NTL was originally founded as CableTel in 1993. It acquired National Transcommunications Limited (NTL), the Independent Broadcasting Authority transmission-network in 1996 and then adopted NTL as its new name in 1998.
1999–2001[]
Designer:
Basten Greenhill Andrews
Typography:
Helvetica Neue Black Extended
Launched:
June 1999
Basten Greenhill Andrews rebranded NTL's identity in 1999. The initials were made lowercase with a colon now suffixed to them, as a message to “watch this space”.