Content
Insight TV launches daily 4K UHD content on Virgin Media
Content will air on Virgin Media's 4K UHD channel
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Business
Viacom, Virgin extend distribution deal
Virgin Media will add My5, Pluto TV and MTV Play to its app section
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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
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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
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
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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...
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...
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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
Production & Post
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...
Production & Post
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...