However, following NTL's acquisition of Virgin Mobile, the NTL and Telewest services were rebranded Virgin Media on February 8, 2007, creating a single cable operator covering more than 95 % of the UK cable market.

On 4 July 2006, Branson sold his Virgin Mobile company to UK cable TV, broadband, and telephone company NTL / NTL: Telewest for almost £ 1 billion.

The decision to merge his Virgin Media Company with NTL was in order to integrate both of the companies ' compatible parts of commerce.

In March 2006, Telewest merged with fellow cable telecom company NTL, and created ' NTL: Telewest ', which then also merged with Virgin Mobile and Virgin. net in June 2006, creating the UK's first " quadruple play " telecom provider, offering television, internet, landline phone and mobile phone services.

In February 2007, NTL: Telewest was rebranded as Virgin Media.

In March 2006, NTL merged with fellow cable telecom company Telewest, and created ' NTL: Telewest ', which then also merged with Virgin Mobile and Virgin. net in June 2006, creating the UK's first " quadruple play " telecom provider, offering television, internet, landline phone and mobile phone services.

In February 2007, NTL: Telewest was rebranded as Virgin Media.

In Autumn 2004, NTL purchased the remaining shares of the Internet service provider ( ISP ) virgin. net, originally a joint venture between NTL and Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group

In December 2005 NTL and Virgin Mobile announced that talks had taken place regarding a merger.

On 4 April 2006, NTL Incorporated announced a £ 962. 4m recommended offer for Virgin Mobile.

The deal included a 30-year exclusive branding agreement that will see NTL adopt the Virgin name across its consumer operations as it merges operations with its current Telewest brand.

As a result, on 8 November 2006, NTL announced it would change its name to Virgin Media Plc.

For customers who do not live in cabled areas, NTL offers an ADSL broadband service through BT landlines under the Virgin. net brand, which it acquired in 2004 from Virgin Group, who founded it in 1996.

Prior to acquiring Virgin. net, NTL offered a similar package called NTL Freedom.

Granada launched a range of television channels broadcasting the Granada archive on the Sky satellite television platform and other digital platforms such as ITV Digital which closed in 2002 due to administration, NTL and Telewest ( which merged to form Virgin Media ).

ntl: home, as the consumer division of the NTL was known ( now Virgin Media ), closed nthellworld. com in November 2003.

In 2006, NTL merged with telewest and later re-branded on 8 February 2007 as Virgin Media.

In November 2006 NTL: Telewest began rebranding itself as Virgin Media.

On 8 February 2007, Flextech was renamed Virgin Media Television as part of a larger re-branding exercise covering the whole of NTL: Telewest, Virgin Mobile and Virgin. net.

Virgin Mobile was bought by NTL: Telewest on 4 April 2006 before joining the quadplay of Virgin Media services when NTL: Telewest rebranded into Virgin Media on 9 February 2007, with a new logo in-line with Virgin Media.

Following this, the group embarked on a major disposal programme, selling One 2 One to T Mobile in 1999, then selling its stake in CWC ’ s consumer operations to NTL in 2000 ( now Virgin Media ).

Commencing 26 September 2005, the channel broadcast 24 hours a day on Sky and NTL ( now Virgin Media ) services.

In 2004 Channel M launched on the NTL ( now part of Virgin Media ) digital cable platform, around Greater Manchester, mid-Lancashire & Cheshire.

Granada Sky Broadcasting was set up in 1996 and operated until 2004 as joint venture between Granada and British Sky Broadcasting to launch a range of television channels broadcasting the Granada archive on the Sky satellite television platform as well as other digital platforms such as ITV Digital ( closed in 2002 due to administration ), NTL and Telewest ( both merged to form Virgin Media ).

It is the location of the operational headquarters of the United Kingdom's largest cable television provider, Virgin Media Inc, formerly NTL and Telewest.

The broadcaster and service provider of TeleG was SDN, the company which holds the licence for DTT multiplex A. SDN, then owned by NTL, S4C and United Business Media, was awarded the Multiplex A licence in May 1998.

As of 2005 it was owned by Liberty Global Europe ( see history, below ), having been divested by NTL ( now called Virgin Media ).

When NTL rebranded in the UK as Virgin Media, it was almost an overnight transition ", according to the article Sawday does not believe that UPC wish to be marred by older companies brands.

In contrast to Sky which, due to technical limitations, can only provide near-VOD services, NTL On Demand provides a true VoD system.

NTL also provides telephone services to its customers, as the second-largest fixed-line telephony provider in the UK, behind BT, who until 1984 held the monopoly on fixed-line telephony services in the UK.

NTL also provides extensive business telephony and data network services that provide a significant portion of its revenue streams, and carrier services to other telcos.

nthellworld. com was created by Frank Whitestone, a university student, in November 2000 to create a community where people could discuss NTL issues, submit their own views of the company and publicise ntl's failings.

ntl: hell was an independent consumer lobby group designed by customers of NTL to discuss issues and create a community where people could submit their own views of the company, and how to make products or services better.

A re-organisation split NTL itself into NTL Inc. ( covering the UK and Irish markets ) and NTL Europe Inc. ( for the French, Swiss and German parts of the corporation ).

In December 2004 NTL sold its broadcast-unit to a consortium led by Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group ( MCG ) for £ 1. 27 billion.

Despite NTL Ireland turning a profit, in May 2005, NTL sold their Dublin, Galway, and Waterford cable business ( which they had acquired in 1999 for € 825 million from the Irish government ) to UGC Europe for € 325 million — this after having spent in excess of € 100 million on network infrastructure ( i. e. making a gross loss of € 500 million-more than 50 %-over what they paid ).

The merger agreement as structured would have left NTL having to negotiate with BBC Worldwide, the BBC's commercial arm, due to a change-of-ownership clause written into the agreement for UKTV, a joint venture with Telewest's Flextech content division.

In NTL areas customers could also access a 512 kbit / s download-speed ; and both NTL and Telewest offer dial-up Internet services on a pay-as-you-go basis, or at a fixed monthly fee of £ 14. 99 for unlimited usage.

Initially, NTL provided ex-Cable and Wireless subscribers with broadband through the set-top box ( STB ) also used for digital television services, adopting the rationale that subscribers could self-install.

This makes it easier for NTL to provide a more reliable connection as well as being able to monitor traffic requirements in each area.

NTL also offers other television-shows, films ( service branded FilmFlex ), and music videos, mostly for an additional fee.

On 14 June 2000, NTL won the rights to show 40 live Premier League matches on a pay-per-view basis for three years, beginning at the start of the 2001 / 2 season.

NTL would pay approximately £ 109 million per annum for the rights.

On 19 June 2000, NTL entered into a joint venture with The Football League to set up an internet portal for all 72 clubs.

The first chief executive was Stephen Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes, formerly a senior executive of JWT UK and NTL and subsequently a Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting.

Being an NTL player at the beginning of 1970 he didn't play the Australian Open held at the White City courts at Sydney in January because NTL boss, George McCall, and his players thought that the prize money was too low for a Grand Slam tournament.

In 2005 Telewest, in preparation for its long-awaited merger with NTL, put Flextech up for sale as the companies agreed " a content provider " had no place within the merged operation.