Showing posts with label Virgin TV Anywhere. Show all posts
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Monday, August 13, 2018

Virgin TV Go App Offers the Best Entertainment on the Box with New Download Feature

Original Virgin Media Press Release:

Virgin TV Go app offers the best entertainment on the box with new download feature


Customers can now download their favourite shows to phones and tablets


13 August 2018

Virgin Media customers can take their favourite TV shows with them – on the move and abroad – with the new download feature on the Virgin TV Go app.

Full House and VIP customers can now download their favourite programmes to compatible phones and tablets following an update to the app.

Virgin Media is offering more than 2,000 episodes of top-notch entertainment from the likes of Fox, ABC and Comedy Central, as well as Virgin TV’s collection of exclusive box sets, such as Kingdom and Ash Vs Evil Dead.

In time for summer holidays, customers can download shows over WiFi, 4G or 3G in the UK or countries in the EU. Any programme downloaded prior to leaving the UK or EU can be watched anywhere else in the world offline.

David Bouchier, Virgin Media’s Chief Digital Entertainment Officer, said: “Whether it’s bingeing on a box set on the beach or catching up on a comedy on a plane or train, our customers can download the best entertainment on the box direct to their phones or tablets with the Virgin TV Go app.”

Keeping everyone ‘appy

With the Virgin TV Go app customers can also stream live TV, catch-up and video-on-demand box sets. The shows available depend on their Virgin Media bundle.

Parents can also keep their children entertained over the summer holidays with the Virgin TV Kids app. Aimed at children aged three to seven, it offers some of the best-loved children’s TV shows available for download such as Peppa Pig and Paw Patrol, as well as a great range of books and games.

Both the Virgin TV Go and Virgin TV Kids apps are available for iOS and Android.

ENDS

Note to editors:

With the Virgin TV Go app customers can watch live TV channels, catch-up and on-demand box sets.

Once a downloaded programme has been started, Virgin TV customers have 48 hours to complete it before it expires on the app.

List of channels whose shows can be downloaded on the Virgin TV Go app:

  • ABC Studios
  • Cartoon Network
  • Comedy Central
  • Crime+Investigation
  • Food Network
  • Fox
  • History
  • Lifetime
  • Nickelodeon
  • Travel Channel
  • Nat Geo
  • Syfy

Virgin TV Exclusive box sets: Ash Vs Evil Dead, Magic City, Kingdom, Chaussee D'Amour, Good Behavior, Will and Imposters.

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About Virgin Media

Virgin Media offers four multi award-winning services across the UK and Ireland: broadband, TV, mobile phone and landline.

Our dedicated, ultrafast network delivers the fastest widely-available broadband speeds to homes and businesses and we’re expanding this through our Project Lightning programme, which could extend our network to up to 17 million premises.

Our interactive Virgin TV service brings live TV, thousands of hours of on-demand programming and the best apps and games to customers through a set-top box, as well as on-the-go through tablets and smartphones.

Virgin Mobile launched the world’s first virtual mobile network and offers fantastic value and innovative services with 4G connectivity. We are also one of the largest fixed-line home phone providers in the UK and Ireland.

Through Virgin Media Business we support entrepreneurs, businesses and the public sector, delivering the fastest widely available broadband speeds and tailor-made services.

Virgin Media is part of Liberty Global, the world’s largest international TV and broadband company. Liberty Global connects 21 million customers through operations in 10 countries across Europe subscribing to 45 million TV, broadband internet and telephony services. It also serves 6 million mobile subscribers and offers WiFi service through 12 million access points across its footprint.

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Thursday, October 20, 2016

Virgin Media And Viacom Expand Programme Deal In The UK

UK pay TV platform Virgin Media and Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) have agreed a new multi-year programming deal in the UK and Ireland.


The partnership ensures Virgin Media customers will continue to enjoy favourite networks such as Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., MTV, and Comedy Central, as will also bring new Viacom channels and additional catch up TV and box sets to Virgin Media's TV platform.


