Jul 21 2016
Irish commercial broadcaster TV3 has appointed a leading executive from rival channel RTÉ as its new director of programming. Bill Malone was previously channel controller at RTÉ2 and a member of the Irish pubcaster’s board TV board for the past three years. He succeeds Lynda McQuaid, who left TV3 in February. Before that, the role […]
Jul 14 2016
Research from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech on the home services market – covering broadband, fixed landline and pay-TV – reveals strong gains for the major players amid further turmoil for TalkTalk. BT, Sky and Virgin Media have all seen year-on-year customer growth, with BT’s share up by 7.8 percentage points on last year thanks to strong […]
Jul 11 2016
Virgin Media is adding UTV Ireland to its portfolio after sealing the deal for TV3 late last year. Virgin Media said the deal with station owner ITV was further testament to the confidence it has in Irish television programming and production. Chief executive Tony Hanway said: “This investment demonstrates our commitment to provide great entertainment […]
Jul 8 2016
The most complained-about pay TV provider between January and March of this year was BT with 20 complaints per 100,000 customers compared to 15 the previous quarter according to an Ofcom report. Complaints about TalkTalk fell from 14 to nine, while complaints about Virgin Media increased slightly and was the same as the industry average […]
May 10 2016
Virgin Media is planning to launch a new set-top box and will introduce new features to its TV user experience in the second half of this year, the company has announced. Liberty Global-owned Virgin media posted its strongest quarterly performance since 2010 in the three months to March, including the addition of 80,000 TiVo advanced […]
May 10 2016
Virgin Media is planning to launch a new set-top box and will introduce new features to its TV user experience in the second half of this year, the company has announced. A Virgin Media spokesman told Digital TV Europe that the box would be 4K-ready and would be based on the TiVo platform. He said […]
May 8 2015
Virgin Media’s broadband subscriber numbers have increased from 4,625,800 in the previous quarter, to 4,969,700 in the first quarter of this year (40,200 of which are still on ADSL rather than cable – up 7 per cent. Of those 4.9 million net subscribers, Liberty-owned Virgin reports that 36 per cent are on 100Mbps or faster […]
Nov 17 2014
Brussels has joined the dispute between PSB broadcasters and pay-TV operators warning that a British law allowing Virgin Media free access to ITV and Channel 4’s main channels is an infringement of EU rules. The European Commission has opened formal infringement proceedings over the legislation, which was introduced in the late 1980s to help the […]
Feb 18 2014
Ofcom welcomes the Court of Appeal’s decision that the judgment of the Competition Appeal Tribunal failed properly to consider Ofcom’s findings that there was ineffective competition in the market. Ensuring fair and effective competition in the pay TV market has always been Ofcom’s objective. Ofcom’s 2010 decision that Sky must offer premium sports channels to […]
Jan 17 2014
Channel 5+24, Channel 5’s new +24 hour catch-up channel, will launch on the 4th February 2014. Between 7pm and midnight, the channel will broadcast whatever Channel 5 was showing 24 hours ago. For the remainder of its broadcast hours, the channel will broadcast teleshopping, except on Freeview where the channel will close down overnight, and […]
Aug 9 2012
Sky has won its appeal against Ofcom’s decision to force the company to slash the amount it charges rivals such as BT and Virgin Media for carrying the main Sky Sports channels. In a summary judgement handed down in London late yesterday (August 8), the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) said that Ofcom’s concerns about the […]
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Jul 22 2016
Spanish TV coming to Virgin Media
Spanish TV group Atresmedia is breaking into the UK with the launch of two of its channels, Antena 3 International and Atreseries on cable in the country for the first time. The company has reached an agreement with Virgin Media to distribute them targeted at expatriate Spaniards and Spanish speakers. “We are very happy that […]
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By Expat • Spain, UK Media News • Tags: Antena 3 International, Atreseries, Atresmedia, Virgin Media