UK wants to spend fifteen minutes with Freddie

Virgin Media has today announced the addition of Vintage TV (channel 343) to its TV service and its availability to all its 3.8million pay TV customers. To celebrate the launch Virgin Media scoured the country to uncover which music legends the UK would most love to spend time with and rock gods Queen broke free from the rest of the competition.

Vintage TV hosts an exhilarating and diverse range of original music programming and classic concert footage, together with full-length interview features, rockumentaries, and a variety of informative and entertaining new shows

Queen topped the number one spot with a significant proportion of the votes, showing the enduring appeal of anthems such as We Will Rock You and Bohemian Rhapsody. Star man David Bowie shot into second place, no doubt thanks to his iconic hits Let's Dance and Ziggy Stardust, as well as recent new material.

Pop legend Stevie Wonder won't be worrying bout a thing as he scooped up third place and Fleetwood Mac went their own way into fourth position. Surprisingly, 90s rock and roll star favourites Oasis trailed behind in fifth place. Let's hope they don't look back in anger.

Virgin Media's top ten bands Brits would most like to spend 15 minutes with

Queen

David Bowie

Stevie Wonder

Fleetwood Mac

Oasis

Bryan Adams

ELO

Joy Division

Don Mclean

The Undertones

Richard Wheeler, head of content acquisition at Virgin Media said, Queen still proves the show must go on as the UK continues to enjoy some of the best songs from the last century on Vintage TV.

David Pick, Founder and CEO Vintage Entertainment Limited said, Vintage TV fulfils the appetite of the UK's music lovers for the very best content music that stands the test of time! We're absolutely delighted to be making our channel available for Virgin Media customers.

For more information visit www.virginmedia.com or http://www.vintage.tv/

Notes to Editors

*Survey from YouGov, 2,076 respondents, 27th March 2013

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About Virgin Media

Virgin Media is the first provider of all four broadband, TV, mobile phone and home phone services in the UK.

The company's cable network the result of a multi-billion pound private investment delivers ultrafast broadband connections to over half of all UK homes, with speeds of up to 100Mb, and is being expanded to reach thousands more people across the country.

Virgin Media has developed the most advanced interactive television service, bringing together broadcast TV, thousands of hours of on demand programming and the best of the web in a single set-top box powered by TiVo. The company was the first to offer HD TV and 3D on demand to millions of UK households.

Virgin Media also operates the most popular virtual mobile network in the UK which, when launched, was the world's first such mobile phone service. It is also one of the largest fixed-line home phone providers in the country.

Virgin Media Inc. is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market and the London Stock Exchange (VMED).

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