Virgin Media

  • Virgin Media to boost broadband speeds

    Virgin Media to boost broadband speeds

    Virgin Media’s broadband customers are set to receive a speed boost, the cable company has announced. Next month the company will start an 18-month the upgrade programme which will boost speeds for its current 10Mb, 20Mb, 30Mb and 50Mb subscribers. Virgin promise users will see their speeds “at least doubled” and say users with their…

  • Pay Per View failure hits Virgin Media’s TiVo

    Pay Per View failure hits Virgin Media’s TiVo

    Virgin Media customers who have upgraded to the company’s TiVo box found themselves unable to watch a Pay Per View showing of the Mayweather vs Ortiz fight thanks to an unknown glitch.

  • Virgin Media announces TiVo iPad app

    Virgin Media announces TiVo iPad app

    Virgin Media has promised a “major” forthcoming software update will bring expanded capabilities to its TiVo service. Customers who have complained about HDMI wake-up issues and missing basic functions such as the Red Button have been eagerly anticipating the update. Other basic features missing from the box, but available on the cable company’s previous generation…

  • Virgin Media to beef up TiVo EPG checks

    Virgin Media to beef up TiVo EPG checks

    Virgin Media are to dedicate “more” resources to spotting errors in the programme guide for their TiVo set top box according to a staff post on the company’s official support forum. The cable firm bills the TiVo as ‘the best’ way to watch and record TV. A much touted feature is the ability to create…

  • Complaints as Virgin Media’s TiVo fails to record

    Complaints as Virgin Media’s TiVo fails to record

    Users of Virgin Media’s TiVo set to box have been venting their frustration after the company’s shiny new box failed record series links on Saturday.

  • Review: Virgin Media TV powered by TiVo

    Review: Virgin Media TV powered by TiVo

    For the past few weeks I’ve been using one of Virgin Media’s new TiVo boxes. Though I’m broadly impressed with the box’s potential, my view is that it’s very much an early adopter product which needs some fairly big issues addressed before it’s suitable for a casual TV watcher. The Virgin/TiVo tie-up is one which…