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2021–present

Designer:

Unknown

Typography:

VM Circular (Virgin Media)
Frutiger (O2)

Launched:

1st June 2021

Virgin Media and O2 merged on 1 June 2021 creating Virgin Media O2. It is a 50/50 joint venture between Telefonica and Liberty Global. However, the Virgin Media and O₂ branding is still traded as subsidiaries.

It is one of the largest entertainment and telecommunications operators in the United Kingdom, with around 47 million customers in 2021.

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Virgin Media O2

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Virgin Media O2

Joint venture between Liberty Global and Telefónica.

Predecessors: Virgin Media | O2 (UK) | NTL:Telewest (NTL | Telewest) | Virgin.net | Virgin Mobile

Services: giffgaff | Virgin Media Store | Virgin Mobile | Virgin TV (Control | Go | TV 360)

Former TV channels: Bravo | Bravo 2 | Channel One | Challenge | Living (Livingit | Living Loves) | Trouble

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UPC Broadband:

UPC Polska (Poland) | UPC Slovakia | UPC Switzerland
MySports channels (Switzerland): MySports One | MySports 2 | MySports 3 | MySports 4 | MySports 5 | MySports 6 | MySports 7 | MySports 8 | MySports 9

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Virgin Media O2

Joint venture between Liberty Global and Telefónica.

Predecessors: Virgin Media | O2 (UK) | NTL:Telewest (NTL | Telewest) | Virgin.net | Virgin Mobile

Services: giffgaff | Virgin Media Store | Virgin Mobile | Virgin TV (Control | Go | TV 360)

Former TV channels: Bravo | Bravo 2 | Channel One | Challenge | Living (Livingit | Living Loves) | Trouble

Virgin Media Ireland ²
Predecessors: Chorus NTL (Chorus | NTL Ireland)
Services: Virgin Media News | Virgin Media Player | Virgin Mobile | Virgin TV 360 | Virgin TV Anywhere
TV channels: Virgin Media One (+1) | Virgin Media Two | Virgin Media Three | Virgin Media Sport (Extra 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6)

VodafoneZiggo (50%)³:
Services: Vodafone | Ziggo
Premium channels: Ziggo Sport | Ziggo Sport Totaal (Docu | Extra (1/2) | Golf | Racing | Select | Tennis | Voetbal)

Telenet (58%):
Services: Base | Yelo Play | YUGO | Streamz | GoPlay
Free-to-air channels: Play4 | Play5 | Play6 | Play7
Premium channels: Play More (Cinema | Series | Kicks | Relax | Select | Black) | Play Sports (1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Golf | Open)
Other channels (ad-sales only): Njam! | BBC First | History (Belgium)
Radio stations: NRJ

Other assets:
ABB Formula E | All3Media (50%)⁴ | Horizon Go | ITV plc | MyPrime | Platforma Canal+ (17%)⁵ | Sunrise | De Vijver Media (Woestijnvis | SBS Belgium | Native Nation | JANI)

Former operations:
Divested: Chellomedia (Chello Central Europe | Chello Multicanal | ChelloZone) | Film1 | Liberty Latin America (VTR | Liberty | Lionsgate Entertainment Corporation (6,8%)⁴ | Cable & Wireless Communications) | UKTV | UPC Austria | UPC Slovenia | UPC DTH (Direct One | freeSAT | Focus Sat) | UPC Czech Republic | UPC Magyarország¹ (Hungary) | UPC Romania¹ | Unitymedia | Iflix | J:COM

Defunct: Austar | HBO Netherlands (50%) | Kabel BW | Living TV Group | UPC Nederland | Weer & Verkeer | Wizja TV

¹Acquired by Vodafone.
²Under license from Virgin.
³Joint venture with Vodafone.
⁴Joint venture with Discovery, Inc.
⁵Joint venture with Canal+ Group and Grupa TVN (Discovery, Inc.).

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Consumer telecommunications brands

Movistar: Argentina (TV) | Chile | Colombia (Mobile) (TV) | Ecuador | El Salvador | Mexico | Peru (TV) | Spain (Movistar+) | Venezuela

O₂: Germany | Spain | Brand licensees¹ Czech Republic and Slovakia

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Virgin Media O2

Joint venture between Liberty Global and Telefónica.

