Virgin Media's Sky Sports bundles cut by £330 ahead of Premier League season
Virgin Media has slashed the price of several TV bundles offering Sky Sports access ahead of the new Premier League season. The provider has launched a new Summer of Sports sale, with discounts of up to £336 available until September 2.
It comes in time for the return of the Premier League, with the 2025/26 season due to kick off on August 15. The most affordable option is Virgin’s Bigger Combo bundle + Sports, which has been cut from £65.99 to £54.99 per month – a saving of £264.
This comes with more than 200 TV channels, including eight Sky Sports channels, such as Main Event, Football and F1. It also provides 516Mbps fibre broadband for smooth, lag-free streaming and gaming.
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There’s also the Biggest Combo bundle, which includes the same Sky Sports channels and 516Mbps broadband, but also packs in Sky Cinema and a free subscription to Netflix Standard with ads. All of this comes in at £64.99, down from £78.99 – a huge £336 saving.
Virgin says these prices are the ‘lowest ever’ offered for its sports packages. But there’s also a £120 price cut on Virgin’s all-singing and dancing Mega Volt bundle, which provides more than 230 TV channels with Sky Sports HD, Sky Cinema HD and Netflix Standard with ads, plus a whopping 1,130Mbps broadband.
Virgin Media's Summer of Sports sale
Virgin Media has cut up to £336 off select TV, broadband and Sky Sports bundles in its Summer of Sports sale.
This packed bundle comes with an O2 SIM card with unlimited data, minutes and texts, with a total monthly cost of £79.99, down from £84.99. Virgin also offers a discount TNT Sports package available as a paid add-on for £18, rather than the £30.99 rate when joining directly.
All of Virgin’s TV and broadband plans now run for 24 months, matching those offered by rivals like Sky. But one thing to remember is that Virgin plans to increase its prices every April, with the Bigger Combo bundle + Sports set to rise to £58.49 from April 2026 and £61.99 from April 2027.
The Summer of Sport sale puts Virgin head-to-head with Sky’s own discounted sports package, the £35 Essential TV and Sky Sports bundle. While this option doesn’t include broadband, it does provide nine dedicated sports channels, 100 regular channels including Sky Atlantic, and free subscriptions to Netflix Standard with ads and Discovery+.
However, boxing fans should note that many of the biggest fights are only available to stream via one-off pay-per-view payments. For example, the Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois fight on July 19 is available to order from DAZN for £24.99 or is currently thrown in for free with a DAZN Annual plan.
But those opting for Virgin for their sports needs will still be able to enjoy a minimum of 215 Premier League matches every season from 2025/26, as Sky increases its coverage from 128 Premier League matches to at least 215. Sharing their experience with Virgin on Trustpilot, one happy customer said: “10 out of 10 for Virgin Media. We have been with Virgin for a year now and are very pleased with the service, it’s been fantastic to have all the sports channels as we love football. I was able to get a great deal.”
This less-impressed reviewer said: “Sometimes my Virgin box freezes, turns off and resets, and it takes around seven minutes to reboot. This is annoying when watching football.”
Another person said: “I’m extremely happy with the product and service. The broadband speed is second to none and extremely reliable. The TV package is also superb – Ok, it doesn’t have Sky Atlantic but with Netflix, Sky Cinema and all the Sports channels included, there’s enough to watch."
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