As part of the unspecified multiyear deal, Virgin Media customers will have access to hundreds of hours of box sets featuring programmes such as Geordie Shore from MTV and Inside Amy Schumer from Comedy Central. New kids box sets from Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. – including SpongeBob SquarePants and Paw Patrol – and, from November, Channel 5's Milkshake will further boost Virgin Media's existing selection of kids' programmes.


Virgin Media customers will also be the first in the UK to have access to the Viacom Play Plex, which will feature four new mobile streaming apps - Nickelodeon Play, Nick Jr. Play, MTV Play and Comedy Central Play – giving them on-demand, on-the-go access to a library of content from each brand, as well another means of accessing a live feed of the relevant channel and a range of short-form content and games. As part of the deal, the Spike linear channel has also been made available to Virgin Media customers for the first time since the channel launched in April 2015, alongside more than 20 additional Viacom channels.


Viacom's most-watched TV channels will now also be available on Virgin Media's TV Anywhere platform. This means Virgin Media customers can continue to enjoy programmes from MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon on their mobile devices.

David Bouchier, Chief Digital Entertainment Officer at Virgin Media said: "This agreement with Viacom means our customers will not just continue to have access to some of the very best TV from MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon or the newly launched Spike, but can now enjoy even more programmes on demand – whether on TV or mobile. We continue to give our customers the very best TV to watch when and how they want and it’s fantastic to work with partners who really understand this."

Arran Tindall, Senior Vice President (SVP), Commercial and Content Distribution, for Viacom International Media Networks, added: "This deal gives Virgin Media's customers even greater choice and control over what, when and where they watch the broad array of quality content that Viacom has to offer. We’re delighted to be partnering with Virgin Media to make content from all our branded networks available on every screen and both on-demand and on-the-go."

The release of the Play channels follows a model often seen in the United States where a programmer's content is tied to a cable subscription.

Time specifics of Virgin Media's and Viacom's new carriage arrangement were not announced.

Sources: Broadband TV News, TBI Vision, Advanced Television, Telecompaper, Digital TV Europe, H/T: Regular Capital.
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Monday, July 01, 2013

Virgin Media Adds New Viacom Channels To Line-Up, Including Nickelodeon HD UK

Cable.co.uk, a free and completely impartial website that lets visitors compare and check the availability of the latest TV, broadband and phone packages, bundles and deals, is reporting in the following article that Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) and the UK cable operator Virgin Media have announced a new partnership to launch several new standard (SD) and high-definition (HD) channels on the cable company's pay TV and Virgin TV Anywhere services, including Nickelodeon HD, a high-definition simulcast of Nickelodeon UK which features popular Nickelodeon shows including the hit Nickelodeon original animated series (Nicktoons) "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".

Subscribers to Virgin Media can also now enjoy reality shows like "Geordie Shore" and "The Valleys" in HD thanks to the introduction of the MTV HD channel, MTV Live HD, while 24/7 music videos, live performances and exclusive interviews are available via the newly launched MTV Music channel.

BET International, which carries the pick of content from US lifestyle channel BET Network, has also joined the lineup and can be accessed via both Virgin TV and cloud-based entertainment service Virgin TV Anywhere.

Finally, Virgin TV Anywhere has become the first service of its kind to offer programming from Comedy Central UK - the home of sitcoms like "Anger Management", "Two and a Half Men" and "Mike & Molly":
Virgin Media adds new Viacom channels

New standard and high-definition services from Viacom are now available on the Virgin Media platform.

Virgin Media has unveiled a new tie-up with Viacom International Media Networks that has resulted in the launch of several new standard and high-definition (HD) channels on the cable company's pay TV and Virgin TV Anywhere services.

Subscribers can now enjoy reality shows like Geordie Shore and The Valleys in HD thanks to the introduction of the MTV HD channel, while 24/7 music videos, live performances and exclusive interviews are available via the newly launched MTV Music channel.

BET International, which carries the pick of content from US lifestyle channel BET Network, has also joined the lineup and can be accessed via both Virgin TV and cloud-based entertainment service Virgin TV Anywhere.

