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Thu 05 May 2004NTL package puts Sky under pressureMedia & Marketing: With the Olympics and Euro 2004 in Portugal just around the corner, cable company NTL has increased the pressure on Sky in Dublin, Galway and Waterford by offering free digital TV for all customers signing up between now and September, writes Emmet Oliver.The firm described the promotion as a "major marketing drive" to increase its digital subscriber base. Customers signing up to NTL's Go Digital pack up to the end of June will get a free subscription to digital television until September, said a spokeswoman.