For the second consecutive quarter, Liberty Global’s golden boy Virgin Media stumbled, losing 24,600 video subscribers as the UK operation slipped to 3.82 million in total. Net video losses totaled 54,900 in Q2, making it 115,400 for the first half of 2019. However, Liberty Global reiterated that Virgin Media is “miles ahead” of rivals in terms of providing ultra-fast broadband. It picked up 7,100 net internet subs in Q2 to total nearly 5.3 million. A substantial silver lining though is that Liberty has some $14 billion in cash to play with following the sale of cable assets in Europe to Vodafone. Altice USA has unveiled its very own smart speaker, Altice Amplify, powered by Amazon Alexa. Subscribers to the Altice…