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Another loss from the 1991 franchise round was Oracle.
The original intention by the ITC would be to 'end' Oracle at the end of 1992 then sell off the teletext pages individually. How exactly would this have worked in practice? Oracle responded to the proposal by lobbying the ITC to create a separate teletext franchise for ITV which they did, but ended up being outbid by Teletext Ltd.
The applicants for the teletext franchise were:
Teletext Ltd. £8.2m
Oracle: £6.7m
TV-AM Cable TV £6.4m
Carlton / Intelfax £3.6m
Update £3.6m
Does anybody have more details about the other applicants?
The original intention by the ITC would be to 'end' Oracle at the end of 1992 then sell off the teletext pages individually. How exactly would this have worked in practice? Oracle responded to the proposal by lobbying the ITC to create a separate teletext franchise for ITV which they did, but ended up being outbid by Teletext Ltd.
The applicants for the teletext franchise were:
Teletext Ltd. £8.2m
Oracle: £6.7m
TV-AM Cable TV £6.4m
Carlton / Intelfax £3.6m
Update £3.6m
Does anybody have more details about the other applicants?