Liberty Global
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| Type | Public (NASDAQ: LBTYA) |
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| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Meridian, Colorado, USA Schiphol-Rijk, Netherlands Europe-UPC Broadband Division, Chellomedia Division London, United Kingdom Europe-Chellomedia Division |
| Key people | John C. Malone - Chairman of the Board Michael T. Fries - President and CEO |
| Industry | Media, Telecommunications |
| Products | Television, broadband internet, cable television, telephone, direct broadcast satellite |
| Revenue | $2.1 billion for the 3 months ended March 31, 2007, $6.5 billion for the 12 months ended December 31, 2006 |
| Website | www.lgi.com |
Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA) is an international media company and one of the largest broadband providers outside the United States of America. The company is born from a fusion of Liberty Media and UGC (UnitedGlobalCom).
Liberty Global Europe (formerly UGC Europe, and previously United Pan-Europe Communications or UPC, and still usually primarily trading under that brand) is Europe's biggest cable TV provider. It also provides internet access, telephony and other related services. It is an operation (100% ownership since early 2004) of the US-based company Liberty Global, which is the world's leading Cable TV provider. Liberty Global is listed on NASDAQ, but is ultimately controlled by John C. Malone. Liberty Global is based at Meridian, Colorado, in the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area.
It serves about 6.6 million analogue subscribers in 12 countries of Europe, and is the absolutely dominant provider in countries like the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary and Czech Republic.
In Ireland, UPC have approximately 1,769,292 viewers or 41.7%, [1][2] It has been reported by The Irish Times and RTE News that UPC Ireland and MCD music promoter Denis Desmond are interested in purchasing Setanta channels in Ireland[3].
In Chile, VTR a subsidiary of Liberty Global have approximately 941,000 customers, counting over 1.7 million of services (between tv-cable,internet and telephony.[4]
In 2005, UGC Europe bought the Romanian communications company Astral Telecom for $420 million, the Swiss communications company Cablecom for CHF2.8 billion, and the Slovenian communications company Telemach for EUR71 million. In 2007 Telemach also bought 66.7%[5] of Ljubljanski kabel (major competition in Ljubljana) and grew its market share to 40% in Slovenia.
Its business is divided into two units:
- UPC Broadband (TV, telephony, internet access (see also chello), satellite TV)
UPC Direct broadcasts direct-to-home across eastern Europe from the Astra 1H, 1KR, and 1M satellites at 19.2° east. FocusSat broadcasts from Thor 3 0.8°W.
- Chellomedia (27 owned and operated TV channels, and on-demand services, web and ITV content)
Liberty Global's operations in the Americas consists of Liberty Cablevision, a provider of pay TV, internet, and telephone services in Puerto Rico; and VTR, a Chilean cable provider of television, telephone and internet services.
Liberty Global's portfolio also includes a controlling 54% interest in AUSTAR and a controlling 34% stake of J:COM, a Japanese cable company operating television, telephone, and internet services.
[edit] References
- ^ NTL report approximate customer number in Ireland, for Chorus and NTL
- ^ Irish Central Statistics Office figures for average number of persons per household
- ^ http://www.rte.ie/business/2009/0624/setanta.html
- ^ VTR 2006 news
- ^ E-Delo » Gospodarstvo » UPC Telemach kupil večinski delež Ljubljanskega kabla
[edit] External links
- Official Corporate Website
- Guide to receiving Astra satellites
- Guide to channels broadcasting on Astra satellites
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