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	Telewest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Telewest and NTL are to combine their advertising sales activities in order to offer a one-stop shop for companies looking to advertise on cable TV, and further alliances are being considered in the procurement of goods and services.
		Telewest Communications is negotiating a new deal with Flextech in which it will take a 50% share of revenues from a new package of Flextech TV channels, and will no longer be required to supply the channels to a minimum percentage of its cable subscribers.
		Telewest is blaming BSkyB's price increases for a fall in the number of people renewing their subscriptions to cable TV, and is now planning to launch a low-cost television and TV package as well as a separate channel with programmes supplied by Flextech.
	www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk /telewest.htm (1647 words)

	CNN.com - Telewest close to debt deal - August 1, 2002
		Telewest is expected to follow its British rival NTL and swap some of its debt for shares in the group, which would essentially hand over control of Telewest to its bondholders.
		If Telewest and NTL are able to resolve their debt problems, analysts expect the two cable companies to merge operations.
		Telewest (TWT) shares were flat at 1.98 pence in mid-morning London trading on Thursday.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/BUSINESS/08/01/telewest/index.html (376 words)

	Server Family Success Stories - Telewest Communications
		Telewest was the largest cable television company in the United Kingdom until the recent merger of three of its smaller competitors.
		Telewest is also preparing for the arrival of digital television in the UK.
		Telewest is running two Sun Enterprise 450 servers in the central control facility, one in production and one for development.
	www.sun.com /servers/success-stories/telewest.html (1146 words)

	BBC News \| BUSINESS \| Microsoft retreats from Telewest
		Telewest recently said it was cutting 1,500 jobs as part of efforts to trim costs by £50m ($73m) over the next year.
		Telewest shares are slumped near all-time lows, down more than 98% on their tech boom peak.
		Telewest said Microsoft had on Tuesday informed it of its intention to withdraw Henry Vigil, Salman Ullah and Dennis Durkin from its board with effect from Wednesday.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/1988856.stm (403 words)

	CNN.com - Telewest second-quarter loss widens on debt payments - Aug. 2, 2001
		Telewest said it had net debt of £4.79 billion at June 30, up from £4.56 billion at the end of the previous quarter.
		Telewest, which is 25.2 percent owned by U.S. programming giant Liberty Media (LMG: Research, Estimates) and 24 percent by Microsoft (MSFT: Research, Estimates), has seen its share price drop by almost a third this year amid concerns it may not have enough money to expand.
		Telewest competes in the cable business with the bigger NTL (NTLI: Research, Estimates), a New York-listed company, while British Sky Broadcasting (BSY) and ITV Digital are other rivals in the pay-TV arena and British Telecommunnications (BT-A) heads the competition in the martket for UK telephone services.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/08/02/telewest (497 words)

	News @ Cisco: Telewest Accelerates Next Generation Network Evolution with Cisco IP Technology
		In addition to rationalizing the transport of all services onto one IP network, Telewest is simplifying the network by converging layer 2 and layer 3 switching infrastructures, resulting in cost savings, accelerated network upgrades and greater flexibility to add new services.
		Telewest is upgrading 14 regional head-ends and 64 hub sites to Gigabit Ethernet, using Cisco 7609 Series routers at its regional head-ends and hub sites, with integrated Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) pluggable optics, to provide a highly-resilient dual 10Gbps capacity network to support its distributed TVOD service deployment.
		Telewest, the UK broadband communications and media group, currently passes and markets to 4.7 million homes and provides multi-channel television, telephone and internet services to 1.8 million residential customers and 3.78 million revenue generating units.
	newsroom.cisco.com /dlls/2005/prod_061505.html (611 words)

	RTE Business - Microsoft directors quit Telewest board
		Telewest is saddled with £5.3 billion sterling of debt, amassed during the telecoms and media acquisition frenzy, and its shares have collapsed on fears that it may have to do an 'NTL' - handing over control to its bondholders.
		Liberty Media is Telewest's other main shareholder, with a quarter of the firm, and the US-based cable group is widely expected to bid for all of Telewest eventually as part of its plans for European expansion.
		Telewest has discussed its financing options with its major shareholders, but insists that a debt restructuring is unnecessary as long as it continues to meet financial targets.
	www.rte.ie /business/2002/0515/telewest.html (288 words)

