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News: guitars will fly with 200mb broadband from virgin media
2009-05-09 16:03:00 News: 09-05-2009: Imagine the possibilities when you get bandwidth of this speed... real time guitar lessons here we come... Virgin Media casually mentioned its ability to hit 200Mb with its current infrastructure, but expressed reservations about the viability of such a service right now. Today, Virgin Media officially announced that it is piloting a 200Mb service. So is this a PR stunt or is... This is a content summary only. Visit Truth In Shredding to find out more!
Virgin Media launches mobile broadband
2008-10-02 02:00:00 Virgin Media has launched a 15 a month mobile broadband package it has been reported
Virgin Media y la BPI enviarán cartas "educativas" a quienes se b
2008-06-09 10:19:00 El ISP británico Virgin Media y la British Phonographic Industry (BPI) han llegado a un acuerdo merced al cual ambas partes se comprometen a enviar cartas "educativas" a los clientes del operador de telecomunicaciones que se descarguen música con programas P2P en las que les advertirán que están cometiendo un acto ilícito, les solicitarán que dejen de hacerlo y les proporcionarán enlaces a tiendas online para que compren las canciones que quieran. ¿Quiero esto decir que Virgin Media va a espiar a sus abonados? Pues no. Eso correrá a cargo de la BPI, que de hecho ya hace tiempo que utiliza programas para rastrear y recolectar miles y miles de IPs pertenecientes a personas que utilizan aplicaciones por todos conocidas como LimeWire, BitComet, eMule y demás para bajarse discos o películas. Este acuerdo llega meses después que las discográficas presionaran sin éxito a los ISP para que, siguiendo el modelo anunciado por el presidente francés, accedieran a desconectar de la Red a aquell...
Virgin Media preps for 50MBPS roll out in UK
2008-05-14 21:53:00 The rials are over and the roll out is set to begin. large numbers of UK residents will soon have what all but a few US residents dream about. of course, there is a more competitive environment in the UK and politicans are much more limited by law in accepting largess from the lobby. The ...
By: Third Pipe
Virgin Media: ?Net Neutrality is a Load of Bollocks?
2008-04-14 15:07:00 Those of you who’ve been on the moon this past few months will have missed out on the debacle of a debate, “net neutrality” has become. Celebrated inventor of the Internet, Tim Berners-Lee has been very vocal of late, calling for Internet Service Providers, (ISPs), to not implement a plan of speeding up the bandwidth ...
By: Noddegamra
Net Neutrality is ?A Load of Bollocks?
2008-04-14 12:08:00 According to Neil Berkett, the new CEO of Virgin Media, ?This net neutrality thing is a load of bollocks.? Mr Berkett followed this by stating that Virgin Media is already in negotiations with content providers (such as the BBC) to provide their media faster. For a fee, of course.Those companies that refuse this commercial blackmail will find the "Information Superhighway" becomes the "Information Bus Lane."Sometimes you wonder why CEOs are allowed to speak in public. The last time I saw this level of idiocy was from the then head of Ratners jewellery stores, Gerald Ratner. You may well be saying to yourself at this point, "Ratners? Who?"Back in the 1980s Ratners sold "value" jewellery from high-street stores and were very successful. In fact, they had over 2,000 stores across the UK, and were making huge profits. The business was seen as one of the UK's great success stories.That was until Gerald Ratner opened his mouth at an Institute of Directors (IoD) Conference in 1991.So suc...
Filesharing: Internetprovider Virgin Media m
2008-03-31 21:23:00 Der Internetprovider Virgin Media möchte gemeinsam mit der britischen Musikindustrie ein Three Strike System in die Praxis umsetzen. Es ist eines dieser neuen Ideen gegen illegales Filesharing, die seit letzten Sommer diskutiert werden. Wiederholte Filesharer von illegalen Dateien sollen zunächst verwarnt und bei wiederholter Missachtung der Warnungen der Internetzugang gesperrt werdenQuelle
Samuel Jackson: New Face of Virgin Media
2008-03-06 17:21:00 Hollywood star Samuel L Jackson has been named as the new face of British cable TV company Virgin Media’s latest TV advertising campaign. Jackson is taking over the role to promote the telecommunications brand from fekkow ‘Pulp Fiction’ star Uma Thurman. The ads are designed to show Virgin Media leading the TV revolution by publicizing the company’s ...
By: Celebrity Brands
Virgin Media taps Microsoft in lengthy email outage
2008-02-18 17:30:00 Virgin Media taps Microsoft in lengthy email outageVirgin Media customers have been suffering email outages for several days, prompting the firm to call in Microsoft engineers to help with an urgent upgrade. A mysterious configuration problem w...
Back Online
2008-02-13 20:35:00 We are back online.I arrived home today to find a note from the postman that a parcel had been returned to the sorting office. Luckily for me it's only a twenty minute walk there, so I was able to go straight back out and collect what turned out to be my replacement modem.So back home, unplug the old one, plug in the new one, and make a call to Virgin Media's tech support to enable the new modem.Pretty painless when alls said and done, and considering it was Monday evening when I placed the support call, I think they've managed to sort things out pretty quickly.
