LONDON, Aug. 16, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Virgin Media Inc. (Nasdaq:VMED) announces that its Board of Directors has approved a 33 per cent increase in the cash dividend for the quarter to 4 cents per share of the Company's common stock. The payment will be made on September 20, 2007 to stockholders of record as of September 12, 2007. This follows the 50 per cent increase in the previous quarter's cash dividend.