Liberty Global

Liberty Global, Inc.
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Company type	Public (Nasdaq: LBTYA, Nasdaq: LBTYB, Nasdaq: LBTYK); NASDAQ-100 Component
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)
Operating income	146,800,000 United States dollar (2022)
Net income	1,473,200,000 United States dollar (2022)
Number of employees	20,000 (December 31, 2011)
Website	www.lgi.com

Liberty Global, Inc. is an international media company and one of the largest broadband providers outside the United States of America. It was formed in 2005 by the merger of the international arm of Liberty Media and UGC (UnitedGlobalCom).

Key Facts

Liberty Global are a leading international company operating in the Telecommunications and Television industry, active in 11 European countries.

Company Statistics
- Revenue: $10.1 billion
- Employees: 22,000
- Active in 13 countries, including 11 in Europe
- 33.3 million homes passed
- 19.6 million customers
- 33.4 million RGUs (video, internet, and voice subscribers)

Markets

Europe

It serves 11 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)
- UPC Austria [1]
- UPC Czech Republic [2]
- UPC Germany (Unitymedia and Kabel BW) ([3])
- UPC Hungary [4]
- UPC Ireland
- UPC Netherlands
- UPC Poland [5]
- UPC Romania
- UPC Slovakia [6]
- UPC Cablecom (Switzerland) [7]

Telenet (Belgium) (> 50% ownership)
- Television
  - Prime
  - Sporting Telenet
  - 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 31, 2011)
  - GUNK Magazine
  - Online Games Network
    - 9lives
    - Roekie
    - Gunk.be
    - Insertcoins
- Yelo
- Hostbasket
- Telenet Solutions

UPC DTH
- UPC Direct Hungary
- freeSAT Czech Republic and Slovakia
- Focus Sat Romania

Chellomedia (TV channels, on-demand services, distribution, web and iTV content)
- Chello Zone (Europe)
- Chello Benelux (Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg)
- Chello Central Europe (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia)
- Chello Multicanal (Spain and Portugal)
- Chello On Demand
- Chello DMC

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, mobile and internet services.

Through Chellomedia it has a 50% stake in MGM Networks in the USA.

Australia

Liberty Global own 20% of Showtime Australia.

Depending companies

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (2010). "Form 10-K". Washington, D.C.: United States of America. Retrieved Mai 24, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

http://www.lgi.com/PDF/LGI%20Fact%20Sheet%20Q1%202010.pdf

External links

Official Corporate Website

[fy2010-1] U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (2010). "Form 10-K". Washington, D.C.: United States of America. Retrieved Mai 24, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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