LONDON, July 11, 2001 (PRIMEZONE) -- NTL Incorporated (NYSE:NLI) (Nasdaq Europe: NTLI), the UK's leading broadband communications company, announced today that in response to BT's statement offering its customers a discount with Sky Digital, Jerry Roest, managing director of Marketing and Development, NTL, said:
"BT is running scared. NTL offers millions of customers combined digital TV and a telephone line for just 14.99 pounds a month. The cheapest offer from BT and BSkyB costs 19.99 pounds per month, has fewer digital TV channels included and costs 60 pounds more a year than NTL. Today's discount from BT of 30 pounds per year on Sky Digital is a one-off payment so it doesn't come close to bridging the 60 pounds gap.
"Cable remains the very best value for all telephone and pay-TV customers."