ntlwest ?

**Paul** · 08-01-2005, 11:50

Okay so it probably won't be called this, but the current "speculation" is that ntl & TW will announce the worst kept secret in the world when the sale of the Broadcast Division has finally been completed. This is expected to sometime in Q1 2005, with the actual joining in Q4 (i.e. by the end of the year). ntl will be the senior 'partner' of the new ntl-telewest, basically controlling the new company.

What this will mean in real terms is obviously not very clear atm - but again the "speculation" is that there will be a lot of redundancies as TW is considered to be over-manned at the moment.

Tristan · 08-01-2005, 13:26

Whilst I have every sympathy for those at both NTL and TW who will inevitably be made redundant as a result of this, it can't happen soon enough IMO.

As to the name, I think it's most likely Telewest would "become" NTL. However I wouldn't rule out some sort of expensive rebranding and renaming of the whole company, to try and remove any negative connotations that have been associated with both NTL and Telewest in the past.

Stuart · 08-01-2005, 13:38

National TeleWest Limited (NTWL)?

poolking · 08-01-2005, 13:49

It won't bother me much on the TV side, having sky installed on Wednesday.

quadplay · 08-01-2005, 16:35

I'd imaging something with far more marketing-speak... How about cable.uk - with appropriate colouring and font, of course!

Tristan · 08-01-2005, 16:41

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Originally Posted by jimbo

I'd imaging something with far more marketing-speak... How about cable.uk - with appropriate colouring and font, of course!

That's a pretty good one, actually

Claim the copyright to it, quick -- you could make a packet

quadplay · 08-01-2005, 16:44

I've been thinking of registering the domain name "cable.uk.com" - but those uk.com ones are expensive!

EDIT: D'oh! And now it's gone!

ian@huth · 08-01-2005, 17:19

Slightly off topic but who do you think owns www.nthell.co.uk

andrew_wallasey · 08-01-2005, 17:22

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Originally Posted by ianathuth

Slightly off topic but who do you think owns www.nthell.co.uk

Well it goes to Telewest, lol.

rnb14 · 08-01-2005, 18:35

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Originally Posted by Tristan

As to the name, I think it's most likely Telewest would "become" NTL. However I wouldn't rule out some sort of expensive rebranding and renaming of the whole company, to try and remove any negative connotations that have been associated with both NTL and Telewest in the past.

Personally, I'd would rather have Telewest take over the consumer department or if it came to the worst, a 50:50 share would be fine. But it sounds like it will be a 60:40 power share: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/s...368697,00.html

bigcat · 20-01-2005, 12:47

Huff Cable

injuneer · 25-01-2005, 12:26

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Originally Posted by bigcat

Huff Cable

I read an article about Huff in the Sunday Times (I think) and it said he would probably sell a merged NTL/Telewest to a large American Cable Corp such as Comcast !!! That's what he does, buys up companies in difficulty attacks them with an axe to make them profitable then sells them on for a large profit.

tomjleeds · 25-01-2005, 14:35

Personally, I think they'd be best off ditching both names and calling the newly-merged company something along the lines of 'Cable UK'. We already have satellite TV referred to simply as 'Sky', why not just call the only real cable company 'Cable'?

injuneer · 25-01-2005, 14:39

This is the article in the times, "William R Huff is ..... the cable guy"

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...441903,00.html

quadplay · 25-01-2005, 14:41

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Originally Posted by tomjleeds

Personally, I think they'd be best off ditching both names and calling the newly-merged company something along the lines of 'Cable UK'. We already have satellite TV referred to simply as 'Sky', why not just call the only real cable company 'Cable'?

*cough*

*looks up to post #5*