[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by richard1960

Yep i agree though i have read that when Rupert wanted to get Sky TV up and going the then govenment led by Margeret Thatcher inserted a clause in the privatisation of BT bill that p revented them from setting up a TV serivce for many years,so gioving leg up to Mr Murdochs plans for Sky tv.

The rest as they say is history the govenment got favourable press and Mr Murdoch got Sky up and running,for him keeping close to those in power paid dividends in the past.

Not so sure that is the case now with the phone hacking scandal.

I thought the clause was to protect cable companies (even thought BT ran a cable network until the late 1990s)