A CABLE television company has launched an investigation after small children ended up watching hardcore porn when they tuned into their favourite cartoon on the Disney Channel.

The London market slipped into the red today despite a 9% surge in Scottish Power shares after the energy supplier gave details of an approach from an unnamed suitor.

Rumours of a bid for Scottish Power swept the London market today during an otherwise disappointing session for the FTSE 100 Index.

CABLE giant NTL followed up its takeover deal of Virgin Mobile today by setting its sights on Premier League football rights.

Telecoms group Cable & Wireless dealt a fresh blow to staff today by warning it could halve its UK workforce in the next five years.

Telecoms giant Cable & Wireless today revealed its boss is to step down after three years at the helm as it warned on next year’s UK profits.

Telecoms group Cable & Wireless suffered a 23% fall in half-year profits today as it counted the cost of a difficult period for its UK business.

Shares in Cable & Wireless slumped today after the telecoms giant reported a sharp slowdown in sales at its retail business in the UK.

Insurers provided a boost to the London market today as investors welcomed an upbeat set of results from Prudential.

CABLE company NTL is to sell its network of communication masts and towers after agreeing a deal worth €1.84 billion, it was announced yesterday.

London: BT Group Plc, Britain’s biggest phone company, beat Cable & Wireless Plc to a seven-year contract worth £530 million (€790m) to build a high-speed Internet network for the British health service.

Dublin-based payments provider, Agile has teamed with Cable & Wireless Guernsey to launch the world's first prepaid mobile data application payment service - C&W Mpay.

Cable & Wireless says its chief executive Graham Wallace is to leave the company.

The Footsie has closed down 22.5 points at 5050.8 as telecom stocks took a battering.