NTL Incorporated
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| Industry | Cable Communications |
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| Fate | Merged with Telewest |
| Successor | Virgin Media |
| Founded | September 27, 1992 |
| Defunct | March 5, 2006 |
| Headquarters | Corporate: New York, NY, USA Operational: Hook, Hampshire, UK |
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Key people
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James Mooney, Chairman Stephen Burch, Chief Executive Jacques Kerrest Chief Financial Officer |
| Products |
Cable television Broadband Telephone Mobile phone |
| Revenue | $6.10 billion (2005) |
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Number of employees
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22,500 (2005) |
| Website | (Via Wayback Machine) http://www.ntl.com |
NTL Incorporated, branded as ntl:, was a U.S.-listed British company founded in 1992, which provided cable television, cable internet and fixed-line cable telephone services. While NTL had its headquarters in New York City, the company's activities focused heavily on the United Kingdom, with operational headquarters in Hook, Hampshire.
NTL became the dominant cable operator in the United Kingdom, controlling more than 90% of the market. NTL also produced content through its Flextech subsidiary. In 2005 residential services generated 78% of NTL's revenue, and business services 22%.
In March 2006, NTL merged with fellow cable telecom company Telewest, and created 'NTL:Telewest', which then also merged with Virgin Mobile UK and Virgin.net in June 2006, creating the UK's first "quadruple play" telecom provider, offering television, internet, landline phone and mobile phone services. In February 2007, NTL:Telewest was rebranded as Virgin Media.
Barclay Knapp and George Blumenthal, the founders of the cellular network company Cellular Communications, Inc. (sold to Airtouch in 1996), established International CableTel in 1993. They founded CableTel to take advantage of the deregulation of the UK cable market. Initially, Cabletel acquired local cable franchises covering Guildford and parts of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. In 1996 CableTel acquired National Transcommunications Limited (NTL), the privatised UK Independent Broadcasting Authority transmission-network. In 1998 CableTel adopted "NTL" as its new name.
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