The strong marketing power of Dutch incumbent KPN is starting to hurt subscriber numbers at the country’s largest cable nets, UPC and Ziggo.
Liberty strengthens Dutch position
May 8, 2013 09.16 Europe/London By
Liberty Global plans to launch 500 Mbps products in both the Netherlands and Switzerland by the end of the year, according to Mike Fries, the company’s president and CEO.
UPC boosts Czech HD offer
May 3, 2013 07.56 Europe/London By
UPC has added four more HD channels to its digital TV line-up in the Czech Republic.
In Brief: UPC, Car Channel, ORF
April 23, 2013 07.06 Europe/London By
In Brief: Canal Digital, Sunrise, Star, UPC
April 15, 2013 10.46 Europe/London By
In Brief: France 24, RT, UPC, Telenet
April 6, 2013 08.15 Europe/London By
Liberty Global acquires 12.65% stake in Ziggo
March 28, 2013 08.14 Europe/London By
Liberty Global has acquired 25.3 million shares in Holland’s largest cable operator, Ziggo from Barclays Capital Securities Limited at €25.00 per share.
Magyar Telekom maintains lead
March 25, 2013 07.42 Europe/London By
Hungary’s fixed broadband market continues to be dominated by three companies, with T-Home (Magyar Telekom), UPC and Digi together accounting for around seven in 10 connections.
Dutch digital TV up 1.8% to 6.37m
March 15, 2013 08.06 Europe/London By
The number of digital TV connections in the Netherlands rose 1.8% in the fourth quarter to 6.375 million, according to Telecompaper’s quarterly Dutch television subscribers report.
Dutch broadband market worth €459m
March 13, 2013 11.35 Europe/London By
The Dutch consumer broadband market grew by 0.8% or 52,800 net additions during the fourth quarter of 2012, to reach 6.59 million connections on 31 December, according to Telecompaper’s quarterly report.
