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• TPG bets on discounted streaming competitor with DirecTV deal

  30-09-2024 23:09
  Private equity group sees satellite service as a low-cost rival to Alphabet, Netflix and Apple
  
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• TPG bets it can build a streaming disruptor from satellite TV’s decline

  30-09-2024 23:09
  Private equity group’s DirecTV and Dish deals are about creating a budget rival to Netflix and Apple
  
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• TPG bets it can build a streaming disrupter from satellite TV’s decline

  30-09-2024 23:09
  Private equity group’s DirecTV and Dish deals are about creating a budget rival to Netflix and Apple
  
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• TPG takes on pay-TV bondholders to ride to Ergen’s rescue

  30-09-2024 19:09
  
  Private equity firm leads rescue deal to keep EchoStar afloat
  
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• The London Buzz – 30th September 2024

  30-09-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s London news round-up:
  The Hard Rock Café ‘reviewing’ the future of its London Piccadilly restaurant The Caterer
  A restaurant in London’s Chinatown once called the capital’s rudest has been fined more than £40,000 after mice and cockroaches were found in its kitchen. The Guardian
  A man in his 20s has died and two others are in hospital following a “large group fight involving knives” in south London early on Sunday morning. BBC News
  
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• New Earl’s Court masterplan unveiled with 4,000 homes and cultural centres

  30-09-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Following years of consultations and the collapse of a previous scheme, a new masterplan has been submitted for the former Earl’s Court exhibition centre site.
  View from the concrete table (c) ianVisits
  The Hawkins\Brown and Studio Egret West designed masterplan is more of an overview of what’s planned, with detailing to come later, but will eventually lead to some 4,000 new homes, three new cultural centres and around 8 hectares of new open spaces being created.
  Crucially for existi
  
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• Vodafone and Three offer UK regulator new concessions on £16.5bn merger

  30-09-2024 15:18
  Companies say they will keep £10-a-month package for ‘value-focused’ customers in effort to win CMA’s approval for tie-up
  
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• New Northern line tunnels will link platforms to new Elephant & Castle station entrance

  30-09-2024 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A network of new tunnels is to be dug next to the Northern line at Elephant and Castle, that will link the train platforms with a new station entrance that’s being constructed at the moment.
  New Northern Line passenger link tunnels in relation with the road network above and adjacent buildings – indicative only – source: Planning documents
  Delancey, the developer of the Elephant & Castle shopping centre site, is building a new station box, and Transport for London (TfL) has
  
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• Tickets Alert: See the Christmas lights by canal boat

  30-09-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  London’s main streets are famous for that annual festival of lights that are the Christmas decorations, but the rest of London gets a decent look in as well, so how about seeing them by boat?
  The Canal Museum will take one of its narrowboats out along the Regent’s Canal around King’s Cross this Christmas to showcase the lights that line the canal, on the boats, and the streets around it.
  Probably won’t include paddleboarding Santas (c) ianVisits
  The Christmas lights tours
  
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• TfL trials new DLR signage to boost awareness of Priority Seating needs

  30-09-2024 10:45 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Transport for London (TfL) is to roll out a trial of new signs on the DLR to encourage people to offer priority seats to those who need them. The trial was triggered by recent research that found many people were unaware that the DLR offers priority seating, as the seats are not visually distinctive enough to be obvious.
  The new signage is in addition to the ongoing Access DLR accessibility assistance trial for customers who would like additional travel support on their journey.
  The announcement
  
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