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
Strategy Eye
- 2009-11-24
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
Strategy Eye
- 2009-09-16
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...
Research: Young Folks Don't Care About Paid Music Streaming
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- 2009-08-10
Spotify, beware! Consumers' willingness to pay for unlimited streaming music is waning because people want to "own" and copy their tunes, according to new research in UK.Unauthorised downloading has fallen slightly in the last year - but 14-to-24-year-olds still say they want free, permanent MP3 downloads, according to a...
Virgin Media signs VoD film deal with Universal
Strategy Eye
- 2009-06-28
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...
Sky outbids rivals for Virgin channels
Strategy Eye
- 2009-05-28
BSkyB is reportedly outbidding its rivals by 60% with a GBP160m (USD259m) offer forVirgin Media’s TV channels. The figure is GBP60m (USD97m) more than currently on offer from rival bidders such as Channel 4, Time Warner, RTL and NBC Universal, according to the Financial Times FT. ...
Virgin Media sells content units
Strategy Eye
- 2009-04-06
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 ...
Virgin sells home shopping channels
Strategy Eye
- 2009-04-01
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
Strategy Eye
- 2009-03-05
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 and Omifone to offer unlimited downloads
Strategy Eye
- 2009-02-18
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 signs content partnership with ITV
Strategy Eye
- 2009-01-12
Virgin Media is set to offer ITV on-demand content, through a new partnership with the broadcaster. As part of the deal, ITV programming will be offered via the cable network both through catch-up TV and VoD, including more HD content. In total, over 40 hours of programmes will be...
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