Tag: Virgin Media
Sky Cinema added to Virgin TV Go app
Virgin Media customers can now watch all Sky Cinema channels and its library of on demand movies through the Virgin TV Go app Up to five different devices can be registered on the app From today (Friday 10 July), Virgin Media TV customers can now watch Sky Cinema channels, as well as hundreds of movies…
Virgin Media launches Gigabit broadband in Edinburgh and Liverpool
Virgin Media has switched on gigabit home broadband in a further two cities as part of its plan to bring gigabit speeds to more than 15 million homes across its entire network by the end of 2021. Edinburgh and Liverpool are the latest cities to benefit from the hyperfast service, and follow the launch of…
Virgin Media adds Sky Nature and Sky Documentaries channels
Virgin TV customers can now watch the two new channels Both channels will show award-winning documentaries and top nature programmes Virgin Media has added two of Sky’s latest channels to its TV platform: Sky Nature and Sky Documentaries. From today (Wednesday 27 May), both channels will be available in HD to all Maxit TV (previously…
O2 and Virgin Media merge to challenge BT dominance
O2 and Virgin Media are set to merge, creating one of the UK's largest entertainment and telecoms firms and a major rival to BT's broadband dominance. Liberty Global, which owns Virgin Media, and Spain's Telefonica, which owns O2, said they had agreed terms for joining forces. O2 is the UK's largest phone company with about…
Virgin Media adds 17 more FREE channels
Virgin Media is to give TV customers access to a range of documentary and entertainment channels Includes Alibi, Animal Planet, Eden, History, National Geographic and many others Shows like Shakespeare & Hathaway, Vikings and Wicked Tuna are available to watch Customers can also get free access to a fitness app and mindfulness and wellbeing videos…
Virgin Media offers FREE access to Sky channels for a month
Virgin Media will give all TV customers access to a range of Sky channels This includes Sky One, Sky Comedy, Sky Crime and Sky Sports Mix Top shows like Bulletproof 2, Curb your Enthusiasm and Grey’s Anatomy are available to watch Looking for some new TV to watch during lockdown? Virgin Media will be giving…
Virgin Media deal with NBCUniversal for cinema movies
NBCUniversal movie Trolls on Tour will come to Virgin Media on the same day as its cinema release Virgin Media has secured a deal with NBCUniversal, which, for the first time, will allow its customers to watch some of the studio’s new releases on the same day they hit cinemas. Soon,…
Virgin brings gigabit broadband to 1 million homes
Over a million homes across the West Midlands are set to benefit from the region’s fastest gigabit home broadband service with speeds up to 20 times quicker than the current regional average. Virgin Media will switch on its next-generation Gig1 Fibre Broadband services in early March in Birmingham and Coventry - the first cities to…
Virgin Media increases broadband speeds 500x to rural homes
Virgin Media has connected thousands of rural homes in Test & Dun Valley, Hampshire, to broadband speeds over 500 times faster than their previous connection speed. Residents living in 12 villages in Test & Dun Valley, which stretches across Hampshire and Wiltshire, previously experienced some of the slowest broadband speeds in the UK. Rural residents…
Virgin Media agrees five-year mobile deal with Vodafone UK
Virgin Media has agreed a five-year mobile deal with Vodafone UK which will see Virgin Mobile services, including 5G, hosted on the Vodafone network. The deal will replace Virgin Media’s current agreement with BT which expires in late 2021. Full Virgin Mobile services will start to move across to the Vodafone network from then, but…