Swindon Cable was the UK's first commercial cable TV franchise. It was originally set up by Thorn Ltd as Radio Rentals Cable Television; the local company...
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Swindon (/ˈswɪndən/ ) is a town in Wiltshire, England. At the time of the 2021 Census the population of the built-up area was 183,638, making it the largest...
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the timeline covers Virgin Media. 1928 The foundations for cable television are laid in Swindon when a company called Radio Relay starts transmitting two...
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the number of cable households throughout Europe able to see the channel. Shortly after the relaunch, Swindon Cable became the first cable system in the...
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The history of Swindon Town F.C. stretches back to 1881 and earlier; the club has won League, National and International competitions in its history and...
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community cable television channels. The first to launch is Greenwich Cablevision. 1973 Sheffield Cablevision, The Bristol Channel and Swindon Viewpoint...
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experimental cable TV phase, its main phase in the 1970s and 1980s, its 1990s low key phase, and its current active online phase since 2000. Swindon Viewpoint...
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Telecential (category Cable television companies of the United Kingdom)
Northamptonshire (through their acquisition of County Cable) and Swindon (through their acquisition of Swindon Cable). Telecential was jointly owned by CUC Broadcasting...
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network. Swindon's cable service is rebranded as Swindon Cable and its news programme is renamed as part of this move and becomes Focus on Swindon. The channel...
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earliest cable-only radio stations in the United Kingdom was Radio Thamesmead in Thamesmead, South East London and Radio Swindon Viewpoint in Swindon, Wiltshire...
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tourist attractions and other places of interest in the English town of Swindon and its surrounding built-up area. Abbey Meads Bridgemead Broome Manor...
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Regulations 1987 SI 1987/2 Public Telecommunication System Designation (Swindon Cable Limited) Order 1987 SI 1987/3 Offshore Installations (Safety Zones)...
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February – Thorn EMI sells its stake in Swindon Cable to British Telecom and the new owners axe Focus on Swindon and other local programming and replaces...
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Virgin Media (redirect from NTL Infrastructure - Swindon)
million customers. Since the acquisition of Smallworld Cable in 2014, Virgin Media is the main cable provider in the UK, with the exception of WightFibre...
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(Germany) Ribbit Concert Communications Services Telecomsoft Tymnet International Network Services Dialcom Telfort LineOne Swindon Cable 6GMOBILE Open.......
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Wire TV (category Cable-only UK television channels)
Cablevision Swindon Viewpoint Swindon Cable Starview The bus broke down, but the show goes on The Independent, 14 March 1995 Sporting push for UK cable-only...
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1970s that brought cable TV to city". This is Bristol. 7 March 2011. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. "Community cable experiments". Terra...
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was renamed Sky Channel and finally became available in the UK to Swindon Cable's 10,000 subscribers. It began incorporating a large number of American...
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Jed Ward (category Swindon Supermarine F.C. players)
January 2022, Ward joined Southern League Premier Division South club Swindon Supermarine on a one-month loan deal, joining fellow Rovers youngsters...
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Daniel Gooch (category Submarine communications cables)
– 15 October 1889) was an English railway locomotive and transatlantic cable engineer. He was the first Superintendent of Locomotive Engines on the Great...
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Regulations 1985 (SI 1985/1593) Public Telecommunication System Designation (Swindon Cable Limited) Order 1985 (SI 1985/1596) Hovercraft (Fees) Regulations 1985...
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family moved frequently during Grier's childhood. In 1956, they moved to Swindon in South West England, United Kingdom, where her father worked on an air...
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Renault Centre (category Buildings and structures in Swindon)
Centre (or the Renault Distribution Centre) is a high tech building in Swindon commissioned by the French car company Renault for their UK operations...
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than 12:15am and weekend broadcasting at 1:30am. Swindon cable's TV channel is relaunched as Swindon's Local Channel. This sees the return to the service...
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Brunel and Gooch chose to locate their locomotive works at the village of Swindon, at the point where the gradual ascent from London turned into the steeper...
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Greenwich Cablevision (category Cable-only UK television channels)
oriented cable broadcasts following the granting of the experimental licences, with the other awardees being based in Bristol, Sheffield, Swindon and Wellingborough...
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089 1997 Stadium of Light Sunderland 49,000 Unknown Oasis Leisure Centre Swindon 3,000 1967 Assembly Hall Theatre Tunbridge Wells 1,020 August 30, 1922...
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The Garrard Engineering and Manufacturing Company of Swindon, Wiltshire, was a British company that was famous for producing high-quality gramophone turntables...
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Warship locomotives were divided into two batches: those built at BR's Swindon works were numbered in the series D800-D832 and D866-D870, had a maximum...
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sliding and folding mirror-doors. 2000: Stanley Works acquired Blick of Swindon, England, a UK integrator of security solutions[buzzword], communication...
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