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Mike Fries
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Liberty Global to distribute Lat Am tracking shares on July 1
Liberty Global is to implement the distribution of its LiLAC tracking stock on July 1,…
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Liberty Global looks to Horizon to arrest video losses
Liberty Global hopes to reduce the high video losses it experienced in its first quarter…
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Fries outlines Virgin Media’s Lightning ambitions
Virgin Media’s £3 billion (€4 billion) Project Lightning broadband investment programme will extend the company’s…
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Horizon passes one million mark as Liberty Global sees strong growth
Liberty Global’s Horizon advanced TV platform has passed the one million subscribers mark this week…
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Liberty Global boss Fries calls for ‘scale in the cable industry’
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries has called for “scale in the cable industry” in order…
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Liberty Global forecasts big benefits from Ziggo acquisition
Liberty Global could realise greater synergies than previously forecast from its acquisition of leading Dutch…
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Liberty confirms completion of Ziggo takeover
Liberty Global has completed its tender offer for Dutch cable operator Ziggo and will own…
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Netflix and Liberty Global clash over net neutrality
The CEOs of Netflix and Liberty Global have clashed over the topic of net neutrality,…
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Liberty Global sets focus on OTT, free broadcasting and sports
Liberty Global is focused on opportunistic and strategic investments in over-the-top content, sports rights and…
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Chile next for Horizon as Liberty Global evolves advanced TV platform
Liberty Global is turning to Chile for its next Horizon advanced TV launch, according to…
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Liberty Global sees strong next-generation TV growth
Liberty Global’s advanced TV platform Horizon passed the milestone of half a million subscribers in…
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IBC and CTAM Europe EuroSummit unveil speaker highlights
Forthcoming industry conferences the IBC and CTAM Europe’s EuroSummit have unveiled strong speaker line-ups. The…
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Liberty Global acquisition drive “slowing down” and turning vertical
Liberty Global is unlikely to acquire fixed networks in further European markets and is not…
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Liberty pays £481 million for 6.4% stake in ITV
Liberty Global has bought a 6.4% stake in UK terrestrial broadcaster ITV for £481 million…
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Liberty Global’s Fries: vertical integration with content makes sense
Vertical integration between cable operators and content providers “makes sense” in order to help ensure…
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Discovery and Liberty buy All3Media for £550 million
Discovery Communications and Liberty Global have agreed to buy UK-based TV programme maker and distributer…
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Liberty Global gears up for Polish Horizon launch
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries says the firm is on the “right track” with its…
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Liberty adds 250,000 Horizon and TiVo customers
Liberty Global added more than 250,000 next-generation Horizon TV and TiVo customers in Q1, in…
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Liberty Global buys remaining 20% in Chile’s VTR
Liberty Global has acquired the remaining 20% of outstanding shares in Chile’s largest cable operator…
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4K ‘not an immediate concern’, says Liberty Global CEO
Ultra HD, also known as 4K, is “not an immediate concern” with consumers not yet…
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Malone makes share plans with Discovery’s Zaslav, Liberty’s Fries
Media mogul John Malone has given right of first refusal to his holdings in Discovery…
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Liberty Global rules out Spanish push
Liberty Global has denied that it is looking to make a move into the Spanish…
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Liberty Global’s next-generation video subscriber numbers reach 2.5 million
Liberty Global reported a next-generation video user base of 2.5 million, after a “watershed year”…
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Liberty agrees Ziggo takeover
Liberty Global has agreed to buy Ziggo, in a deal that values the Dutch cable…
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Liberty may split international businesses
Cable giant Liberty Global is considering separating its European and Latin American businesses. Attending the…
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James Murdoch and Mike Fries debate future of pay TV at EuroSummit ’13
Liberty Global president and CEO Mike Fries and 21st Century Fox deputy COO and News…
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UPC Cablecom unveils details of Horizon improvements
Liberty Global’s Swiss unit UPC Cablecom has unveiled some of the improvements to the Horizon…
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Liberty promises further Horizon improvements
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries has said that the company is working to introduce improvements…
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Liberty posts loss but customer numbers boosted by Virgin deal
Liberty Global reported a net loss of US$12 million (€9.09 million) in its second quarter…
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Scripps reportedly eyes Chellomedia
Scripps Networks Interactive is reportedly among the interested suitors looking at Liberty Global’s for-sale content business,…