Inasmuch as Mr Malone has a vision, it is that the combination of broadband cable with digital interactive television is creating an entirely new media industry and that Liberty is perfectly placed to shape it.

ECONOMIST: Liberty Media

The Internet, and the prospect of demand for interactive services, gives the cable companies an advantage over both satellite television and the telecoms companies.

ECONOMIST: Hot wires

Interactive digital television has yet to arrive in India, so the first customers for the Internet over cable will be users of its 3m-4m computers.

ECONOMIST: The wiring of India

Videotron is a leader in new technologies with its interactive Digital TV service and its broadband network, which supports high-speed cable Internet access, analog and digital cable television, and other services.

ENGADGET: Videotron's 120Mbps broadband is Canada's fastest, now available in Quebec City