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The main purpose of the Rediffusion and other similar cable networks was to provide people with decent TV reception in those times, as the idea of commercialising and free enterprise came about, additional pay-tv channels sprung up. I don't think that system could be modernised to be honest which is why the previous owners of Rediffusion abandoned it, same with Aberdeen Cable and the BT Cable networks, which can be upgraded to the full modern standard people expect from 21st century cable network but nobody seems willing to put there hands in there pockets and pay for it.

The Rediffusion sockets and cabling as well as cabinets by blocks of flats are still present in Holborn,Central London although in a dilapidated state. Cable London, a joint venture between Comcast and Telewest cabled the area and began services in 1991 with the rest of Camden between 1993 and 1995 and the old rediffusion system was forgotten about.