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The Bigger Bundle is Virgin Media's main TV and broadband package, which can be customised with premium packs including Sky Sports and Sky Cinema.
Customers opting for Volt also get an O2 mobile SIM and the WiFi Max guarantee, as well as other mobile benefits.
Overall, the Bigger Bundle is a competitively priced home entertainment plan, likely to include everything a household wants.
At a glance
| Price | £34.99 |
|---|---|
| Setup cost | Free (usually £35) |
| Minimum term | 18 months |
| Annual price increase | £3.50/mth in April |
| Download speed | 362Mbps |
| Upload speed | 36Mbps |
| Home phone | Optional |
| TV channels | 200+ |
| TV apps | Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Paramount+, Apple TV+ Youtube, Rakuten, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, Channel 4, My5 |
| TV box | Stream box |
| Broadband router | Hub 5 |
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Good value for money in comparison to equivalent broadband-only plans | Pre-made options can be restrictive |
| Includes fastest Hub 5 with WiFi 6 | High out of contract pricing means customers must re-contract or switch |
| Optional Sky Sports add-on now in full 1080p HD as standard | No longer includes TNT Sports as standard, with extra £18/mth charge |
| Package | TV | Broadband | Monthly price | Upfront price | Contract term | |
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Bigger Combo bundle | 200 | 362Mb average | £34.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: No setup fee (was £35) | ||||||
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Bigger bundle + Movies | 211 | 362Mb average | £44.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: Reduced price for 18 months + No setup fee (was £35) | ||||||
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Bigger bundle + Sports | 209 | 362Mb average | £65.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: No setup fee (was £35) | ||||||
Is the Bigger Bundle right for me?
The Bigger Bundle is Virgin Media's main TV and broadband plan, although there are several varieties to choose from, so it actually spans a number of different packages.
The range of Bigger Bundle options can help ensure customers only pay for what they want to watch, and the optional Volt plan includes added benefits.
The Bigger Bundle is best suited to:
- Households who want access to premium Sky entertainment channels, alongside the ability to subscribe to additional apps from Netflix, Disney+ and Paramount+
- Sports fans who'll get Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports News, with the option to also watch Sky Sports in HD and TNT Sports
- Movie lovers who want to add Sky Cinema to their bundle
- Households who want ultrafast broadband from 362Mbps average speeds
For customers who want Sky Sports and Sky Cinema however, they'd be best off upgrading to either the Biggest bundle or the Mega Volt bundle, as these combine both plans and save money overall.
Sports fans who want Sky Sports in 1080p HD are now catered for by the Bigger Bundle + Sports HD package though, which is now in full HD.
The Bigger Bundle from Virgin Media is best suited to households who want the basic premium entertainment channels, with the option of adding Sky Sports or Sky Cinema.
As you move up the package range and add more content and faster broadband speeds, the Biggest bundle or Mega Volt bundle become a more cost-effective way to get everything you want.
Bigger Bundle package options
There are four main choices to make when it comes to the Bigger Bundle from Virgin Media:
- Bigger Bundle: 200+ channels and M350 broadband, this plan covers most household needs for home entertainment at a competitive price
- Bigger Bundle + Movies: 200+ channels including Sky Cinema in HD, and M350 broadband
- Bigger Bundle + Sports: 200+ channels including Sky Sports in HD, and M350 broadband
- Bigger Volt Bundle: Volt can be added to any of the above packages, boosting broadband to M500, adding a whole home WiFi guarantee and an O2 mobile SIM
Here is the latest pricing and offers for the first three options:
| Package | TV | Broadband | Monthly price | Upfront price | Contract term | |
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Bigger Combo bundle | 200 | 362Mb average | £34.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: No setup fee (was £35) | ||||||
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Bigger bundle + Movies | 211 | 362Mb average | £44.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: Reduced price for 18 months + No setup fee (was £35) | ||||||
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Bigger bundle + Sports | 209 | 362Mb average | £65.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: No setup fee (was £35) | ||||||
As you can see, the basic Bigger Bundle option is the cheapest at just £34.99 per month, and includes M350 broadband with average download speeds of 362Mb per second.
Customers who want both sports and movies will need to look to either the Biggest bundle or the Mega Volt bundle, which combines both premium packs in HD along with faster broadband speeds of 516Mbps or 1.13Gbps as well.
