Virgin media sold

[Dave the OAP]

Be interesting to see if any changes are made. Bought by some us cable giant liberty media.

Bet the prices won't go down, but I wonder if we will get sky Atlantic as virgin didn't take the chanell

:guitar:

 

[albion534]

10 billion apparently

Suppose Branson will buy the moon now?

 

[Dave the OAP]

BBC News - Liberty Global to buy Virgin Media for $23.3bn

 

[banjo]

Be interesting to see if any changes are made. Bought by some us cable giant liberty media.

Bet the prices won't go down, but I wonder if we will get sky Atlantic as virgin didn't take the chanell

:guitar:

I hope we get Sky Atlantic looks good.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Be interesting to see if any changes are made. Bought by some us cable giant liberty media.

Bet the prices won't go down, but I wonder if we will get sky Atlantic as virgin didn't take the chanell

:guitar:

Sky Atlantic was the only channel I missed when I switched from Sky to Virgin.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

10 billion apparently

Suppose Branson will buy the moon now?

What with, he sold it 5 years ago

 

[Springal]

Was only ever a naming excercise with Branson getting royalties and I think he had around 3% shares.

Probably a good move and some much needed investment on the way

 

[shaolinpunk]

What does this mean for the customers?

 

[User removed 4]

I hope we get Sky Atlantic looks good.

Its a very good channel.

 

[fleet]

Seems the new owner has had his run ins with Murdoch so no doubt the war that used to happen between Sky and Virgin will be back

 

[LamieRobertson]

Name change? First Nynex,,Cable & Wireless..NTL then Virgin Media...hmmm

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

What does this mean for the customers?

same service but under a different name ?

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Name change? First Nynex,,Cable & Wireless..NTL then Virgin Media...hmmm

Unity Media or UPC to tie in with their holdings in Germany and Belgium ?

 

[Cian]

I have UPC cable/phone/BB - UPC is the general trading name used by LGI. They're a VAST improvement over their predecessor - NTL.

Boxes (I've the HD+ unit) are a bit buggy but they have a new apparent Sky+ thrasher in testing, the Horizon - quad tuner.

There's no Sky Atlantic - its not yet available for cable firms in UK/Ireland. They have a very small number of channels Sky don't have (some decent enough movie ones mostly), an acceptable on demand service and the normal bundle comes with ESPN and Setanta included in the price.

BB starts at 50mbit/5mbit with no cap (lowest package) and goes to 150mbit, they have 440mbit in trials in a few areas though. Speeds are generally decent but their supplied router has dreadful wifi so you really need to attach a decent third party wifi unit, or use a wire.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

I have UPC cable/phone/BB - UPC is the general trading name used by LGI. They're a VAST improvement over their predecessor - NTL.

Boxes (I've the HD+ unit) are a bit buggy but they have a new apparent Sky+ thrasher in testing, the Horizon - quad tuner.

There's no Sky Atlantic - its not yet available for cable firms in UK/Ireland. They have a very small number of channels Sky don't have (some decent enough movie ones mostly), an acceptable on demand service and the normal bundle comes with ESPN and Setanta included in the price.

BB starts at 50mbit/5mbit with no cap (lowest package) and goes to 150mbit, they have 440mbit in trials in a few areas though. Speeds are generally decent but their supplied router has dreadful wifi so you really need to attach a decent third party wifi unit, or use a wire.

Disney maybe pulling the plug on ESPN UK but that shouldn't affect the rest of the ESPN America and ESPN Classic channels package.

 

[vegster]

Classic Branson, if you read Private Eye you will see his companies regularly feature. he is not very good with filing accounts and as such, quite often failing parts of the Virgin Empire will be propped up by the more successful until either sold off or quietly closed down. He is not averse to nailing his colours to the mast then sawing the mast down 5 minutes later.

It may be he has taken the business as far as he can or he wants some financial liquidity to prop up another part of the group.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Classic Branson, if you read Private Eye you will see his companies regularly feature. he is not very good with filing accounts and as such, quite often failing parts of the Virgin Empire will be propped up by the more successful until either sold off or quietly closed down. He is not averse to nailing his colours to the mast then sawing the mast down 5 minutes later.

It may be he has taken the business as far as he can or he wants some financial liquidity to prop up another part of the group.

Branson will only make £200M out of the deal with his shareholding in VM

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

I doubt it's relevent but in my recent dealings with Virgin the customer service has certainly dipped.

 

[severnside gull]

I doubt it's relevent but in my recent dealings with Virgin the customer service has certainly dipped.

Wow!
Wouldn't have thought it possible for the standard of their service to dip any lower than it already was

 

[Garage_Doors]

Will I still be able to keep my ntlworld.com email account?