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TV blockbusters may be cheaper after watchdog probe into Sky

19.08.11
The cost of watching recent blockbusters on pay TV is set to fall after a watchdog threatened to break Sky's stranglehold over movie rights... more

15 years jail for set-top box fraudsters

19.07.11
Three men who took part in a £144 million fraud by selling set-top boxes which allowed people unlawful free access to cable TV channels have been jailed... more

Proper Charlies: Chaplin-a-likes take over London

07.04.11
Army of Charlie Chaplins invaded London landmarks ­- including the escalator at Westminster Tube station, ­- to launch a short film competition ... more

Smarte work goes Morgan Sindall's way

06.04.11
These are tough times for the building industry, but Morgan Sindall has some cheer having landed a slice of £500 million in construction work up for grabs from three local councils... more

TiVo turns on Virgin's viewers

17.02.11
Virgin Media TV customers are embracing TiVo - the new, set-top box - with annual revenues up 5.8% and free cash flow rising an impressive 24%... more

National Grid fined £137,000 for roadwork delays in London

07.12.10
Utility giant National Grid tops a league table of London roadworks shame, figures reveal... more

Virgin’s latest set-top box ‘can predict the programmes you’ll want to see’

01.12.10
Virgin unveils a set-top box that it claims can predict which TV shows owners will like... more

Homes suffer 75% slower speeds in broadband's postcode lottery

24.11.10
Londoners face a postcode lottery when buying high-speed broadband, new figures show... more

Speedy Gonzales says cheese in Covent Garden

21.10.10
Visitors to Covent Garden were confronted with a new form of advertising today - a billboard made entirely from cheese... more

Scene stealer: Jaime Winstone's film dress

06.10.10
Actress Jaime Winstone poses in a dress made entirely of film reel at an awards ceremony. ... more

BT's advertising battle over Sky Sports debut

30.06.10
Britain’s pay-TV rivals are launching an advertising blitz as they fight to win new subscribers with cheaper Premier League football packages... more

BT to carry Sky Sports after rivals reach deal

28.06.10
BT reaches a truce with BSkyB, which agrees to let its rival carry Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 for the first time... more

Abbey Clancy shows 'World Cup widows' how to spend the summer

01.06.10
Abbey Clancy is pictured reclining on a sofa wearing a vest top and skimpy shorts as she promotes her own collection of TV shows to keep "football widows" entertained during the World Cup... more

BSkyB 'closes in on deal' for Virgin Media TV channels

27.05.10
BSkyB is close to finalising a deal to buy Virgin Media TV channels, according to reports... more

Thandie Newton smoulders in Cleopatra costume

12.04.10
Glamorous Thandie Newton smoulders in a starring role as one of the world's best-known sex symbols - Cleopatra.... more

Virgin Media shares soar with broadband expectation

25.02.10
Virgin Media's shares leap more than 7% as it announces better-than-expected results with plans to launch ultra-powerful 100 megabit broadband... more

Cheryl Cole snatches back Hottest Female title

11.02.10
Pixie Lott is this year's Best Newcomer while Cheryl Cole is crowned Hottest Female at the Virgin Media Music Awards. ... more

New customers help boost Virgin Media’s revenues

29.10.09
The boss of Virgin Media today said “more products, more customers and more people buying more expensive products” pushed third-quarter revenue up 1.3% to £953 million ... more

Virgin loses customers but gains spenders

06.08.09
Virgin Media lost 26,200 television, broadband and landline telephone customers between April and June ... more

Virgin Media is mulling a secondary London listing

03.08.09
Virgin Media may list its shares on the London Stock Exchange, in a belated recognition that it operates entirely in the UK ... more

Music fans to get unlimited legal downloads

15.06.09
Subscription service offering unlimited legal downloads to be launched after ground-breaking deal between leading internet service provider and the world's biggest music label... more

BSkyB tops bids for rival Virgin channels

29.05.09
British Sky Broadcasting has emerged as the highest bidder for a clutch of seven digital TV channels owned by Virgin Media including Virgin One, Bravo, Living and Challenge... more

BSkyB tops bids for rival Virgin channels

29.05.09
British Sky Broadcasting has emerged as the highest bidder for a clutch of seven digital TV channels owned by Virgin Media including Virgin One, Bravo, Living and Challenge ... more

Subscribers flock to sign up with Virgin Media

05.05.09
Virgin Media is still recruiting new subscribers, getting them to sign up for more than one service and managing to cut down the number of people who switch to rivals ... more

Virgin Media TV channels 'for sale'

05.03.09
Virgin Media is reported to have put its television channels, which include Dave, Bravo and Living, up for sale at around £500 million... more

Shop flop hits Virgin Media for £55 million

25.02.09
Media: Virgin Media wrote down the value of its TV shopping channels bid tv, price-drop tv and speed auction tv by £55 million after they had a poor run-up to Christmas.... more

Virgin speeds up Britain's broadband to a record 50Mb

15.12.08
A major battle for the future of Britain’s internet access has begun... more

Mixed messages from Hutton

11.09.08
NOT for the first time the Government is at sixes and sevens on something. The latest subject for the shaky hand on the tiller is pay rewards... more

Virgin media is losing the low payers

07.08.08
In a so-called 'sniff of consumer downturn', Virgin Media has lost 19,500 customers in the past three months... more

Millions of customers left fuming over poor quality digital TV services

27.05.08
The digital television revolution has left millions of viewers unhappy with the service they receive, it is revealed today. ... more


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