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Sunrise to acquire UPC Switzerland from Liberty Global

February 27, 2019 21.59 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Swiss telecommunications company Sunrise has agreed to acquire cable operator UPC Switzerland, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Global, for an enterprise value of CHF6.3 billion (€5.5 billion).

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, Top Story Tagged With: acquisition, Cablecom, Eric Tveter, Liberty Global, Mike Fries, Olaf Swantee, Severina Pascu, Sunrise, Swisscom, UPC Switzerland Edited: March 1, 2019 09:03

ProSiebenSat.1 not threatened by Netflix

August 27, 2015 10.06 Europe/London By Robert Briel

CTAM Eurosummit’15, Amsterdam. Linear free-to-air broadcasting is still the norm for German viewers, according to Dr. Markus Frerker, COO, ProSiebenSat.1.

Filed Under: Channels, CTAM EuroSummit, Newsline, Top Story Tagged With: Cablecom, My Prime, Netflix, ProSiebenSat.1, RTL Edited: August 28, 2015 15:43

UPC Cablecom to connect Orange 4G

November 19, 2013 09.30 Europe/London By Julian Clover

UPC Cablecom’s Business division is to connect Orange Communications SA to its Carrier Ethernet platform.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: Cablecom Edited: November 19, 2013 09:30

UPC Cablecom launches Horizon TV

February 13, 2013 09.13 Europe/London By Robert Briel

UPC Cablecom has launched Horizon TV, the TV everywhere service via internet and on mobile devices. It is available to all customers with an existing digital TV subscription.

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline Tagged With: Cablecom, Horizon, iPad, Switzerland, UPC Edited: February 13, 2013 09:19

Cablecom opens up local channels

December 6, 2012 10.27 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

UPC cablecom has begun to offer unencrypted local channels in its basic package.

Filed Under: Cable, Central & East Europe, Newsline, Platforms Tagged With: Cablecom, Switzerland Edited: December 6, 2012 10:27

Cablecom takes internet speeds to 1.37 Gbps

February 15, 2011 07.31 Europe/London By Julian Clover

CABLE CONGRESS 2011 – LUCERNE. Cablecom has pushed and pulled the internet to its limits, the Swiss operator announcing it has achieved unparalleled speeds of 1.37 Gbps over a conventional coaxial television cable.

Filed Under: Newsline, Technology Tagged With: Cable Congress, Cablecom, Liberty Global Edited: February 17, 2011 08:30

Fries: “TV Anywhere will be Google TV killer”

February 14, 2011 09.38 Europe/London By Robert Briel

CABLE CONGRESS 2011 – LUCERNE. Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries is confident that the new Horizon box offering TV Anywhere will be the Google TV killer the cable industry needs in order to curb cord cutting. Talking to the Swiss Sonntagszeitung in a pre-Cable Congress promotional push, Fries said “In the future you can network […]

Filed Under: Cable, Connected TV, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Technology, Top Story Tagged With: Cablecom, Liberty Global Edited: February 16, 2011 09:43

Cablecom powers down its boxes

December 8, 2010 11.39 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Cablecom has introduced new software that has enabled the Swiss Cableco to reduce the power in its set-top boxes to less than one Watt.

Filed Under: Newsline, Technology Tagged With: Cablecom Edited: December 8, 2010 11:39

Cablecom removes CI Plus copy protection

August 31, 2010 10.00 Europe/London By Julian Clover

CI Plus users on the Cablecom network are to be permitted to record digital TV programmes after the Liberty Global-owned cabler said the current copy protection measures would be removed.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: Cablecom, CI Plus Edited: August 31, 2010 10:00

Good performance from Cablecom CI+

August 4, 2010 11.26 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Liberty Global’s first CI Plus deployment has got off to a good start, with the Swiss cable operator Cablecom posting over 6,000 DigiCards in use at the end of June.

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline Tagged With: Cablecom Edited: August 4, 2010 11:47

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