	HDTV UK: Telewest TVDrive Vs Sky+ 160 review
		Telewest has taken a different option and is allowing users to rent the box for £10-15 per month depending on which tariff the subscriber is on.
		Telewest claims that as the box is rented it is easier/cheaper for users to upgrade to future boxes.
		Telewest told me to set the resolution to the lower level instead of 1080 as this is progressive and therefore better quality.
	www.hdtvuk.tv /2005/12/telewest_tvdriv.html (2895 words)

	Giddy: Case study: NTL-Telewest
		NTL and Telewest both own cable, broadband and telephone businesses that were created through purchases of smaller companies over the last decade.
		NTL and Telewest have been struggling separately to stave off competition from pay television channels, particularly British Sky Broadcasting, which is controlled by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.
		Telewest was advised by Deutsche Bank and Rothschild, NTL was advised by Goldman Sachs.
	pages.stern.nyu.edu /~igiddy/cases/ntl-telewest.htm (594 words)

	SofaYoda: Cable: NTL, Telewest, HomeChoice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		NTL and Telewest announced their Q4 2005 results jointly today, with Telewest emerging as the stronger performer of the pair.
		Telewest customers have long been awaiting something similar to the excellent Sky+ service, however whilst the rumours have been rife as to what they will be getting and when, either way it's been a long time coming.
		That wait however is finally over with today's launch of the Telewest TVDrive and interestingly enough not to much fanfare if their lack of TV slots and mailshots is to be taken at face value.
	www.sofayoda.com /cable_ntl_telewest_homechoice (2363 words)

	Telewest Broadband
		Telewest, the broadband communications and media group, currently passes and markets to 4.7 million homes and provides multi-channel television, telephone and internet services to 1.77 million residential customers and 3.54 million revenue generating units.
		Telewest broadband internet is a high speed connection to the internet which is always on.
		Telewest up to 4Mb is nearly three times faster than standard broadband Internet and up to 70x faster than a dial up connection.
	www.broadband-essentials.co.uk /telewest-broadband.htm (742 words)

	100Mbps broadband a reality by 2007 - ZDNet UK
		Telewest is hoping to launch a service based on DOCSIS 3 middleware — which will allow download speeds between 50Mbps and 100Mbps by the end of 2006.
		Telewest is upgrading all of its blueyonder broadband packages, with the 'elite' service being boosted from 4Mbps to 10Mbps.
		Telewest plans to be competitive by offering 10Mbps purely for Internet access, and running digital TV and video-on-demand services over a different part of their cable network.
	news.zdnet.co.uk /communications/0,1000000085,39220762,00.htm (516 words)

	Telewest loss widens - Mar. 23, 2000
		Telewest, which expects to complete its acquisition of TV programming company Flextech in April, said its loss increased to £481 million ($759 million), or 21.9 pence a share, from £312.5 million, or 17.8 pence a share, the previous year.
		Telewest, the U.K.'s second-largest cable operator after Nasdaq-listed NTL (NTLI: Research, Estimates), also launched interactive TV services.
		Telewest also said it has a stake in a new joint venture with Andersen Consulting to give it direct access to broadband technology, as the company plans to offer multi-media content without the frustration of slow dial-up services.
	money.cnn.com /2000/03/23/europe/telewest (375 words)

	Telewest and Us...Or, What Part of NO, Didn't You Understand?
		Telewest filed their UK trademark application with the full knowledge that it infringed Our Trademark Rights.
		Telewest decided to use our identity with the full knowledge of the extremely negative affect it would have on us.
		Everyone from Telewest who contacted us was made aware of our long running use of the name, and that it's use in business afforded us trademark protection.
	www.blueyonder.com /tw/telewest.html (796 words)

	TELEWEST GLOBAL INC - TLWT Unscheduled Material Events (8-K) ITEM 3. BANKRUPTCY OR RECEIVERSHIP
		Following completion of Telewest's financial restructuring, Telewest and Telewest Jersey are expected to be placed in solvent liquidation by their respective shareholders.
		In connection with Telewest's financial restructuring, Telewest Global is expected to issue 245,000,000 shares of common stock for distribution by an escrow agent in accordance with the Schemes.
		Information as to the assets and liabilities of Telewest as of the most recent practicable date prior to the sanction of the Schemes is contained in Telewest's report on Form 6-K which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 18, 2004, and is incorporated by reference herein.
	sec.edgar-online.com /2004/07/06/0000895345-04-000476/section2.asp (737 words)

