UK multiplay operator Virgin Media is to hire more than 400 new employees in graduate, intern and apprenticeship roles in 2021, marking a 163 per cent increase from 2020. New roles are being created throughout the business in areas such as operations, finance, marketing, project management, sales, construction and network engineering, helping individuals to build […]
Virgin Mobile is giving all customers using one of their smartphones access to unlimited data. All customers in Ireland who have a data limit on their plan will now become unlimited and all those on unlimited plans will have the 80GB Fair Usage Policy removed. In 2020, Virgin Mobile customers relied on their smartphone plans […]
STV Player, the free streaming service run by Scottish broadcaster STV, has kicked off 2021 with a record-breaking performance. The platform delivered 12.5 million streams in January, an increase of 115 per cent on the same month last year. Online viewing* was also up 100 per cent year-on-year, with a total of 6 million hours […]
More than one in six people are struggling to afford their broadband during the third lockdown, UK advisory charity Citizens Advice has found. This comes at a time when people are more reliant on broadband to work, teach their children and order essentials. Citizens Advice found that during the first lockdown, certain groups, including people […]
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has outlined its concerns on the proposed merger of Liberty Global’s Virgin Media and Telefónica’s O2. Its focus is on the possible impact of the merger on the supply of wholesale mobile services to MVNOs and other MNOs. The CMA is worried that the combined company could potentially […]
Virgin Orbit has launched its first batch of small satellites on its Virgin Orbit converted jumbo jet (named ‘Cosmic Girl’). The launch took place from Virgin’s Mojave Desert location on January 17th at 18.50 GMT (1.50pm ET) The Virgin Orbit aircraft carried a 21 metre rocket (‘LauncherOne’) under its port (left) wing and deployed 10 […]
Liberty Global’s UK unit Virgin Media has announced a new “game-changing” Intelligent WiFi Plus service that will give millions of customers the UK’s fastest widely available broadband speeds throughout their homes, at a time when fast, safe, secure and highly reliable WiFi ia crucial. The Intelligent WiFi Plus service consists of new features on Virgin […]
Five million UK households who are out of contract with their broadband supplier have been put off switching as they don’t have confidence in the process, which has seen them over pay by £804 million, according to research from Uswitch.com, the comparison and switching service. Households whose broadband deals
Virgin Media is preparing to raise the subscription price for its broadband, TV and phone services by an average of 4 per cent – some 13 times higher than the current CPI (Inflation) rate. BT has already stated it will be raising broadband prices by CPI + 3.9% this year. The telco said it plans […]
Cadent, the advanced TV platform company, has announced the expansion of its addressable advertising management platform in Europe in partnership with Liberty Global. Cadent has now expanded its automated addressable linear and VoD Advertising Platform into Liberty Global’s Irish footprint, Virgin Media Ireland, with its continental European markets to follow starting in 2021. Cadent and […]