Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) will begin offering 50Mbps broadband in the second half of the year and mobile broadband dongles in Q4. Virgin is late to the UK’s booming broadband…

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Sky and Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) have duked it out over broadband access, now it’s down to the value-add. With yesterday’s announcement it is planning a monthly music subscription service,…

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-- RBI bids: Telegraph reports BusinessWeek publisher McGraw-Hill (NYSE: MHP) is among two dozen companies that have expressed an interest in acquiring Reed Elsevier’s trade magazine and information division, which…

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-- Virgin Radio: Virgin Radio, soon to be renamed after SMG sold it to Times of India group’s Absolute Radio, is losing its digital media director Andy Gumbridge as part…

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-- SonyBMG/UMG MP3: Digital music retailer 7digital will be taking DRM-free MP3 repertoire from SonyBMG and Universal “imminently”, we can reveal. The label got MP3s from EMI last summer and…

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As we have been reporting since the start of these talks, Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) has finally announced the acquisition of troubled MVNO Helio. We originally broke the news…

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Starting next week, Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) will begin sending letters to customers whose IP addresses have been used to distribute music illegally. It’s…

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BSkyB’s launch plans for its digital terrestrial television pay-TV service Picnic are stuck in a holding pattern, after Ofcom announced yesterday, yet another consultation into the service and in Sky’s…

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Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) will increase TV, phone and bundle prices from June 1 to turn around falling earnings. Revenue fell from £1.021 billion in Q107 to £1.001 billion, “due…

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— Online Catch Up For Channel 4: Channel 4 has rolled out a free seven-day catch-up service on channel4.com, reports NMA.co.uk. The click-and-play streaming service is in addition to its…

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The BBC has struck a deal with Virgin Media to put its iPlayer service on the internet and phone provider’s cable network. Virgin Media Customers will now be able to…

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The controversial 17.9 percent stake that BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) holds in ITV (LSE: ITV) has been up for sale, and multiple suitors have expressed interest. Among them, European broadcaster RTL…

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Highlights from a conflict-laden weekend… -- Virgin vs publishers: Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) is “already in talks with unnamed content providers about paying to have their content delivered faster than…

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- Video metrics: Two years after it launched in the US, comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) is bringing its Video Metrix web video tracking rankings to the UK, France, Germany and Canada.…

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Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) is likely to start threatening its broadband customers who illegally share music with disconnection. Speaking to paidContent:UK this morning, the telco confirmed a Sunday Telegraph report…

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- Virgin 50 Mbps: Nine million VMED customers will have access to 50 Mbps cable this year, the company said, considering best methods for rollout: “Unlike big routed networks, we…

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Another Sunday paper, another unattributed report. The Observer says it’s seen “Project Coaxial” - an awkwardly-named private document indicating private equity houses Blackstone, Cinven, KKR and Providence Equity are preparing…

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Broadband operator Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) said in a filing that interim CEO Neil Berkett is now the official CEO. Berkett was named to the post in August, following the…

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Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) posted a £163.2 million net loss in the three months to December 31 - attributed to lower cashflow and higher staff turnover. But it continues to…

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Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) is expected to shutter its little-known Siren women’s portal and fold the content in to its LivingTV website. Media Week says the relaunch will take place…

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- Virgin appeals BSkyB: Now both BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) and Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) are appealing the Competition Commission’s ruling the satellite broadcaster should slim its 17.9 percent ITV (LSE:…

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Three ISPs BT (NYSE: BT), TalkTalk and Virgin Media—representing 70 percent of the British ISP market--have signed on to join advertising technology company Phorm’s new ad platform that will give…

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The drive to make ISPs more responsible for policing digital piracy continues full steam. The FT reports that next week the government plans to unveil in a green paper on…

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- BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) Lost: Sky is catching up with Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) in the on-demand stakes, offering Lost episodes for free via its Sky Anytime PC app for…

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Los Angeles-based Gemstar-TV Guide, which produces software to provide interactive programme guides (IPGs) for televisions, video recorders, PC’s and mobile phones, is suing Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) alleging that the…

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