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Virgin Media TV customers get new channels for free – with almost 100 hours of additional shows per day

Four new channels are now available for free on Virgin TV 360 and Stream

Some advice for Andy Burnham? Crack down on ‘rip-off Britain’ – and make sure voters feel the benefits

Fining errant corporations is welcome – but when consumers are also getting shaken down on their local high street, it’s time for a new and boisterous approach, says Guardian Opinion assistant editor Jason Okundaye

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Ofcom dishes out £28 million fine to Virgin Media for allegedly preventing customers from cancelling their contracts — but it says that's all in the past

Ofcom hits Virgin Media with a fine for making it difficult for millions of customers to cancel between 2022 and 2024.

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Virgin Media fined record £28m for stopping customers cancelling contracts

Ofcom levies largest-ever consumer protection fine after finding firm deliberately mishandled millions of phone calls

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Virgin Media fined record £28m for stopping millions of customers from switching

The telecoms regulator said it had levied its largest-ever consumer protection fine against the telecoms firm.

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Virgin Media slapped with record £28m fine for blocking customers from switching contracts

Ofcom says that the telecoms firm mishandled millions of calls over a three-year period

The Independent UK

Freely set to overtake Freeview as the UK's biggest free TV platform – not just a rival to Sky and Virgin Media anymore

As Freely celebrates an important milestone, the calls for a new UK TV switchover grow louder

Brits waste years of their lives mindlessly phone scrolling, study finds

Some 69 per cent believed digital platforms were designed in ways that encouraged continued engagement

The Independent UK

Unintentional phone use to reach average of four years and eight months

The study by Virgin Media O2 found that more than a third of phone use (36%) now takes place without a clear purpose.

Evening Standard

Is Virgin Media down? Thousands of customers report outage and ‘pixelated images’

Virgin Media’s cable TV services are reportedly down for thousands of customers across the UK. Users on Downdetector described seeing “pixelated channels” and problems with sound and images leaving them unable to watch TV channels. Reports of an outage began for thousands of users just after 10:35am, with over 4,000…

The Independent UK

Virgin Media down: Thousands in London report fault with major TV and broadband service

Downdetector heatmap shows the majority of fault reports coming from London

Evening Standard

Arsenal’s Champions League win over Atletico Madrid sparked ‘record surge in broadband traffic’

Peak downstream traffic was up 17% on an average Tuesday evening, making it the highest traffic event ever recorded on Virgin Media’s broadband network

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Arsenal's Champions League victory over Atletico Madrid sees biggest-ever surge in Virgin Media O2's traffic

The Gunners beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 in north London on Tuesday to reach the Champions League final

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Virgin Media O2 sales and earnings drop in ‘turbulent market’

The telecoms group said total revenues fell 6.5% to £2.39 billion in the first quarter, while underlying earnings were down 3.4% to £901.7 million.

The Manhattan Aero Freely box should soon be available again, but RAM shortages continue to bite

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Awful April: What is happening to household bills?

Households are facing an onslaught of bill rises from April 1.

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Cost of living: get ready for ‘awful April’ bill increases

From council tax to water, broadband to stamps, the annual round of price rises starts on 1 April … and that’s before any fallout from Iran war

3 best movies to watch first on HBO Max UK

HBO Max is now available in the UK – here are three incredible films to stream first

UK government reflects on radical TV decision that'll affect millions – whether you're on Freeview, Sky or Virgin Media

Freeview could be "switched off" in the coming years – here's the latest

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Virgin Media O2 switches on Starlink-powered smartphone satellite service

Launch of O2 Satellite looks to help cut down areas of poor or no signal across the UK.

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Real Madrid vs Benfica Free Streams: How to watch Champions League 2025/26 2nd leg from anywhere in the world

All the ways to watch Real Madrid vs Benfica live streams for free, with José Mourinho out to haunt his old side in this UCL knockout phase playoff 2nd leg.

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How to watch Wales vs Scotland: Free Streams, TV Channels & Preview for Six Nations 2026 clash, team news

All the ways to watch Wales vs Scotland live streams online – including for FREE – in the 2026 Six Nations Round 3 clash at the Principality Stadium.

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Qarabag vs Newcastle Free Streams: How to watch Champions League 2025/26 1st leg from anywhere in the world, team news

All the ways to watch Qarabag vs Newcastle live streams from anywhere and for free, as the minnows look to upset the Magpies in this Champions League 1st leg match.

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