Virgin Media

Sky TV customers have recently been hit with price hikes pushing annual bills up by up to £54/year. But whether you want to beat the hikes or are just trying to get a better deal, we explain how to haggle to cut costs.

Virgin Media customers with Sky Sports or Sky Movies subscriptions will see prices rise by up to £24/year from 1 June.

BT has re-entered the mobile market this week with a range of Sim-only mobile deals, but the tariffs are only available on a 12 month contract and only its 7.6 million broadband customers will benefit from the cheapest prices.

Consumers could have access to more bundled phone, broadband and TV deals from next year after Sky confirmed today that it will launch its own mobile phone network next year.

Virgin Media home phone and broadband customers who aren't on the provider's cable network will start to receive letters from this week telling them that unless they object, they'll be transferred to TalkTalk.

Bills for Virgin Media customers are to increase by an average of 5.9% from 1 February 2015, but those affected can leave penalty free if they aren't happy with their new costs.

Broadband only Virgin Media customers will see their bills rise by £1.50/month from October – but you can leave penalty free.

Virgin Media has launched the UK's first 'quad-play' bundles, selling home phone, broadband, digital TV and Sim-only mobile services under a single package. But if you're in the 50% of the UK that can get them, are they worth switching to?

Most of Virgin Media's five million home phone, broadband and TV customers will be hit by average price hikes of 6.7% from February.