Predecessors: Virgin Media | O2 (UK) | NTL:Telewest (NTL | Telewest) | Virgin.net | Virgin Mobile

Services: giffgaff | Virgin Media Store | Virgin Mobile | Virgin TV (Control | Go | TV 360)

Former TV channels: Bravo | Bravo 2 | Channel One | Challenge | Living (Livingit | Living Loves) | Trouble

Vivo (Play TV | VOD)

Other brands
Germany: Blau | Base | AY YILDIZ | Ortel Mobile | Netzclub | Fonic | TürkeiSIM
Spain: Tuenti

Television channels
Spain: #0 | #Vamos | Movistar Series | Movistar Series 2 | Movistar Estrenos | Movistar Estrenos 2 | Movistar Clásicos | Movistar Acción | Movistar Comedia | Movistar Drama | Movistar Cine Español | Movistar Fest | Movistar LaLiga | Movistar Liga de Campeones | Movistar Deportes | Movistar Golf | Caza y Pesca | Toros | Fútbol Replay

Peru: Movistar Deportes | Movistar Plus | Movistar Música | Movistar Series | Gol Perú⁹ | Perú Mágico

Latin America: Movistar eSports | Época²

Other assets
Terra Networks | Wayra

Former/defunct assets
Telecom networks: O₂ Netherlands³ | E-Plus (Germany)⁴ | O₂ Ireland⁵ | Telefónica Celular, Telesp Celular, Telemig Celular and GVT (Brazil) | Telefónica MoviLine | O₂ UK

Television services: Vía Digital | Movistar TV (Spain) | Yomvi

Television channels: Canal+ Eventos | Canal+ Liga de Campeones | Canal+ 2 | Canal+ 1 ...30 | Sportmanía | Canal+ 3D | Canal+ Liga 2 | Canal+ Liga | Movistar Deportes 2 | Movistar eSports | Movistar MotoGP | Movistar Fútbol | Movistar Partidazo | Movistar Disney⁶ | Movistar Series (Latin America) | Movistar Formula 1 | Movistar CineDoc&Roll

Properties: Grupo Telefe⁷ | TU

Notes:
¹Owned by PPF Group. Brand licensed from Telefónica.
²Operated by Caracol Televisión.
³Sold in 2003 and renamed back to Telfort. Acquired by KPN in 2005.
⁴Merged into O₂ Germany.
⁵Acquired by CK Hutchison Holdings and replaced by the Three brand.
⁶Joint venture with The Walt Disney Company.
⁷Acquired by ViacomCBS.
⁸50/50 joint venture between Telefonica and Liberty Global.
⁹Co-owned with GOL TV. Operated by Grupo Plural TV

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Lifestyle:
Active | Balloon Flights | Books | Care | Experience Days | Health Bank | Voucher

Travel:
AirAsia X | Atlantic (Vacations) | Australia (Holdings) | Galactic | Holidays (Holidays Cruises | Holidays + HIP Hotels | Travel City Direct) | Hotels | Limited Edition | Limobike | Trains USA | Voyages | Wines
Music:
Megastores | Records | EMI Records | V2 Records | V Festival
Money:
Credit Card | Money Giving | Green Fund | Money (Church House Trust | Northern Rock)
Media & Mobile:
Connect | Media O2 | UK | Australia (Broadband) | Canada | Chile | Colombia | France | Virgin Telco (Euskatel, Spain) | India | South India | Produced (India)
Radio:
United Kingdom | France | Canada (Toronto | Montreal | Vancouver | Calgary | Edmonton | Winnipeg | Ontario) | Halifax | Kitchener | Victoria | Kelowna) | Italy | Dubai, UAE | Turkey | Switzerland (Rock) | Romania | Lebanon | Oman | Indonesia
Other:
Casino | Earth Challenge | Games | Gift Card | Pulse | Pure | Startup | Unite

Former: Comics | Heaven | Limousines | Ouï FM | Nigeria | Racing | Radio (Ottawa) | Radio (UK) (Classic | Groove | Xtreme) | Vie | Jordan
Defunct: America | Brides | Cars | Charter | Cinemas | Drinks (Cola | Vodka) | Digital | Electronics | Express | Interactive | Megastores (UK) | Money (US) | Pacific Blue | Play | Radio Free | Samoa | Trains (CrossCountry | East Coast | West Coast) | V Australia | USA | Virgin Media

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