Virgin Media to sponsor Big Brother

[dirrty]

Virgin Media is the new sponsor of Big Brother, it has been confirmed.

The company has signed an exclusive deal with Channel 4 to sponsor the eighth series this summer and will have first refusal on the next Celebrity Big Brother.

"We're a pioneering and innovative company so it made sense to create an alliance with a show that has genuinely changed the face of TV," said James Kydd, Virgin Media's managing director of marketing.

Carphone Warehouse pulled out of its £3 million sponsorship deal following the Celebrity Big Brother race row.

Kydd said: "Big Brother has always come under the spotlight and courted a lot of attention.

"Virgin is known for facing challenges head on and we know that our customers enjoy Big Brother because it's the most unpredictable and exciting TV programme there is."

The Virgin Mobile brand will be at the heart of the sponsorship deal.

Channel 4's head of sponsorship, David Charlesworth, said: "We share so much with Virgin in both brand and business so look forward to pooling our expertise to create a ground-breaking sponsorship."
http://entertainment.uk.msn.com/news/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=4370618

[Browney]

Smart move from Virgin.

[dirrty]

i still think its stupid that carphonewarehouse decided not to sponser bb just cause of the jade/shilpa thing. its their loss.

[Mrs.McCall]

Woo Smart Move.

[scubadiva]

it's the most unpredictable and exciting TV programme there is

Not at 5 in the morning. I don't find a load of nobodies sleeping exciting, or unpredictable for that matter :P

[Browney]

Not at 5 in the morning. I don't find a load of nobodies sleeping exciting, or unpredictable for that matter :P

Why are you watching at 5 in the morning?

[dirrty]

its only interesting when they are awake. when they are sleeping its pointless to watch

[Posh!]

They only keep the live on most of the time as they not always sleeping and some do actually stay up but tbh i never watched it but thats what most likely happens aint it?

and ew@virgin media.

[Mario]

virgin media owns everything they are like 5x bigger than sky, for example, you dont see sky posted on the side of a plane do you?

[dirrty]

virgin media owns everything they are like 5x bigger than sky, for example, you dont see sky posted on the side of a plane do you?
those planes are proberly virgin planes...
and tbh, sky is better than virgin media. if it isnt, why was there a massive uproar when sky 1 & co was taken off virgin media.

do you mean virgin is bigger than sky, because that proberly is true as virgin do most things. virgin media is phone, tv, broadband and mobile.

[alexxxxx]

virgin media owns everything they are like 5x bigger than sky, for example, you dont see sky posted on the side of a plane do you?

that's not virgin media you fool. virgin atlantic.

Virgin Media isn't worth as much as sky. Virgin Media is partly owned by Richard Branson, partly by the previous owners of NTL.

Sky are owned partly by News Corp (FOX, MySpace, News Of The World, The Sun, Vivendi, DirecTV +way more)

[Browney]

^^^

Virgin Money, Virgin Mobile, Virgin Landline, Virgin Broadband, Virgin Tv, Virgin Planes, Virgin Trains. Is it just me who is tired of Richard Branson? -_-

[Mario]

do you mean virgin is bigger than sky, because that proberly is true as virgin do most things. virgin media is phone, tv, broadband and mobile.
yes, i worded it wrong ='[

[dirrty]

yes, i worded it wrong ='[
alex has answered that then.

[Frodo13.]

those planes are proberly virgin planes...
and tbh, sky is better than virgin media. if it isnt, why was there a massive uproar when sky 1 & co was taken off virgin media.

do you mean virgin is bigger than sky, because that proberly is true as virgin do most things. virgin media is phone, tv, broadband and mobile.

