Blow to hi-tech company.TROUBLED cable operator NTL NTL Nevertheless NTL National Transportation Library NTL Norsk Tjenestemannslag NTL National Training Laboratories NTL Never Too Late NTL Nothing to Lose NTL National Training Laboratory NTL None the Less NTL Number Theory Library yesterday said it had struck a deal to obtain set-top boxes The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. from Korean giant Samsung in a major blow for its current British supplier. West Yorkshire's Pace Micro Technology could now lose out on future business with the cable firm, placing further pressure on its weakening weak·en tr. & intr.v. weak·ened, weak·en·ing, weak·ens To make or become weak or weaker. weak  en·er n. share price.
Pace has supplied the bulk of NTL's 2.25m set-top boxes, which allow customers to receive digital television and high-speed internet See broadband. access. But an NTL spokesman said Samsung's SMT-2100C product had more interactive features than its rival and was cheaper. It is thought Samsung's set-top box costs 30pc less than Pace's model, a crucial difference as NTL battles debts of pounds 12bn. |
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