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30-546: Alstair Gosling founder of Extreme International came up with the idea for the Network in 1996. In 1997 Alistair and Juanjo Marquez GM started approaching potential investors to back the plan for a new brand and TV network dedicated to extreme and adventure sports. UPCtv, the programming arm of Europe's largest cable television operator UPC, was looking for new channels to offer its subscribers and in April 1998 Extreme international

60-466: A deal with BSkyB meant that it became encrypted. On 28 September 2011 the channel began broadcasting in widescreen (16:9) format. On 1 February 2012 the high-definition version of the channel began broadcasting in Italy . AMC Networks acquired Chellomedia on 2 February 2014. Chellomedia was rebranded by AMC Networks International on 8 July 2014. On 31 December 2015, the channel was removed from

90-497: A landline connection in 2020 though this could be in part explained by broadband packaging practices. In 2022, 82.9% of German households had at least one landline phone while 73 percent of U.S. households had only a cell phone, 25 percent had a landline and cell service, and 1 percent had only a landline. As of 2023, Estonia and the Netherlands have retired the legacy parts of the public switched telephone network (PSTN). In

120-766: A mobile phone. In the year 2013, 91% of adults in the United States owned a mobile phone. Almost 60% of those with a mobile had a smartphone . A National Health Interview Survey of 19,956 households by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released May 4, 2017 showed 45.9 percent of U.S. households still had landlines, while 50.8 percent had only cell phones . Over 39 percent had both. In Canada, more than one in five of households use cell phones as their only source for telephone service. In 2013, statistics showed that 21% of households claimed to only use cellular phones. Households that are owned by members under

150-524: A power blackout or natural disaster . Other aspects of landline is the ability to carry high-speed internet popularly known as Digital subscriber line (DSL) which links back to the digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) within the central office, T-1/T-3 , or ISDN . In 2003, the CIA World Factbook reported approximately 1.263 billion main telephone lines worldwide. China had more than any other country, at 350 million, and

180-600: Is a European telecommunications company owned by Liberty Global which provides cable television , broadband internet and fixed telephony in Europe . UPC was founded in Amsterdam , Netherlands by United International Holdings and Philips , originally as United Philips Cable , which included the cable television assets in Europe of both companies. In 1997 UnitedGlobalCom (former United International Holdings) acquired

210-645: Is a commitment to be sustainable, and have launched the Extreme Hangout an events impact platform, are signed up to Planet Mark to measure impact, 1% For The Planet to give back and the UN’s Sports for Climate Action to drive awareness. The channel launched in Poland in January 2006, followed by France in that same year. The UK version of the channel was free-to-air from launch until the summer of 2006, when

240-676: Is similar in Canada, where more than one in five households used mobile phones as their only source for telephone service in 2013. However, voice over IP (VoIP) services offer an alternative to traditional landlines, allowing numbers to remain in use without being tied to a physical location, making them more adaptable to modern ways of working. The FCC maintains both landline and Voice over IP subscriber numbers to monitor long term trends in usage. In many countries, landline service has not been readily available to most people. In some countries in Africa,

270-417: Is typically provided through the outside plant of a telephone company's central office, or wire center. The outside plant comprises tiers of cabling between distribution points in the exchange area, so that a single pair of copper wire, or an optical fiber, reaches each subscriber location, such as a home or office, at the network interface. Customer premises wiring extends from the network interface ("NID") to

300-402: Is usually distinguished from other more modern forms of telephone services which use Internet Protocol based services over optical fiber ( Fiber-to-the-x ) or other broadband services ( VDSL / Cable ) using Voice over IP , although sometimes modern fixed phone services delivered over a fixed internet connection are sometimes referred to as a landline (non-cellular service). Landline service

