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Originally Posted by m419
Videotron (acquired by Bellcable Media)
Nynex (Merged with Bellcable Media)
BellCable Media (Acquired by Cable and Wireless)
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As far as I recall C&W bought Videotron and Nynex directly. They weren't previously merged with BCM.
From these two articles Videotron was announced for sale in Feb 1996
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/bu...s-1317923.html
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Videotron is to sell its entire investment in the ailing UK cable market, in a move that heralds the start of a long-awaited industry consolidation, writes Mathew Horsman.
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and then announced as bought by C&W in October of the same year. Can't see BCM being able to clear a takeover in that time
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/bu...p-1359751.html
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The most significant restructuring of the UK telecommunications industry since the advent of competition five years ago was unveiled by Cable & Wireless yesterday with a pounds 5bn deal to merge its British subsidiary, Mercury, with three of the largest cable operators, Nynex CableComms, Bell Cablemedia and Videotron.
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