TITLE

Telewest digital rises

PUB. DATE

January 2001

SOURCE

Daily Variety;01/31/2001, Vol. 270 Issue 43, p16

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports on Telewest's projection that it will hit 500,000 digital television subscribers in Great Britain by March 2001. Number of subscribers that the British cabler had at the end of December 2000; Subscriber base of cable company NTL and satcaster BSkyB.

ACCESSION #

4064187

 

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