Bigger Volt Bundle
Each Bigger Bundle option can also be taken with Volt, which includes the WiFi Max guarantee and bundles in an O2 SIM plan with 30GB data and unlimited minutes and texts.
| Package | TV | Broadband | Monthly price | Upfront price | Contract term | |
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Bigger Combo Volt bundle | 200 | 516Mb average | £44.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: Reduced price for 18 months + No setup fee (was £35) + O2 mobile SIM with 30GB data, unlimited minutes and texts | ||||||
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Bigger Volt bundle + Movies | 211 | 516Mb average | £54.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: Reduced price for 18 months + No setup fee (was £35) + O2 mobile SIM with 30GB data, unlimited minutes and texts | ||||||
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Bigger Volt bundle + Sports | 209 | 516Mb average | £75.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: Reduced price for 18 months + No setup fee (was £35) + O2 mobile SIM with 30GB data, unlimited minutes and texts | ||||||
Volt also boosts the broadband speed to the next tier, so customers benefit from M500 broadband boosted from M350 broadband.
Other bundles, including the Bigger Volt Bundle + Movies and Bigger Volt Bundle + Sports also offer boosted M500 broadband, up from the standard versions.
Volt also includes added extras such as Virgin Media's WiFi Max guarantee for free - which is worth £8 per month, a 30GB data O2 SIM with unlimited minutes - worth around £15 per month, plus double data for all existing O2 household plans, inclusive roaming, and O2 Priority.
Read more about Volt benefits.
Biggest Bundle
The Biggest Bundle is another option from Virgin Media, which sits between the Bigger Bundle and the top-tier Mega Volt Bundle.
It's best suited to those who want a lot of TV with fast broadband, and it only misses out on the kids pack in the Mega Volt bundle (which could be added separately) and the unlimited data O2 SIM.
As you can see from the pricing table below, the Biggest bundle is only slightly less expensive than Mega Volt, yet, comes with M500 broadband.
| Package | TV | Broadband | Monthly price | Upfront price | Contract term | |
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Biggest Combo bundle | 210 | 516Mb average | £78.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: No setup fee (was £35) | ||||||
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Biggest Combo Volt bundle | 210 | 1.13Gb average | £88.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: Reduced price for 18 months + No setup fee (was £35) + O2 mobile SIM with 30GB data, unlimited minutes and texts | ||||||
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Mega Volt bundle | 230 | 1.13Gb average | £84.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: Reduced price for 18 months + No setup fee (was £35) + O2 mobile SIM with unlimited data, minutes and texts | ||||||
The Biggest Bundle includes Sky Sports, now in HD, as well as Sky Cinema in HD, and over 210 TV channels, including many from Sky entertainment and Discovery.
Mega Volt also benefits from more channels overall, including the kids pack, as well as an unlimited data O2 mobile SIM, free WiFi guarantee and other Volt benefits.
One other option of course is the Biggest Volt Bundle, which boosts broadband to Gig1 and adds a 30GB O2 SIM, so that's another option before upgrading all the way to the Mega Volt.
It's worth noting all of these plans have steep out of contract prices, so customers should remember it's possible to negotiate with Virgin at the end of a minimum term for a better price for taking a new contract.
Bigger Bundle: what's on offer?
The Bigger Bundle is a straightforward TV and broadband bundle, which offers:
- 200+ TV channels, including Sky Showcase, Sky Witness,Sky Max, Sky Comedy, Comedy Central, Discovery, National Geographic and the Stream TV box
- Access to a range of on-demand apps including Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Paramount+, and Apple TV+
- M350 fibre broadband, with average download speeds of 362Mb per second
Here is the latest pricing for new customers:
| Package | TV | Broadband | Monthly price | Upfront price | Contract term | |
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Bigger Combo bundle | 200 | 362Mb average | £34.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: No setup fee (was £35) | ||||||
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Bigger Combo Volt bundle | 200 | 516Mb average | £44.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: Reduced price for 18 months + No setup fee (was £35) + O2 mobile SIM with 30GB data, unlimited minutes and texts | ||||||
Setup is currently waived under a special offer at the time of writing, but usually costs £35.
While it does vary, Virgin Media is currently offering the Bigger Bundle with their M350 broadband plan, which offers average speeds of 362Mbps down and 36Mbps up at peak times.
The Bigger bundle offers exceptional value for money when we consider other packages from Virgin Media, such as the broadband-only M350 plan costs £26.99 per month, just £8 per month less than this bundle which also includes premium TV.
Even M500 Volt broadband and phone costs £47.99 per month right now, which makes the Bigger Volt Bundle also very good value for money in comparison to taking less services, although it doesn't include a home phone line.
Bigger Bundle TV channels
The Bigger Bundle includes over 200 TV channels, some of these are free-to-air from Freeview, but many others are premium pay TV channels, including Sky Showcase, Sky Max and Discovery.
