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Liberty Global Inc.

Type	Public (NASDAQ: LBTYA, NASDAQ: LBTYB, NASDAQ: LBTYK)
Founded	2005
Headquarters	Meridian, Colorado, USA Schiphol-Rijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Key people	John C. Malone - Chairman of the Board Michael T. Fries - President and CEO
Industry	Media, Telecommunications
Products	broadband internet, cable television, telephony, direct broadcast satellite
Revenue	$5.2 billion for the 6 months ended June 30, 2009, $10.5 billion for the 12 months ended December 31, 2008
Employees	22,000
Website	www.lgi.com

Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, NASDAQ: LBTYB, NASDAQ: LBTYK) 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).

1 Markets
2 References
3 External links

[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
  - 9lives
  - GarageTV
  - PCTV
  - TV.be
  - vandaag.be (today.be, news site)
- Hostbasket
- Telenet Solutions

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] Asia and Australia

Liberty Global's portfolio also includes a > 55% interest in AUSTAR and a > 38% stake of J:COM, a Japanese cable company operating television, telephone, and internet services. Liberty Global also own 20% of Showtime Australia.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Companies portal

v • d • e Liberty Global

Chello Zone	Extreme Sports Channel · JimJam³ · Romantica² · Zone Club · Zone Europa · Zone Fantasy · Zone Reality · Zone Romantica

Chello Benelux	Film1 · Sport1 · ShopZo/SUUS · Weerkanaal

Chello Central Europe	Filmmúzeum · MGM Channel¹ · Minimax · Sport 1 · Sport 2 · Spektrum TV · TV Deko · TV Paprika

Chello Multicanal	The Biography Channel⁴ · Canal Cociña · Canal de História⁴ · Canal Hollywood · Canal Panda · Decasa · Odisea · Sol Música

UPC Broadband Europe	UPC Ireland · UPC Romania · UPC Netherlands · UPC Poland · UPC Czech Republic · UPC Hungary · UPC Austria · UPC Broaband Slovakia · Focus Sat · Cablecom

Telenet (> 50% ownership)	Prime · Studio 100 TV⁵ · Zita · 9lives · GarageTV · PCTV · TV.be · vandaag.be · Hostbasket · Telenet Solutions

Australia	Austar (~55%) · showtime movie channels (20%)

Japan	J:COM (~38%) · Jupiter Telecommunications · Jupiter TV

Latin America	VTR Global Com · MGM Networks¹ · Liberty Cablevision · Pramer (79%)

United Kingdom	CBS Action⁶ · CBS Drama⁶ · CBS Reality⁶ · Zone Horror

^Note 1 Co-owned with MGM Networks in a joint venture (50% owned by Chellomedia). ^Note 2 joint venture with Realitatea Media (51% owned by Chellomedia). ^Note 3 joint venture with HiT Entertainment. ^Note 4 joint venture with A&E Television Networks. ^Note 5 joint venture with Studio 100. ^Note 6 joint venture with CBS in a joint venture (50% owned by Chellomedia).