BNET Industries
Market Cap:$5.5B
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
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TiVo returns to UK with Virgin Media deal
US digital video recorder firm TiVo is teaming up with Virgin Media to develop the UK cable operator’s next-generation TV platform. The partnership heralds TiVo’s return to the UK market and will see the company’s software used to power Virgin Media’s high-definition set-top boxes, due for release next year....
Disney signs content deal with Virgin Media
Walt Disney Studios has signed a three-screen deal with Virgin Media to provide content via digital TV, the internet and on mobile platforms. Virgin Media will offer over 300 hours of children's TV on-demand via the Disney XD channel, as well as feature-length films such as High School Musical...
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...
F-Secure buy storage startup Steek
Online security firm F-Secure is buying storage management startup Steek for EUR27.5m (USD38.7m), with the possibility of a further performance-based payment of up to EUR2.5m (USD3.5m) next year. Steek manages online multimedia data storage, file sharing, and automated backup solutions for...
Virgin Media signs VoD film deal with Universal
Virgin Media has signed a deal with Universal Pictures to launch an on-demand film service in the UK called PictureBox. The service will be available for GBP5 (USD8.27) and will allow Virgin's 3.6m subscribers to access a catalogue of 28 films. The 28 film selection will be refreshed each...
Virgin Media chooses Gmail
Virgin Media is adopting Google’s Gmail as its new email service provider, abandoning the email system it has used since the company was split between NTL and Telewest. Its 4m broadband subscribers will be offered 7GB of online storage and an @virginmedia.com address, as well as...
Virgin Media sells content units
Virgin Media has officially begun selling its content operations, starting with Virgin Media TV. Virgin Media owns TV channels such as Living and ad sales house IDS. Virgin Media’s 50% stake in UKTV is excluded from the ...
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