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News Mainstream sites that have already bowed before the Acacia patent include Radio Free Virgin, the online music division of Virgin Megastores. A holding company that has a stack of streaming media patents briefly shut down a network of pornographic... [24 Sep 2003]
Patent claim threatens streaming industry
News Radio Free Virgin, the online music division of Richard Branson's Virgin corporation, said it agreed to license the technology late last year after a careful legal review. Zack Zalon, general manager of Virgin's net radio site, says he gets... [06 Feb 2003]
Virgin touts free broadband speed upgrade
News Virgin Media has announced a free speed upgrade to 10Mbps for some of its broadband customers. Virgin described this as 'a significant speed advantage' over regular 8Mbps ADSL connections and said the free upgrade will roll out by region from late... [28 Jan 2008]
Virgin Mobile bids to go global
News Steven Day, head of media relations at Virgin Mobile, told silicon.com that the deal with NTT should be finalized within the next few months, followed by a venture in China next year. Virgin Mobile is reported to be in talks with various... [12 Jun 2000]
Virgin Mobile breaks into mobile broadband
News Virgin Media also used its second-quarter results to reiterate its plans for a 50Mbps fixed broadband service, now expected to go live in the second half of this year. In its latest set of quarterly results, Virgin Mobile has revealed it will be... [08 Aug 2008]
Virgin signs multimillion pound C&W deal
News Back in May, C&W unveiled a four-year agreement with Virgin Media to become its exclusive unbundled local loop network provider on a wholesale basis until 2011. Virgin Group has signed a three year, multimillion pound deal for Cable & Wireless (C&W... [16 Aug 2007]
Virgin slams Apple over 'anticompetitive' iPod
News French online music store Virgin Mega has filed a complaint against Apple, claiming that the company's refusal to license the copy protection technology used in its iPod is harming competition. According to the filing, the online store, part of the... [06 Aug 2004]
Virgin goes digital with online song shop
News Virgin Digital, the online arm of the Virgin Group, will launch an online music service Monday aimed at replicating on the net the success of its offline chain of retail music stores. With an entry 18 months after Apple first launched its iTunes... [27 Sep 2004]
Virgin Net under attack for free pricing plan
News Virgin Net has been accused of botching its transformation into a free Internet service provider (ISP). Under the new pricing model Virgin Net customers can either pay £5.99 a month and have free support, or pay no monthly subscription and pay £1... [04 May 1999]
CIO Jury: Is 'business speak' damaging the IT profession?
News But Tony Johnson, IT director at Virgin Megastores, acknowledged there must still be recognition of the continued importance of skilled technical IT professionals. Tony Johnson, IT director, Virgin Megastores [10 Aug 2005]
5 years ago... Virgin Rail expands Scottish call centres
News 06.11.98: Virgin Rail Group is bringing 1,000 new call centre jobs to Scotland. Leaving aside for now the question of just how much Virgin has improved rail services, it is immediately apparent that five years ago there were almost as many call... [06 Nov 2003]
NTL takes control of Virgin.net
News NTL had previously owned 49 per cent of the ISP and has now nabbed the remaining 49 per cent from Virgin Media as well as snapping up other assorted interests from Virgin.net's management old and new. [30 Sep 2004]
Entertainment 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 its store managers and product buyers by giving them flexible... [03 Jul 2007]
Virgin Entertainment Group, North America: Gaining Advantage From Microsoft Software Assurance
White Paper The Virgin Entertainment Group (VEG) operates one of the largest media product retail chains in the world, with 20 Virgin Megastores in the United States and North America, as well as stores in Europe and Japan. [17 May 2006]
Virgin Megastores Opens Music and Video Vault to Customers With New Digital Kiosk
White Paper To maintain that reputation at its Virgin Megastores in the United States, Virgin wanted to replace CD listening posts with digital media preview kiosks capable of delivering far more than just music. [26 Apr 2008]
