Virgin Media

Business

Virgin Media’s Tom Mockridge to step down

Will be succeeded by Lutz Schüler

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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

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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

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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

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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

Content

Virgin Media to drop UKTV channels in carriage row

10 channels could go dark on 21st July

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

BT tops list of pay-TV complaints

Figures for Q3 2017 released by Ofcom

Business

ITV threatens to blackout flagship channel on Virgin Media

Cable company unhappy at proposed £80 million retransmission bill

Business

Virgin Media adds two new Asian channels

Both channels launch today

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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...

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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...

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Virgin unveils V6 box

Virgin Media has revealed new details about its upcoming set-top box. The Liberty Global EOS box, which will be marketed as the Virgin TV...

Business

Sky extends Vubiquity deal

Vubiquity has secured an exclusive multi-year extension to their wholesale content supply chain contract with Sky. The deal will see Vubiquity manage and deliver...

Business

Liberty seals major All3Media original programming deal

Liberty Global have agreed a major multi-territorial original programming partnership with All3Media. The deal secures four major original drama series over the next two...

Business

Atresmedia coming to the UK

Spanish service Atresmedia is bringing two of its channels to the UK. ‘Spanish Viva’ will be available through Virgin Media, making Atresmedia the first...

Business

Virgin dropping eir Sport

Virgin Media Ireland customers are set to lose out on eir Sport coverage after the company failed to agree a new deal for the...

Business

Virgin strikes UKTV deal

UKTV has agreed a deal with Virgin Media to deliver its live, catch-up and box set content offering to Virgin customers. The deal will...

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Virgin launching new 4K box

Virgin Media is set to launch a new 4K set-top box in the second half of 2016. The new box will have an upgraded...

Business

Liberty Global acquires Cable and Wireless for £3.5 billion

Liberty Global has announced its acquisition of London-based Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC), in a £3.5 billion deal which the company hopes will boster...

Business

TV sports packages tempt consumers to premium offers

New research from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech on the home services market – covering broadband, fixed landline and paid television – has revealed that premium...

Business

Tony Hanway to head up Virgin Media’s Ireland operations

Virgin Media has appointed Tony Hanway as CEO of its operations in Ireland. Hanway has held a number of roles with Telefonica across Europe

Business

UPC Ireland to rebrand as Virgin Media

UPC Ireland, provider of digital TV, broadband and phone services in the country, has announced it is to move to the Virgin Media brand

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EBS wins BT Sport contract for multi-platform EPG data support

EBS has been chosen by BT Sport to facilitate the supply of EPG data listings for all its channels: BT Sport 1, BT Sport...

Business

Liberty Global increases stake in ITV

Liberty Global has increased its stake in broadcaster ITV to 9.9 per cent. The US cable company acquired 138.7 million shares in ITV, thereby...

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Retail OTT STBs to out-sell telco IPTV boxes

Global shipments of over-the-top (OTT) set-top boxes (STBs) sold at retail including Apple TV, Chromecast and Roku boxes, will overtake shipments of IPTV STBs...

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aQ at the Big Centre of Birmingham broadcaster

Big Centre TV (BCTV), Birmingham’s new local TV stations, has gone live with a combination of aQ Broadcast’s QNews newsroom system, aVS video server...