~British Soul~ Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 I felt it was time for another one methinks. No opinion questions though, GOGOGO! [spoiler=Research McResearchface]Virgin Media was founded in March 2006 as the result of a merger between NTL and Telewest, creating NTL:Telewest. The company purchased Virgin Mobile UK creating the first "quadruple-play" media company in the United Kingdom, offering television, internet, mobile phone and fixed-line telephone services. It wasn't until November 2006 that a deal was made with Sir Richard Branson to license the Virgin brand for the combined business. The company's HQ is situated in Hook, Hampshire and became a subsidary of Liberty Global which is an international television and telecommunications company headquartered in London, since June 2013 when the company agreed to buy Virgin Media for approximately £15 billion in a stock and cash merger. The current chairman for the company is James Mooney, and the CEO is Tom Mockridge. In 2012 the total revenue for the company is £4.1 billion and had an operating income of £0.699 billion in addition to making a profit of £2.852 billion and possessing assets worth £10.504 billion. As of 31 December 2012 the company had a total of approximately 4.8 million cable customers, around 3.79 million of which were supplied with its television services (Virgin TV), around 4.2 million with broadband internet services and around 4.1 million with fixed-line telephone services. The company however has had its fair share of disputes with Sky. In March 2007, and agreement for Virgin Media to keep non-premium Sky channels ended following a letter posted in newspapers by Sky on 28 February when the two companies failed to reach an agreement on the issue. On March 2nd, the National Consumer Council accused Sky and Virgin of "behaving like children" and stated that at the end of March 2007 it would consider whether or not to raise a super-complaint against them "that will help to knock heads together". Three days later, Virgin Media threatened to take legal action against BSkyB, later doing so on April 12 2007. Following talks in May, on 4 November 2008, a deal was struck to have Sky's basic channels return to Virgin Media until June 2011, and in the same period, Sky provided continued carriage of Virgin Media's TV channels (including; Living, Bravo and Challenge), and as part of the agreements, both Sky and Virgin Media agreed to terminate all High Court proceedings against each other. Virgin Media owns and operates its own Fibre-optic network in the UK, however it currently doesn't reach the consumer premises, instead it reaches a street cabinet. In July 2009 and 2010, Virgin Media Broadband came first in an Ofcom broadband speed test in the UK, other companies involved in this test included; BSkyB, BT, AOL, TalkTalk to name a few.Virgin Media offers a wide range of broadband packages ranging from its SuperFibre 50 broadband and phone package to the VIVID 200 Gamer broadband and phone for gamers with each package coming with a 18 month Virgin Phone line contract and a year of welcome discounts, though each bundle comes with a £14.99 activation fee. In addition to this, the company offers a range of TV bundles that provides streaming and catch-up services and a wide-range of channels as well as phone and mobile bundles. Finally, why do people choose Virgin Media? People choose it because it offers the fastest widely available broadband in the UK, their underground cables mean stormy weather won’t mess up your TV signal and services and repairs are included. -- Virgin Active, which is a chain of gyms and health clubs was launced in 1998 in Preston by Richard Branson as part of his Virgin group and its headquarters are situated in Milton Keynes, though its offices were move to Barbican in London leaving a small call centre in Milton Keynes. The company has 239 total locations around the world, 60 of which are in the UK, 121 in South Africa, 30 in Italy, 11 in Spain, 4 in Portugal, 6 in Australia, 3 in Thailand, 2 in Namibia, 1 in Singapore and 1 in Botswana. Its slogan is "Live happily ever active". In South Africa, where the majority of its locations are, the company the company bought the assets of the 'Health and Racquet Club' chain after the latter's parent company, Leisurenet, had been placed in liquidation in October 2000 for 319.6 million South African Rand (which is approximately £24.5m as of November 2011). The South African company also runs Virgin Life Care. In 2002, 55% of the company was sold to Bridgepoint Capital by Richard Branson for £40 million (at which point the company had around 350,000 members) and in 2005, Branson bought out Bridgepoint's stake in the business for £134.5 million. The current Group CEO is Paul Woolf, who succeeded founder Matthew Bucknall in late 2013. In 2014, the company launched a low-cost gym in South Africa called Virgin Active RED which focuses on first-timers who may be intimidated by training by having their exercise equipment strategically placed around the gym in addition to having touch screen computers to teach its users how to exercise and use the equipment properly. In April 2015, it was reported that 80% of the company was sold to South African investment firm Brait by Virgin Group and its equity backers, the sale price being £682 million, valuing the business at £1.3 billion. The company continues to operate under the Virgin Active brand however. The company offers a variety of membership offers that suits families, couples or even individuals, and offers a number of benefits when you join for example spa discounts and amazing prizes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cr47t Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Top 3 favorite YCM subforums? Favorite YGO card? If you had to become any person shown in any game you've played, who would it be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urayne Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Let me guess: bs=bullshit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toffee. Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Whats your opinion on that "I fix your quotes" topic you made? Was it a success or some other means of trying to do something silly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted September 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Top 3 favourite YCM subforums?Hmm...- Miscellaneous- Video Games- TCG Favourite YGO card?Yubel If you had to become any person shown in any game you've played, who would it be?Hm.... *thinks for like 15 minutes* I think I'm gonna say Ike Let me guess: bs=bullshit!Nope. In this case, bs =/= British Soul Whats your opinion on that "I fix your quotes" topic you made? Was it a success or some other means of trying to do something silly?In all honesty, it was more successful than I originally thought it would be, and thinking about, it was rather silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted September 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 bump? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cr47t Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 [spoiler=Are you going to remember to leave my posts alone?] Leave my post as-is or I'll RIOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted September 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 [spoiler=Are you going to remember to leave my posts alone?] Well this isn't the fix thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cr47t Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Ok, time for something [serious]. Should I add a char to my image theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted September 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Ok, time for something [serious]. Should I add a char to my image theme.Can you clarify about what this image theme is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cr47t Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Can you clarify about what this image theme is?Sure. What I call an "image theme" is just a set of images in the avi, sig, and profile all pertaining to a certain theme(s) or character(s). (My current image theme is based around Iowa from KanColle.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted September 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Sure. What I call an "image theme" is just a set of images in the avi, sig, and profile all pertaining to a certain theme(s) or character(s). (My current image theme is based around Iowa from KanColle.)Fair enough.I think you're fine as-is. I don't think you need to add an additional character at this moment in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yui Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Which gif is currently on my sig as you're reading this, and what do you think of that gif? What kinds of music do you like? Favorite villain song? What's your favorite thing about being British? What is Britain's image of America like? What do you think America's image of Britain might be like? What other hobbies do you have besides YGO and Pokemon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted September 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 Which gif is currently on my sig as you're reading this, and what do you think of that gif?Some guy drooling, and I think it looks a bit weird. (It's changed now) What kinds of music do you like?I like a variety of music, like pop, rock, J-pop, etc. Favourite villain song?Can't really think from the top of my head tbph What's your favourite thing about being British?Hmmm... I don't really have one stand-out favourite thing tbph. I like that we have free healthcare among other things. What is Britain's image of America like?I'd say a land of fat people, but people have different images of what the land across the pond is like. What do you think America's image of Britain might be like?A land of tea drinkers with bad teeth I reckon. What other hobbies do you have besides YGO and Pokémon?Drawing, football (soccer), gaming among other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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