The only reason Virgin dont do Sky 1 etc is because Sky felt threatend by Virgin media. But ya, Virgin is worth much more then Sky. Infact, I just got all of the diffrent strands of Virgin Groups

TheTrainLine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheTrainLine) - UK train booking service
Virgin Active (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Active) - a health club (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_club) chain in South Africa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa), Spain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain), Italy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy) and the United Kingdom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom)
Virgin America (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_America) - a U.S. domestic low-cost airline (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-cost_carrier) based at San Francisco International Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_International_Airport) scheduled for launch in early 2007
Virgin Atlantic Airways (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Atlantic_Airways) - an international carrier based at London's Heathrow Airport
Virgin Balloon Flights (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Balloon_Flights) - a hot-air balloon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot-air_balloon) operator
Virgin Blue (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Blue) - a low-cost airline in Australia and the South Pacific based in Australia
Blue Holidays (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue_Holidays&action=edit) - holiday program of Virgin Blue
Pacific Blue (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Blue_%28airline%29) - a low-cost subsidiary of Virgin Blue (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Blue) based in New Zealand
Polynesian Blue (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesian_Blue) - a Samoan international low-cost airline
Virgin Books (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Books) - publisher, retailer and distributor of books
Virgin Brides (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Brides) - bridal wear shop in Manchester (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester)
Virgin Cars (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Cars&action=edit) - a UK low-cost car dealership and superstore (No longer in operation)
Virgin Cinemas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Cinemas) - Sold to UGC, now Cineworld (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cineworld)
Virgin Comics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Comics) - comic book producer
Virgin Cosmetics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Cosmetics) - retailer of cosmetics and jewelery through internet, direct selling and Virgin Spa (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Spa&action=edit) stores.
Virgin Vie [1] (http://www.virginvieathome.com/) - brand of cosmetics and jewelery
Virgin Digital (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Digital) - online digital music retailer
Virgin Drinks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Drinks) - drink manufacturer
Virgin Cola (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Cola) - carbonated cola soft drink
Virgin Vodka (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Vodka) - alcoholic beverage
Virgin Electronics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Electronics) - formerly Virgin Pulse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Pulse), consumer electronics
Virgin Experience Days (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Experience_Days) - corporate and consumer experience events
Virgin Express (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Express) - a low-cost European airline
Virgin Films (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Films&action=edit) (also known as Virgin Pictures) - a short-lived film production company
Virgin Fuel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Fuel) - venture capital firm for investing in petroleum alternatives
Virgin Galactic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Galactic) - a venture to market and operate commercial space flights, using spacecraft designed by Scaled Composites (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaled_Composites)
Virgin Games (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Games) [2] (http://www.virgingames.com/) - online games and gambling
Virgin Health Bank (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Health_Bank) [3] (http://www.virginhealthbank.com/) - a new business from Branson enabling parents-to-be to store their baby's stem cells
Virgin Holidays (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Holidays&action=edit) - UK travel agency and tour operator for worldwide destinations served by Virgin Atlantic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Atlantic) and its partner companies, including Singapore Airlines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Airlines)
Virgin Interactive (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Interactive) (originally known as Virgin Games) - games distributor now owned by Titus Interactive
Virgin Jewellery (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Jewellery&action=edit) - jewellery arm of Virgin Cosmetics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Cosmetics)
Virgin Limited Edition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Limited_Edition) - exclusive hotels
Kasbah Tamadot (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kasbah_Tamadot&action=edit) - exclusive Moroccan holiday destination
Lady B (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lady_B_%28catamaran%29&action=edit) - luxurious Catamaran (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catamaran) available for Caribbean (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean) charters
The Lodge (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Lodge%2C_Verbier%2C_Switzerlan d&action=edit) - ski lodge
Natirar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natirar) - private spa located in Somerset County, New Jersey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_County%2C_New_Jersey)
Necker Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necker_Island_%28British_Virgin_Islands%29) - exclusive island in British Virgin Islands for private hire
The Roof Gardens and Babylon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roof_Gardens_and_Babylon) - 1.5 acres open air gardens, venue, nightclub and restaurant in Kensington (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington), London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London)
Ulusaba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulusaba) - exclusive game reserve in South Africa
Virgin Limobike (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Limobike) - passenger bike service in London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London)
Virgin Limousines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Limousines) - chauffeured limousine service in San Francisco (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco) and Northern California
Virgin Media Inc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Media_Inc) - Rebranded NTL Telewest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTL), providing home telephony, cable television, broadband and mobile
Virgin Mobile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Mobile) - mobile phone network in the United Kingdom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom), Australia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia), Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada), South Africa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa), the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) and France (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France)
Virgin Megastores (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Megastores) - CD, DVD and games retailer chain with high-street and online stores
Virgin Money (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Money) - providers of financial services
Virgin Credit Card (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Credit_Card)
Virgin Nigeria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Nigeria) - international, regional and domestic Nigerian airline
Virgin Play (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Play&action=edit) - a video game (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game) promoter, distributor and marketer in Spain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain)
Virgin Radio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Radio) - (owned by SMG plc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMG_plc)) British commercial radio station broadcast on AM, FM (London only), DAB, internet, Digital TV. Other Virgin radio brands include:
Virgin Radio Classic Rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Radio_Classic_Rock) - (SMG plc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMG_plc)) classic rock station broadcast on DAB, internet and Satellite TV
Virgin Radio Groove (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Radio_Groove) - (SMG plc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMG_plc)) soul, motown and disco music station broadcast on DAB, internet and Satellite TV
Virgin Radio Xtreme (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Radio_Xtreme) - (SMG plc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMG_plc)) rock station aimed at teenage males broadcast on DAB, internet and Satellite TV
ouï fm (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ou%C3%AF_fm&action=edit) - rock radio station (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_station) in France (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France) and Asia
Radio Free Virgin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Virgin) - internet radio broadcaster with over 60 channels
Virgin Radio Asia (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Radio_Asia&action=edit) - collection of station operating in India and Thailand including Virgin Soft, Hitz, Easy FM and Oui
Virgin Records (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Records) - record label now owned by EMI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMI)
Virgin Spa (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Spa&action=edit) - shop chain retailing Virgin Cosmetics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Cosmetics) product
Virgin Sun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Sun) - a UK based charter airline sold to Air 2000 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_2000)
Virgin Trains (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Trains) - a railway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train) operator in the United Kingdom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom)
Virgin Unite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Unite) - charitable foundation
Virgin Vacations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Vacations) - U.S. travel agency
Virgin Vines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Vines) - A Californian-based company, created in 2005 and producer of Red and White wines
Virgin Voucher (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Voucher&action=edit) - staff incentive scheme
Virgin Ware (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Ware&action=edit) - clothes brand and retailer
Virgin Wines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Wines) - internet wine retailer
V2 Records (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V2_Records) - an independent music label (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_label)
V Festival (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_Festival) - music festival held in the UK over two days in two separate locations
V Festival (North America) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_Festival_%28North_America%29) a North American variant of the V Festival, begun in 2006