330-1520: The Romanian communications company Astral Telecom for $ 420 million, the Swiss communications company Cablecom for CHF2.8 billion, and the Slovenian communications company UPC Telemach for EUR71 million. In 2007 UPC Telemach also bought 66.7% of Ljubljanski kabel (major competition in Ljubljana ) and grew its market share to 40% in Slovenia . UPC sold French Citecable operations in France in 1996, in Germany in 1997 and Spain and Portugal in 1998. In 2002, UPC sold their 47% ownership interest in Tevel Israel International Communications Ltd. In 1999, UPC purchased approximately 25% of Primacom cable company in Germany. In April 2000 UPC announced that will buy EWT/TSS Group and in 2001 EWT/TSS merged with Primacom. In 2006 UPC sold their remaining shares in company. In 2007, UPC sold their 50% shares in Melita telecommunications company in Malta to GMT Communications Partners. UPC Norway

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360-592: The United States was second with 268 million. The United Kingdom had 23.7 million residential fixed home phones. A 2013 International Telecommunication Union report showed that the total number of fixed-telephone subscribers in the world was about 1.26 billion. In many parts of the world, including Africa and India, the growth in mobile phone usage has outpaced that of landlines. In the United States, while 45.9 percent of households still had landlines as of 2017, more than half had only mobile phones. This trend

390-525: The chello brand for internet services and Priority Telecom for telephony and later for b2b services. In 2007 the company replaced the chello brand with UPC for internet services. UPC operated several television channels under the UPCtv brand, and later after the acquisition of Zone Vision merged with it under the Zone Media brand and later rebranded as Chello Zone , part of Chellomedia . Chellomedia

420-948: The Philips shares and renamed the company United Pan-Europe Communications . In 1999 the company was listed on Euronext Amsterdam . In 2005 Liberty Media International merged with UnitedGlobalCom and formed Liberty Global . UPC was a major telecommunications provider in the world and operating in Austria , Belgium , Czech Republic , France , Hungary , Ireland , the Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Romania , Slovakia and Slovenia and Sweden . In 1990s before unification under UPC brand had cable companies in Germany , Portugal and Spain. In early 2000s had 50% shares in companies in Israel and Malta . In 2005, Liberty Global Europe bought

450-501: The Sky EPG. As of 27 October 2021 Extreme became available on Channelbox via Freeview channel 271 in the UK. Channelbox is a free IPTV service available to any Freeview compatible device that can connect to both an aerial and internet. In June 2024, the company acquired their own streaming slot on Freeview under the name Extreme Channel on channel 295. UPC Broadband UPC Holding

480-495: The United Kingdom, the analogue copper landline network is due to be terminated in 2025. The VoIP replacement is known as "Digital Voice" (on a BT service) in the UK. France, Germany and Japan are also in the process of replacing theirs. By means of porting, voice over IP services can host landline numbers previously hosted on traditional fixed telephone networks. VoIP services can be used anywhere an internet connection

510-476: The advancement of mobile network technology and the obsolescence of copper wire networking. It is more difficult to install landline copper wires to every user than it is to install transmission towers for mobile service that many people can connect to. Some predict that these metallic networks will be deemed completely out of date and replaced by more efficient broadband and fiber optic landline connections extending to rural areas and places where telecommunication

540-488: The age of 35 have a considerably higher percentage of exclusive cell phone use. In 2013, 60% of young household owners claimed to only use cell phones. In 2019, 54% of Canadian households and 80% of French households had a landline telephone. In June 2020, it was reported that 60% of Australian adults used only mobile phones, with no landline. In 2021, only 14.5% of Australian and 29.4% of American households used landline at home. In contrast, 73% of UK households still had

570-537: The complete acquisition of all shares in 2008, the name was changed to UPC. In 2009 the company was resold to Telemach, returning to the old name. In October 2015, UPC Ireland Was merged with Virgin Media Ireland, UPC got first rebranded with Chorus:NTL in 2010. UPC Netherlands merged with Ziggo , another Liberty Global subsidiary. The new company was formed under name Ziggo and in 2016 merged with Vodafone Netherlands to form VodafoneZiggo . UPC Austria

600-638: The growth in digital coming Extreme International acquired the Extreme brand and sold its 50% stake in Extreme Sports Channel to John Malone's Liberty Global Inc. which had by then become owner of UPC. The channel was put under the management of Chellomedia. Since the transaction Extreme International has developed business divisions in three main areas. As architects of adventure and specialising in adventure tourism Extreme delivers design, master planning and development of destinations through to

