Editing WHSmith (section)

==Television==
WHSmith founded one of the UK's earliest cable television channels, [[Lifestyle (British TV channel)|Lifestyle]], which was carried on almost every cable system in the UK and Ireland prior to the start of [[Sky Television (1984–1990)|Sky Television]] in 1989.<ref name="history3"/> By late 1984, the company had bought a 15% stake in [[Screensport]] and from January 1986, took over the operations and management when [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and R Kennedy pulled out.<ref>Shadow cast over cable TV. Jonathan Miller, Media Correspondent. ''The Times'', Monday, 1 December 1986; pg. 3.</ref> Both channels were closed in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |title=Remembering Screensport - The Final Days | website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzVZqq70PmQ |last1=thesearethedays |access-date=1 September 2022 |date=1 March 1993}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Remembering Lifestyle - including Final Closedown | website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JGPhJs6yPA |last1=thesearethedays |access-date=1 September 2022 |date=14 January 1993}}</ref>