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- ↑ The Official Guide to IPTV @ IBC2008, published by IBE, Sept 2008, pages 20, 21, 25
- ↑ Media Week, November 6, 2007, ‘SkyNet interactive becomes Miniweb’, by Emma Barnett http://www.brandrepublic.com/MediaWeek/News/764808/SkyNet-interactive-becomes-Miniweb/ Archived 2013-01-18 at archive.today