Deadline looms for Virgin-BSkyB
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The deadline is approaching for broadcasters Virgin Media and BSkyB to resolve their bitter row over TV rights.
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By James Daley  The satellite TV group BSkyB ramped up the stakes in its battle with the newly launched Virgin Media yesterday, taking out television adverts to warn cable customers that they could lose access to many of Sky's channels due to Virgin's reluctance to pay enough for them.
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Richard Branson&#39;s Virgin group said today that it would be entering the market of online music, a move which will put Virgin against other music services such as Apple iTunes, MSN Music and many other pay-per-song music services.
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By DAMIEN HENDERSON and STEWART PATERSON  VIRGIN Media yesterday sought to assure its three million cable television viewers that they would receive an enhanced service despite losing popular programmes such as Lost, The Simpsons and 24.
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Sir Richard Branson has announced that the Virgin Group have set up a special company to offer commercial space flights by the year 2007.
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The Carlyle Group is in discussions with Virgin Media, the British cable company whose largest investor is Richard Branson, over a potential bid worth around $20 billion, a person familiar with the negotiations said yesterday.
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LONDON, March 5  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Following Sky's withdrawal of its basic channels from Virgin Media's  TV service, Virgin Media has formally advised Sky that it will pursue action in the high court if their carriage disputes are not resolved within 30 days.
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Carlyle Group, a District-based private-equity firm, is in the early stages of discussions to purchase Virgin Media, according to a source familiar with the talks.
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The National Consumer Council considers making a 'super-complaint' about the BSkyB-Virgin Media TV row.
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Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson has said the group is in talks with a Chinese company over setting up a mobile phone service in mainland China.
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Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, today announced the launch of Virgin Digital, which will enter an increasingly competitive market for digital downloads.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - The Fox network has set Nov. 9 for  the premiere of Virgin Records/Virgin Megastore founder Richard  Branson's reality show.
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Private equity group Carlyle is poised to launch an $8 billion bid for Britain's Virgin Media , the cable company whose largest shareholder is Richard Branson, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper said, citing City sources.
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HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--UK-based conglomerate Virgin Group Ltd. (VGN.YY) is in talks with a Chinese telecom company to set up a 50-50 joint venture to provide mobile phone services in China, Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson said Tuesday.
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Virgin Group will try to win over shareholders with a sweetened bid for Northern Rock on the eve of a speech by the British Chancellor to Parliament about the struggling UK bank, an unsourced Sunday Times report said.
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The National Consumer Council considers making a "super-complaint" about the BSkyB-Virgin Media TV row.
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AUSTRALIAN bubbly would be available on Virgin&#39;s first flights into space, British tycoon Richard Branson promised today. The Virgin airlines founder hopes five space ships, each carrying five passengers and