Eurosport HD on Virgin Media HD channels

Virgin Media has done a deal with Eurosport to offer its 3.7 million TV customers Eurosport HD, available at no extra cost for customers on Virgin Media’s value ‘XL’ TV package.

Eurosport HD will launch on Virgin Media in April and will offer an extensive range of sports in high-definition where available, including the forthcoming Tour de France, French Open tennis, all European rounds of World Superbikes, the World Touring Car Championships and Athletics European Championships as well as selected tournaments from the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour and wintersports.

With the addition of Eurosport HD, there will be eight Virgin Media HD channels – BBC HD and 4HD, available to all Virgin TV customers, as well as ESPN HD, Nat Geo HD, MTVNHD, Eurosport HD, FX HD and LIVING HD (a Virgin Media exclusive) all available at no extra cost for ‘XL’ TV customers.

Cindy Rose, executive director of digital entertainment at Virgin Media said: “We’re really excited about the spring launch of Eurosport HD and the wider roll-out of several new HD channels for our customers in the coming months.

With HD ready TVs now common in UK homes, the combination of HD channels as well as our pioneering TV on Demand service gives Virgin TV customers a huge range of HD programming with the unique flexibility to enjoy HD content whenever they want, at the touch of a button. With all the regular channels you’d expect, and a service ready for 3DTV too, Virgin TV is without doubt the most compelling TV offer on the market.”

For more information on Virgin Media products and services visit the Virgin Media website.

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