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To prevent this, Telewest instead acquired NTL. The parties completed the merger on 3 March 2006, making the merged company the UK's largest cable-provider, with more than 90% of the market. Once merged, the combined company renamed itself to ntl:Telewest, [4] with ex-NTL shareholders controlling 75% of the stock and ex-Telewest shareholders 25 ...
Telewest purchased the remaining 50% stake in Cable London from NTL in August 1999, adding 0.4 million franchise homes in North London. [8] Telewest merged with Flextech in April 2000, [9] and in November, extended its cable network with the acquisition of Eurobell, taking the total number of homes passed to 4.9 million. [10]
NTL:Telewest's takeover of Virgin Mobile completed on 4 July 2006, creating the UK's first 'quadruple play' media company, offering television, internet, mobile phone and fixed-line telephone services.
March – Telewest and General Cable merge. Telewest also acquires the outstanding interest in Birmingham Cable, adding a further 1.7 million franchise homes in Yorkshire, west London and Birmingham. 19 May – CableTel adopts NTL as its new name. 2 September – The BBC purchases The Parliamentary Channel and relaunches it as BBC Parliament.
In February 2004, nthellworld was renamed Cable Forum in preparation for an NTL - Telewest merger and to shift the emphasis of nthellworld in a positive direction. In October 2005, merger plans were confirmed by ntl and Telewest boards. NTL (Now Virgin Media) provides an official community forum for its customers.
Its origins date from NTL and Telewest, formerly two of the UK's largest cable operators, which merged on 6 March 2006. All NTL:Telewest services were rebranded as Virgin Media in February 2007. Since the acquisition of Smallworld Cable in 2014, Virgin is the sole national cable TV provider in Great Britain. [1]
NTL Incorporated and NTL Internet, later Virgin Media, communications media company NTL Ireland, later Virgin Media Ireland; Arqiva, UK company formerly NTL Broadcast and National Transcommunications Limited
CableHell was an independent consumer lobby group designed by customers of Virgin Media (previously known as NTL/Telewest for Cable TV services in the UK) to discuss issues and create a community where people could submit their own views of the company, and opinions on how to improve products or services.