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{{Short description|Former British telecommunications company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{One source|date=May 2011}}
{{One source|date=May 2011}}
{{Infobox company
{{Infobox company
| name = Cambridge Cable Ltd.
| name = Cambridge Cable Ltd.
| logo = [[File:Cambridge cable ltd group of companies logo.png]]
| logo = Cambridge cable ltd group of companies logo.png
| caption =
| caption =
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| fate = Acquired
| fate = Acquired
| successor = [[NTL:Telewest|NTL]]<br />(now [[Virgin Media]])
| successor = [[NTL Incorporated|NTL]]
| foundation = [[Cambridge]], UK ({{Start date|1988|05|20}})
| foundation = [[Cambridge]], UK ({{Start date|df=y|1988|05|20}})
| location_city = [[Cambridge]]
| location_city = [[Cambridge]]
| location_country = UK
| location_country = UK
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| industry = [[Telecommunication]]s
| industry = [[Telecommunication]]s
| services = [[Digital television]]
| services = [[Digital television]]
| homepage = {{URL|camcable.co.uk}}
| intl = yes
}}
}}
'''Cambridge Cable Ltd.''' was a [[Private company limited by guarantee|limited company]] engaged in the provision of early [[video on demand]]. It provided cable infrastructure in the UK as part of the [[Cambridge Digital Interactive Television Trial]] (Cambridge iTV trial/Cambridge Cable Project).<ref>
'''Cambridge Cable Ltd.''' was a [[Private company limited by guarantee|limited company]] engaged in the provision of early [[video on demand]]. It provided cable infrastructure in the UK as part of the [[Cambridge Digital Interactive Television Trial]] (Cambridge iTV trial/Cambridge Cable Project).<ref>
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| last = Wallis
| last = Wallis
| first = Anna
| first = Anna
| date = 1995-11
| date = November 1995
| work = TUANZ TOPICS
| work = TUANZ TOPICS
| publisher = [[TUANZ]]
| publisher = [[TUANZ]]
| archiveurl = http://replay.web.archive.org/19991001155820/http://tuanz.org.nz/on-line/topics/issues/issue0510/intervw.html
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19991001155820/http://tuanz.org.nz/on-line/topics/issues/issue0510/intervw.html
| archivedate = 1999-10-01
| archivedate = 1999-10-01
| quote = [...]Cambridge Cable is the cable provider.
| quote = [...]Cambridge Cable is the cable provider.
}}
}}
</ref><ref name="Cawkell2004">{{cite book|author=Tony Cawkell|title=The Multimedia Handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j4JjoLzoJLQC&pg=PA240|date=18 May 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-203-39837-1|pages=240}}</ref><ref name="ijtip ford garnsey 20070301">{{cite journal | url=http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/uploads/Research/CTM/Resources/ford_failing_to_disrupt.pdf | title=Failing to disrupt: the case of the Network Computer | author=Ford, Simon |author2=Garnsey, Elizabeth | journal=[[International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning]] | year=2007 | volume=3 | issue=1 | pages=6–23 | doi=10.1504/IJTIP.2007.013035}}</ref>
</ref> It was subsequently acquired by [[NTL:Telewest|NTL]].


== History ==
== History ==


It was founded in 1988 by three Cambridge businessmen as a cable television and communications company. In June 1989, the company was awarded the cable television franchise for the city of Cambridge and the surrounding area, and in July 1990 was granted licence by the [[Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom)|DTI]] to operate a public telecommunications service and distribute television channels via its underground cable network.
The company was founded in 1988 and by 1996 was fully owned by [[Comcast]].<ref>

Cambridge Cable's inaugural service commenced in July 1991 with a cable television service; the company's public telephone service launched in September 1992.

The company gained financial and operational backing from [[Comcast Corporation]], a major cable television network operator in the United States, and [[Singapore Telecom]], the public telecommunications operator in Singapore. By 1996, it was fully owned by [[Comcast]].<ref>
{{cite web
{{cite web
| url = http://www.camcable.co.uk/whoarewe.html
| url = http://www.camcable.co.uk/whoarewe.html
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| accessdate = 2011-04-28
| accessdate = 2011-04-28
| publisher = Cambridge Cable
| publisher = Cambridge Cable
| archiveurl = http://replay.web.archive.org/19961031054135/http://www.camcable.co.uk/whoarewe.html
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19961031054135/http://www.camcable.co.uk/whoarewe.html
| archivedate = 1996-10-31
| archivedate = 1996-10-31
| quote = Comcast Corporation [...] currently holds a 100% ownership interest in Cambridge Cable Holdings.
| quote = Comcast Corporation [...] currently holds a 100% ownership interest in Cambridge Cable Holdings.
}}
}}
</ref>
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</ref> It operated franchises under the names '''Cambridge Cable''', '''Anglia Cable''', '''East Coast Cable''' and '''Southern East Anglia Cable'''.<ref>

With its backing from Comcast, purchased Stort Valley Cable Limited and was awarded the franchise for Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Sawbridgeworth in November 1992, its services were provided under the name of Anglia Cable Communications.

