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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TiVo Coming to Virgin's Non-DVRs, Too
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Virgin Media Partners With Tufin Technologies and Nebulas Solutions Group
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Virgin Media To Trial U.K. File Sharing Analysis
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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
News & Analysis
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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....
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 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 and Universal to offer unlimited music downloads
Virgin Media and Universal Music are teaming up to offer a music service that could be the first to let users download an unlimited number of songs without digital rights management DRM restrictions. The service will only be available to Virgin Media broadband subscribers. ...
Kelkoo to revamp Virgin online shopping channel
Price-comparison site Kelkoo is teaming up with Virgin Media to revamp Virgin’s online shopping channel. Virgin is hoping that Kelkoo’s links with more than 500 retailers, including eBay and several high street stores, will help increase the number of visitors to the channel. ...
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 ...
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...
Virgin Media signs content partnership with ITV
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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