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GIGAEurope members join EU Green Deal Coalition

GIGAEurope members, Liberty Global, NOS, TDC Group and Vodafone Group, have joined the European Green Digital Coalition as founding members and signed the Declaration. The move has been welcomed by EU Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, and the EU Presidency at Digital Day 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. By signing the declaration, companies commit […]

March 19, 2021

Liberty looks to mobile in Ireland and Poland

Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries has revealed during an analyst call that pursuing mobile deals in Europe was “high on our list” of priorities. Liberty already has about one million cable and 120,000 mobile subscribers in Ireland through its Virgin Media unit. In Poland, its UPC Poland operation has about 3.3 million video, internet and […]

February 24, 2021

Velocix appoints Berkeley as CEO

Velocix, a provider of carrier-grade video streaming and advertising technology, has announced the promotion of Anthony Berkeley to Chief Executive Officer. Berkeley was most recently Chief Operating Officer at Velocix, and he has previously held senior leadership roles in sales, product, and professional services during his 11-year tenure with the company. Prior to Velocix, he […]

February 18, 2021

Liberty Global: “2020 a transformational year”

Liberty Global has announced Full Year financial results. Revenue increased 3.8 per cent on a reported basis and decreased 1.5 pr cent on a rebased basis to $11.9 billion (€9.7bn). Q4 revenue increased 14.9 per cent on a reported basis and decreased 0.5 per cent on a rebased basis to $3.4 billion. CEO Mike Fries […]

February 16, 2021

Whip Media promotes Hastings

Whip Media, the enterprise software platform provider for global content licensing, has announced that Paul Hastings has been promoted to SVP of Global Sales, effective immediately. In this newly created role, he will lead the company’s global sales strategy and oversee the global sales team. He is based in London. Most recently, Hastings served as […]

January 26, 2021

CMA lists ‘concerns’ on Virgin/O2 deal

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has outlined its concerns on the proposed merger of Liberty Global’s Virgin Media and Telefónica’s O2. Its focus is on the possible impact of the merger on the supply of wholesale mobile services to MVNOs and other MNOs. The CMA is worried that the combined company could potentially […]

January 25, 2021

Virgin Media ‘Plume Pods’

Liberty Global’s UK unit Virgin Media has announced a new “game-changing” Intelligent WiFi Plus service that will give millions of customers the UK’s fastest widely available broadband speeds throughout their homes, at a time when fast, safe, secure and highly reliable WiFi ia crucial. The Intelligent WiFi Plus service consists of new features on Virgin […]

January 12, 2021

Cadent expands across Europe with Liberty Global

Cadent, the advanced TV platform company, has announced the expansion of its addressable advertising management platform in Europe in partnership with Liberty Global. Cadent has now expanded its automated addressable linear and VoD Advertising Platform into Liberty Global’s Irish footprint, Virgin Media Ireland, with its continental European markets to follow starting in 2021. Cadent and […]

January 5, 2021

Sunrise appoints UPC Executive Committee

Sunrise UPC has announces its new executive leadership team, which it says “combines the best talent from both companies with the goal of stability and strategic clarity”. The full Sunrise UPC Executive Committee comprises of: André Krause, CEO Severina Pascu, Deputy CEO and Chief Operating Officer Jany Fruytier, Chief Financial Officer Elmar Grasser, Chief Technical […]

December 4, 2020

GIGAEurope calls for continued network investment

GIGAEurope, the industry association of private investors in gigabit connectivity, has celebrated its launch by bringing together policymakers MEP Miapetra Kumpula-Natri and Anthony Whelan, Digital Policy Adviser in the Cabinet of President von der Leyen, plus senior industry executives from Vodafone Group, Liberty Global, VodafoneZiggo and Telenet. The event highlighted how the coronavirus pandemic surged […]

November 18, 2020