Virgin Media is adding Sky Kids HD to its Kids TV bundle, offering customers hours of ad-free entertainment at no extra cost. In addition to the channel launch, customers will also gain access to On Demand Sky Kids content. As part of this update, new and existing customers who subscribe to Virgin Media’s Kids Pick […]

Virgin Media O2 has announced changes to two of its main offices in the south of England with a multi-million-pound investment to create new UK headquarters in Paddington, London. The investment follows a review of its property portfolio which will see existing sites in both Hammersmith and Slough close by the end of 2024. Employees […]

TalkTalk saw its highest ever data usage peak on February 15th, overtaking the previous recorded spike in December 2022. At around 9:12pm, TalkTalk customers were using a combined 10.25 Tbps. Season 2 of the popular Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 video games was released at 6pm, followed by the Premier League […]

Liberty Global has acquired 1.335 billion shares in Vodafone Group PLC, representing 4.92 per cent of the outstanding share capital (excluding treasury shares). The transaction was principally funded through an attractive non-recourse financing, requiring equity funding from Liberty Global of approximately £225 million (€254m). “We believe, like many others, that Vodafone’s current share price does […]

Research commissioned by UK multiplay operator Virgin Media O2 in support of Safer Internet Day reveals parents’ concerns about their children’s online safety and spending habits, including donating to online streamers, buying downloadable content and much more. The research shows that over half of parents (57 per cent) admit they are unaware that children can […]

Juniper Networks, a specialist in secure, AI-driven networks, has announced that UK multiplay operator Virgin Media O2 has successfully upgraded its IP core backbone network with Juniper – capable of supporting 800G. Virgin Media O2 is investing in sustainable infrastructure for the long term that can support sustained data growth and bandwidth demands. Virgin Media […]

Virgin Media TV customers can now get active with 80 free fitness classes available via their Virgin TV service. The wide range of classes on offer require minimal to no equipment, making them accessible for all fitness levels, and are led by experts at Nuffield Health, Fiit and Fit at Home. To access the classes, […]

UK multiplay operator Virgin Media O2 has revealed the video games that caused the highest broadband traffic levels on its network throughout 2022, with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 being crowned the most popular gaming release of the year. Call of Duty fans dominate the top four broadband traffic peaks in 2022 with Modern […]

With full fibre networks passing 41 per cent of UK premises and with nearly 2 million of those having access to two or more independent network providers, consumers now have unprecedented access to a range of competitively priced ultrafast broadband packages. However, the uptake of full fibre services, especially those combined with a TV bundle, […]

Warzone 2.0, the latest version of Call of Duty’s popular Battle Royale mode, was made available for preload from November 14th, but it was in the early hours of November 16th that saw gamers get ready for the big launch. Whilst most of the country were asleep, usage of Virgin Media O2’s broadband network continued […]