With the school holidays approaching, Virgin Media has also added the HD variant of Nickelodeon channel Nick, which features shows such as SpongeBob SquarePants and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Finally, Virgin TV Anywhere has become the first service of its kind to offer programming from Comedy Central - the home of sitcoms like Anger Management and Two and a Half Men.

Nick Forward, Virgin Media's Director of TV, said: "With a growing number of channels available, there's something for everyone on our TV platform and customers will never struggle to find something to watch."

Tuesday, June 04, 2013

Virgin Media Adds Live Streams Of Nickelodeon UK And Nick Jr. UK To Mobile Version Of Virgin TV Anywhere Streaming Service

Virgin Media has today (Tuesday 4th June 2013) announced in the following press release, from 4-Traders, that the UK cable operator has added Nickelodeon UK, Nick Jr. UK and MTV UK to the mobile version of the company's Virgin TV Anywhere streaming service. Previously only available to watch through computers, the Viacom International Media Networks channels are now also available for Virgin Media customers to stream on mobile devices, including computers, tablets and smartphones, similar to BSkyB's Sky Go IPTV service:
Virgin Media Inc. : Virgin TV Anywhere gains eleven dazzling channels

* Watch Corrie on the go with newly-added ITV channels
* HISTORY® and Bio® channels among latest to join line-up
* Total live and On Demand channels upped to 75

Virgin Media has added 11 new live channels to Virgin TV Anywhere, its award-winning1 cloud-based entertainment service available exclusively to Virgin TV customers.

The new array of live channels - including channels from ITV, A&E Networks UK and Viacom International Media Networks2 - enables Virgin Media subscribers to take their home entertainment beyond the TV to devices such as computers, tablets and smartphones at no extra cost.

The introduction of ITV, ITV 2, ITV 3 and ITV 4 to the service means customers need never miss an episode of Coronation Street and can watch everything from The Americans and Britain's Got Talent to The Jeremy Kyle Show and even live sport while they're on the move.

American Pickers and Mud Men on HISTORY will keep those with a hankering for history entertained while Bio programmes I Survived… and Dance Moms inspire viewers with extraordinary true-life tales.

Content from Viacom now available to stream via tablet includes MTV's ever-popular Geordie Shore as well as enduring animated favourites such as Nickelodeon's Sponge Bob Square Pants and Nick Jr's Dora the Explorer.

The new channels join the collection of entertainment, news, documentaries, music and even premium sport and movies channels already available on Virgin TV Anywhere3.

Virgin TV customers can access Virgin TV Anywhere through the web or, for the 1.5 million customers with Virgin Media TiVo®, through a mobile and tablet app.

Scott Kewley, Virgin Media's multiscreen product director, said: "The latest channels to join Virgin TV Anywhere are brimming with top soaps, documentaries and comedy and follow hot on the heels of the 21 channels we added to the service in April. With an ever-expanding array of programmes available that cater for every taste, customers will never be stuck for something to watch, catching their favourite shows and discovering new ones in ways not offered on rival platforms. When paired with a Virgin Media TiVo box, we believe TV Anywhere offers our best, most interactive entertainment experience yet."

The online service is available to all Virgin TV customers, with extra features for TiVo users to manage their boxes through a range of exclusive tools such as remote record and managing 'My Shows'.

The mobile and tablet app is available on iOS devices such as the iPad and will be coming to Android devices later this year. The app offers the ability to manage TiVo boxes including scheduling recordings and deleting shows. It also acts as a touch/gesture-based remote control when at home which means viewers can search for whatever they want using a full QWERTY keyboard and without taking over the big screen. They can flick any live TV show or recording straight to the TV and even immediately start watching something On Demand from any point without the need to fast-forward or rewind4.

For further information on Virgin TV Anywhere, head to virginmedia.com/discovertvanywhere.

Notes to Editors

1 Virgin TV Anywhere was awarded 'The companion and second screen' prize at the 2013 Connected TV World Summit

2 A list of the live channels added to Virgin TV Anywhere is included below. Channel access is based on the TV package customers have and the method of access (online or through the mobile/tablet app). Starred channels were previously available on computers only but are now also available to stream on tablets.

