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Virgin Media launches multi-million pound marketing campaign
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Virgin Media is launching its biggest ever multi-channel marketing campaign as it prepares to double the broadband speeds of over four million UK households.
The campaign by DDB UK uses iconic figures Usain Bolt and Sir Richard Branson to reinforce Virgin Media’s position as the fastest broadband provider in the UK and sees the introduction...
BBC partners with Virgin Media to create next-generation TV experiences
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Virgin Media and the BBC have announced a new deal that will bring next-generation BBC TV services to the Virgin Media TiVo Service in 2012, continuing the successful partnership which saw BBC iPlayer launch on its first TV platform.
The BBC and Virgin Media will now begin to develop new applications and user experiences for TiVo homes...
Virgin sells UKTV stake to Scripps for £339m
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This article titled "Virgin sells UKTV stake to Scripps for £339m" was written by Mark Sweney, for guardian.co.uk on Monday 15th August 2011 07.22 UTC
Virgin Media has sold its 50% stake in pay-TV operator UKTV to US TV company Scripps Networks in a deal worth £339m.
Scripps – which owns US TV brands including...
Virgin Media loses 36,000 customers
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This article titled "Virgin Media loses 36,000 customers" was written by Mark Sweney, for guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 27th July 2011 10.05 UTC
Virgin Media lost 36,000 customers in the three months to the end of June, in part because thousands of students dropped their low-priced TV and broadband subscriptions for the summer holidays.
The...
Discovery strikes deals for its first 3D TV shows outside US
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This article titled "Discovery strikes deals for its first 3D TV shows outside US" was written by Mark Sweney, for guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 27th July 2011 06.35 UTC
Discovery Networks, home to shows including Mythbusters and Deadliest Catch, is to make and broadcast its first 3D TV shows outside the US after striking deals with...
Virgin Media launches first TiVo ad campaign
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Virgin Media has unveiled the first advertising campaign for its next generation Virgin Media: TiVo Service. Promising to be the best way to watch TV, ever, the TiVo service combines the live TV schedule with catch-up TV, a huge library of on-demand programming and popular web-based applications alongside a market-leading personal video recorder....
All new 3D content joins Virgin Media’s Movies on Demand service
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Virgin Media’s 3D offering continues to go from strength to strength with an exciting new line-up of 3D movies courtesy of Paramount Pictures and The Walt Disney Company UK & Ireland. Starting this month 3D films such as Paramount’s Jackass 3D and Disney’s TRON: Legacy will join Virgin Media’s pioneering on demand...
Virgin Media launches 11 Asian TV Channels in UK
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London : Recognising the rapid growth and diversity of Asian programming in the UK, Virgin Media has launched Asian Mela, a refresh of its Asian collection to give customers an enhanced mix of channels providing round-the-clock family TV entertainment. Building on Virgin Media’s focus on offering the best quality...
Virgin Group , Facebook Top UK Display Advertisers
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London : comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) has released an overview of the UK online display advertising market for Q3 2010, which showed strong gains compared to Q3 2009. Data from comScore’s Ad Metrix services showed that UK internet users received more than 221 billion display ads during the third quarter, marking a 34-percent increase...