Tag Archives: Virgin Media

Virgin Media ties up with Eurosport for 3D tennis

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Jane Stott

Following the recent announcement from digital TV sports broadcaster Eurosport that it is to show this year’s French Open tennis tournament in 3D, cable TV provider Virgin Media has announced that it will show live coverage of the grand slam … Continue reading →

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Virgin Media post strong figures despite fall of TV customers

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Jane Stott

Virgin Media has posted strong first quarter revenue figures as the triple play bundle service provider revealed that it has made £982m in the first 3 months of 2011. However despite the impressive revenue figure Virgin Media has revealed that … Continue reading →

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Virgin Media bring in 3D content from Disney and Paramount

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Jane Stott

Virgin Media has heated up the 3D TV content war with Sky TV by announcing a new deal which means that they will be able to bring more 3D content to their TV on demand service from Disney and Paramount. … Continue reading →

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3D TV set to boom due to London 2012

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Ben Hargreaves

According to new research from leading 3D TV manufacturer LG, the London 2012 Olympics is set to trigger a sales boom of 3D TV sets in the UK. The fact that there have been no announcements regarding the availability of … Continue reading →

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Discovery points at Virgin Media for failure to buy UKTV stake

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Jane Stott

Discovery Networks has accused Virgin Media of being too ‘inflexible’ when it came to purchasing a 50% stake in UKTV. Virgin Media had been trying to sell its stake in UKTV for some time and has been involved in complex … Continue reading →

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Digital Switchover dates for London revealed

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Ben Hargreaves

Digital UK the organisation that is overseeing the digital switchover in the UK has announced the dates that the digital switchover will take place in London. The analogue signal will be switched off from the 4th April 2012 and the … Continue reading →

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New Deal – £50 bill credit on Virgin Media triples!

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Jane Stott

Yes that’s right it’s back again, Virgin Media will be offering customers a fantastic £50 bill credit when they purchase a TV, broadband and phone bundle online with Virgin Media.  Not only will customers benefit from this great £50 bill … Continue reading →

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Virgin Media to launch 500GB TiVo set top box

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Ben Hargreaves

Virgin Media have announced that they will be offering a lower cost 500GB TiVo set top box to customers wanting to sign up to the new TV on demand service. The new TiVo set top box will be available from … Continue reading →

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DTVS Q & A – The digital switchover

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Ben Hargreaves

Last week we invited readers and users of Digital TV Selector to ask us questions if they were concerned about digital switchover in their area.  Since then you’ve been emailing, tweeting and commenting in with your questions which is great!  … Continue reading →

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Sky Arts HD added to Virgin Media

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Ben Hargreaves

Virgin Media has announced that leading high definition culture channels Sky Arts 1 HD and Sky Arts 2 HD will be available on the cable TV providers platform later this month. Previously the high definition channels were only available to … Continue reading →

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