical cables to the energy infrastructure industry in Europe. [2] It specialises in distributing cables used in large civil engineering projects. Its cables are typically used in power and lighting solutions. [3]
British Insulated Callender's Cables (BICC) was a major British cable manufacturer and construction company of the 20th century. It has been renamed after its former subsidiary Balfour Beatty . BICC was created via the merger of two long established cable firms, Callender's Cable & Construction Company and British Insulated Cables , in 1945.
Pace plc was a British company which developed set-top boxes (STBs), advanced residential gateways, software and services for the pay-TV and broadband services industry. Pace's customers included cable, telco, satellite and IPTV operators.
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Premier Farnell Limited is a holding company with numerous subsidiaries in Europe and Asia. [23] The group trades globally under the following names: [24] element14 group. Farnell in the UK and Europe; Farnell export served by other countries; Newark in the United States, Canada and Mexico