A family home in the middle of Bolton, Manchester, has been entrenched and isolated by the unfortunate arrival of Virgin Media roadworks, which dug around the entrance to the home and completely cut it off from the road, imprisoning the family inside and trapping their car in the driveway. David Henshall, the homeowner, says that […]
In the wake of Friday’s referendum result to leave the EU, the British stock market is absolutely reeling, with the pound dropping in value beyond the initial 31-year low, and banks suspending stock sales due to spectaculaty one-day losses. Billions of pounds have vanished overnight from British stocks, rendering bank stock trading dead in the […]
Virgin Media have joined the leaders of 34 UK technology and telecoms companies, as well as the UK subsidiaries of US tech giants, to urge the public to vote to remain a member of the EU today. The letter sent, which includes contributions from Virgin Media, BT, and the UK branches of IBM, Microsoft and […]
Virgin Media has allied with the Home Builders Federation (HBF) to make it easier for newly-built properties to be connected to its network, making it possible for new homeowners to connect with Virgin’s excitingly-named “Project Lightning” from the moment they move in. The company is currently in the middle of its historic £3 billion network expansion […]
It’s been a dramatic week for Virgin Media. First, at the beginning of the week their CEO, Tom Mockridge, attacked their most powerful UK rival, BT, for its continued reliance on Government subsidy and its willingness to take from a government that was preaching austerity at every turn. Aimed not just at BT, but at […]
Virgin Media have announced the locations of their first 10 FTTP network upgrade areas after a customer vote. The Fibre To The Premise (FTTP) technology is part of a staggering £3bn total overhaul and expansion of the Virgin Media infrastructure which will see their reach extend to an additional 4 million premises across the UK. […]
Virgin Media has confirmed the upcoming release of its new set-top box to replace TiVo later this year. The new box will be able to support 4K Ultra HD video in addition to its other functions. Speaking to What Hi-Fi this week, Virgin Media’s spokesman said “Virgin Media will release a new set top box […]
The parent company of Virgin Media UK, Liberty Global, today announced its plans to donate £500,000 to the official “Remain” campaign for the British EU Referendum. The campaign is dedicated to keeping Britain in the European Union as a result of the June Referendum, and is seeing a variety of donations form the corporate sector, […]
Virgin Media has pledged to build a million ultra-fast fibre optic broadband lines in the next three years, substantially increasing the pressure on BT as the national telecoms network falls increasingly behind. The plan by Virgin is to increase its premises holdings by four million premises by 2019, and lay the ultrafast cables through a […]
Virgin Media’s parent Liberty Global has taken a bold step to bolster its European Communications Team by hiring a veteran BBC World presenter and Radio 2 frontwoman, Rebecca Pike. Liberty Global, in an effort to power-up its public relations, have also appointed the previous News UK communications boss, Guto Harri, to a high-level position last […]
