Sir Richard Branson-backed space tourism business Virgin Galactic has trimmed its losses when compared to a year ago. Most activity at the company is suspended while the passenger-carrying spaceship is being redesigned and manufactured. Revenues for the full year were $7 million, the same as 2023, and related to income from would-be passengers wanting to […]
Ofcom has published the latest figures for the complaints it has received about the UK’s main broadband, mobile and pay-TV services. These figures cover the third quarter of 2024, from July to September. During this quarter, there was a slight decrease in the number of complaints we received compared to the previous quarter (from April […]
UK workers are increasingly feeling pressure to re-skill (48 per cent) and update their qualifications amid growing awareness of the skills needed for the future of work, with 51 per cent believing their job won’t exist in the next five years. Virgin Media O2’s latest research reveals that nearly half (48 per cent) of Brits […]
From now until February 9th, Virgin TV customers can access three months of content from MUBI for £1. The subscription, which usually costs £11.99 per month, will be discounted for Virgin TV customers who don’t currently have a MUBI account, saving them over £30 during the offer period. Customers can access the promotion directly via […]
Research from Virgin Media O2 has revealed the average UK household is sat on over £218 (€258) worth of unwanted mobile phones, but only one in ten (11 per cent) Brits has traded in a device in the last five years. In response, Virgin Media O2 is encouraging them to trade in their old smartphones […]
Virgin Media has been named best network in every category of Opensignal’s latest biannual report – including consistent quality, download speed, upload speed, video experience and reliability experience. The report examined the real-world fixed broadband experiences of users across the UK, analysing performance data from July 1st to September 28th, 2024, across 12 different regions. […]
Virgin Media O2 has partnered with Perplexity – the AI-powered search engine – to offer its customers free access to Perplexity Pro, an advanced AI-powered research assistant. Perplexity Pro (which usually costs over £150 per year) is available to all O2 and Virgin Media broadband customers via Priority from now until May 2025. The new […]
Point Topic has provided an update on fixed broadband availability in the UK, tracking the progress between the end of June 2024 and the end of September 2024. The analysis is based on the ThinkPoint broadband availability dataset which includes 1.7 million postcodes. At the end of Q3 2024, the overall FTTP coverage was 23.2 […]
Virgin Media O2 has agreed a deal that will see around 350 employees currently based at the company’s Bellshill office move to a new contemporary space at Maxim Park early in 2025, extending the company’s presence in Lanarkshire beyond 25 years. With the lease at its current site in Bellshill due to expire shortly, Virgin […]
Rakuten TV, the European streaming platform, is now available on Virgin TV in the UK, offering viewers an array of content with over 8,000 titles on demand, including new releases to rent and buy, 150+ FAST channels and 1,000+ titles. Access to the Rakuten TV app is direct, with no subscription necessary, Virgin TV customers […]