Tag: Virgin

  • Virgin Already Working On Electric Cars

    Virgin Already Working On Electric Cars

    Sir Richard Branson is a cool customer. If anything’s going on in the tech game, you can bet he knows about it. Virgin’s charismatic head has already made his mark in space travel, with the new Virgin galactic service that ferries passengers into space, but now it looks like the company is coming down to […]

  • Virgin Readying £3b Broadband Investment

    Virgin Readying £3b Broadband Investment

    Super fast broadband hasn’t taken off as fast as we’d have liked in the UK. Indeed it’s mostly limited to large urban areas and through rather expensive packages, both of which have hampered the numbers of people getting on board with the high speed offerings from ISPs. However, Virgin, one of the biggest providers of […]

  • Now TV – How to Solve Virgin Media WIFI Error 014

    Now TV – How to Solve Virgin Media WIFI Error 014

    Now TV is becoming increasingly popular as an alternative to expensive Smart TVs, offering all the major on-demand services including BBC iPlayer, ITV Player and 4OD at the cost a little shiny box with additional Sky TV content available as optional extras. The box requires nothing more than a TV with HDMI support and a […]

  • Virgin Media turns on its 150th Wifi Hub in London Underground

    Virgin Media turns on its 150th Wifi Hub in London Underground

    Virgin Media has confirmed that they have completed the rollout of its Free WiFi services to its 150th London Underground station today. With the company now offering free to use Wi-Fi on the Underground transport network in 150 connected Stations. Over the past few years, Virgin Media has been steadily enabling more Underground locations but […]

  • Virgin Tivo Getting Revamped UI

    Virgin Tivo Getting Revamped UI

    Virgin’s Tivo is a popular set top box which has been going up and up in popularity since it bundling in within the virgin tv service. The Tivo takes its name from an older set top box which was one of the first to allow the user to rewind Live TV. Today we’ve hear that […]

  • Google Play Store Down for Virgin Media Customers

    Google Play Store Down for Virgin Media Customers

    The Gadget Helpline has been receiving reports of problems downloading apps and content from the Google Play Store for Virgin customers in the UK only. This follows a weekend of YouTube difficulties which still appear to be causing videos not to complete buffering. So far we have established that Virgin broadband subscribers / Play Store […]

  • Virgin Media EPG Changed for new Sky Sports and HD Channels

    Virgin Media EPG Changed for new Sky Sports and HD Channels

    Virgin media users with the Sky Sports bundle will have to get used to a new EPG channel layout from today as with the launch of the new HD versions of Sky Sports 3, 4, F1 and Sky Sports News to its line-up Virgin has re-jigged the EPG layout. What’s more the line-up will also […]

  • Virgin Galactic Flights Given Green Light

    Virgin Galactic Flights Given Green Light

    If you’re familiar with how houses and large buildings are built, you’ll know how tricky it is to secure planning permission to make your dream project come true. That’s just what Virgin Galactic, the first commercial space flight airline, have accomplished just recently, securing the rights to plan the world’s first space tourism flights. The […]

  • Virgin Media Trialling Netflix App to 40,000 TiVo Subscribers

    Virgin Media Trialling Netflix App to 40,000 TiVo Subscribers

    Virgin TiVo will be introducing streaming service Netflix to its packages offering films and telly such as brand new Breaking Bad to subscribers.

  • Virgin Media Anywhere On Demand Service Gets 21 New Channels and Android App

    Virgin Media Anywhere On Demand Service Gets 21 New Channels and Android App

    Virgin will introduce new channels to its on-demand on-the-move service for Apple iOS and web and also promise an Android version coming soon.

  • Virgin Media increases 100Mb broadband speeds to 120Mb

    Virgin Media increases 100Mb broadband speeds to 120Mb

    Virgin Media customers who currently have the company’s fastest 100Mbps broadband connection will be getting another speed boost as part of its recent advertising campaign – the ones with Mo Farah and Usain Bolt, with the company seeing its broadband speeds rising to 120Mbps. The company had introduced its ‘Double your Speed’ advertising campaign earlier […]

  • Virgin Media Launches Sky Go Equivalent ‘Virgin TV Anywhere’

    Virgin Media Launches Sky Go Equivalent ‘Virgin TV Anywhere’

    Take your TV with you thanks to streaming and on-demand content for mobile devices…