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About Virgin Media


Virgin Media is the UK's leading entertainment and communications company.
Thanks to Virgin Media, consumers can for the first time, get everything they need from one company - a 'quad-play' of broadband, digital TV, phone and mobile.
Almost 10 million customers choose Virgin Media, which makes us:

  • One of the largest residential broadband providers in the UK
  • The UK's largest mobile virtual network operator, and
  • The second largest home phone and pay TV provider

In cabled areas, we use our advanced fibre optic cable network to reach 12.6 million homes, delivering high quality TV with pioneering on demand content as well as broadband services up to 50Mb. In addition, Virgin Media National broadband services are available throughout the country, delivered over telephone lines.
But it's not all about size. We're a company that understands people as much as technology. A company that hates jargon, rip offs, bad service and measly deals. We're opening up the TV schedules, giving our customers access to a vast library of TV, film and music on demand, to watch when they choose. We allow our customers to roam freely on the internet and download without limits. And they pay one price for calling anywhere in the world.
The future's bursting with fresh possibilities for entertainment and communication. We're here to put it in consumers' hands.


Here's more about some of the other things we do.

Virgin Media Television

Virgin Media Television (VMtv) has seven wholly-owned channels, some of the strongest entertainment brands in UK multichannel television including LIVING, Virgin1, Bravo, Challenge and Challenge Jackpot. The portfolio spans pay and free-to-air television – reaching over 24 million adult viewers each month – and has a growing presence on broadband, mobile and on-demand platforms.
Virgin Media Television is also BBC Worldwide's joint venture partner in UKTV, which is a network of ten distinctive TV channels – Watch, G.O.L.D., Dave, Alibi, Home, Really, UKTV Food, Yesterday, Eden and Blighty – offering a broad range of quality programming across entertainment, lifestyle and factual programming.
To find out more go to www.virginmediatv.co.uk and www.uktv.co.uk


ntl: Telewest Business

ntl:Telewest Business delivers telco services to UK businesses over the most technically advanced of the UK's two national networks. This vast £13billion next generation network and a progressive service approach enable ntl:Telewest Business to deliver on the promises of Telecoms 2.0. The network is built out to 38,000 street cabinets around the country to supply businesses, public sector organisations and service providers with fully flexible and scalable data, internet and voice services. As part of a commitment to deliver superior customer service, ntl:Telewest Business sales and support teams are located in more than 40 regional centres, in close proximity to customers.

To find out more go to www.ntltelewestbusiness.co.uk