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Back in September, Virgin Media in the UK gave in and offered a limited number of its subscribers using TiVo set-top boxes access to Netflix. The Netflix application operated directly on the set-top box, meaning that users didn’t have to switch to a different device or change inputs to watch Netflix streaming content. Originally, Virgin Media tested Netflix with only 40,000 of its TiVo subscribers.

The company announced today that it is now rolling out access to the Netflix application to all of its TiVo set-top box subscribers. Access is rolling out over the next few days and it will coexist along with Virgin Media’s current range of on-demand content.

Virgin Media subscribers who have a TiVo set-top box and subscribe to Premier or VIP Collections tiers will be able to get a free six-month trial of Netflix if they don’t already have a Netflix account. I’m sure I’m not the only fan of Netflix glad to see at least one cable provider get rid of the fear that Netflix will hurt its profitability.

Hopefully, we’ll start to see more cable and satellite providers warm up to partnerships with the service in the near future.

[via TheNextWeb]

US cable companies may finally be warming up to the idea of letting Netflix establish an app presence on set-top boxes, reports the Wall Street Journal. As we reported two weeks ago, no cable company had come remotely close to embracing Netflix’s long-standing advances, but it looks like Comcast Corp. and Suddenlink Communications are now […]

Virgin Media is a pay television provider in the UK and it and Netflix have announced an industry first. Netflix is now being offered to Virgin Media subscribers marking the first time that a Web-delivered product has been integrated by a major pay-TV provider. Virgin Media plans to begin testing Netflix with 40,000 its customers […]

If you are an 02 customer in the UK, the company has announced new Wi-Fi access for users at no additional cost. 02 announced this week that it has joined forces with Virgin Media to give O2 customers free Wi-Fi access on the London Underground. O2 isn’t the only wireless provider in England offering free Wi-Fi on subways.

EE, Vodafone, and Virgin Media itself have been offering customers access to Wi-Fi at Wi-Fi equipped London Underground stations. O2 says that its customers who happen to be using Wi-Fi equipped tube stations will be able to access the service once they register their details in the web browser when connected to Virgin Media WiFi at one of over 100 Wi-Fi connected stations.

With 02 now giving its customers access to Wi-Fi at participating underground stations, the only major carrier in the UK not offering free Wi-Fi for subway users is Three. Currently the only way Three customers can get access at the stations is to sign up for the Virgin Media pay as you go plan. That plan costs £2 per day’s worth of service.

If you need more than a day, £5 will get you a week worth of service and £15 is good for a month. It’s also worth noting that Version Media announced this week that 12 more underground stations will be getting Wi-Fi this month. The additional stations include Action Town, Baker Street, Bank, Caledonian Road, Earl’s Court, Holland Park, Ladbroke Grove, Maida Vale, Queen’s Park, Shepherd’s Bush, Sloan Square and West Ruislip.

[via The Inquirer]

O2 customers will get free Wi-Fi on London subways is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Tweeting about the obnoxious individuals you share a tube platform with was expected to be a one-time thing if you weren’t a Virgin Media customer. The Branson-backed provider had said that, once the summer games had finished, it would make the service exclusive to its own broadband subscribers. Now, however, the company has reversed that decision, extending the free period through until the end of the year. The Telegraph is reporting that the turnaround is in part thanks to wholesale talks with other ISPs, who are keen to offer the service as part of their own packages. Given that we’re unlikely to make it into the stratosphere or the bottom of the ocean any time soon, we’ll settle for pretending we’re a daring explorer of the Piccadilly line.

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