Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) is tapping TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) to develop the middleware and interface for its forthcoming line of “television and broadband” set top boxes, marking the DVR maker’s return to the UK after six years. More than that, Virgin is calling it a “TiVo co-branded product”. Cable provider…

While a number of PE firms have reportedly balked at Playboy (NYSE: PLA) Enterprises’ $300 million asking price, actual billionaire playboy Richard Branson’s name has been increasingly mentioned as a prospective buyer. The Chicago Tribune, picking up a piece from the UK’s Daily Mail, says the Virgin Group chairman could…

Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) has scrapped groundbreaking plans to pay music labels for songs its customers download illegally - effectively legitimising P2P - after lack of support from some of the majors, The Register first reported and paidContent:UK has confirmed. We learned last year Virgin Media was talking with Playlouder…