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Originally Posted by Alan Fry
I thought the clause was to protect cable companies (even thought BT ran a cable network until the late 1990s)
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The clause was more benefical to Rupert Murdoch as the cable companies were going to be deep in debt from getting the infrastructure up and running.
The only competition he might have got in the early days was from BT who would have had the cash,but were prevented from operating a TV service.