Virgin Media due to unveil 4K TiVo box today

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Virgin Media’s corporate Twitter account has teased an image of a new cable TV box, which is expected to support Ultra HD 4K programming.

Earlier this year, Virgin Media confirmed it was developing a 4K version of its TiVo set-top box to rival the likes of Sky Q and BT Ultra HD. It now seems the company will be unveiling the box later today in a live stream on its Twitter account.

No further information has been given about the box, although it’s expected to offer similar features to Sky Q such as being able to start a programme in one room and continue on a different device in another.

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Eos 4K box spells revamp for Virgin Media TV offer

Virgin Media will relaunch its TV service under the name Virgin TV, CEO Tom Mockridge has confirmed.

Parent Liberty Global plans to rollout its new Eos box – named after the Greek Goddess of the Dawn – across Europe and Latin America from late 2016.

“The relaunch under the brand Virgin TV in the United Kingdom with the new EOS box and the interface will give us a very significant step up in our ability to do on demand programming across its model forms and give our customers access to a wide range of over the top applications,” Mockridge told an investor call on Friday.

The 4K unit has the ability to run both Horizon and TiVo UIs.

Liberty Global president Mike Fries said he was pleased with the new TiVo interface: “It looks beautiful, great, super. It’s a terrific looking UI and we’ll be state of the art in that market and it’s the perfect migration path for us not just to stay relevant but lead in the video space in the UK.”

Sky will this week go live with the first 4K content on its new Sky Q receiver.

By offering the same box with some regional variations, Liberty has been able to bring down the cost of deploying its generation receiver while improving the feature set.

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