Virgin Media users have under a week to choose between a FREE 50" Smart TV or £145 off broadband and TV bills

Even better, Virgin Media has waived the £35 setup fee that covers delivery costs and any engineer visits for the lifetime of your contract. This 4K TV model carries a £259.99 price tag, so it's a pretty generous offer.

The catch? You'll need to decide before 11.59pm on August 13, or miss out on this blockbuster giveaway.

If you're happy with your current telly, Virgin Media is offering £145 in bill credit too. This free cash injection will automatically discount your monthly bills each month until it runs out. Depending on your broadband and telly package, you could find yourself paying £0 for the first few months of your new contract.

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If you want to treat yourself, you could put that £145 allowance towards digital purchases, like movie rentals or Box Office fights, from a Virgin Media set-top box. Picking the bill credit option is ideal if you already own a decent telly or want to save on monthly outgoings.

Of course, nothing is preventing you from choosing the 50" Smart TV and sell it immediately. With an RRP of £259.99, this 4K Ultra HD flatscreen from Toshiba is worth more than the £145 bill credit, so that's something to consider with this offer for new and returning Virgin Media customers.

To make its latest offer more tempting, Virgin Media has waived its usual £35 set-up fee — so switching to the fibre broadband provider will be completely free. Virgin Media says its one-off £35 payment is designed to cover the cost of any engineer visits or support for the duration of your 18-month contract.

The 50-inch Hisense Smart TV comes with a one-year warranty from the manufacturer. Your brand-new telly will arrive 28 days after your broadband connection has been installed.

Sports fan? Virgin Media is also offering three months of TNT Sports for just £5 a month (£25 a month after) so you can watch the best action from the Premier League, UEFA Champions League, and UFC live on your brand-new telly. Or, if you pick the £145 bill credit, you can use this fund to discount your new TNT Sports subscription.

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Following the merger between Virgin Media and O2 back in June 2021, anyone who signs-up for Virgin Media will be eligible for O2 Priority. The loyalty scheme offers discounted cinema tickets, coffees and lunch deals from the biggest high street chains, as well as early access to gig tickets.

Earlier this year, Virgin Media announced free 24/7 monitoring for all customers on its network to preemptively fix faults before they cause headaches (or worst of all, outages) for its subscribers.

There's a 14-day cooling off period with all of the above deals, so you'll be able to downgrade your bundle, tweak the fibre broadband speeds, or walk away entirely if you're not satisfied.

Virgin Media’s free 50" Toshiba TV isn’t available with every plan it offers, so you’ll need to pick between a few select plans. You'll need to be a new or returning Virgin Media customer to qualify and select one of the following eligible bundles:

Bigger Movie Combo Bundle

As the name suggests, this bundle arrives with over 200 channels, including the complete Sky Cinema package and 11 dedicated kids’ channels. Everything can be watched on the included Virgin TV 360 set-top box or on your phone or tablet with the companion app. You’ll also get ultrafast fibre broadband with average download speeds of 132Mbps, and free weekend calls to UK numbers.

• From £44.99 per month
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Bigger Sports+ HD Combo Bundle

If you’re looking for live sports coverage, the Bigger Sports HD Combo has you covered. It comes with all Sky Sports channels alongside over 195 other paid- and free-to-watch channels. You’ll get a slightly faster broadband connection with this bundle, boasting average download speeds of 264Mbps as well as free weekend calls to UK numbers.

• From £65.99 per month
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Biggest Combo

Take delivery of a Virgin TV 360 set-top box with all Sky Sports and Sky Cinema channels to watch alongside over 210 other paid- and free-to-watch channels. If that isn’t enough to keep you occupied, there’s also a Netflix subscription included too. When it comes to broadband, expect a fibre connection with an average download speed of 132Mbps and free weekend calls.

• From £78.99 per month
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Mega Volt Bundle

There’s not a lot missing from this jam-packed bundle from Virgin Media. You’ll have over 230 paid- and free-to-watch channels on the TV 360 set-top box, as well as Sky Sports and Sky Cinema in HD. You'll also enjoy an ad-free Netflix subscription too. It comes with one of the speedier broadband connections, with average download speeds topping 514Mbps and an O2 SIM card with a 10GB data allowance and unlimited calls and texts.

• From £84.99 per month
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Virgin Media has its own nationwide broadband network, which is available in over 16 million homes. It's completely separate from BT-owned Openreach, which is used by broadband suppliers like BT, EE, Sky, TalkTalk, and Plusnet to connect customers to the internet.

Virgin Media uses a different technology, which offers download speeds of over 1,100Mbps at every address on its network. In comparison, Openreach is halfway through planned upgrades to connect millions of properties to next-generation full-fibre broadband.

Until recently, moving between Openreach-powered brands was hassle-free ...but switching to a separate broadband network required a lot more planning. Thankfully, that's changed with the introduction of the One Touch Switch system.

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Under this new system, new broadband customers will only need to contact their new supplier to initiate the change. The new broadband firm will handle all aspects of the switch, including terminating the existing contract and organising the installation date for the new broadband supplier.

The streamlined new sign-up process eliminates the need for you to give 30 days' notice to the existing provider. Not only that, but it removes the stress of trying to sync-up the cut-off date from the old provider to the installation date from the new broadband firm — minimising the time without an internet connection.

Billing and activation dates will now be coordinated between the broadband operators in the background, further reducing the administrative burden.

Best of all, if your new internet provider is unable to connect you on the date agreed, you’ll receive compensation. There's no need to take action, the money is sent automatically.