[dirrty]

The only reason Virgin dont do Sky 1 etc is because Sky felt threatend by Virgin media. But ya, Virgin is worth much more then Sky

Virgin Media
Virgin Planes
Virgin Trains
Virgin Mobiles
Virgin Insurence You name it they probably go it.
the answer is below. the things below are worth more than virgin

;3302638']that's not virgin media you fool. virgin atlantic.

Virgin Media isn't worth as much as sky. Virgin Media is partly owned by Richard Branson, partly by the previous owners of NTL.

Sky are owned partly by News Corp (FOX, MySpace, News Of The World, The Sun, Vivendi, DirecTV +way more)

[:Liam]

Virgin media will probably get quite a bit of money from that .

[dirrty]

just because there are a lot of things under virgin, doesnt mean its income is massive....

[Simon]

It doesnt suprise me virgin media is sponsoring it, its been advertised so much.

[Browney]

Big does not mean powerful.

[Frodo13.]

just because there are a lot of things under virgin, doesnt mean its income is massive....

Virgin is worth $7.2 billion which is about £4 billion

[dirrty]

Virgin is worth $7.2 billion which is about £4 billion
newscorp who owns sky is worth £28.1 billion

[Browney]

newscorp who owns sky is worth £28.1 billion

Sorry, but pwnt frodo.

[PriceTags]

^^^

Virgin Money, Virgin Mobile, Virgin Landline, Virgin Broadband, Virgin Tv, Virgin Planes, Virgin Trains. Is it just me who is tired of Richard Branson? -_-

his smile is sickening

[cocaine]

http://www.corante.com/mooreslore/archives/images/Richard-Branson-2.jpg
his smile is sickening

[dirrty]

http://www.corante.com/mooreslore/archives/images/Richard-Branson-2.jpg
he looks bare weird

[Oni]

Id just like to point out skys 2006 turnover with tax reduced was £551 million yet virgins was $7.2 billion. So virgins is like 7x that of skys

[brandon]

http://www.corante.com/mooreslore/archives/images/Richard-Branson-2.jpg
Get rid of the eyes and it's Noel Edmunds long lost brother.