Premium entertainment, drama, documentary, movie, and music channels in the Bigger bundle include:
| Virgin TV Ultra HD | Sky Showcase HD | Sky Witness HD | Sky Max HD | Sky Comedy HD |
| Sky Sci-Fi HD | Sky Arts HD | U&GOLD HD | Comedy Central HD | Comedy Central Extra |
| Sky Replay | E! HD | TLC HD | DMAX | MTV HD |
| U&Alibi HD | TCM HD | Movies 24 | Sky Crime HD | Eden HD |
| Discovery HD | Animal Planet HD | Discovery Science | Discovery Turbo | Discovery History |
| National Geographic WILD HD | National Geographic HD | Sky History HD | Sky History 2 HD | Sky Documentaries HD |
| Sky Nature HD | ID | Crime + Investigation HD |
Along with Sky Sports Racing HD and Viaplay Extra, the Bigger Bundle sports channels also include:
| Sky Sports News HD | Sky Sports Mix HD | Sky News HD |
The kids channels in the Bigger Bundle are the five channels available on Freeview, which include CBBC HD, CBeebies HD, CITV, Pop, and Tiny Pop. So customers wanting extra kids content, like Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network will need to upgrade to the kids pack for an extra £5 per month for 11 additional children's channels.
Of course, the Bigger bundle also includes a wide range of free-to-air channels including:
| BBC One HD | BBC Two HD | ITV 1 HD | Channel 4 HD | Channel 5 HD |
| E4 HD | BBC Three HD | BBC Four HD | ITV 2 HD | Drama HD |
| ITV 3 HD | ITV 4 HD | ITVBe HD | 5 USA | W HD |
| 5STAR | Dave HD | Really | Yesterday HD | 5ACTION HD |
| Pick | Together | Quest HD | 5Select | Challenge |
| Sky Arts | 4Seven HD | More4 HD | CBS Reality | Legend |
| That's TV | BBC Alba | Quest Red | HorrorXtra | RealityXtra |
| BLAZE | PBS America | Food Network | HGTV | God TV |
| Inside Crime | Real Wild | Mystery TV | Haunt TV | History Hit |
| BBC RB HD | Great! Romance | Great! Movies | Great! Action | Film4 HD |
| Talking Pictures TV | Sky Sports Racing HD | Viaplay Xtra | CBBC HD | CBeebies HD |
| Pop | Tiny Pop |
Virgin Media also have a deal that brings Pluto TV to its platform, which adds another 100 live channels, including CSI:Crime Scene Investigation, The Drew Barrymore Show, and a range of MTV and Channel 5 spin-off shows.
Overall, while there is plenty of duplication in the channel count to make up 200 with various +1 versions of the same channel, there's also plenty of decent content there too, with access to premium programming through Sky, Discovery, and other platforms.
Bigger Bundle + Movies
Virgin Media's Bigger Bundle + Movies offer everything in the standard Bigger Bundle, plus faster M350 broadband and all 11 Sky Cinema channels in HD.
| Package | TV | Broadband | Monthly price | Upfront price | Contract term | |
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Bigger bundle + Movies | 211 | 362Mb average | £44.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: Reduced price for 18 months + No setup fee (was £35) | ||||||
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Bigger Volt bundle + Movies | 211 | 516Mb average | £54.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: Reduced price for 18 months + No setup fee (was £35) + O2 mobile SIM with 30GB data, unlimited minutes and texts | ||||||
The Sky Cinema channels included are:
| Sky Premiere HD | Sky Animation HD | Sky Hits HD | Sky Greats HD | Sky Family HD |
| Sky Action HD | Sky Comedy HD | Sky Thriller HD | Sky Drama HD | Sky Sci-Fi HD |
| Sky Select HD |
The only difference between the Sky Cinema pack on Virgin Media and through Sky directly, is Sky have a Premiere +1 channel. Sky also include Paramount+ in their Sky Cinema pack.
Virgin Media have now launched Paramount+ access through both the Stream and TV 360 boxes, after signing a deal in November 2022. They've yet to include it for free with any bundle though.
The Bigger Bundle now comes with the Stream box which also supports on-demand apps like Apple TV+, Disney+, Prime Video, and Netflix, so there are plenty of ways for customers to watch films.
Read more on the differences between Sky and Virgin Media.
Bigger Bundle + Sports HD
The Bigger Bundle + Sports option includes everything in the standard Bigger Bundle, plus all Sky Sports channels in HD.
| Package | TV | Broadband | Monthly price | Upfront price | Contract term | |
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Bigger bundle + Sports | 209 | 362Mb average | £65.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: No setup fee (was £35) | ||||||
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Bigger Volt bundle + Sports | 209 | 516Mb average | £75.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: Reduced price for 18 months + No setup fee (was £35) + O2 mobile SIM with 30GB data, unlimited minutes and texts | ||||||
Virgin Media are currently offering the Bigger Bundle + Sports with M350 broadband, or customers can opt for the Bigger Volt Bundle + Sports for M500 broadband and the WiFi Max guarantee.
