Liberty Global
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| Type | Public (NASDAQ: LBTYA, NASDAQ: LBTYB, NASDAQ: LBTYK) |
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| Industry | Media, Telecommunications |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Meridian, Colorado, USA Schiphol-Rijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Key people | John C. Malone - Chairman of the Board Michael Fries - President and CEO |
| Products | broadband internet, cable television, telephony, direct broadcast satellite |
| Revenue | US$ 9.016 billion (2010)[1] |
| Employees | 20,000 (December 31, 2011)[1] |
| Website | www.lgi.com |
Liberty Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: LBTYA, NASDAQ: LBTYB, NASDAQ: LBTYK) is an international media company and one of the largest broadband providers outside the United States of America. It was formed by the merger of the international arm of Liberty Media and UGC (UnitedGlobalCom).
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[edit] Corporate history
[edit] Markets
[edit] Europe
It serves 10 countries in Europe, and is the largest cable operator in countries like Poland, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary and Czech Republic.
- UPC Broadband (Cable TV, telephony, internet access, satellite TV)
- Telenet (Belgium) (> 50% ownership)
- Television
- Prime
- Studio 100 TV (Partnership with Studio 100)
- Sites
- Zita (Portal)
- GarageTV
- vandaag.be (news site)
- T.Vgas (joint-venture with vgas - 100% ownership)
- GUNKtv (closing March 31st, 2011)
- GUNK Magazine
- Online Games Network
- 9lives
- Roekie
- Gunk.be
- Insertcoins
- Yelo
- Hostbasket
- Telenet Solutions
- Television
- Chellomedia (TV channels, on-demand services, web and iTV content)
- Chello Zone (United Kingdom, Ireland)
- Chello Benelux (Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg)
- Chello Central Europe (Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Czech Republic)
- Chello Multicanal (Spain, Portugal)
[edit] America
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 Chile, a Chilean cable provider of television, telephone and internet services.
Through Chellomedia it has a 50% stake in MGM Networks in the USA.
[edit] Australia
Liberty Global's portfolio also includes a > 55% interest in AUSTAR. Liberty Global also own 20% of Showtime Australia.
[edit] Depending companies
- http://www.telenet.be
- http://www.cablecom.ch/en/
- http://www.upcbusiness.com
- http://www.chellomedia.com
- http://www.vtr.net
- http://www.libertypr.com
- http://www.austar.com.au
- Focus Sat RO - UPC Direct
- HU UPC Direct
- SK UPC Direct
- CZ UPC Direct
[edit] References
- ^ a b U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (2010). "Form 10-K". Washington, D.C.: United States of America. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1316631/000119312511045545/d10k.htm. Retrieved Mai 24, 2011.
