Virgin Media

  • Virgin Media releases Android mobile TV app

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    Virgin Media has finally launched an Android version of its mobile TV service, Virgin TV Anywhere. The PC and app-based service is available to subscribers who rent one of the cable company’s TiVo set top boxes and first launched for Apple’s iPad and iPhone in September 2012. The company has also announced the addition of…

  • Virgin Media announces new 152Mb broadband speeds and price hike

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    Virgin Media says it will increase the speeds available to broadband customers and offer a top speed of 152Mb from February 2014. The cable company will boost existing customers’ speeds “by at least 20Mb” meaning customers on its up to 30Mb will now receive speeds of 50Mbp and higher. The new 152Mb top speed is…

  • Virgin Media loses 12,600 TV customers, blames BT Sport

    Virgin Media loses 12,600 TV customers, blames BT Sport

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    UK cable company Virgin Media lost 6,800 customers in the third quarter of its financial year. Results posted by Virgin Media and parent company Liberty Global show TV subscribers fell by 12,600 and phone customers by 24,400. In the same period the firm signed up 30,200 broadband customers. In a statement the company said performance…

  • Virgin Media to offer iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c

    Virgin Media to offer iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c

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    UK cable and mobile company Virgin Media says it will offer Apple’s iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c from November 22nd. Released last month, the iPhone 5s comes in silver, gold or space grey aluminium, and boasts a 64-bit A7 chip which Apple claims makes it 40 times faster than the original iPhone. The device offers…

  • Virgin Media adds Netflix to TiVo

    Virgin Media adds Netflix to TiVo

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    Virgin Media customers will soon be able to access Netflix’s catalogue of TV shows and films. The cable company has partnered with the US streaming service to offer its content via an app on the TiVo set top boxes. When Virgin first launched the TiVo in 2010, its management boasted of “hundreds” of apps appearing…

  • Dodgy EPG data causes Virgin Media fans to miss UFC

    Dodgy EPG data causes Virgin Media fans to miss UFC

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    Virgin Media claim their TiVo box is the best way to watch TV, but that wasn’t the case last night when dodgy EPG data caused its customers to miss the start of BT Sport’s UFC coverage. The EPG on Virgin’s boxes told viewers and their set top boxes that the fight was being shown on…