Channel

Bio
CI
H2
HISTORY
ITV
ITV 2
ITV 3
ITV 4
MTV*
Nick Jr*
Nickelodeon*

3 The full list of live channels and On Demand programming is included below. Channel access is based on the TV package customers have and the method of access (online or through the mobile/tablet app).

Channel Live - online Live - iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch App On Demand - online

5 USA
5* [5 Star]
Animal Planet
BBC Worldwide
Bio
Boomerang
British Eurosport
British Eurosport 2
Cartoonito
Cartoon Network
Channel 4
Channel 5
CI
CNN
Comedy Central
Discovery Channel
Discovery Home & Health
Discovery Shed
Discovery Science
Discovery Turbo
Discovery History
Disney Channel
Disney Junior
Disney Original Movies
Disney XD
Dmax
E!
Eden
ESPN
ESPN Classic
Fox
GOLD
H2
Heat
HISTORY
I.D.
ITV
ITV 2
ITV 3
ITV 4
Kerrang!
Kids Extra (Hit Entertainment)
Kiss
Magic
More 4
MTV
National Geographic
National Geographic Wild
Nickelodeon
Nick Jr
PBS America
Quest
Smash Hits
Sony Entertainment TV
Sky 1
Sky 2
Sky Arts 1
Sky Living
Sky Livingit
Sky Movies On Demand
Sky Movies Action & Adventure
Sky Movies Comedy
Sky Movies Crime & Thriller
Sky Movies Disney
Sky Movies Drama & Romance
Sky Movies Family
Sky Movies Select
Sky Movies Greats
Sky Movies Premiere
Sky Movies Sci-Fi & Horror
Sky Movies Showcase
Sky News
Sky On Demand
Sky Sports On Demand
Sky Sports 1
Sky Sports 2
Sky Sports 3
Sky Sports 4
Sky Sports F1
Sky Sports News
Syfy
TLC
Universal Channel
The Box
US Boxsets (NBCU, Starz)

Streaming services on Virgin TV Anywhere can be used anywhere in the UK using a fixed or wireless broadband connection. Streaming over 3G is not supported. Whilst there is no charge to use the Virgin TV Anywhere service for Virgin TV customers, charges may apply for using public Wi-Fi or mobile networks.

4 The mobile/tablet app can be used to browse and select content and manage recordings as well as view live TV. To use remote control functionality, the Virgin TV Anywhere app needs to be paired to customers' TiVo box(es) and the mobile/tablet device needs to be connected to the same local area network as the TiVo box. Customers will require additional networking equipment such as an ethernet cable, or, in some cases, smart TV wireless adapters or powerline adapters - more information at www.virginmedia.com/powerline.

For journalist enquiries contact

Press Office
t: 0207 909 2225
e: pressoffice@virginmedia.co.uk

About Virgin Media

Virgin Media is the first provider of all four broadband, TV, mobile phone and home phone services in the UK.

The company delivers ultrafast broadband connections to over half of all UK homes, with speeds of up to 120Mb, and is expanding this cable network - the result of a multi-billion pound investment - to reach thousands more people across the country.

Virgin Media has developed the most advanced interactive television service, bringing together broadcast TV, thousands of hours of on demand programming and the best of the web in a single set-top box powered by TiVo. The company was the first to offer HD TV and 3D on demand to millions of UK households.

Virgin Media also operates the most popular virtual mobile network in the UK which, when launched, was the world's first such mobile phone service. It is also one of the largest fixed-line home phone providers in the country.

Virgin Media Inc. is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market and the London Stock Exchange (VMED).
Also, from The Next Web:
Virgin adds 8 new channels to its UK TV Anywhere service including ITV, and brings 3 more to mobile

UK cable TV company Virgin Media has added 8 completely new channels to its online Virgin TV Anywhere service, and made 3 additional ones available for mobile users, bringing its total ‘live’ and ‘on-demand’ channel count to 75.

The new channel additions include ITV, ITV 2, ITV 3 and ITV 4, and are the latest terrestrial channels to be added after Channel 4 and Channel 5. Indeed, while BBC Worldwide is part of the offering (on-demand only), the main BBC channels have yet to be added.

