All Virgin Media articles – Page 6
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NewsVirgin to carry BBC's Olympics channels
Virgin Media has agreed deals with the BBC and Eurosport to offer 24 live HD channels and 3D coverage of sporting events from the London Olympics 2012.
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NewsVirgin Media beats 1bn VoD views in 2011
Virgin Media beat its forecast of 1 billion VoD views during 2011 by 4.5 million, with ITV1’s Coronation Street the most-watched show of the year.
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NewsVirgin Media records first-ever profit
Virgin Media has seen subscribers to its connected TV service Tivo double to 435,000 as the business hit annual profitability for the first time.
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NewsVirgin Media talks with Premier Sports stall
Talks between Virgin Media and sports TV channel Premier Sports to secure content including NRL, Championship Rugby League and NHL Ice Hockey have broken down due to a disagreement over payment models.
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NewsVirgin Media green lights Sky Sports F1
Sky Sports has secured carriage for its dedicated Formula 1 channel on Virgin Media from its launch in March.
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NewsVirgin Media EPG c*ck up
Virgin Media has apologised to customers following an EPG glitch over the weekend which saw programme titles incorrectly edited for profane language.
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NewsSony Entertainment Television secures Virgin carriage
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks has struck a UK carriage deal for its Sony Entertainment Television channel with Virgin Media.
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NewsVirgin's Tivo honcho heads to BT
Virgin Media’s executive director of commercial, TV and online Alex Green has joined BT to work across IPTV services BT Vision and YouView.
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NewsVirgin Media: Tivo attracts 75,000 new subs
Virgin Media has netted 222,000 subscribers to its connected TV service Tivo - with a third of them new to the cable TV operator.
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NewsITV Player set to feature ads on Virgin Media
ITV is gearing up to launch pre-roll advertising around its VoD content on Virgin Media as early as next year.
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NewsSky Anytime moves to Virgin Media
Virgin Media is to feature Sky’s TV on-demand service Anytime to offer the satellite broadcaster’s range of entertainment, news, sport and film channels to its subscriber base.
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NewsVirgin: YouView “missed the boat”
EDINBURGH: A Virgin Media executive has slammed YouView for “missing the boat” as a result of the numerous delays to the internet connected TV project.
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NewsHunt urges Virgin and YouView to support local TV
The government is in talks with Virgin Media and YouView over securing prominent positioning for local TV services on their internet-enabled television platforms.
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NewsVirgin reveals shift away from EPG on Tivo service
Virgin Media has revealed that 25% of linear TV viewing on its recently launched Tivo service comes from the ‘discovery’ bar rather than via the EPG.
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NewsVirgin strikes deal for Sky 1 and Living on-demand content
Virgin Media is bolstering its ondemand content catalogue following an agreement with pay-TV rival Sky to offer content from Sky 1 and Sky Living, as well as a range of movies.
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NewsVirgin Media signs 50,000 Tivo subs
Virgin Media has signed up 50,000 customers to its connected TV service Tivo but reported a net loss of 36,000 cable TV customers.
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NewsVirgin launches Tivo app for remote record
Virgin Media has launched a smartphone app for its Tivo service which allows users to remotely control the connected TV service.
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NewsBBC must remain a creator, says Virgin’s Berkett
Virgin Media chief executive Neil Berkett has warned the BBC that it must continue to invest across the multiplatform sector and remain an active content creator rather than moving towards becoming a distributor of content.
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NewsVirgin Media ties with Spotify
Virgin Media has agreed a partnership with Spotify that will see it offer the on-demand music service to its subscribers and build it into its Tivo connected-TV service.
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NewsVirgin Media puts Millionaire app on Tivo
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? has become the first TV show app to launch on Virgin Media’s connected TV service Tivo.