Virgin Media’s WiFi has been down this morning (March 10th) causing serious disruption to the masses working from home throughout the UK. Stats from a Quadient survey of 2,000 UK adults explained the wider problem for remote workers: 8.5 million UK households have experienced broadband problems, disrupting their work or personal lives over the course […]
Euskaltel-owned Virgin Telco has cut its subscription fee by 50 per cent, and is also offering Amazon Prime Video for free to boost subscriptions. The promotion launches just two months before its first anniversary. The platform’s 50 per cent discount will last for 6 months, whilst Prime Video will be free for a year. Virgin […]
The Richard Branson-backed Virgin Galactic space tourism business is facing more than a few fundamental changes. First up, it is losing its former CEO George Whitesides who changed to Chief Space Officer in July last year, and is now stepping aside but remains of the company’s advisory board. He had been in post since 2010. […]
Virgin Media has announced that the latest update in its TV line-up, Virgin TV 360, is now available to all of its customers. Virgin TV 360 offers modern menus, quick navigation and a whole host of popular apps and channels all in one place. This includes Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and BBC iPlayer – all […]
FreeSports, owned and operated by Premier Sports, has signed a deal with RDA to broadcast all tests, ODIs and T20 fixtures involving Afghanistan and Zimbabwe live on free to air over the next three years. From March 2nd, both sides face one another in two tests which is set to be the first Test match […]
Spain’s Euskaltel Group – comprising the brands Euskaltel, R, Telecable and Virgin telco – has published its 2020 results, consolidating the growth recorded by the company over the last few years, with record figures in terms of customer base, revenue and results, thus meeting the objectives set out in its strategic plan for the year. […]
Virgin TV is now offering customers thousands of hours of Sky TV shows and films in 4K. All Virgin TV customers can now add Sky Entertainment and Sky Cinema Ultra HD to their current package. All new customers that sign up to Virgin Media’s Ultimate Oomph package – its most premium TV service which comes […]
The past few days have seen a slew of press statements from SES regarding contract renewals and fresh deals. The latest pair come ahead of the satellite operator’s results statement on February 25th. None of the releases are quantified in terms of value, but no doubt questions will be asked by the analysts on the […]
In reporting its FY numbers, Virgin Media revealed it is now delivering broadband, video and fixed-line telephony services to 6.1 million cable customers and mobile services to 3.5 million subscribers as of December 31st 2020. The cable operator has delivered a full year net customer gain of 102,000 as demand for, and usage of, its […]
Liberty Global has announced Full Year financial results. Revenue increased 3.8 per cent on a reported basis and decreased 1.5 pr cent on a rebased basis to $11.9 billion (€9.7bn). Q4 revenue increased 14.9 per cent on a reported basis and decreased 0.5 per cent on a rebased basis to $3.4 billion. CEO Mike Fries […]