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Lutz Schüler to become new Virgin Media CEO

April 23, 2019 21.41 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Liberty Global has appointed Lutz Schüler as the new CEO of Virgin Media, the company’s cable operations in the UK and Ireland, effective June 11, 2019.

Filed Under: Cable, People, Platforms, Top Story Tagged With: CEO, Liberty Global, Lutz Schüler, Mike Fries, Tom Mockridge, Unitymedia, Virgin Media Edited: 24 April 2019 07:24

Thomas Funke new CFO of Unitymedia

September 3, 2018 13.34 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Thomas Funke, Vice President Accounting and Finance Operations, will assume the function of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of German cable operator Unitymedia with immediate effect.

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, People Tagged With: Liberty Global, Lutz Schüler, Thomas Funke, Unitymedia, Virgin Media, Winfried Rapp Edited: 3 September 2018 13:38

Lutz Schüler to move to Virgin Media from Unitymedia

June 28, 2018 14.54 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Lutz Schüler, currently CEO of German cable operator Unitymedia, will become Chief Operating Officer of UK cable company Virgin Media from September 10, 2018.

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, People, Platforms Tagged With: Jeff Dodds, Liberty Global, Lutz Schüler, Mike Fries, Neil Bartholomew, Tom Mockridge, Unitymedia, Virgin Media, Winfried Rapp Edited: 2 July 2018 08:06

Unitymedia to roll out Gigabit internet in Cologne and Düsseldorf [UPDATE]

June 14, 2018 09.45 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator Unitymedia will launch its high-speed internet service in Cologne and Düsseldorf.

Filed Under: ANGA COM, Cable, Newsline, Platforms, Tech Tagged With: Cologne, DOCSIS 3.1, Düsseldorf, high-speed, Lutz Schüler, Unitymedia, Vodafone Edited: 4 December 2018 13:28

ARD/ZDF end cable dispute and pay carriage fees

April 3, 2018 12.42 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

ARD and the two major cable operators Vodafone Deutschland (formerly Kabel Deutschland) and Unitymedia have settled their dispute over carriage fees for the cable distribution of the public broadcaster’s channels. […]

Filed Under: Cable, Distribution, Editor's Choice, Finance, HbbTV, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation, Top Story, TV Tagged With: ARD, carriage fees, dispute, Hannes Ametsreiter, Lutz Schüler, Thomas Bellut, Unitymedia, Vodafone Deutschland, ZDF Edited: 13 September 2018 09:48

Unitymedia to roll out Horizon 4K in Germany

November 2, 2017 11.32 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator Unitymedia will deploy the 4K version of Horizon in Germany as part of the rollout of the new box throughout the European footprint of parent company Liberty […]

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Tech, Top Story, Ultra HD Tagged With: 4K, DOCSIS 3.1, GigaBuild, Horizon, Liberty Global, Lutz Schüler, Ultra HD, Unitymedia Edited: 3 November 2017 09:04

ANGA COM 2017: Unitymedia launches Ultra HD after analogue switch-off

May 31, 2017 09.00 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator Unitymedia has initiated analogue switch-off on its cable network at ANGA COM 2017 in Cologne, thereby creating more space for new digital TV and HD channels, for […]

Filed Under: ANGA COM, Cable, Distribution, Platforms, Tech, Top Story, TV Tagged With: analogue switch-off, Lutz Schüler, Ultra HD, Unitymedia Edited: 31 May 2017 12:09

ANGA COM 2017: Is cord cutting coming to Germany?

May 30, 2017 12.12 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger, ANGA COM, Cologne

“We all have a problem”, Lutz Schüler, CEO of German cable operator Unitymedia, said in the opening discussion of the ANGA COM 2017 congress in Cologne: “We live from the […]

Filed Under: ANGA COM, Cable, Editor's Choice, Newsline, OTT, Platforms, Regulation, Streaming, Top Story, TV Tagged With: Amazon, Anke Schäferkordt, cord-cutting, Lutz Schüler, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, Netflix, Thomas Braun, Unitymedia Edited: 31 May 2017 10:13

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