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**Chris** · 22-01-2009, 19:30

Prior to the merger, when this stake was owned by Telewest, senior NTL executives were known to want to get shot of them. It was a sticking point in the merger talks for a while, IIRC. I think the difficulty in getting a reasonable price for them at the time is the only reason they are still part of VM now.

22-01-2009, 19:30	#4
Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,146	Re: BBC and Channel 4 in talks to buy Virgin Media's UKTV stake Prior to the merger, when this stake was owned by Telewest, senior NTL executives were known to want to get shot of them. It was a sticking point in the merger talks for a while, IIRC. I think the difficulty in getting a reasonable price for them at the time is the only reason they are still part of VM now.