Recent events
Recent events tied to this brand in public sources.
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2021
GXO’s Virgin Media logistics operations receive innovation standard
GXO announced that the Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Exchange awarded the ISO 56002 Investor in Innovations Standard to GXO’s Virgin Media logistics operations.
2021
Virgin Media launches Futureproof Broadband campaign
Publicis Dublin launched an integrated marketing campaign for Virgin Media's broadband offering. The campaign is planned to run across TV, out-of-home, video-on-demand, social media and digital takeovers.
2020
Virgin Media launches Virgin TV 360
Virgin Media launched Virgin TV 360, a new entertainment platform with features including voice search and control, a new user interface, third-party video apps, catch-up functionality, and recording capabilities.
2020
Virgin Media expands 1GB broadband availability
Virgin Media said it was making 1GB broadband available to almost one million homes and businesses in Ireland.
2020
Virgin Media Ireland appoints Paul Higgins as Vice-President of Commercial
Virgin Media Ireland appointed Paul Higgins as Vice-President of Commercial. He will oversee the company's commercial strategy, including sales, marketing, product delivery and digital channels.
2020
Virgin Media customers experience TV and broadband outages
A network problem at Virgin Media disrupted TV and broadband services for customers. The broadband issue affected some areas of London and was fixed within a few hours; a TV outage appeared to affect the whole country and lasted a few minutes. Virgin Media apologized for the situation.
2020
Tropicana announced as sponsor of This Morning
Tropicana is sponsoring the This Morning show on Virgin Media One and Virgin Media Player. The sponsorship was announced on April 10, 2020, and was scheduled to begin on April 13 for three months.
2020
BBC Sounds TV app rollout begins
The BBC began rolling out the BBC Sounds TV app on YouView and Virgin Media devices, with other TV platforms planned for the future.
2020
Virgin Media discloses exposure of customer data
Virgin Media disclosed that a marketing database containing personal details of 900,000 people had been left unsecured and accessible online for 10 months. The company said an unknown user accessed the information on at least one occasion; it said the exposure resulted from incorrect configuration, not a hack or criminal attack.
2020
Virgin Media customer data breach affects around 900,000 customers
Virgin Media apologized after a data breach left personal details of around 900,000 customers unsecured and accessible. The source does not provide the date the breach occurred.
2020
Avon Group and Virgin Media announce a two-year partnership
Avon Group of Companies announced a two-year partnership with Virgin Media to provide Virgin Media services to tenants in an initial 10,000 UK properties.
2019
Virgin Media Ireland announces possible job cuts
Virgin Media Ireland said it may cut up to 65 jobs and had entered a 30-day consultation period with affected employees.