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Entries in Virgin media (3)

Thursday
Apr252013

Virgin Media Bill For Deceased Father Goes Viral

 

Virgin Media issued a broadband bill to a deceased man, including a fine for late payment.  An image of this has been shared on Facebook more than 90,000 times, telling a cautionary to other companies about the power of social media.

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Tuesday
Feb142012

Virgin Media Using 'Success Kid' Meme For Marketing

Meme's have become commonplace for the viral spread of messages; but there has always seemed to be a distinct gap between this form of communication and the 'upper echelon' of marketing, until now.  Virgin Media have begun to use the famous 'Success Kid' meme in their promotional material, including their website and billboards all over UK.

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Monday
Dec192011

Virgin media programme guide hits an 'unnecessary censorship' glitch

Virgin Media's electronic programme guide's profanity checker hit a glitch recently, overzealously censoring different words within the titles of TV and radio programmes.

Taking a little too much inspiration from the Unnecessary censorship videos on Youtube, subscribers experienced the glitch over the past 3-4 days, as tipped off by some of our readers, watching such fantastic programming as "Jarvis C**ker's Sunday Service" and The Bleak of the Old Shop Of Stuff, a spoof of the writing of "Charles D**kens."

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