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PDF 84 May 1 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 conversation record ("Direct broadcasting by satellite") [MT, Home Secretary, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Chief Secretary, Jeffrey Sterling,, officials] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 1 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Brittan, Lord Cockfield, Tebbit, Rees, Jeffrey Sterling) [“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 letter to Brittan PS (“DBS”) [draft statement on direct broadcasting by satellite for 2nd reading of Cable & Broadcasting Bill] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 26 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 Turnbull minute to Policy Unit (Direct Broadcasting by Satellite) [Brittan strategy to let the scheme “collapse under its own weight”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jul 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Department of Trade & Industry letter to No.10 (“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”) [planned commencement of service in latter half of 1987] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jul 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brittan PS letter to No.10 (“DBS Joint Project: Third Element”) [Direct Broadcasting by Satellite: BBC, ITV & ‘third element’] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Aug 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Cable”) [“cable revolution… will bring… jobs… wealth… and… diversity of choice”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Cable”) [“Many of the pilot franchise companies are disappointed and frustrated”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 18 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Ingham (“Windsor Cable TV”) [closure] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Robin Nicholson minute to MT (“Cable”) [need to counter “flagging interest”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brittan letter to Tebbit (“Prospects for the Cable Industry”) [“the overall position is far from promising”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Tebbit letter to Brittan (“Prospects for the Cable Industry”) [“this new high risk industry must be privately financed and market led”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 1 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Department of Trade & Industry press release (“1985, the year of opportunity for cable TV: Minister praises Swindon Cable”) [“Cable means investment in new technology and new jobs”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Information Technology Advisory Panel letter to MT (“Cable systems”) [Paper with recommendations] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Robin Nicholson minute to MT (“Cable Systems”) [Information Technology Advisory Panel follow-up to 1982 report] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Robin Nicholson minute to MT (“ITAP report: Cable Systems: A re-assessment”) [Information Technology Advisory Panel follow-up to 1982 report] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 13 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 letter to Tebbit PS (Information Technology Advisory Panel report) [“re-cabling Britain would generate significant economic activity and stimulate industry”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 25 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Tebbit PS letter to No.10 (“ITAP reassessment of cable”) [“A major factor for cable investors is the very large capital investment required in the early days before revenues are received”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Tebbit minute to MT (“Information Technology Advisory Panel (ITAP) report on cable systems: a reassessment”) [comments on report] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Tebbit letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Cable Industry: Consortium Relief”) [“increasingly concerned about the ability of the ‘independent’ cable operators to raise the finance necessary”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jun 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Tebbit (“Cable Industry: Consortium Relief”) [relaxations to rules to be introduced in Finance Bill] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 1 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brittan letter to Tebbit (“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”) [“consortium has now collapsed… [MT] predicted this in May last year, and it was obvious to all save the DTI by last Christmas”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 3 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Warry minute for Addison ("Direct broadcasting by satellite") ["the DBS consortium has now collapsed and a year's lead on the competition gone"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Tebbit letter to Brittan (“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”) [reluctant to abandon DTI policy] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Howe minute to Brittan (“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”) [“I should like the FCO to be actively involved in future discussions”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brittan letter to Tebbit (“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”) [“I do not see a case for seeking to insist on a British satellite in any future project”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 minute to Brittan PS (“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”) [MT “commented that it would not make sense to open up the market… but continue to insist that they use a British satellite”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brittan letter to Howe (“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”) [next steps] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Tebbit minute to MT (“Information Technology Advisory Panel (ITAP) report on cable systems: a reassessment”) [“Predictably… drawn a very negative response from British Telecom”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brittan letter to Tebbit (Direct Broadcasting by Satellite) [Tebbit keen that Parliamentary announcement address unethical competitiveness as well as IBA study] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Addison (“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”) [“the argument about whether it must be a British satellite is not wholly resolved”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 minute to MT (“Cable television”) [Information Technology Advisory Panel: follow-up to report] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 letter to Tebbit PS (“ITAP report on cable systems”) [MT would like DTI to update response to the report following talks with BT] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 13 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chairman of the Cable Authority) [proposals to address slow progress] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Cable Authority letter to Kenneth Baker (financial ideas) [development and allowances, enterprise zones] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Pattie PS letter to No.10 (“ITAP report on cable systems”) [no agreement between ITAP and government on forcing access to BT ducts and wires] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Howe minute to Hurd (“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”) [UK “should not be left behind by other European governments and companies”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Kenneth Baker letter to Cable Authority (financial ideas) [extension of enterprise zones to parts of the cable system] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Addison (“ITAP report on cable systems”) [handling of Government response and outstanding issues] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 9 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 minute to MT (“ITAP report on cable systems”) [handling of Government response and outstanding issues] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Feb 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 minute to MT (“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”) [Hurd to announce invitation to tenders for contracts] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Feb 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Hurd letter to Whitelaw (“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”) [“role of Government in this enterprise is merely to provide the regulatory framework”] [declassified 2014]
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