Thread: Where Now For UK Cable?
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Old 03-05-2006, 16:40   #43
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Re: Where Now For UK Cable?
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Originally Posted by Chris T
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Originally Posted by Stuart C
Actually, that's not true. Not all content on VOD is charged, and Sky's broadband is only free if you take movies or sports channels.

Sky have several advantages over UK Cable, which allow them to innovate more easily.<snip>
And Cable has one killer advantage that it is sadly failing to exploit - a broadband return path.

Cable interactive services should knock $ky into a cocked hat, but they don't. NTL's interactive shortcomings have been rehearsed on this forum ad infinitum so I will refrain from doing so again, but you know of what I speak ...
True, NTL's interactive services do lead an awful lot to be desired. However, I don't think that is *entirely* NTL's fault. I think the broadcasters have a lot to answer for there.
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