	WebWire® \| Telewest Broadband Lines Up New Box of TV Tricks
		Eric Tveter added: "Telewest Broadband’s unique combination of personal video recorder and television-on-demand services will mean our customers have the best of both worlds -- freedom from the TV schedule with PVR control, and on-demand access to a wider selection of movies and TV content.
		Telewest, the broadband communications and media group, currently passes and markets to 4.7 million homes and provides multi-channel television, telephone and internet services to 1.76 million residential customers.
		High-resolution Telewest Broadband images are available for the media to view and download free of charge from www.vismedia.co.uk.
	www.webwire.com /ViewPressRel.asp?aId=1127 (497 words)

	Telewest Broadband E-Billing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This service is the simple and secure way to view and pay for all your Telewest services via the Internet.
		To ensure the privacy of your information Telewest encrypts data on this web-site, making it safe from fraud and hacking.
		Telewest uses 128 bit SSL encryption...Want to find out more?
	ebill.telewest.co.uk /twebpp/MainPage.jsp (190 words)

	Telewest Broadband E-Billing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The security of personal and credit card information is of a highest priority and Telewest uses the latest security technology from Versign to ensure that both payment information and personal details are encrypted for safe use over the Internet.
		Telewest uses 128 bit SSL encryption which is by far the most secure method available today for secure online e-commerce transactions.
		We also recommend that you either upgrade your browser to the latest available as the later browsers have the most up-to-date encryption capabilities or alternatively upgrade your current browser strength to 128 bit as this will ensure compatability with the Telewest eblling service.
	ebill.telewest.co.uk /twebpp/PayItSafe.jsp (250 words)

	Telewest announces 10 meg broadband \| The Register
		Telewest is following the lead of NTL by increasing broadband access speeds to 10 meg.
		Once completed, punters currently hooked up to Telewest's entry-level 512K service will see their speed increased to 2 meg.
		It plans to give all its punters 10 meg broadband but they are to be charged for how much they use.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2005/08/11/telewest_broadband (376 words)

	wongaBlog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		I can’t find anything about this on the normal forums, and neither NTL nor Telewest are reporting problems via their status pages.
		It wasn’t NTL / Telewest at all - we have a centrally controlled firewall, and I updated the rules a few days ago.
		Telewest Teleport should be implemented just as I move out, and there’s no cable at the flat.
	wongablog.co.uk /tag/telewest (1098 words)

	NTL values Telewest at $6 billion - Technology - International Herald Tribune
		NTL and Telewest both own cable, Internet and telephone businesses that were created through purchases of smaller companies over the past decade.
		NTL and Telewest have been struggling separately to stave off competition from pay-television channels, particularly BSkyB, which is controlled by News Corp. Together, the two expect to reap £1.5 billion, or $2.6 billion, in savings, at a rate of £250 million a year, by 2008.
		Together, NTL and Telewest would be capable of covering more than 50 percent of British households and have more than five million residential customers.
	www.iht.com /articles/2005/10/03/business/telewest.php (406 words)

	Telewest blueyonder broadband. Cable broadband deals from Telewest
		Telewest blueyonder offers a fast cable broadband service to select parts of the UK.
		Telewest customers can look forward to a feast of football in stunning high definition (HDTV), thanks to new agreements with ITV and the BBC which mean every World Cup match will be available in the crystal clear broadcast format.
		A growing band of tech-savvy over-50s are no longer relying solely on their pension for a happy retirement, but surfing the web to boost their income by up to £1,000 a year*.
	www.broadband-123.co.uk /broadband_provider/telewest_broadband.html (628 words)

	NOVELL CUSTOMER SHOWCASE: Telewest
		Telewest is divided into three key business units: Consumer Division, Business Division, and Content Division.
		Excelerator also provides Telewest the perfect platform for delivering value-added services to its employees, including content filtering, rich media distribution and delivery, and secure network enablement.
		Overall, Telewest has been extremely pleased with the benefits delivered by Excelerator, as well as the relationship it has enjoyed with Volera.
	www.novell.com /success/telewest.html (609 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| NTL seals $6bn Telewest takeover
		Although NTL and Telewest's operations are focused in the UK, shares in both companies are traded in New York.
		Telewest have a better service for broadband and their customer support, I have been told, is pretty good too.
		This merger between NTL and Telewest has been mooted for years, and if it is value-enhancing now it just shows how shamefully slow this move has been for shareholders wiped out by the financial manoeuvrings of these two companies.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/4304008.stm (930 words)

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