...And Virgin Media has already been mortgaged once...
Eitherway, Ive found this today, regarding the Gemstar thing.
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Gemstar, a Nasdaq-listed firm 41% owned by News Corp, said it was seeking a high court injunction to prevent Virgin handing out any new set-top boxes, since Gemstar claims the boxes infringe its patents. Virgin, in which Sir Richard Branson's business is a big shareholder, dismissed the action as opportunistic.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008...rss&feed=media
So they want an injunction to STOP VM distributing Set Top Boxes, effectively blobking them from getting new TV Customers.
Now, all of a sudden, it sounds like a proper News Corp. Dirty Tactic.
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Also, the big Bandwidth debate goes on, with Virgin Media stating that;
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...download services such as iPlayer are a sign of increasing demand for higher bandwidth speeds and said it will continue to improve its network to cope.
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Other quotes from BT and Tiscali are here:
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbi...ge_top+stories
Aparently Tiscali cant cope with the demand, but BT arent complaining, with the hint being dropped that BT are going to start traffic shaping customers.
Also, there is a little bit that says the BBC iPlayer will be added to our TV Service, and it wont impact the Broadband Bandwidth (much).