Business
CMA provisionally clears Virgin Media, O2 merger
Deal remains on track to close in the middle of 2021
Virgin Media
Business
Virgin Media’s Lutz Schüler to lead merged Liberty Global/Telefonica company
The combination of Virgin Media and O2 is expected to create a nationwide integrated communications provider with over 46 million video, broadband and mobile...
Media Delivery
Virgin Media launches new TV platform
Virgin TV 360 includes all the top TV channels as well as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and BBC iPlayer, which are all available in...
Business
CMA requests right to review Liberty Global/Telefonica merger
CMA said it has written to the European Commission as it believes the case should be transferred given its potential impact on competition in...
Media Management
Vubiquity, Liberty Global sign content services partnership
Multi-year contract includes the expansion of the existing, long-standing relationship Virgin Media maintains with Vubiquity
Media Management
Globecast helps Virgin Media to Get Moving
Globecast is providing playout, scheduling, 24-hour monitoring and fibre delivery services
Media Delivery
STV Player goes nationwide with Virgin Media
Will be available via an app on Virgin Media's STB
Business
Liberty Global, Telefonica in talks over UK merger
Joint venture would look to take on the likes of BT and Sky
TVBEverywhere
Netflix, Liberty Global extend integration deal
Covers 11 million Liberty Global subscribers across Europe
Business
Sky ‘set to beat BT and Virgin to Disney Plus deal’
BT and Virgin Media could be shut out of carrying the new streamer
Media Consumption
Insight TV launches daily 4K UHD content on Virgin Media
Content will air on Virgin Media's 4K UHD channel
Business
Viacom, Virgin extend distribution deal
Virgin Media will add My5, Pluto TV and MTV Play to its app section
TVBEverywhere
Virgin Media, RTÉ negotiations break down over time-shifted offering
Virgin calls RTÉ's proposal "misguided"
Technology
Ericsson, Liberty Global deliver linear TV using DAA, FTTH over a wireless backhaul
Wireless backhaul was delivered using Ericsson’s MINI-LINK radio technology
Production & Post
Virgin Media serves up Wimbledon in 4K UHD/HDR
Available via the BBC iPlayer app on a V6 set top box
TVBEverywhere
Virgin Media TV integrates Amazon Prime Video
Makes Amazon's streaming service available to four million Virgin customers
Business
Sky, Virgin to launch AdSmart in July
AdSmart will allow advertisers to target a potential audience over time of more than 30 million viewers
TVBEverywhere
Liberty Global selects Cadent for addressable TV ad platform
Virgin Media in the UK will be the first of Liberty Global's subsidiaries to employ the platform
TVBEverywhere
Virgin Media adds Starzplay
Will launch on 29th November as part of Virgin's SVoD package
Technology
Globecast partners with Virgin Media for new 4K UHD channel
Will provide cloud-based playout and media management services
Content
Virgin Media tunes into 4K UHD
Platform to launch UK’s first dedicated 4K ultra high definition (UHD) entertainment channel
Business
STV HD and Player app launch on Virgin Media
Companies have agreed a four-year strategic partnership
TVBEverywhere
Virgin TV Go app adds download feature
Customers have 48 hours to watch content once it has been started
Content
UKTV channels return to Virgin Media
Companies agree new long term deal including five times the amount of VoD content
Business
Freeview interest spikes in wake of Virgin-UKTV spat
UKTV is said to be losing around £1m a week
Business
ITV, Virgin Media agree new carriage deal
Details of the new agreement have not been announced
Business
ITV could pull its channels from Virgin Media
Broadcaster could remove its channels as soon as this weekend if an agreement is not reached
Business
Ofcom “concerned” at Virgin/UKTV row
Four million viewers estimated to have lost UKTV's 10 channels
Business
BT again tops list of pay-TV complaints
Number of complaints about the service rose in Q4 of 2017
Business
Virgin offers free upgrade to V6 box
V6 set-top box available with no re-contract requirements
Business
ITV threatens to blackout flagship channel on Virgin Media
Cable company unhappy at proposed £80 million retransmission bill
TVBEverywhere
Virgin Media launches kids TV app
App offers more than 2,000 episodes of on-demand kids TV programming, plus games and books
Business
Sky, Virgin Media announce partnership
Strategic partnership aims to accelerate brand-safe targeted advertising
Business
Virgin Media to acquire UTV Ireland
Virgin Media has received regulatory and competition approval to acquire UTV Ireland. The free-to-air channel, launched in January 2015, was bought out by ITV...
News
Production & Post
Vubiquity seals Virgin Media extension
Vubiquity has signed a multi-year contract extension with Virgin Media to manage content licensing and digital content supply chain solutions for all of their...