Virgin Media
Virgin Media, formerly NTL, is the UK's largest cable
supplier of Digital TV channels, broadband and telephone
services. Being a cable service you must have a fibre optic
connection to Virgin Media in order to receive any of Virgin
Media's services. If you are not sure if you are in a Virgin
Media cable area you can easily check online
Virgin Media is a subscription broadcaster which offers 3
digital TV packages, M with over 40 channels, L with over 90
channels and XL with over 45 channels.
Virgin Media's digital TV channels can be mixed with
Virgin Media's broadband and telephone services in any
combination.
Virgin Media's sports channels are provided by Sky
Pay Per View. This is where you pay for an individual event such as a film, boxing, cricket, football or rugby match.
A couple of advantages with Virgin Media's cable system
are the 500+ films on instant demand, and that it can supply
broadband speeds up to 50mb, which is much faster than a ASDL
broadband service
With Virgin Media's Mobile Phone's , Broad Band and
Digital TV there are options to build up a competitively priced
complete package.