{"id":696873,"date":"2026-07-17T15:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/696873\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T15:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:55:14","slug":"virgin-media-uk-launch-ai-powered-robots-to-monitor-tv-services-in-real-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/696873\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Media UK Launch AI-powered Robots to Monitor TV Services in Real Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\"Virgin<\/p>\n

Broadband, phone and TV provider Virgin Media<\/a> (O2<\/a>) has introduced a new technology \u2013 created in-house \u2013 that harnesses AI-powered robots to monitor TV services in real time (i.e. more than 220 IPTV channels), which can be used to help the provider spot and resolve issues faster than ever before.<\/p>\n

The AI robots, in-between planning their overthrow of the human race (kidding.. I think), are designed to watch TV services exactly as customers experience them and, using automated monitoring, continuously check channels for any degradation of service, including any issues with video and audio quality. Whether or not these bots do this while clutching an ice-cold beer and swearing at the screen during sport content is another matter.<\/p>\n

Naturally, any issues that do get detected will then be automatically flagged to human monitoring teams, where the issues can be investigated and hopefully resolved, all with greater accuracy than ever before. The most-watched of the 220 IPTV channels will be checked every six minutes, although it\u2019s unclear how often the bots will check niche channels.<\/p>\n

Jeanie York, VMO2\u2019s Chief Technology Officer, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cCreating and launching these new TV robots means we\u2019re able to identify and address any service issues faster and more accurately than ever before, and in some cases before a customer even realises there was a problem.<\/p>\n

Whether our customers are watching the big final on Sunday or other live sport, their favourite film or the season finale of their favourite programme, reliable TV makes these moments possible. This new capability is another innovative step in giving our customers a great experience and ensuring we provide the reliable TV service they expect.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new system is still being improved, and additional enhancements are already being planned for the future, including how AI can be used to identify a broader range of service issues and further strengthen monitoring capabilities. Hopefully in the course of watching Goggle Box or Coronation Street the new AI bots don\u2019t self-terminate or try to wipe out the human race in revenge for the torture they\u2019ve received.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Broadband, phone and TV provider Virgin Media (O2) has introduced a new technology \u2013 created in-house \u2013 that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,225585,225586,86,56,54,55,7359],"class_list":["post-696873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-internet-video-streaming","tag-iptv","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-virgin-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}