[Tristan]

Hopefully the Langley CR3 rollout will begin in March. I would be surprised if there were any major e-TV developments immediately, however. The BBCi stuff that Bromley have is likely to be available, but probably not much more until NTL have made sure all their stuff is working correctly. Don't forget, Langley CR3 is a very big deal.

When a red-button service is launched on the Sky channels, I think it's unlikely that there will be a lot of fanfare. That doesn't seem to be NTL's style, so far at least. Having said that, it's possible that they haven't promoted these things thus far for fear of agravating Langley customers, the vast majority of whom won't know or understand why the 'NTL' customer in the next town can have Wimbledon interactive but they can't.

I would also be very surprised if the red-button content for Sky channels was equal to that available on Sky Digital. There are a great many issues between the two companies regarding carriage -- why would Sky be willing to pay for bandwidth for all the Sky News streams, when the only people to benefit will be their main rival's customers? In my opinion this is yet another reason why Sky's content and supply divisions should be separated by the regulator, but that's a side issue...