1984 May 1 - 1986 Feb 26
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1678
Broadcasting (Direct broadcasting by satellite: cable systems and their effect on broadcasting policy) (Part 5)
Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
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Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
Classification: | Confidential |
Page count: | 268 |
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84 Jun 26 Tu | Major | 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] |
85 Aug 6 Tu | Major | Broadcasting: No.10 minute to MT (“Cable television”) [Information Technology Advisory Panel: follow-up to report] [declassified 2014] |
85 Jul 18 Th | Major | 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] |
85 Mar 1 Fr | Major | 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] |
85 Dec 16 Mo | Major | Broadcasting: Cable Authority letter to Kenneth Baker (financial ideas) [development and allowances, enterprise zones] [declassified 2014] |
85 Mar 6 We | Major | Broadcasting: Information Technology Advisory Panel letter to MT (“Cable systems”) [Paper with recommendations] [declassified 2014] |
85 Dec 19 Th | Major | 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] |
84 May 1 Tu | Major | Broadcasting: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Brittan, Lord Cockfield, Tebbit, Rees, Jeffrey Sterling) [“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”] [declassified 2014] |
84 Sep 11 Tu | Major | Broadcasting: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Cable”) [“Many of the pilot franchise companies are disappointed and frustrated”] [declassified 2014] |
85 Mar 13 We | Major | 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] |
85 Feb 8 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Tebbit letter to Brittan (“Prospects for the Cable Industry”) [“this new high risk industry must be privately financed and market led”] [declassified 2014] |
85 Jan 21 Mo | Major | Broadcasting: Robin Nicholson minute to MT (“Cable”) [need to counter “flagging interest”] [declassified 2014] |
85 Dec 13 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chairman of the Cable Authority) [proposals to address slow progress] [declassified 2014] |
86 Jan 8 We | Major | Broadcasting: Kenneth Baker letter to Cable Authority (financial ideas) [extension of enterprise zones to parts of the cable system] [declassified 2014] |
85 Jul 19 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Brittan letter to Howe (“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”) [next steps] [declassified 2014] |
85 Mar 25 Mo | Major | 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] |
85 Mar 6 We | Major | Broadcasting: Robin Nicholson minute to MT (“ITAP report: Cable Systems: A re-assessment”) [Information Technology Advisory Panel follow-up to 1982 report] [declassified 2014] |
85 Jul 1 Mo | Major | 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] |
85 Jul 3 We | Major | 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] |
84 May 1 Tu | Major | 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] |