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Originally Posted by Chris
AFAIK the exclusive regional franchises no longer exist - that may have been a condition at some point in the past when the cablecos began to merge. I believe that any company can start a cable network wherever it likes these days, provided they get whatever local planning consent they need.
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In 1994, Videotron wanted to cable Westminster,they couldn't because Westminster Cable TV owned by BT already had a licence, therefore they could only build a telephone network and was planned to provide IPTV and broadband.
I once heard that in North Wales somewhere, someone took over the local Rediffusion network there and started to provide there own Analogue tv service, this went on through the 90's and I think it closed not long ago