Virgin Media shifts focus from content to access.
2008-02-06 15:38:00 After losing the battle for the ITV televeison network, and experiecing drooping profits form premium content, Virgin appears to have learned from the setback. The the company is now focused on access as its primary product: Neil Berkett, who has been running Virgin Media since former CEO Steve Burch stepped down in August, described broadband as the company’s “hero product.” He said the increased speeds Virgin was planning to introduce combined with the fundamental architecture of cable would give it a competitive advantage in on-demand and next-generation entertainment in time. He acknowledged that archrival BSkyB’s move into the broadband space, with the acquisition of Easynet, had changed the playing field and admitted the channel carriage dispute with the satellite giant had been damaging. He said Virgin would no longer try to compete in the premium TV market, paying out high prices for sports and movies, but would instead focus its resources on bringing...
By: Third Pipe
Avril Lavigne is Nominated at the First Ever Virgin Media Music Awards!
2007-12-14 00:00:00 Forum: Avril Lavigne News and Updates Posted By: Running With Scissors Post Time: 12-13-2007 at 09:35 PM
Virgin Media Cable TV Customers Were Left Without Television Service
2007-10-12 12:11:00 Reportedly Virgin Media cable TV customers were left without television service on Thursday night after an outage of nearly national scope hit the cable operator’s network. The alarm was raised on the DS forums just before 21:30, with customers across the UK reporting a loss of most or in some cases all channels. An hour after the ...
By: Product Reviews
Virgin Media Trial of 50 Mbps Broadband Enters Second Phase
2007-09-17 19:39:00 Today it was revealed that the 50Mbps broadband connection from Richard Branson’s Virgin Media has now entered its second phase of testing. The trials team network with Virgin is looking for people to test the 50 Mbps downstream service in Ashford, Folkestone and Dover in the United Kingdom. Virgin 50 Mbps broadband comes at a price ...
By: Product Reviews
Virgin Media - Customer Service That Sucks
2007-09-08 18:18:00 I have always admired the way that Richard Branson managed to control the Virgin group which consists of over 100 small companies and thousands of employs all over the world. Most of the companies in the Virgin Group are based on JV agreements with established brands and Richard Branson normally makes sure each company is ...
Virgin Media Cup - Mallory Park Race Result
2007-09-03 04:59:00 Championship leader, BJ Toal extended his lead to 30-points over second placed Midge Smart with his fourth victory of the season in the Virgin Media Cup at Mallory Park today, 22 July.
Virgin Media Cup - Snetterton Race Result
2007-09-01 07:47:00 Virgin Media Cup - Snetterton Race Result
Virgin Media Cup - Oulton Park Race Result
2007-08-31 19:43:00 James Webb took his second pole position in a row, but it was Leon Morris who snatched the holeshot from the outside of the front row.
Virgin Media Advert
2007-08-07 21:04:00 Watch Big Brother? Well I LOVE their adverts; so creative and funny! Heres one of my favorite ads (its not long but funny). (Either JavaScript is not active or you are using an old version of Adobe Flash Player. Please install the newest Flash Player.)
Virgin Media Gives Other Bidders More Time After £5.5bln Offer
2007-08-07 17:19:00 Cable TV company Virgin Media has extended its strategic review of the business to give other bidders more time to make a offer for the company. Virgin Media has received a bid of £5.5 billion from an as yet anonymous bidder. Virgin Media are apparently giving other bidders more time to put together a deal, waiting for ...
By: Product Reviews
I'm not obsessed by Virgin Media. Honest.
2007-07-11 16:06:00 Two crucial pieces of information: Factoid- 1: I subscribe to Virgin Media - this causes me much consternation Factoid 2: The Virgin Media service was down on Monday night in the South West London area So, what can we deduce from these facts? Well. Because my cable was down, I've switched the telly onto 'normal' terrestrial analogue, you know, with just channels one to five. Things I've noticed: Observation 1: The main clock in our house was the Virgin interface one on the telly. I miss it. Observation 2: I quite like BBC3 and Judge Judy on ITV3. But I don't miss them. Observation 3: On Virgin telly, you have to press '1' then '0' then '1' if you want to watch BBC1. On 'normal' telly you just have to press '1'. Is Virgin ripping me off in some kind of unnecessary button pressing scandal? Two pieces of information that are even more crucial than the last two: Factoid 3: It's my b...
By: Put Simply
Virgin Media Inc (VMED) Takeover Predicted by Jim Cramer
2007-07-03 21:08:00 Jim Cramer has been consistently positive on Virgin Media Inc (VMED) since May 2006, back when it was NTL Inc (NTLI), when he featured it in a special section, citing the triple play and Richard Branson's soon to be leadership after the acquisition of Virgin Media (VMED). Virgin Media was again featured on the January 23, 2007 show when Cramer speculated that it could be a takeover target.
