Virgin Media will be giving its TV customers access to seven children’s channels for free until 21 April.
The broadcaster said it's looking to help families who face uncertainty with schools closed until further notice.
This includes family favourites such as Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Cartoonito and Nickelodeon.
Across these channels, a range of shows from Ben 10, Paw Patrol, Teen Titans and classics like Tom and Jerry, ScoobyDoo and Spongebob Squarepants, will be available for kids to watch.
For extra flexibility, there are also 1,000 episodes On Demand, so parents can pick and choose a their kids’ favourite shows.
The full line up of extra channels for families to enjoy includes:
- Cartoon Network
- Boomerang
- Cartoonito
- Nickelodeon
- Nick Jr
- NickToons
- Nick Jr Too
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.
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.
Elsewhere, the network has taken charges off visits to www.111.nhs.uk, www.nhs.uk and www.gov.uk, meaning these websites will not decrement customer's allowances.
The announcement comes just a day after BT finally set out its policy for BT Sport customers during the coronavirus outbreak.
Subscribers paying for non-existent live sport will be able to claim credit for the months when games are susprended.
A BT Sport spokeswoman told Mirror Money: "With it looking increasingly unlikely that live sport will return to our screens for some time we have been working through the impact that this has on the BT Sport schedule, our business and our customers."
She added: "As such, BT Sport customers can now go to www.bt.com/sportsupport to get a bill credit for one month of BT Sport, or, choose for BT to donate that credit back to the NHS Charities Together Covid-19 Urgent Appeal."
Sky said customers will be able to pause subscriptions until matches are resumed.
