Virgin Media

http://www.virginmedia.com
https://www.linkedin.com/company/virgin-media/

Virgin Media is a privately owned telecommunications company founded in 2007 and headquartered in the UK. Employing approximately 16,700 people, the company provides television, broadband internet, landline telephone, and mobile services to UK consumers. Its parent companies are Liberty Global and O2 (Telefónica UK), and it owns the subsidiary Giffgaff. In 2024, Virgin Media reported revenues exceeding $1 billion.

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2007

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16,700

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Telecoms services

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Privately Owned

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On September 1, 2025, the Government released draft legislation addressing the validation of past amendments to contracted-out schemes, specifically those made between April 6, 1997, and April 5, 2016, which were previously void due to missing section 37 certificates. Separately, over 12,000 additional homes in Sleaford now have access to gigabit broadband services, thanks to nexfibre's £4.5 billion investment in full-fibre infrastructure. Roadshows are currently underway in Warwickshire to inform residents about the upcoming digital switchover of telephone networks, scheduled for completion by 2027, affecting most providers including Virgin Media. A proposed 20-meter mobile phone mast in Torquay has generated local concerns about potential sinkholes causing collapse, despite supporters citing improvements to phone signal as a benefit.

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Virgin Media offers 9 products in the media and telecoms services and connectivity and cloud industries. Virgin Media's product portfolio comprises of media and TV services, broadcast television and radio, consumer electronics, enterprise connectivity services and telecoms services.

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Virgin Media's revenues were over $1B in 2024. Caretta Research has split Virgin Media's revenue into 10 different product categories, the largest of which is mobile services. For full access to Virgin Media's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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United Kingdom: Pensions – 2025 Highlights and 2026 Outlook

While 2025 has been a quieter year than 2024 for employers of occupational pension schemes in the United Kingdom, developments during the year have signaled important changes as well as potential opportunities that employers will need to take into account over the course of 2026.

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Virgin Media welcomes Tubi app

Tubi, the free ad‑supported streaming service owned by Rupert Murdoch’s Fox, has officially arrived on Virgin Media TV. The addition means Virgin Media customers can now access Tubi’s extensive catalogue directly through their TV receivers, without needing a separate device.

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Celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2025: spotlighting Guinness’s campaign with Field of Vision and Six Nations Rugby

‘Never Settle’ Earlier this year, Guinness teamed up with Irish start-up Field of Vision and Six Nations Rugby for its award-winning ‘Never Settle’ campaign – an example of the brand’s mission to make rugby more inclusive.

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Pensions Weekly Update – 3 December 2025

Here is our weekly summary of key legal and regulatory developments relevant to occupational pension schemes that you might have missed, with links for further information. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published pension schemes newsletter 175.

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Dec

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2025

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Virgin Media Fined £23.8M After Putting Vulnerable Customers at ‘Risk of Harm’

Virgin Media said it has introduced further safeguards to improve its treatment of vulnerable customers Virgin Media said it has introduced further safeguards to improve its treatment of vulnerable customers Nick Ansell/PA Virgin Media has been fined £23.8 million by Ofcom after putting thousands of vulnerable customers at “direct risk of harm” when moving them to digital landlines.

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Dec

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2025

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Virgin Media fined £23.8m for putting vulnerable customers at risk

Ofcom has fined Virgin Media £23.8 million for putting vulnerable remote assistance customers at risk of harm during the migration of analogue landlines to digital. The penalty comes after an investigation by the regulator into whether the company met its obligations to treat vulnerable customers fairly during the migration, which took place in in November and December 2023, revealed “serious systemic failures”.

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2025

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Ofcom fines Virgin Media £23.8 million over telecare failures

Ofcom fines Virgin Media £23.8 million over telecare failures Ofcom has fined Virgin Media £23.8 million after it disconnected telecare customers during its programme to migrate customers to digital landlines. Landline phone calls have traditionally been delivered over a copper-based network known as the public switched telephone network (PSTN).

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Dec

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2025

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US and UK agree zero tariffs on pharmaceuticals

The US has agreed to spare the UK from threatened trade tariffs on pharmaceutical products. The announcement was made following months of uncertainty over whether exports from the UK, and elsewhere across Europe, would be subject to steep charges.

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2025

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Virgin media to pay $31.5M for disruptions to medical alert users

Business Virgin media to pay $31.5M for disruptions to medical alert users Dec. 1 (UPI) -- British communications watchdog Ofcom fined Virgin Media ined $31.5 million for lapses in services after some errors in the process of changing over British customers' analog landline phone service to digital or voice over IP.

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Dec

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2025

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Virgin Media fined £23.8 million for telecare incidents

Ofcom has announced it has fined Virgin Media £23.8 million due to issues around migrating vulnerable customers to digital landlines. Virgin Media notified Ofcom about a number of serious incidents related to the migration of telecare customers in November and December 2023.

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Dec

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2025

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Ofcom fines Virgin Media £23.8 million for endangering vulnerable customers

Highlights Virgin Media must pay £23.8m fine within four weeks for putting vulnerable customers at risk. Company failed to properly identify and protect 43,000 telecare alarm users during digital switch. Serious system failures occurred between August 2022 and December 2023.

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2025

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Virgin Media fined £23.8m after putting vulnerable customers 'at risk'

Virgin Media fined £23.8m after putting vulnerable customers 'at risk' Ofcom said the fine makes clear to companies that if they fail to protect their vulnerable customers, they can expect to face similar enforcement action

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Virgin Media currently holds 18 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including american football, motorsports, greyhound racing, cycling, combat sports, horse racing and soccer | association football.

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