I read an interesting report today that claimed that ntl:Telewest are considering a merger with ITV to try and combat its weakness in content, which has always been a major weakness of UK cable, to strengthen its defence against Sky who are now threatening its broadband business.
I don’t know how realistic this rumour is, but [...]

The Telegraph features a story today, which if true, will really shake up the UK market. It reports that NTL/Telewest, who are currently in the midst of a merger, are due to announce tomorrow another merger with Virgin Mobile creating an entertainment and communications giant worth £4.5bn and with more than 9m customers. [...]

In a not very suprising move BSkyB today said that they are looking at adding new pay-TV services, and that it may eventually move to a hybrid platform of satellite and broadband delivery. Analysts have noted that BSkyB rents rather than owns satellite capacity, so it could move towards Internet distribution over time.
“New Ethernet [...]

In response to ntl and Telewest launching VoD services, Sky has just extended its online content to also include movies on demand.
Over 200 movies will be available for download and in the future there will also be a dedicated personal media player.
It will be interesting to see how Sky’s responds to the cable companies VoD [...]