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Originally Posted by andygrif
BT are in a far stronger position to do this than ntl. They already have relationships with many large content providers (News Corp is far better freinds with BT than the cablecos) BT also has a rather large stake in YesTV, which is in effect doing what you talk about above, and they have a little thing called money, which is quite important when it comes to digging roads up again.
To be fair, ntl have been aware of this for some time (there was always a time when BT were not allowed by law to enter the TV market) and they have tried to position themselves as an all-rounder offering a strong (sometimes) broadband offer. Of course BT will be like-for-like with the cablecos when they enter the DTV market.
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I think Bt will be in a very strong position, and will probably end up taking the lead in this market.
BT have the ability to upgrade their infrastructure while ntl are battling to keep their heads above water, BT went through the restructuring and redundancy phase years ago, ntl are still not out of this cost cutting phase so they are in no position to compete.
BT could now take advantage of the situation, I always thought they were guilty of sitting back and doing nothing but nows their chance to take the market by storm.