 With no access to production resources, the board of directors resolved to suspend programming operations but to maintain its structure and registration as a company, pending a more favourable climate.Swindon Viewpoint has since restarted operations online where it shows selections from its archive of programmes, as well as recent material.Radio Rental Cable Television started the UK's first pay-per-view movie channel, 'Cinematel' in 1981; the films were also shown on a sister cable operation in Chatham, Kent.