Late 1993 saw services started in the company's East Coast Cable franchise with subscribers in [[Colchester]] added first; network build throughout Colchester, then Ipswich and, later, Felixstowe followed.
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[[File:Cambridge cable ltd franchise map 1997.png|thumb|left|280px|alt=Franchise map showing areas served by Anglia Cable, Southern East Anglia Cable, Cambridge Cable and East Coast Cable|Franchise map (dated 1997)]]
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On 2 June 1999, the Cambridge Cable Group, as it by then had become known, became part of [[NTL Incorporated|NTL]]'s growing portfolio, having operated franchises under the names '''Cambridge Cable''', '''Anglia Cable''', '''East Coast Cable''' and '''Southern East Anglia Cable'''.<ref>
{{cite web
{{cite web
| url = http://www.camcable.co.uk/franchis.html
| url = http://www.camcable.co.uk/franchis.html
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| accessdate = 2011-04-28
| accessdate = 2011-04-28
| publisher = Cambridge Cable
| publisher = Cambridge Cable
| archiveurl = http://replay.web.archive.org/19970128112251/http://www.camcable.co.uk/franchis.html
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970128112251/http://www.camcable.co.uk/franchis.html
| archivedate = 1997-01-28
| archivedate = 1997-01-28
}}
}}
</ref>
</ref> It was acquired by NTL in 1998.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}

The company and its network is now part of [[Virgin Media]].

{{clear}}




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[[File:Cambridge cable ltd franchise map 1997.png|thumb|none|280px|alt=Franchise map showing areas served by Anglia Cable, Southern East Anglia Cable, Cambridge Cable and East Coast Cable|Franchise map (dated 1997)]]


== See also ==
== See also ==
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[[Category:Companies based in Cambridge]]
[[Category:Companies based in Cambridge]]
[[Category:Telecommunications companies of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Defunct telecommunications companies of the United Kingdom]]

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Latest revision as of 03:18, 14 February 2024

Cambridge Cable Ltd.
Company typePrivate
IndustryTelecommunications
FoundedCambridge, UK (20 May 1988 (1988-05-20))
FateAcquired
SuccessorNTL
Headquarters
Cambridge
,
UK
Area served
Cambridge, South Cambridgeshire, East Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Forest Heath, Uttlesford, North Hertfordshire
ServicesDigital television

Cambridge Cable Ltd. was a limited company engaged in the provision of early video on demand. It provided cable infrastructure in the UK as part of the Cambridge Digital Interactive Television Trial (Cambridge iTV trial/Cambridge Cable Project).[1][2][3]

History[edit]

It was founded in 1988 by three Cambridge businessmen as a cable television and communications company. In June 1989, the company was awarded the cable television franchise for the city of Cambridge and the surrounding area, and in July 1990 was granted licence by the DTI to operate a public telecommunications service and distribute television channels via its underground cable network.

Cambridge Cable's inaugural service commenced in July 1991 with a cable television service; the company's public telephone service launched in September 1992.

The company gained financial and operational backing from Comcast Corporation, a major cable television network operator in the United States, and Singapore Telecom, the public telecommunications operator in Singapore. By 1996, it was fully owned by Comcast.[4]

With its backing from Comcast, purchased Stort Valley Cable Limited and was awarded the franchise for Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Sawbridgeworth in November 1992, its services were provided under the name of Anglia Cable Communications.

Late 1993 saw services started in the company's East Coast Cable franchise with subscribers in Colchester added first; network build throughout Colchester, then Ipswich and, later, Felixstowe followed.

Franchise map showing areas served by Anglia Cable, Southern East Anglia Cable, Cambridge Cable and East Coast Cable
Franchise map (dated 1997)

On 2 June 1999, the Cambridge Cable Group, as it by then had become known, became part of NTL's growing portfolio, having operated franchises under the names Cambridge Cable, Anglia Cable, East Coast Cable and Southern East Anglia Cable.[5]

The company and its network is now part of Virgin Media.



See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Wallis, Anna (November 1995). "Cambridge Corners the Future in Networking". TUANZ TOPICS. TUANZ. Archived from the original on 1 October 1999. Retrieved 28 April 2011. [...]Cambridge Cable is the cable provider.
  2. ^ Tony Cawkell (18 May 2004). The Multimedia Handbook. Routledge. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-203-39837-1.
  3. ^ Ford, Simon; Garnsey, Elizabeth (2007). "Failing to disrupt: the case of the Network Computer" (PDF). International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning. 3 (1): 6–23. doi:10.1504/IJTIP.2007.013035.
  4. ^ "About the Group". Cambridge Cable. Archived from the original on 31 October 1996. Retrieved 28 April 2011. Comcast Corporation [...] currently holds a 100% ownership interest in Cambridge Cable Holdings.
  5. ^ "Enquiries". Cambridge Cable. Archived from the original on 28 January 1997. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
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