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GameAccout to Power Skill Games Service for Guardian Newspapers

Authored by dmw on April 25, 2006 - 12:38pm.
London - GameAccount, a provider of online skill games networks, said on Tuesday that it has partnered with the U.K. publisher Guardian Newspapers to create a skill games service on the Guardian Unlimited website. The service will allow players to challenge one another in backgammon, blackjack, solitaire and other skill games for real money.
tags: Games | Internet | Online Publishing | UK | GameAccount | Newspapers | Guardian |

Guardian: BSkyB Planning to Acquire U.K. Broadband Firm

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 13, 2005 - 4:22am.
London - According to a report in the Guardian, U.K.-based satellite broadcaster BSkyB is planning to acquire a local broadband company in order to compete directly with telecommunications giant BT Group Plc and soon-to-merge cable providers ntl and Telewest. The Guardian also claimed that Rupert Murdoch's company is looking to raise as much as £1 billion to fund the deal and planning to invest more than £200 million in local loop unbundling to provide phone and broadband services directly to end users. Although the Guardian did not specify a particular company, industry experts say Video Networks, Pipex, EasyNet and HomeChoice are the most likely targets. BSkyB has declined to comment on the report.
tags: Deals | Guardian | BSkyB | U.K. Broadband Firm |