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RSS VirginEntertainment Retailer Expects Store Data Analysis to Increase Sales by $1.8 Million
White Paper Virgin Entertainment Group operates Virgin Megastores, one of the largest entertainment media retail specialty chains in the United States. Virgin wanted to increase the effectiveness of... [30 Oct 2009]
Digital Britain fibre tax 'to be law before next general election'
News Timms added that while some next-gen broadband services are already available in the UK - such as Virgin Media's cable broadband service, which offers speeds up to 50Mbps where available - it is important the government... [23 Sep 2009]
An Study on Data Mining Methods for Short-Term Forecasting of the Extra Virgin Olive Oil Price in the Spanish Market
White Paper This paper presents the adaptation of an evolutionary cooperative competitive RBFN learning algorithm, CO2RBFN, for short-term forecasting of extra virgin olive oil price. The olive oil time series has been analyzed with... [29 Aug 2009]
BBC, C4 and ITV's Kangaroo finally finds new home with Arqiva
News The unit will be headed up by Pierre-Jean Sebert, former MD of TV channel Eurosport who previously worked as an advisor to broadcasters including Virgin Media and UKTV. The on-demand TV platform developed by BBC... [25 Aug 2009]
BT rolls out superfast broadband even faster in one UK city
News Virgin Media currently covers half the UK population with a hybrid fibre-cable service, capable of download speeds up to 50Mbps. BT has sped up the rollout of superfast broadband in one of the UK's major cities. [17 Aug 2009]
Seven ways to boost your workplace confidence
Comment It's a skill that Virgin boss Richard Branson manages with ease - or unease if his media interviews are anything to go by. Confidence may seem inborn but it can be learned. Alison Coleman offers a primer for execs. [29 Jul 2009]
Virtualisation and cloud: The new weapons in the outsourcing arms race
News According to research by analyst Ovum, sectors including financial services, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, retail and travel are showing active interest in IT outsourcing, pointing to recent £20m-plus deals between IBM and the... [14 Jul 2009]
Is BT's super-fast broadband coming to your neighbourhood?
News BT's current rollout pits it against Virgin Media, which covers 50 per cent of the country with its own fibre deployment, for future dominance of the UK's broadband market. BT has revealed the towns and cities which will... [09 Jul 2009]
Virgin Media, TalkTalk 'unaffected' by BT's Phorm
News Service providers TalkTalk and Virgin Media are continuing to evaluate Phorm's ad-serving technology. Virgin Media also told ZDNet UK that it is still evaluating the technology, which has drawn criticism... [07 Jul 2009]
BT shelves Phorm rollout plans
News Virgin Media wanted to see what happened with BT, while TalkTalk has said very little over the past 18 months. The company has been in protracted discussions with both Virgin Media and Carphone Warehouse... [06 Jul 2009]
BT kicks off London fibre pilot
News Meanwhile, rival provider Virgin Media is currently conducting a trial in Kent, where it is assessing the viability of 200Mbps connectivity using cable technology. BT began a fibre broadband pilot on Monday in the north... [06 Jul 2009]
Inbox: ID cards U-turn: The end is nigh?
Comment Personally I would have put Sky above BT but both along with Virgin Media are awful when it comes to dealing with customer queries, complaints and fault reports. Fortunately, my Virgin Media cable... [06 Jul 2009]
CIO Job Report: June's job moves and CIOs wanted
News Virgin Atlantic's CIO, Mike Cope, has left the company following the integration of the airline's IT and finance departments. Let silicon.com keep you up to date with all the latest CIO job moves and changes with our... [30 Jun 2009]
BT tops terrible customer service poll
News Fourth place goes to cable TV, broadband and telephony company Virgin Media, with mobile retailer Carphone Warehouse in fifth place, and mobile operators Vodafone and O2 in sixth and 10th place respectively. [30 Jun 2009]
Cheat sheet: Project Canvas
Cheat Sheet Freeview brought digital TV to people who didn't want to go down the route of subscription TV - by signing up with Sky and Virgin Media for example - but wanted to move on from analogue TV, set to be phased out by 2012. [23 Jun 2009]
