Telecential

Telecential was a cable TV provider based in Hemel Hempstead,^[1] The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) and ran one of the first community based TV stations in West Herts TV.^[1]^[2] 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^[3]
Comtel were bought by Cabletel with its HQ in Hook, North Hampshire^[3]
Cabletel rebranded as NTL
NTL merged with Telewest branded as ntl: Telewest
- Formally, Telewest bought NTL to avoid activating change of ownership clauses relating to Telewest's joint ownership of UKTV via Flextech
ntl: Telewest bought Virgin Mobile and re-branded as Virgin Media

References

^ ^a ^b The original idea for a Community Radio station for St Albans came from Clive Glover, derived from his experience in hospital radio at the City Hospital in the 1980's.
^ Radio Verulam
^ ^a ^b "Britain's NTL Agrees to Acquire Three Cable Firms for $1.55 Billion" By Gautam Naik, Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal