Posts tagged with ‘Virgin’

Sky high arrogance

Sunday, 18 March 2007

Many people have blamed both sides in the dispute between BSkyB and Virgin Media, but over the last week or two it appears that Sky have launched a vendetta against their competitor.
First, to fill in the background: the two companies couldn’t agree on the price that Virgin pays Sky to show Sky’s “basic channels” (Sky [...]

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Rail remains safer

Saturday, 24 February 2007

Despite having heard the news of a fatal rail crash in Cumbria, I didn’t think twice about boarding a train this morning. In fact, it never occurred to me that I should think about it at all.
But now I see the sensationalist media have articles such as Crash is major blow for railways, with the [...]

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Operator’s selection is no lottery

Friday, 9 February 2007

Today, we hear that only two groups have submitted bids to become the next operators of the UK’s National Lottery: the incumbent, Camelot; and Indian lottery operator Sugal & Damani.
The new entrant promises to raise a greater amount money for good causes with a more efficient operation than Camelot. Of course, we don’t know much [...]

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