Radio Free Virgin slims down
News Internet radio service Radio Free Virgin said on Wednesday that it has cut its staff nearly in half, joining a growing list of media companies that have laid off employees in attempts to reduce costs.
[November 2, 2001, 10:27]
French music store claims iPod 'anticompetitive'
Talkback Funny, you can't listen to Free Radio Virgin on a Mac because Virgin' technology doesn't support Macs but its okay for them to complain about iPod beinf anit-competitive.
[August 6, 2004, 16:34]
Tech bolsters Webcasting's new era
News Radio Free Virgin, one of the most popular free Webcasters, was one of the first large companies to take advantage of peer-to-peer Webcasting technology created by Blue Falcon Networks. The rules are basically set, and people can determine whether...
[October 22, 2002, 11:41]
Digital radio coming to the masses
News Virgin Radio, which already broadcasts over the Internet, is set to begin transmission in November with Digital One, recently awarded the first commercial digital radio multiplex. John Ousby, director of Ginger Online, whose parent company Ginger...
[August 26, 1999, 12:04]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog It's hard to know where to begin with the unplumbable depths of naffness that cloak BT's Movio mobile TV service, as launched today with Virgin Mobile. DAB hasn't got much bandwidth, so the pictures are cut down to fit the display — and while we...
[September 8, 2006, 18:30]
Patent claim threatens streaming industry
News Radio Free Virgin, the online music division of Richard Branson's Virgin corporation, said it agreed to license the technology late last year after a careful legal review. Radio Free Virgin was one of the first.
[February 6, 2003, 12:26]
Patent ruling creates ripples on Net
News So far, it has signed up licensees such as Mexican satellite-telecommunications company Grupo Pegaso and Radio Free Virgin, the online music division of Richard Branson's Virgin group of companies. SightSound Technologies, a digital media company...
[November 4, 2003, 14:20]
Rupert Goodwins' San Jose Diary from IDF
Blog It's a long way from London to San Francisco in seat 42F at the back of a 747, and Virgin Atlantic is on the parsimonious end of the seat pitch spectrum. I recover the use of my legs in time to check into the hotel, demanding a room with high speed...
[September 13, 2002, 18:02]
2007: The year in communications
News With only one customer — Virgin Mobile and its clunky "Lobster" handset — the service shut down halfway through 2007. Mobile TV now looks unlikely to be bothering our radio spectrum for the foreseeable future, but the airwaves provided the...
[December 21, 2007, 15:15]
Sendo Z100 Smartphone: first impressions review
Reviews It picked up the ISP settings from an old Virgin SIM and connected to Google in around thirty seconds. We'll find out later how well the radio works, whether the software is robust and the talk time up to scratch.
[October 22, 2002, 16:52]
Technically speaking, digital radio is a step up
News Virgin is also heavily committed to developing a DAB service, so the ball is most definitely rolling. So digital radio is coming to the masses, but just how improved will our digital listening experience really be, and will it truly justify the...
[August 26, 1999, 17:19]
