Murdoch guns for digital rivals
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BSkyB, 40%-owned by Rupert Murdoch, has launched an extensive promotional campaign. The company will give a free set-top box to all new subscribers to SkyDigital, as well as launching a free Internet service, SkyNow, and reducing the cost of subscribers' standard rate telephone calls by 40%. New subscribers will now be charged a 40 pounds sterling installation fee. The company states that it has gained 551,000 digital customers since Oct 1998 and that it is on target to exceed the 1 million goal it has set for 1999.
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Will offer free set-top boxes for new subscribers to SkyDigital
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1999
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The Marquess of Bristol
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Frederick Hervey, the seventh Marquess of Bristol, was a lonely child who was treated badly by his father. He became addicted to cocaine, and built up a lengthy criminal record. He behaved unpredictably and irrationally, and squandered all his wealth. He felt that he was better than others because he was wealthier than them, and never really made close friends. His acquaintances were initially amused by his behaviour, but subsequently became wary of him.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1999
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