Virgin Media Bolsters Board

LONDON, September 10:
Former ITV chief Charles Allen has joined Virgin Media’s board of directors, as
has U.S. cable veteran John Rigsby.

Allen was in the news
earlier this week when Goldman Sachs Capital Partners tapped him as an advisor,
granting him a seat on the Endemol board. Allen is currently non-executive
chairman of Global Radio in the U.K.

Rigsby was most recently
president of Bright House Networks' Florida group, which followed eight years
at Time Warner Cable in Florida.

Jim Mooney, the chairman
of Virgin Media, commented: “With the appointment of Charles and John to our
board, we have added further world-class experience and expertise to our team.
Charles brings unrivaled experience in the U.K. media sector from his 15 years
leading the U.K.'s key commercial broadcast companies and John brings extensive
experience from both the telecoms and cable sectors.”

—By Mansha Daswani