Telecential
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Telecential was a cable TV provider based in Hemel Hempstead and ran one of the first community based TV stations in West Herts TV. Telecential also began the development of the 1990s cable TV network in Reading, Berkshire.
As the UK Cable TV industry consolidated:-
- Telecential were bought by Comtel with its HQ in Wokingham
- Comtel were bought by Cabletel with its HQ in Hook, North Hampshire
- Cabletel rebranded as NTL
- NTL merged with Telewest branded as ntl: Telewest
- ntl: Telewest bought Virgin Mobile and re-branded as Virgin Media