[dirrty]

Id just like to point out skys 2006 turnover with tax reduced was £551 million yet virgins was $7.2 billion. So virgins is like 7x that of skys
sky is owned by news corporation. you cant compare virgin to sky. you are comparing the whole of virgin to sky. compare virgin to news corporation

[Frodo13.]

newscorp who owns sky is worth £28.1 billion

Newscorp only has a 38% share in Sky, so not the major shareholder. Virgin Group is the major shareholder in ALL of the Virgin businesses.

[dirrty]

Newscorp only has a 38% share in Sky, so not the major shareholder. Virgin Group is the major shareholder in ALL of the Virgin businesses.
who owns the rest of sky?

[Hxf Santa]

good move.

[Frodo13.]

who owns the rest of sky?

BSkyB :)

[alexxxxx]

BSkyB :)

BSkyB IS SKY. Sky is a trading name.

Sorry if i bumped this.

[Coldplay]

To Set This Straight

Virgin Are One Of The Richest Companies In The World, Talking Multi Billion, Billion, Billion Pound Company.

Sky Are Trying To Monopolize The T.V. Industry And Market By Taking Sky One & Co. Off Virgin Media [VM For Future Reference]

Sky Were Concerned That VM Would Somehow Actually Make MORE Money Than Sky Because Sky One Is VERY Popular [Lost, 24, Bones Etc.]

VM ARE Taking Sky To Court Because Of Their Malicious And Childish Advertising Campaigns [ Get Jack Back, Lost Lost? ] Which TBH Are PROOF That Sky Are Trying To Monopolize The Market, Those Of You Who Think Sky Are Mega Big, Quite Frankly They Are Worth A Lot Of Money BUT Virgin Are More Widely Recognised And TBH Much Better.

Sky Are Low, Virgin Are High. Virgin Are Already Organising Trips To The Moon For Goodness Sakes!! So Stop Arguing About Things You DO NOT KNOW ABOUT!

And Yes.. My Family Are Virgin Media Customers =]

P.S. Yes I Abuse The Shift Key
P.S.S. Flame Me.. I Dont Care?

[dirrty]

To Set This Straight

Virgin Are One Of The Richest Companies In The World, Talking Multi Billion, Billion, Billion Pound Company.

Sky Are Trying To Monopolize The T.V. Industry And Market By Taking Sky One & Co. Off Virgin Media [VM For Future Reference]

Sky Were Concerned That VM Would Somehow Actually Make MORE Money Than Sky Because Sky One Is VERY Popular [Lost, 24, Bones Etc.]

VM ARE Taking Sky To Court Because Of Their Malicious And Childish Advertising Campaigns [ Get Jack Back, Lost Lost? ] Which TBH Are PROOF That Sky Are Trying To Monopolize The Market, Those Of You Who Think Sky Are Mega Big, Quite Frankly They Are Worth A Lot Of Money BUT Virgin Are More Widely Recognised And TBH Much Better.

Sky Are Low, Virgin Are High. Virgin Are Already Organising Trips To The Moon For Goodness Sakes!! So Stop Arguing About Things You DO NOT KNOW ABOUT!

And Yes.. My Family Are Virgin Media Customers =]

P.S. Yes I Abuse The Shift Key
P.S.S. Flame Me.. I Dont Care?
that sounds biased tbh. virgin may be organising trips to the moon but were talking about virgin media. not the whole of virgin. you cant compare virgin to sky. you have to compare virgin media to sky.

edit: & virgin media is fairly new so you cant really compare it to sky which has been around for years.

[alexxxxx]

Unless we compare Sky's major shareholder News Corp to Virgin then this is unfair as BSkyB is a Publicly Traded Company while Virgin group is a limited company.

[VPSwow]

Virgin are begining to take over.

They took over my previous internet suplier, Blueyonder Broadband. Then my services went slow. They took over my Cable TV services, which led to lots of good channels to be taken away.

When will they stop.....?

Oh well i guess well done to them.

[CrazyColaist]

its only interesting when they are awake. when they are sleeping its pointless to watch

not all the time.

Because in one of the bb series a random man went into the bb house without permission and i saw that.