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Liberty Global completes Sunrise spin-off

November 8, 2024 22.36 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Liberty Global has completed the spin-off of its Swiss business, Sunrise, into a separate publicly traded company.

Filed Under: Finance, Newsline Tagged With: Liberty Global, Mike Fries, Sunrise Edited: 8 November 2024 22:37

Liberty eying infrastructure opportunity

October 14, 2020 11.19 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Liberty Global’s CEO Mike Fries has said the company is studying the opportunities around network infrastructure.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, Tech Tagged With: Liberty Global, Mike Fries Edited: 15 October 2020 13:17

U-turn in Switzerland: Liberty Global to take over Sunrise

August 12, 2020 10.31 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

After the failed acquisition of Swiss cable operator UPC by local telco Sunrise, UPC parent company Liberty Global is now turning the tables and wants to take over Sunrise.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, Top Story Tagged With: Freenet, Liberty Global, Mike Fries, Sunrise, Thomas D. Meyer, UPC Edited: 12 August 2020 16:05

Liberty Global terminates UPC/Sunrise merger discussions

December 17, 2019 08.47 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Liberty Global has terminated discussions regarding the combination of its subsidiary UPC Switzerland with local player Sunrise Communications.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Top Story Tagged With: Freenet, Liberty Global, Mike Fries, Sunrise, UPC Switzerland Edited: 18 December 2019 10:02

Sunrise cancels UPC acquisition contract with Liberty Global

November 13, 2019 09.18 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The planned takeover of Swiss cable operator UPC by Sunrise has finally failed. The Swiss telecommunications company has terminated the share purchase agreement with UPC parent company Liberty Global.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline Tagged With: Freenet, Liberty Global, Mike Fries, Severina Pascu, Sunrise, UPC Switzerland Edited: 14 November 2019 12:31

Liberty Global steps in to rescue UPC/Sunrise deal

October 14, 2019 09.44 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

In a bid to rescue the uncertain takeover of its subsidiary UPC Switzerland by Swiss telecommunications company Sunrise, Liberty Global is to participate in the capital increase arranged to finance […]

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Top Story Tagged With: capital increase, Freenet, Liberty Global, Mike Fries, Peter Kurer, Sunrise, takeover, UPC Switzerland Edited: 17 October 2019 10:48

EU clears Vodafone/Liberty Global cable deal under conditions

July 18, 2019 11.41 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Liberty Global’s cable business in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania by Vodafone.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Finance, HbbTV, Newsline, Top Story Tagged With: European Commission, Liberty Global, Mike Fries, Telefonica, Unitymedia, Vodafone Edited: 19 July 2019 10:10

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

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: 1 March 2019 09:03

Diederik Karsten leaves in Liberty Global reorg

January 15, 2019 11.58 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Liberty Global’s Chief Commercial Officer Diederik Karsten is to leave the cable and broadband operator after the completion of a number of M&A transactions.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, People Tagged With: Diederik Karsten, Liberty Global, Mike Fries Edited: 16 January 2019 10:25

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