The Sky Sports channels included are:
| Sky Sports Main Event | Sky Sports Premier League | Sky Sports Football | Sky Sports Cricket | Sky Sports Golf |
| Sky Sports F1 | Sky Sports NFL | Sky Sports+ | Sky Sports Tennis |
Sky Sports News, Sky Sports Mix, and Sky Sports Racing are all included in the standard Bigger Bundle channel line-up. Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+ are also both included since they were launched in January 2024 and August 2024 respectively.
At this pricing level, it's worth keeping an eye on the cost of Virgin's top bundles, the Biggest Bundle (which we look at below) and the Mega Volt (was Ultimate Volt), because it can become more cost-effective to upgrade depending on current offers.
Right now, the Biggest Bundle costs the same as the Bigger Volt Bundle + Sports, yet also includes Sky Cinema in HD. While the Biggest Volt Bundle is only £10 more per month than the Bigger Volt Bundle + Sports, yet, includes Sky Cinema in HD plus Gig1 broadband and the WiFi Max guarantee.
| Package | TV | Broadband | Monthly price | Upfront price | Contract term | |
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Bigger Volt bundle + Sports | 209 | 516Mb average | £75.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: Reduced price for 18 months + No setup fee (was £35) + O2 mobile SIM with 30GB data, unlimited minutes and texts | ||||||
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Biggest Combo bundle | 210 | 516Mb average | £78.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: No setup fee (was £35) | ||||||
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Biggest Combo Volt bundle | 210 | 1.13Gb average | £88.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: Reduced price for 18 months + No setup fee (was £35) + O2 mobile SIM with 30GB data, unlimited minutes and texts | ||||||
Biggest TV Bundle
The Biggest TV Bundle is a newer addition to Virgin Media's line-up, replacing the previous Bigger Bundle + Sports & Movies option.
It has gone through some changes over the recent years however, with it's current incarnation making the most sense as a very good alternative to going out all out for the Mega Volt bundle.
The Biggest TV Bundle includes:
- 210+ TV channels, with the Stream TV box
- Sky Cinema pack in HD
- Sky Sports pack in HD
- Netflix Standard with Ads
- M500 broadband
| Package | TV | Broadband | Monthly price | Upfront price | Contract term | |
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Biggest Combo bundle | 210 | 516Mb average | £78.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: No setup fee (was £35) | ||||||
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Biggest Combo Volt bundle | 210 | 1.13Gb average | £88.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: Reduced price for 18 months + No setup fee (was £35) + O2 mobile SIM with 30GB data, unlimited minutes and texts | ||||||
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Mega Volt bundle | 230 | 1.13Gb average | £84.99 | Free | 24 months |
| Offer: Reduced price for 18 months + No setup fee (was £35) + O2 mobile SIM with unlimited data, minutes and texts | ||||||
It's the penultimate bundle from Virgin Media before moving onto the flagship Mega Volt bundle, and offers a large range of premium TV content, and only misses out on the kids pack and an unlimited O2 SIM.
Customers can get Gig1 broadband with the Biggest Volt Bundle upgrade for example, as well as Volt benefits including the WiFi Max guarantee, and the only downgrade over the Mega Volt bundle is 30GB O2 SIM instead of an unlimited one.
Overall, it's now possible the Biggest Bundle may save customers a little money and still offer exactly what they want over jumping all the way to the Mega Volt bundle, especially considering all Virgin Media bundles now include the Hub 5 router as standard too.
Verdict: Is the Bigger Bundle any good?
Virgin Media's Bigger Bundle will appeal to many households looking for a home entertainment plan with a wide range of premium content that also doesn't break the bank.
The Bigger Bundle's value for money comes to the fore with the standard package option, as this costs under £35 per month for premium TV and ultrafast M350 broadband.
It's the next step up from Virgin Media's Flex TV service, which offers mainly Freeview channels with the option to add subscriptions to premium packs and apps.
The Bigger Bundle is also now the first, entry-level, plan for Virgin's main TV platform, with the Big Bundle having been replaced by Flex in October 2024.
The recent changes to the Biggest Bundle also make that a much more attractive option, with the bundle finally getting Sky Sports in full HD as well as decent speed M500 broadband.
Overall, the Bigger Bundle is a competitively priced deal covering the wants of most households for entertainment and broadband, while customers who want both sports and movies are now well catered for by the Biggest Bundle, with those who want mobile too still able to look to the Mega Volt Bundle.
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