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Netflix’s decision to show ads likely to impact revenues, Virgin warns

Commercial broadcaster to raise concerns over increased competition for advertising because of the rise of smart TVs and other digital media

New TV show aims to help buyers get on the property ladder

Producer of How to Buy a Home, presented by buyer’s agent Liz O’Kane, is especially keen to hear from people looking to buy in the west

Virgin Media hits out at ‘fundamentally unfair’ spending code at RTÉ

Commercial broadcaster asked Catherine Martin, the Minister for Media, if she was satisfied with agency’s spending on content ‘already available to consumers elsewhere’ including UK and US box sets

Virgin Media adds 450,000 premises under broadband deal with Siro

As first reported by the Business Post in May, the move marks a fundamental change in strategy for Virgin, which has previously only ever offered services via its own cable infrastructure

Virgin in broadband network deal with Siro as it changes strategy

Media giant to offer its services via ESB-Vodafone’s fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband network

Former Virgin Media presenter accuses station of stonewalling on gender pay gap

Sinéad Desmond has claimed in court filings that her former co-presenter Mark Cagney was paid a far higher salary ‘because he is a man’

Willie O’Reilly: A win-win as TV rivals team up for the Six Nations

The unexpected truce between RTÉ and Virgin may be down to the personalities at the top, but the result is a free-to-air winner for fans

Willie O’Reilly: A fresh start could be a pipe dream in 2022

From Facebook’s social responsibilities to the future of the licence fee, expect some well-worn debates to get another airing in the coming year

Revenues at Virgin Media grow 3% to €224 million in first half of 2020

Data use across the company’s network almost double as internet played a key role in remote working, education and entertainment during pandemic while TV subscriptions also increased

Virgin Media's looks to the future with its biggest campaign yet

The channel’s What About the Future campaign has been created in partnership with Publicis, Antidote Films and director Nick Roney

Willie O’Reilly: Virgin Media TV plays on the big pitch now

Ireland’s private TV operator has had a chequered history since it launched, as TV3, in 1998. But it’s now part of a family of businesses that can better weather the storms

Virgin Media aims to engage new audiences with targeted advertising

The broadcaster has made a number of strategic appointments and is employing AdSmart, an advertising platform developed by Sky aimed at ‘new to TV’ advertisers

The Manifold benefits of being CRH chief executive: €11.2m

Shareholders have been unhappy since 2016 about the generous remuneration of the company’s chief executive Albert Manifold. Last year, his package was €11.2 million – 166 times the average salary of a CRH worker

Analysis: Virgin Mobile’s unlimited data offer shows appetites have changed

The mobile network’s decision to remove the fair usage policy from its all-you-can-eat plans is a sign of things to come