Virgin Media signs exclusive UK deal with TiVo
Virgin Media has signed an exclusive UK deal with US digital video-recorder maker TiVo, a move it said on Wednesday marked the start of its transition from a cable operator to an entertainment provider.Virgin, which sells broadband, telephony and pay-TV services to about 4 million customers in Britain, said it would have thousands of TiVo boxes available over Christmas for existing customers and would start selling them externally next year.
Virgin Media Inc confirmed it is in talks with Liberty Global Inc, an international cable company, about a possible transaction between the two.