Virgin TV Anywhere launched last November to rival BSkyB’s Sky Go service, serving up online and mobile access to TV shows and movies on the move – though it only supports WiFi connections. It launched with more than 40 channels initially, though it added another 21 to the mix in April this year.

The other new additions are: Bio, the Crime & Investigation Network (CI), History and History 2 (H2). While MTV, Nick Jr. and Nickelodeon were previously available through computers only, they are now also available to stream on mobile.

Virgin TV Anywhere is available via the Web for any customer, though only those on Virgin Media TiVo are able to access the service via their smartphone or tablet.

BSkyB (Sky) and Virgin are the main competitors for the UK subscription TV market. Sky launched its Sky Go service back in July 2011, after merging its existing Sky Player and Sky Mobile TV services. Initially it was only available on iOS in terms of mobile, though it finally hit Android in early 2012. Though Virgin is available through iOS devices, it has yet to land on Android – though this should be remedied later this year.
Also, from Broadcast:
Virgin Media bulks up streaming service

Virgin Media has added a further 11 live channels including ITV and Viacom’s bouquet of channels to its Virgin TV Anywhere streaming service.

The move means that customers of the cable platform can now watch 75 channels on the cloud-based entertainment service, which is available on devices including computers, tablets and smartphones.

This comes on the back of a deal to add 21 channels to the service in April.

Virgin struck the agreement with ITV, A+E Networks UK and Viacom International Media Networks to add channels including ITV, ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4, History, Bio, Crime & Investigation Network, H2, MTV, Nickelodeon and Nick Jr.

Scott Kewley, Virgin Media’s multiscreen product director, said: “With an ever-expanding array of programmes available that cater for every taste, customers will never be stuck for something to watch, catching their favourite shows and discovering new ones in ways not offered on rival platforms.

When paired with a Virgin Media TiVo box, we believe TV Anywhere offers our best, most interactive entertainment experience yet.”

Monday, April 22, 2013

Virgin Media Adds Live Streams Of Nickelodeon UK And Nick Jr. UK To Virgin TV Anywhere Streaming Service

The television industry news website Broadcast is reporting the Nickelodeon UK News that the UK cable operator Virgin Media has today (Monday 22nd April 2013) added 21 new live channels including Nickelodeon UK and Nick Jr. UK to its Virgin TV Anywhere streaming service, allowing subscribers to the cable platform to watch 66 channels on the cloud-based entertainment service, which is available on devices including computers, tablets and smartphones, similar to BSkyB's Sky Go IPTV service:
Virgin beefs up streaming service

Virgin Media has added 21 new live channels including Channel 4, Syfy and Nickelodeon to its Virgin TV Anywhere streaming service.

The move means that subscribers to the cable platform can now watch 66 channels on the cloud-based entertainment service, which is available on devices including computers, tablets and smartphones.

As part of the move it has added Channel 4, which will see shows including One Born Every Minute available on the service, along with More 4, Syfy, kids networks Cartoonito, Nick Jr and Nickelodeon and Universal Channel.

A raft of Discovery-owned networks will also become available including Animal Planet, Discovery, Discovery History, Discovery Home and Health, Discovery Science, Discovery Shed, Discovery Turbo, Dmax, ID, Quest and forthcoming female skewing channel TLC.

Sky channels including Sky 2, Sky Arts 1 and Sky LivingIt have also been included.

Scott Kewley, Virgin Media’s multiscreen product director, said: “We know our customers love being able to watch whatever they want at a time that suits them, and by adding 21 live channels to Virgin TV Anywhere at no extra cost we’re also enabling them to watch their favourite shows wherever they want to.”
Virgin TV Anywhere channel additions

Animal Planet

Cartoonito

Channel 4

Discovery Channel

Discovery History

Discovery Home & Health

Discovery Science

Discovery Shed

Discovery Turbo

Dmax

I.D.

More 4

MTV

Nick Jnr

Nickleodeon

Quest

Sky 2

Sky Arts 1

Sky LivingIt

Syfy

TLC (from 30th April)

Universal Channel