Virgin Media Shares Rise Amidst Unexpected Growth

Richard Branson's Virgin Media has unveiled a fresh set of offers aimed at attracting new customers and spearheaded by a hefty £50 off discount. The discount is only available to new customers who buy at least three...

Virgin media has announced that it will migrate all of its four million home broadband customers to Google, offering them more than 7GB storage together with the @virginmedia.com email for the first time. The deployment according...

In an unexpected twist, Virgin Media has welcomed Ofcom's decision to remove any regulatory roadblocks that might hamper BT's £1.5 billion investment in a high speed fibre-optic network. In a statement given to Techradar,...

Sky has announced that it is slashing the price of its high-end Sky+ HD box from £150 to £49 in a bid to push HD popularity further amidst the current gloomy economic climate. According to the British broadcaster,...

Venerable Beeb has announced that it will be looking for partners to create an open industry IPTV platform to allow content providers to roll out internet TV services more easily. The BBC has gathered a lot of experience from its...

Virgin Media is on a roll it seems. It has been designated as the most reliable UK broadband provider by Point Topic when it comes to achieved vs advertised broadband speeds. Last week, Virgin media won top kudos from...

Orange has come up with discounted 8Mb broadband packages aimed at the home segment although it will have a hard time competing against the likes of O2 or Virginmedia.The various packages on offer include the Home Starter package...

The City of London Police have decided to drop their investigations into BT and Phorm over secret trials of the controversial ad-monitoring and tracking system last year, arguing that no criminal offence had taken place. ...

Carphone Warehouse, UK's third largest broadband provider after Virginmedia and BT, has reiterated its interest in buying the British part of Italian Telecoms company, Tiscali with more than 1.8 million subscribers.The latest...

When you can't beat competitors (out of frustration), start throwing names at them. This is exactly what ITV executive chairman, Michael Grade did at the IBC broadcast conference in Amsterdam last Friday when he said that online...

New figures from the Office of Communications reveal that nearly 70 percent of UK's 60 million TV sets are currently receiving digital content either through cable, satellite or digital terrestrial (Freeview). The growth was...

Murdoch-owned BSkyB is apparently carrying out secret tests in east London that could potentially allow it to increase its average broadband speed and stand a better chance of challenging Virgin Media, O2 and BT. According to...

More than 30 firms and government bodies have been fingered in a report published in the latest edition of Which? Magazine for ripping customers calling in on premium numbers for help. Numbers starting with 0871, 0870, 0844 or...

It won't be the first time that companies try to entice prospective customers into signing expensive contracts for services; UK Mobile Phone customers have been doing for years. But this is set to expand to other services as...

Phorm will have to comply with the latest directives from the Information Commissioner Office (ICO) if the controversial advertising system is to be deployed in UK In what many have considered as a welcomed u-turn, the ICO now...