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...Germany, Austria, France, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. And although he has been stiff-armed so far, Malone watchers believe he may end up combining Telewest (whose bonds he is trying to buy up) with NTL to form one British cable provider, with 4.7 million subscribers, that could compete with Rupert Murdoch's popular British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) satellite-TV service. Lately Malone has been making a play for NTL's Swiss cable subsidiary, Cablecom, as well as Dutch cable concern Casema, owned by France Telecom. A cable provider in France, NC Numericable, may also be up for grabs...
...Euro is a No No Just when Tony Blair thought it was safe to go back in the euro waters, one of the world's most powerful media moguls has attacked Britain's possible entry into the single European currency. In a rare interview with the Financial Times, Rupert Murdoch signaled that he would use his media empire - which includes 33% of Britain's readership plus Sky Broadcasting - to send a message of "vote no" on a euro referendum. "The central issue," said Murdoch, "is one of sovereignty," which must be precisely what Prime Minister Blair is thinking...
...storms in teacups. Ferguson's tendency to steer transfer-seeking players toward his son Jason's soccer agency seems a relatively mild strain of nepotism for the modern game. And news that Ferguson tried to cobble together a consortium to buy the club to stave off a bid by Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB will likely cement him more strongly still in the hearts of the estimated 50 million Manchester United fans worldwide who are this book's natural readership. For the rest of us, a 600-page biography, complete with footnotes, appendices and an index, suggests the complex life...
...Importance of Being Earnest (May 17): Director Oliver Parker, who also shot Wilde’s droll An Ideal Husband for Miramax in 1999, reunites on Earnest with Husband’s Rupert Everett, teaming him this time with Reese Witherspoon, Dame Judi Dench and Colin Firth. Despite the film’s cumulative pedigree, its promotional footage looks weak; the movie should be early summer fluff...
...enjoy high-speed connections to movies and music whenever they want--is off to a rocky start. Any delay is crucial to consumers eagerly anticipating the broadband revolution, because if AOL, with all its affiliated cable systems and entertainment properties, can't deliver those services, who can? Microsoft? Comcast? Rupert Murdoch...