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Virgin Media, DAZN distribution deal

Virgin Media O2 and DAZN have announced a distribution deal which will see a selection of DAZN boxing and combat sports available to Virgin TV customers as PPV. The partnership starts with former two-time Heavyweight Champion Anthony Joshua’s bout against American powerhouse Jermaine Franklin on April 1st. As part of the newly agreed distribution deal, […]

March 28, 2023By Nik Roseveare

1000th National Databank centre opened in UK

To help people in need stay connected, Virgin Media O2 and the digital inclusion charity, Good Things Foundation, have opened the UK’s 1000th National Databank Hub, part of the National Digital Inclusion Network, at Summit Learning Trust in Birmingham The National Databank, founded by Virgin Media O2 and Good Things Foundation, is like a foodbank […]

March 28, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Friday Night Smackdown heading to The O2

Due to the overwhelming response for Money In The Bank ticket pre-registrations at The O2 in London on July 1st, WWE has announced that weekly flagship show SmackDown will also emanate from The O2 the night before – June 30th. This marks the first time ever that SmackDown will broadcast live and in primetime from […]

February 9, 2023By Nik Roseveare

DAZN raises price; Joshua vs Franklin

Former two-time Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World Anthony Joshua will return to the ring on April 1st at The O2 in London to take on American powerhouse Jermaine Franklin. The fight will be the first in Joshua’s new five-year partnership with DAZN to be streamed live, exclusive and worldwide on the digital sports entertainment […]

February 6, 2023By Nik Roseveare

VMO2: Record year of data use on broadband, mobile

Insights released by Virgin Media O2 reveal the consumer connectivity behaviours that have shaped 2022 as Brits navigated a year of ‘new-normal’ and witnessed major, historic events from the death of Queen Elizabeth II to the Lionesses’ football success in the summer. As 2022 brought post-Covid freedoms, demand for data remained at record levels. Virgin […]

December 21, 2022

Virgin Media O2 boosts broadband speeds

Virgin Media O2 is giving millions of its customers a broadband speed boost at no extra cost, offering them even more megabits for their money at a time households are increasingly reliant on broadband to stay connected and entertained. The boost, effective immediately, will see Virgin Media’s M100 service benefit from a 22 per cent […]

November 1, 2022

Virgin Media O2’s Volt surpasses 1m customers

Virgin Media O2 has announced that its first joint product, Volt, has surpassed one million customers just a year on from its launch. The joint offering launched within months of the companies’ £31 billion merger in 2021, with the aim of boosting services for its customers by offering Virgin Media’s ultrafast broadband and O2’s mobile […]

October 31, 2022

Bank: Court creates O2/Three confusion

In May 2020, the General Court of the European Court of Justice ruled that a UK telco merger between O2 and Three, previously blocked in 2016, should be annulled. A note from Jerry Dellis and analysts at investment bank Jefferies says that the implication is that the evidence bar for EC competition authorities attempting to […]

October 24, 2022

Sky pulls record audience for women’s sport event

Over 2 million viewers tuned in to the historic night of women’s boxing on October 15th making it the most watched women’s professional boxing event in history, and the biggest audience for a live women’s sport event ever on Sky. The event, presented by Sky Sports and BOXXER from The O2, was headlined by Claressa […]

October 18, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Virgin Media O2 returns to revenue growth

Virgin Media O2, the mass media telco, has reported its Q2 earnings. Lutz Schüler, CEO of Virgin Media O2, said: “It’s one year on since Virgin Media O2 was born and, while we’ve got much more to do, we came out of the gate running and achieved a huge amount in our first year as […]

July 28, 2022