Virgin TV Packages

Virgin Media TV covers all television needs and is in direct competition with Sky TV to become the leading service provider in the UK. There are several key television packages offered by Virgin Media, which are branded as Medium, Large and Extra Large. Unfortunately, Virgin TV is only available to people living in cable (fibre optic) enabled areas, which provides a super fast and effective service.

Unsurprisingly, in a world of hugely inflated consumer demand and expectation, there is no 'Small' package. As such, the Virgin TV Size M (Medium) package represents the company's cheapest available television only service and comprises over 45 digital channels. These channels include some of the bare essentials, which are also broadcast on the L and XL packages, such as BBC One (plus BBC Two, Three, Four, News 24 and Parliament), ITV1-4, Channel 4, Channel 4 +1, E4, Film4, More4, Five (plus Five US and Fiver), Virgin1 and Virgin1 +1. In addition to these, Sky 3, Sky News, Sky Sports News are also contained in the package. Furthermore, there are limited childrens', music, lifestyle and factual TV channels to choose from.

For those of us who cannot make do with the bare minimum, the Virgin TV Size L (Large) package offers over 100 digital channels at an increased monthly cost. The channels include all those on the Medium package in addition to CNN, Bravo, Discovery, Cartoon Network, Film4 +1, Living TV, MTV One and many more. Perhaps most important of all, Sky 1, 2 and 3 are also included. The Large package is very much 'medium' in nature ˆ an acceptable trade off between having more channels than you could ever watch and paying rock bottom prices.

However, there is not really such a thing as 'more channels than you could ever watch' - consumers always want more and the Virgin TV Size XL (Extra Large) package provides just that. The XL package comprises over 100 digital channels and is perfectly suited to the modern family's insatiably varied viewing appetite. In respect of this, the Extra Large package contains a number of key music, childrens', entertainment, sport and news related channels such as Arsenal TV, Boomerang +1, Cartoon Network Too, Celtic TV, Disney Channel, Diva, FX, Kerrang, Kiss, Sky Arts 1-2, Sky Real Lives and many more.

Channel hopping with Virgin Media is practically a full time leisure activity and, in addition to the wide range of standard channels available, Virgin TV on demand provides access to a massive library of movies, music and television. This service is perfect for watching what you want when you want and is easily accessed via high speed fibre optic cable. Furthermore, Virgin Media is currently the only TV service provider offering the BBC iPlayer (available on M, L and XL), which is an extremely useful service that allows viewers to catch up on the previous 7 days of BBC television and radio!

Finally, for an additional installation fee, the ultimate viewing experience can be had in the form of the V+ HD Box, which allows viewers to pause, rewind and record live TV in crystal clear high definition (where broadcast). The V+ HD Box also allows viewers to record two programmes whilst they watch a third, which is the perfect solution to many a household argument!