Virgin Media Gives Other Bidders More Time After £5.5bln Offer

Cable TV company Virgin Media has extended its strategic review of the business to give other bidders more time to make a offer for the company.

Virgin Media has received a bid of £5.5 billion from an as yet anonymous bidder.

Virgin Media are apparently giving other bidders more time to put together a deal, waiting for a “more stable debt market environment”.

Recently, Virgin Media shares have been taking a bit of a beating due to a row that they had with rival TV company, Sky TV.

Virgin Media also lost 46,900 customers in the previous three months to the end of March.

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