[Credit: go_nils on Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)] Avatars, super-crowdsourcing, and printing your own medication may sound like the stuff of science fiction books, but a hyper-connected future may not be that far away, according to a new report by Virgin Media Business.Many businesses have already embraced deploying more mobile workforces, whereby employees are no longer tied to fixed hours or defined by their place of work. This shift has been... full story ![]()
Filed under: Investing Virgin Media Selects Concurrent's Unified CDN Solution to Deliver Video to Internet Connected Devices Concurrent Wins Another Tier One Service Provider ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Concurrent (NAS: CCUR) , a global leader in video and media data solutions, today announced Virgin Media, the largest quad-play provider of broadband Internet, television,...
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A brisk chat between Googlers and a media maven about the emerging Knowosphere.
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Virgin Media today claimed its ability to push through price rises this year shows its 4.9 million subscribers are happy to pay extra for “superior” super-fast broadband and internet-connected TV.
standard.co.uk (25 days ago)

Tom Mockridge, the former News International chief executive, is to replace Neil Berkett in the same role at Virgin Media when the UK cable company's takeover by John Malone's Liberty Global is completed. Colorado-based Liberty Global announced in a statement early on Wednesday that it expected the £15bn takeover of Virgin Media to be completed in June, with Berkett staying...
guardian.co.uk (11 days ago)
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forbes.com (20 days ago)

Virgin Media TV subscribers can now access YouTube from channel 198 as the pay TV provider beats Freesat to the punch. The free-to-air satellite service announced that it will be adding YouTube into its EPG by the end of March - but Virgin Media has added it into its EPG today. That leaves Virgin free to yell "FIRST!" but we suppose Freesat can still have "FIRST...
techradar.com (2 months and 26 days ago)

I recently attended an exclusive event sponsored by Salesforce.com to learn more about how to become a customer company. I was truly inspired by Marc Benioff's vision of the future of a truly connected company and the impact of social, mobile, app, and data on how we work and engage employees, customers and business partners. Becoming a customer company is a...
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Filed under: Investing Virgin Media Announces Notice of Change of Control and Offer to Purchase Relating to Certain Outstanding Notes LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Virgin Media Inc. ("Virgin Media") (NAS: VMED) (ISE: VMED) today announced that its subsidiaries Virgin Media Finance PLC ("VMF") and Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC ("VMSF" and, together with VMF, the "Offerors")...
dailyfinance.com (16 days ago)
Filed under: Investing There's no foolproof way to know the future for Virgin Media (NAS: VMED) or any other company. However, certain clues may help you see potential stumbles before they happen -- and before your stock craters as a result. A cloudy crystal ball In this series, we use accounts receivable and days sales outstanding to judge a company's current health and...
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Virgin Media, the pay-television business being bought by US giant Liberty Global, has invited staff to delay their bonuses so that they can avoid the top rate of tax.
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