BNET Industries
Market Cap:$5.4B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$4.0B
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
We are a leading broadband communications and media group in the UK. Our business is divided into two segments: cable and content. The cable segment is further subdivided into a consumer sales division and a business sales division. The consumer sales division provides consumer television, telephony and internet access services to residential customers. Our business sales division focuses on a wide range of voice, data, and managed solutions services for businesses. Our content segment supplies basic television channels and related services to the UK pay-television broadcasting market. Our cable segment includes a broadband, local access broadcasting network covering approximately 4.7 million homes and consists of local distribution networks, our "national network" and an internet protocol, or IP, services platform, which allow us to handle the voice, video and data needs of our customers. Our broadband, local access network and architecture provide us with high-speed interconnection and two-way interactivity with directly connected residential and business customers. We had approximately 1.8 million residential customer relationships as at December 31, 2004, comprised of consumer television, telephony and internet services customers.
Contact Information
909 Third Avenue
Suite 2863
New York, New York 10022
00441256753762
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Wired Telecommunications Carriers: 517110
Recent Events
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'Virgin Media offers VoD advertising with SeaChange'
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Market Report -- Short Stories VMED
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TiVo, Virgin team for U.K. set-top boxes
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Virgin Presses 'Play' for On Demand Ads
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Virgin buys NBC U shows
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UPDATE 1-Virgin Media eyeing further savings, to cut property
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Virgin Mobile Breaks First Work From BBH
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'Gemalto wins exclusive SIM card deal with Virgin Media'
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CORRECT: Virgin Media 3Q Beats Views, Consumer Demand Strong
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'Bouygues refers mobile licence to State Council'
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'Cougar' spotted in more countries
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Cisco to Showcase 'Connected Life' at ITU Telecom World 2009
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'Virgin Media to launch HD Living in Oct'
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Updated: Virgin Media Enlists Cisco For IP Video Project
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Virgin Media Names Tesco's Eamonn O'Hare As New CFO
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Virgin Media Appoints Former Tesco Executive Eamonn O'Hare As CFO - Update
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Bridge Technologies to Provide IP Installation Hardware to Virgin Media
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Virgin Media puts News Corp clause into vmTv sale
Virgin Media is inserting a clause into the sale of its three vmTv channels which prevents any buyer from selling the units on to a company which is fully or partly owned by News Corp. The deal also extends to Virgin’s 50% share in UKTV. News Corp is still...
Virgin Media Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions The first question comes from the line of David Gober at Morgan Stanley. Please go ahead. David Gober - Morgan Stanley Good morning, guys. Thanks for taking the question. Two, if I could -- first, I think last year you guys had...
Virgin sells home shopping channels
UK cable TV provider Virgin is selling its Sit-up home shopping division to German restructuring firm Aurelius. The deal, worth an estimated GBP500m (USD732m), will see Sit-up’s Bid TV, Price Drop TV and Speed Auction TV channels transferred to Aurelius,...
Virgin Media content chief quits amid sale reports
Virgin Media's head of content, Malcolm Wall, will leave the company next month, sparking reports that Virgin has opted to sell its entire content division, which includes its 50% stake in UKTV. Following months of speculation about a sale, company...
BSkyB eyes UKTV stake
CEO of BSkyB, Jeremy Darroch, says he is interested in buying UKTV and claims BSkyB is looking broadly at acquisition targets. The comments come a week after it emerged that Virgin Media is considering selling its 50% stake in UKTV, which it co-owns with BBC Worldwide. ...
BSkyB and Omifone to offer unlimited downloads
BSkyB is reportedly in advanced talks with music service provider Omnifone about launching an unlimited music download and streaming service. UK-based Omnifone has international licensing deals in place for such a service with all four major music labels. BSkyB first...
Virgin Media Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionThank you. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question comes through from Nick Lyall of UBS. Please go ahead. Nick Lyall - UBS Hi there. This is Nick Lyall for UBS. I just take two questions, if I could. The first one was on the cost price. I think the...
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