UK cable watch

Just trying to catch up on results which I wasn't able to follow in real time this week:

• NTL - Triple play penetration up to 24.6%, digital TV penetration at 70.8%, CATV overall lost subs again, but unlike Q4 last year, digital TV showed net growth.
• Telewest - Triple play penetration 30.3%, total CATV grew and digital CATV was up another 27k (which is nearly one third of what Sky added in a much smaller footprint), and the company is now at 87% digital TV penetration. They have now taken the decision to shut the analogue service down in 2006, and reallocate bandwidth to some supercharged broadband products.