Cable at the crossroads

Article Abstract:

The British cable industry is likely to continue to suffer amidst the growing popularity of its competitors, satellite stations and telephone networks. Television programme producers and telephone communications service providers are not tending towards the use of cable networks even though they are currently operating a nationwide advertising campaign to market their product. Cable operators can not keep up with the rapid growth of new satellite stations and the industry is behind in terms of providing the necessary technology for digital compression usage.

Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Telephone Communications, Industry Overview, Forecasts and trends, Telephone services, Technical communication, Communication of technical information

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High price of digital transfer

Article Abstract:

The UK's cable television companies have decided to place an order for digital set-top boxes, thus beating BSkyB. However, the question of the costs of switching to digital technology remains to be resolved. BSkyB will be able to rely on a contribution of 200 pounds sterling from each subscriber towards the cost of digital equipment, but this will not be the case for the cable companies. All the competing cable networks will have to bear the cost of upgrading, but may only gain a small part of the increased demand.

Cable Television Systems, Economic aspects, Finance, Column, Cable television broadcasting industry, Digital television

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The BT story: dual track for TV and telephony

Article Abstract:

British Telecommunications PLC adopted a dual approach in the 1980's when cable television was first introduced into Britain. Sir George Jefferson wanted to ensure that the company would dominate the optical network and created business partnerships for this purpose. Sir Iain Vallance did not want to pursue this direction when he succeeded Jefferson because he believed that the company should control the services as well as the network and promoted satellite instead.

Telecommunications, Nonferrous wiredrawing & insulating, Fiber Optics Cable, Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing, Management, Usage, British Telecommunications PLC, Cables, Fiber optic cables

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