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Liberty Global ‘looking at possible sale’ of Swiss and Austrian units

Liberty Global is looking at a possible sale of its Swiss and Austrian operations, according…

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Liberty Global likely to move to common UI ‘at some point’

Liberty Global intends “at some point to have [its] entire European digital footprint operating on…

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Liberty Global sees upside from ‘fragmented’ European OTT market

Liberty Global is benefitting from a fragmented, and in some cases still underdeveloped, OTT market…

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Fries: Liberty Global ‘cannot afford to stand still’ on convergence

Liberty Global remains committed to developing convergent offerings despite an ongoing industry-wide decline in mobile…

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Liberty Global’s Fries to keynote at Cable-Tec Expo

Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries will be the first of two general session keynote speakers…

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Liberty Global faces ‘speed bump’ in UK, but long-term growth prospects good

Liberty Global remains committed to the UK market and remains confident about its long-term growth…

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Liberty Global’s Fries: acquisition of ITV is ‘not interesting’

ITV’s market valuation and the premium that would be required to buy it means that…

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Combining fixed and mobile failing to deliver synergies, says Fries

Combining fixed and mobile assets and marketing quad-play services has so far failed to deliver…

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Liberty Global adds quarter of a million next-gen TV subscribers

Liberty Global added 253,000 next-generation TV subscribers in Q1, and said the UK and Germany…

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Liberty Global’s Fries: consolidation needed to justify Euro 5G investment

Realising the 5G vision in Europe will be extremely challenging because of the amount of…

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Liberty Global targets UK with plan to build 800k new homes in ‘17

Liberty Global will spend about US$1 billion on capital expenditure this year, with nine tenths…

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Liberty Global grows advanced TV base, plans more 4K rollouts

Liberty Global added 313,000 next-generation TV customers in Q4 and said it plans to expand…

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Brexit causing ‘anxiety’ about consumer confidence, says Liberty Global’s Fries

Liberty Global chief Mike Fries has said he is concerned about the possible economic knock-on…

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Liberty Global: mobile is ‘strategically critical’

Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries has described mobile as “strategically critical” and outlined ambitious plans…

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Liberty Global to increase online content focus

Liberty Global will look to increasingly focus its content spend online, according to company CEO…

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Liberty Global agrees international partnership with Netflix

Liberty Global has struck a multi-year partnership with Netflix to make the SVOD provider’s content…

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TiVo revamp, EOS will be huge ‘step up’, says Virgin Media’s Mockridge

Virgin Media’s launch of parent Liberty Global’s EOS box and the rebranding of its TiVo-based…

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Liberty Global to make ‘smart’ investments in content

Liberty Global plans to make “smart, opportunistic investments” in content following its recent announcement that…

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Liberty Global advanced TV base tops seven million

Liberty Global’s advanced TV base passed the seven million mark in the second quarter, with…

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Liberty Global beats expectations, strong advanced TV growth

Liberty Global beat analysts’ expectations for its first fiscal quarter, posting solid revenue and subscriber…

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Liberty Global: set-top boxes will be 4K-ready next year

Liberty Global set-top boxes will be 4K capable beginning next year, according to chief technology…

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Vodafone and Liberty Global agree Dutch merger

Vodafone and Liberty Global have agreed to merge their Dutch operations, forming a 50-50 joint…

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Fries: Liberty Global looking to mobile acquisitions and “robust” growth

Liberty Global’s business has “never been stronger” despite a recent slump in its share price,…

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Liberty Global sees further European opportunities

There is still growth potential in Europe, according to Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries, claiming…

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Liberty Global to buy Cable & Wireless for €5bn

Liberty Global has agreed to buy Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) for £3.5 billion (€5.0…

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Liberty Global looking at WiFi First as it mulls mobile options

Europe is “a quad-play market” and Liberty Global “has a lot of options” and will…

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Germany, UK boost Liberty Global in Q3, advanced TV passes four million

Strong European subscriber growth helped boost Liberty Global’s third quarter results, with the UK and…

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Fries outlines Project Lightning steps, DOCSIS 3.1 plan

Liberty Global-owned Virgin Media plans to ramp up its investment in its network in the…

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Netflix no threat, but makes cable better, say Liberty Global, Vodafone

Liberty Global and Vodafone Deutschland do not see OTT video as a significant threat, but…

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Liberty Global’s Fries: net neutrality is ‘solution in search of a problem’

Demands for more formal network neutrality regulation is a “solution in search of a problem”,…