Virgin Media
British television and telecommunications company
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| August 31 2023 | Virgin Mobile ceased operations after being merged with Telefónica, with customers transitioned to the O2 network. |
| 2022 | Virgin Media announced the end of charging exit fees for customers moving to areas without Virgin Media service availability. |
| June 1 2021 | The merger between Virgin Media and O2 was completed, creating VMED O2 UK Limited (operating as Virgin Media O2), forming one of the UK's largest entertainment and telecommunications companies. |
| May 19 2021 | The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) approved the merger between Virgin Media and O2. |
| June 29 2020 | Virgin Media announced free speed boosts for 'Ultimate Oomph' package customers from M500 to M600, upgrading from 516 Mbit/s to 636 Mbit/s download speeds. |
| May 7 2020 | Liberty Global reached an agreement with Telefónica to merge Virgin Media and O2 in a £31bn deal, pending regulatory approval. |
| March 2020 | Virgin Media discovered a security breach where their marketing database containing personal details of 900,000 users was left unsecured for 10 months. At least one unauthorized access was confirmed, prompting a forensic investigation after shutting down the system's access. |
| September 30 2019 | Virgin Media announced their Gig1 package rollout, providing download speeds up to 1,140 Mbit/s, starting in Southampton and rolling out to selected major UK cities. |
| April 29 2019 | Virgin Media unveiled a new bundle with a download speed of 500 Mbit/s, with average speeds of 516 Mbit/s and a max of 575 Mbit/s. |
| 2018 | Ofcom concluded its investigation, fining Virgin Media £7 million for improper exit fee practices. Virgin Media agreed to make exit charge information clearer and allow customers moving within the network area to continue their existing contract. |
| August 15 2018 | All UKTV channels and the UKTV app were completely restored to Virgin Media platforms, with the app now featuring five times more on-demand content. |
| August 11 2018 | After a three-week dispute, Virgin Media and UKTV reached an agreement, ending the channel blackout. |
| July 20 2018 | Virgin Media announced it would stop broadcasting all UKTV channels from 22 July 2018 due to disputes over fees and broadcasting rights. |
| 2017 | Ofcom began investigating Virgin Media's early termination charges. |
| March 22 2017 | Virgin Media made ultrafast speeds standard with new bundles, offering 100 Mbit/s entry-level speeds rising to a top speed of 300 Mbit/s. |
| 2016 | Virgin Media contravened Ofcom's General Conditions by failing to publish clear information about exit charges and setting them higher than contractually agreed. |
| September 29 2015 | Virgin Media rebranded its broadband packages as Vivid, upgrading existing customers' speeds and rolling out upgrades to 90% of customers by the end of 2015. |
| February 2015 | Virgin Media announced a £3bn investment in broadband infrastructure to increase network reach from 13 million to 17 million homes. |
| February 2015 | Virgin Media began transferring customers to TalkTalk. |
| November 2014 | Virgin Media reached an agreement to sell its ADSL business to TalkTalk Group, allowing Virgin to focus on its cable broadband offering. |
| February 3 2014 | Virgin Media acquired Smallworld Fibre, a cable provider based in North West England and Western Scotland, for an undisclosed fee. |
| November 11 2013 | Virgin Media announced its 152 Mbit/s downstream broadband service with 12 Mbit/s upstream rates, which started rolling out to customers from 28 February 2014. |
| June 7 2013 | The acquisition of Virgin Media by Liberty Global was completed. |
| June 4 2013 | Shareholders approved the acquisition of Virgin Media by Liberty Global. |
| April 15 2013 | EU regulatory approval was granted for Liberty Global's acquisition of Virgin Media, removing the final hurdle in the acquisition process. |
| February 5 2013 | Liberty Global announced an agreement to buy Virgin Media for approximately US$23.3 billion in a stock and cash merger. |
| March 2012 | Virgin Media won an exclusive contract to provide Wi-Fi access to London Underground platforms until 2017. |
| January 11 2012 | Virgin Media announced plans to double the speeds of selected broadband packages, with a roll-out expected to begin in February 2012 and complete by mid-2013, at a cost of £110m. |
| October 27 2010 | Virgin Media announced its 100 Mbit/s downstream broadband service with 10 Mbit/s upstream rates, which went on sale on 8 December 2010, initially covering parts of London, the South East, and Yorkshire. |
| October 7 2010 | Virgin Media confirmed plans to expand its broadband network in the UK by using BT's infrastructure, potentially reaching 16 million of the UK's 26 million homes. |
| March 11 2010 | Virgin Media announced a six-month trial of delivering 50 Mbit/s broadband and TV services to the Berkshire village of Woolhampton using telephone poles. |
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