Jobs at risk if Carlyle Group takeover of Virgin Media goes ahead, broadcas
2007-07-03 11:58:00 Broadcasting trade union Bectu has warned of impending job losses at Virgin Media following speculation in the press that it is the target of a private equity buyout. The BBC reports that private-equity firm Carlyle Group has made an offer to purchase cable TV, mobile phone and broadband company Virgin Media for in excess of £10bn. Carlyle Group appeared before the House of Commons Treasury Committee last month as part of its investigation into whether the private equity industry ought to be more transparent and tightly regulated. Bectu said it was concerned by the growing trend for UK employers to be bought out by private equity bids which often left companies with large debts, and subsequently major job losses. Nigel Mason, Bectu national official, said: ?Clearly our members in Virgin will be disturbed by these rumours. There has been considerable debate of late about the role of private equity buyouts in the UK economy, and recent history warns us that these immensely...
Virgin Media Inc (VMED) Takeover Predicted by Jim Cramer
2007-07-03 01:50:00 Jim Cramer has been consistently positive on Virgin Media Inc (VMED) since May 2006, back when it was NTL Inc (NTLI), when he featured it in a special section, citing the triple play and Richard Branson's soon to be leadership after the acquisition of Virgin Media (VMED). Virgin Media was again featured on the January 23, 2007 show when Cramer speculated that it could be a takeover target. Now, with a bid from Carlyle Group, Cramer is getting his wish with Virgin Media trading up 15% to 28 in pre-market trading, improving a very ostentatious but hardly impressive takeover targets performance record.
By: stockTagger
Carlyle Group in Talks to Acquire Virgin Media
2007-07-03 00:00:00 The Carlyle Group is in discussions with Virgin Media, the British cable company whose largest investor is Richard Branson, over a potential bid worth around $20 billion, a person familiar with the negotiations said yesterday. The talks are still early and may not lead to a bid, this person noted. As the coffers of American ...
By: Investment Blog
James Haydon Parts with Virgin Media Optoma Loans Yamaha
2007-06-21 19:21:00 Virgin Media Optoma Loans Yamaha and James Haydon are to part company after a mutual and amicable decision was reached between Team Principal Rob McElnea and James Haydon.
Virgin Media Cup - Snetterton Race Result
2007-06-21 13:20:00 Virgin Media Cup - Snetterton Race Result
Virgin Media Cup - Snetterton Race Result
2007-06-21 13:20:00 Virgin Media Cup - Snetterton Race Result
Virgin Media Cup - Oulton Park Race Result
2007-06-21 04:18:00 James Webb took his second pole position in a row, but it was Leon Morris who snatched the holeshot from the outside of the front row.
Virgin Media Cup - Thruxton Race Result
2007-06-20 07:14:00 The 2007 Virgin Media Cup has continued where last season left off - by providing thrilling close fought races that throw the formbook out of the window.
Virgin Media Cup - Oulton Park Race Result
2007-05-08 00:56:00 James Webb took his second pole position in a row, but it was Leon Morris who snatched the holeshot from the outside of the front row.
Virgin Media Cup - Silverstone Qualifying
2007-05-04 06:41:00 James Webb made a dramatic return to the championship where he gained a third place at the end of the 2006 season.
Virgin Media Cup - Thruxton Qualifying
2007-05-03 09:33:00 Local rider, Leon Morris, dominated proceedings throughout free practice at Qualifying to claim his first pole position of the season ahead of tomorrow’s 14-lap race.
Virgin Media Cup - Brands Hatch Qualifying
2007-05-02 18:28:00 Virgin Media Cup veteran, BJ Toal, stole the inaugural pole position from Leo Aldersley in the closing moments of Qualifying.
Virgin Media Cup - Silverstone Qualifying
2007-04-29 02:57:00 James Webb made a dramatic return to the championship where he gained a third place at the end of the 2006 season.
Virgin Media Cup - Thruxton Race Result
2007-04-19 04:42:00 The 2007 Virgin Media Cup has continued where last season left off - by providing thrilling close fought races that throw the formbook out of the window.
Virgin Media Cup - Brands Hatch Qualifying
2007-04-18 04:36:00 Virgin Media Cup veteran, BJ Toal, stole the inaugural pole position from Leo Aldersley in the closing moments of Qualifying.
Virgin Media and Sky ruin my Sunday night
2007-03-03 18:53:06 Disaster this week as the row between Virgin Media and Sky over sky one etc, ended up in Sky pulling all their channels from Virgin Media on Thursday. All week I’ve been looking forward to tuning in to my two favourite Jacks in Lost and 24. Nice one Virgin I’ve been with NTL/Virgin Media for 6 years and I think I’ll be pulling the plug and moving to Sky. Perversely, I had never really bothered with Sky One before until I got into 24 last year and Lost moved to Sky One from Channel 4. On the plus side, it appears that moving to Sky will save me £50 a month, but all the same I would have liked to have had the choice. The customer is the loser as usual!
By: My Perfect Night
Virgin Media Launches New On-Demand Channel Offering ‘CSI,’
2007-02-21 02:20:01 Virgin Media is making today a red-letter day for TV fans, with the launch of Virgin Central, a revolutionary new kind of television channel. Virgin Central heralds a new way to watch favorite programs, combining the simplicity of a traditional channel with the choice and control of TV-on-demand technology. Read more! |
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