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Liberty Global
Vodafone UK CEO to lead Liberty JV
Vodafone and Liberty Global have said they will appoint Vodafone UK CEO Jeroen Hoencamp (pictured) as…
Endemol Shine poaches Liberty Global’s Euro CFO
Endemol Shine Group has poached Ivan Nash Vila from cable giant Liberty Global to become…
Virgin Media agrees €10m UTV Ireland buyout
Liberty Global-owned UK and Irish operator Virgin Media has agreed to buy Republic of Ireland…
Report: Virgin Media in talks to buy UTV Ireland
Liberty Global-owned pay TV operator Virgin Media is reportedly in advanced talks to buy Irish…
Liberty Global sounds Brexit warning
Liberty Global will likely hold back on any further investment in the UK and deploy…
Sky NZ and Vodafone agree $2.4bn merger
Sky Network Television and Vodafone New Zealand have agreed a NZ$3.44 billion (US$2.4 billion) merger…
Starz president Curtis retiring after 20 years
Long-serving Starz president Glenn Curtis is set to retire after more than 20 years with…
Vodafone, Liberty Global agree Dutch merger
Vodafone and Liberty Global have agreed to merge their Dutch operations, forming a 50-50 joint…
Lionsgate ‘restarts’ Starz acquisition talks
Lionsgate Entertainment is reportedly back in for US premium cable channel Starz. The pair was…
Vodafone confirms Liberty Global Netherlands talks
Vodafone has confirmed that it is in discussions with Liberty Global about creating a joint…
‘Liberty Global-Vodafone merger talks back on’
Talks between Liberty Global and Vodafone have been revived in recent weeks with a potential…
Liberty Global pays £3.5bn for Cable and Wireless
Liberty Global has agreed to buy Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) for £3.5 billion (US$5.3…
Lionsgate buys stake in Wicked Tuna indie
Lionsgate Entertainment is buying into Wicked Tuna producer Pilgrim Studios. The “strategic investment” means Pilgrim…
Discovery, Liberty to take Lionsgate stakes
Discovery Communications and Liberty Global will both take shareholdings in Lionsgate Entertainment. This comes after…
Telstra ‘weighing Foxtel stake sale’
Australian telco Telstra is reportedly considering selling its 50% stake in local pay TV market…
UK and Germany drive Liberty Global results
Strong European subscriber growth helped boost Liberty Global’s third quarter results, with the UK and…
A+E expands Liberty Euro deal
A+E Networks has secured an extended distribution deal with Liberty Global that will seen the…
Kaplan’s international vision: creator-led content
Days into her new job as Discovery’s international content supremo, Marjorie Kaplan tells Stewart Clarke…
Liberty Global invests in Bigballs
Liberty Global has invested £7 million in Bigballs Media, a digital production company and owner…
Vodafone-Liberty Global talks terminated
Vodafone has said that talks with Liberty Global about a possible asset swap have been…
Sky tipped to overtake Liberty Global in Europe
Sky’s subscriber base is expected to overtake Liberty Global’s in western Europe in 2017, according…
ITV in talks to buy UTV
UK broadcaster ITV is set to acquire UTV, the Northern Ireland broadcaster that owns the…
Holzman out at All3 America, ICM exec in
Eli Holzman is to exit his post as president of All3Media America, with ICM Partners…
Liberty ups ITV stake, ‘rules out’ takeover
Cable giant Liberty Global has upped its stake in ITV, but has ruled out making…
Objective names new CEO as Newman exits
All3Media-owned Objective Productions has named a new CEO after Andrew Newman became the latest top-level…
Liberty’s UPC buys TV3 for €80m
Liberty Global subsidiary UPC Ireland has agreed to buy Irish commercial broadcaster TV3 for a…
Objective chiefs launch ITV Studios prodco
Objective Productions foursome Andrew O’Connor, Paul Sandler, Matt Crook and Adam Adler are leaving the…
Vodafone confirms Liberty Global talks
Vodafone has confirmed that it is in early stage discussions with Liberty Global about a…
Zaslav: Discovery preps ‘cost effective’ dramas
The president and CEO of Discovery Communications has described plans to push Discovery Channel more…
Ex-FremantleMedia UK boss joins All3
Former FremantleMedia UK CEO Sara Geater is joining another UK-based production giant, All3Media, as COO….