He is due to return to London, with a welcome at the House of Lords, Wednesday afternoon, after taking the ferry from Calais to Dover because his request to walk through the Channel Tunnel was refused on safety grounds.

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DirecTV initially wanted to put the channel on a specialty tier that subscribers would have to request to see, but Time Warner Cable was greatly opposed to that because it would limit revenue from subscription fees and advertisers.

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