Virgin Media
Virgin Media Inc. (formerly known as ntl:Telewest, after a merger of NTL Incorporated with Telewest Global, Inc.), became in 2006 the first "quadruple-play" media company in the United Kingdom, bringing together a service consisting of television, Internet, mobile phone and fixed-line telephone services.
Public: (NASDAQ: VMED) | |
Industry | Cable Communications |
Founded | NTL: 1991; Telewest: 1984 |
Headquarters | Corporate: New York City, United States Operational: Hook, England, UK |
Key people | James Mooney (Chairman) Neil Berkett CEO Richard Branson (Figurehead) |
Products | Cable television Broadband Telephone Mobile phone |
Revenue | $16.5 billion (2008) |
Number of employees | 22,500 (2005) |
Website | virginmedia.com |