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Daily Mirror
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Sarah Bradbury

Virgin Media gives TV customers 18 entertainment channels at no extra cost

No matter how nice the weather over the Easter weekend, we must remember to stay inside, and Virgin Media just made that even easier for their customers to do.

From today, top entertainment channels such as Comedy Central, Discovery, Fox, Gold and MTV will be available to all TV customers for free.

This television upgrade is available to customers on Virgin Media’s Player, Mixit (without Kids TV pick) and Maxit (without Kids TV pick) bundles at no extra cost.

Eligible customers don’t have to do anything and there will be no change to their contract.

Families will now be able to watch a range of popular shows including War of the Worlds, NCIS, Only Fools & Horses and Gavin & Stacey.

The move follows the news that Virgin Media has also given its TV customers free access to a number of top kids TV channels such as Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon until 21 April.

This includes family favourites such as Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Cartoonito and Nickelodeonthat broadcast shows like Ben 10, Paw Patrol, Teen Titans and classics like Tom and Jerry. Perfect for keeping the young ones in the family entertained this weekend too.

For extra flexibility, there’s also a thousand episodes On Demand, so customers can pick and choose their favourite shows.

The full line up of extra channels for families to enjoy includes:

  • Comedy Central
  • DMAX
  • Discovery
  • FOX
  • Gold
  • Box Hits
  • Kerrang
  • Kiss
  • Magic
  • ID
  • Lifetime
  • MTV
  • TCM
  • TLC
  • Rishtey
  • Rishtey Cineplex
  • Sony SAB
  • Colors
  • Cartoon Network
  • Boomerang
  • Cartoonito
  • Nickelodeon
  • Nick Jr
  • NickToons
  • Nick Jr Too

During these unprecedented times, Virgin Media has also given 2.7million of its pay monthly mobile customers an additional 10GB data and unlimited minutes at no extra cost, as well as permanently removing data caps for customers on its legacy broadband to help them stay connected.

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