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Virgin Media
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Virgin squares Full Circle with exclusive deal
UK pay TV operator Virgin Media has acquired three seasons of US drama Full Circle….
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A+E poaches BBCWW exec for VOD post
A+E Networks UK has poached BBC Worldwide’s Riccardo Donato. Donato will take on a new…
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Sky Store director exiting
Long-serving Sky executive Simon Creasey is leaving the UK pay TV giant. He will leave…
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Sony Movie Channel to go live on UK platforms
Sony Pictures Television Networks UK is due to launch a rebranded Sony Movie Channel on…
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Virgin Media boss Mockridge to chair RTS
Pay TV veteran Tom Mockridge will chair the Royal Television Society board of trustees, replacing…
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Turner strikes new channels deal with Virgin
Turner has renewed its carriage deal with UK cabler Virgin Media, adding a raft of…
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Liberty Global slides into the red
Liberty Global fell into the red in the third quarter. The company recorded a loss…
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Netflix, Amazon UK subs shun ‘normal’ TV
Almost half of Netflix and Amazon Prime Video subscribers in the UK rarely watch ‘normal’…
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iPlayer licence fee law comes into effect
A change to UK law requiring viewers to buy a licence fee in order to…
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Virgin orders comedy shorts, buys Magic City
UK pay TV provider Virgin Media is pushing further into original programming, commissioning Avalon Television…
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All3 agrees major drama output deal with Liberty
All3Media will produce four original drama series for cable platforms owned by its co-parent, Liberty…
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Ex-BT channels boss joins Virgin content push
UK pay TV provider Virgin Media has hired a former content chief at BT TV…
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Spanish channels launch on UK cable
Spain’s Atresmedia is launching two of its channels on cable in the UK for the…
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Virgin Media agrees €10m UTV Ireland buyout
Liberty Global-owned UK and Irish operator Virgin Media has agreed to buy Republic of Ireland…
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No change to UK retrans fees despite law change
The UK government will repeal a law that says pay TV operators need not pay…
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Report: Virgin Media in talks to buy UTV Ireland
Liberty Global-owned pay TV operator Virgin Media is reportedly in advanced talks to buy Irish…
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Parrot signs up Mediaset SVOD platform
Programme data science firm Parrot Analytics has signed Mediaset’s Italian SVOD platform, Infinity, to its…
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BT ‘most complained-about’ UK pay TV service
BT was the most complained about pay TV service provider in the UK during the…
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Cindy Rose leaving Vodafone
Vodafone UK’s consumer director Cindy Rose is leaving the group after three years amid a…
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Virgin expands Kingdom with second exclusive
Virgin Media’s push into exclusive UK programming has continued with the acquisition of mixed martial…
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Virgin Media could axe 900 jobs in restructure
Virgin Media has announced plans to change its operating structure in a move that could…
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Ex-MTG, Virgin exec joins TalkTalk TV division
Former Modern Times Group and Virgin Media executive Aleks Habdank has joined TalkTalk as the…
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Virgin Media study brands retrans fees ‘bad idea’
A study by Virgin Media found that 72% of people thought proposals to introduce pay…
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Vodafone-Liberty Global talks terminated
Vodafone has said that talks with Liberty Global about a possible asset swap have been…
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CBS Drama joins Freeview in the UK
CBS Drama is to launch on digital free-to-air platform Freeview in the UK, and has…
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BT makes Fear-inducing play
British telecoms firm BT Group has rocked the pay TV market in the UK over…
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Liberty’s UPC buys TV3 for €80m
Liberty Global subsidiary UPC Ireland has agreed to buy Irish commercial broadcaster TV3 for a…
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Virgin gets TV boost with Sky veteran hire
Virgin Media has named former Sky Italia programming chief and JimJam founder David Bouchier as…
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Increase in UK pay subs planning to churn
The number of UK pay TV subs planning to cancel their service has almost doubled…
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Pat Younge resurfaces with Sugar Films
Ex-BBC programming boss Pat Younge has launched his own media company alongside former Channel 4…