• Founded in 1969 by Dennis Baylin, Betacom was an electronics company specialising in audio and visual products. In 1992 Sir Alan Sugar's Amstrad purchased...
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    years. After acquiring Betacom and Viglen, Amstrad was broken up in 1997 but the name was soon revived when successor Betacom plc renamed itself to Amstrad...
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    company in 1997, and Amstrad plc shares were split into Viglen and Betacom shares, Betacom being renamed to Amstrad PLC. Following the sale in July 2007 of...
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    of games. In 1993, Amstrad released the PenPad, a PDA, and bought into Betacom and Viglen in order to focus more on telecommunications rather than computers...
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    'em up Developer(s) InterAction studios Publisher(s) InterAction studios Betacom (mobile) Creator(s) Konstantinos Prouskas Platform(s) Microsoft Windows...
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    Roadstar, JCB, Carl Lewis, Power Devil, NTL, Cable & Wireless, Bush, Betacom, Antony Worral Thompson, Answercall, MOS, Breville, Viva [GROUP HISTORY]...
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