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Virgin Rumoured to be Ready for UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

Virgin Media (now owned by Liberty Media) is rumoured to be ready release a new ‘V6’ Tivo box with UltraHD support, as Virgin has invited the press to attend an event on the 30th …

Liberty Global Acquires Multimedia in Poland

by Yvette Raikes

Poland’s third largest cable company, Multimedia Polska, has been bought by Liberty Global for PLN3 billion ($762 million). Multimedia’s insurance, gas and energy operations are not included in the deal. Liberty owns UPC Poland …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| Poland| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Liberty Global Lights Up TV Screens with Global Netflix Partnership

by Isaac Oburu

Liberty Global plc (“Liberty Global”), the world’s largest international cable TV and broadband company, today revealed a multi-year partnership with Netflix Inc. (“Netflix”) which will lead to Netflix’s content being made available to Liberty …

Tags:Cable| Liberty Global| Netflix

Virgin Shows Eos Box for First Time

by Tom Allen

Virgin will sell the Eos box in the UK under the name ‘V6’, and has revealed a photo of the device. The STB will be able to play UltraHD content from Netflix and YouTube …

Virgin Joins UHD With TV Relaunch

by Tom Allen

Virgin Media CEO, Tom Muckeridge, has said that the company is to relaunch its TV service under the name Virgin TV. It will use a new STB called Eos, which will be launched in …

Reuters: EC Will Approve Vodafone/Liberty Deal

by Tom Allen

A report by Reuters claims that the European Commission is set to approve the merger of the Dutch operations of Liberty Global (Ziggo) and Vodafone (Liberty and Vodafone (Finally) Go Ahead). People familiar with …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| Netherlands| Vodafone| Vol 23 - Issue 30

Liberty Global Prepares UHD Boxes

by Isaac Oburu

Balan Nair, CTO of Liberty Global, has said that their set-top boxes will be UltraHD-capable beginning next year. However, Liberty Global has said that it has no plans to introduce UltraHD services itself this …

Liberty and Vodafone (Finally) Go Ahead

by Tom Allen

After some on/off speculation (Vodafone Mulling Liberty Global Acquisition and Liberty/Vodafone Deal Off the Table), Liberty Global and Vodafone have agreed to merge their operations in the Netherlands. The merger will create a joint …

Liberty Global Agrees C&W Acquisition

by Tom Allen

Liberty Global is acquiring Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $5.3 billion. Including net debt, the transaction is valued at $8 billion. CWC is a cable operator in the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Liberty Global| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Liberty Passes 800,000 DTH Customers

by Tom Allen

Liberty Global has said that its satellite unit, UPC DTH, has passed 800,000 customers in Europe. The figure is a 60% increase since the formation of the division in 2010.

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| Satellite| Vol 22 - Issue 42

Pay-TV Subs Rise, Revenues to Stay Flat

by Tom Allen

Pay-TV subscribers across 89 countries will increase by 200 million between 2014 and 2020, says Digital TV Research. There were 704 million subscribers in 2014, and are forecast to be 904 million by 2020. …

Liberty/Vodafone Deal Off the Table

by Tom Allen

Talks between Vodafone and Liberty Global, concerning a potential merger of their European operations (Vodafone Mulling Liberty Global Acquisition), have ended. Vodafone confirmed that the talks were over on the 28th September. John Malone, …