630-679: The location of one or more telephones inside the premises. A subscriber's telephone connected to a landline can be hard-wired or cordless and typically refers to the operation of wireless devices or systems in fixed locations such as homes. Fixed wireless devices usually derive their electrical power from the utility mains electricity, unlike mobile wireless or portable wireless, which tend to be battery-powered . Although mobile and portable systems can be used in fixed locations, efficiency and bandwidth are compromised compared with fixed systems. Mobile or portable, battery-powered wireless systems can be used as emergency backups for fixed systems in case of

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660-1130: The operation of experiences, camps, boutique hotels and resorts. Across Events it is growing and managing a portfolio of adventure sports and environmental based conferences, events and shows one being the Extreme Hangout the environmental action events platform that was launched at COP 28 in Glasgow and has held over 35 events to date around the world. In media it operates social media publishing house which curates, produces, edits and posts action and adventure sports, travel and lifestyle entertainment daily. The collection of social and digital media brands are accessed through social media networks, connected TV platforms and mobile apps. It has global community of approaching 20 million fans, achieves over 200m video views each month. Extreme operates around three guiding pillars, people, planet, and place and works to sustainably drive sport participation, an active and healthy lifestyle, job creation, infrastructure investment and tourism. Whilst aligning with five key United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and government agendas there

690-505: The rise in cell phones has outpaced growth in landline service. Between 1998 and 2008, Africa added only 2.4 million landlines. In contrast, between 2000 and 2008, cell phone use rose from fewer than 2 in 100 people to 33 out of 100. There has also been a substantial decline of landline phones in the Indian subcontinent , in urban and even more in rural areas. In the early 21st century, installations of landline telephones has declined due to

720-645: Was acquired by T-Mobile Austria on 31 July 2018 and fully integrated in Magenta Telekom in May 2019. In July 2019, Vodafone bought Liberty Global operations in Germany where operates Unitymedia , another Liberty Global subsidiary, Hungary, Romania and the Czech Republic. On March 31, 2020 UPC Czech Republic merged with Vodafone Czech Republic , UPC Hungary merged with Vodafone Hungary and UPC Romania merged with Vodafone Romania . UPC Poland

750-523: Was bought by Candover Investments for $ 542 million and changed the name to Get AS . UPC France was sold for $ 1.56 billion, in 2006, to Noos (Ypso Holding) before being integrated into Numericable and then SFR in 2016. UPC Sweden was sold in April 2006 for $ 427 million to Com Hem . UPC acquired in 2005, the majority stake in the Telemach operator in Slovenia, renaming it UPC Telemach. After

780-533: Was delivered by Extreme International, and technical play out and uplink were supplied by UPC. In late 1999, Extreme launched its United States operations, and charged veteran producer, Lloyd Bryan Adams with the task of heading up the North American presence. They launched EXtreme TV, a branded block on Fox Sports Net in March 2012. In 2005, after launching the channel in over sixty countries, and seeing

810-578: Was exhibiting at the MIP programming market in Cannes, France, Ben Barrett the sales director was approached by Stephen Cohen, UPCtv's Chief Operating Officer, with a proposal for a joint venture between the two companies. Extreme partnered with UPC and the Extreme Sports Channel was launched from the Netherlands on 1 May 1999, and in the UK in 2000. The channel was designed by Gosling and Cohen, management and content

840-464: Was much more sparse. In 2009, The Economist wrote "At current rates the last landline in America will be disconnected sometime in 2025." In 2004, only about 45% of people in the United States between the ages of 12 and 17 owned cell phones. At that time, most had to rely on landline telephones. Just 4 years later, that percentage climbed to about 71%. That same year, 2008, about 77% of adults owned

870-427: Was sold in 2014 to AMC Networks and renamed as AMC Networks International . Fixed telephony A landline is a telephone connection that uses metal wires from the owner's premises also referred to as: POTS , Twisted pair , telephone line or public switched telephone network (PSTN) . Landline services are traditionally provided via an analogue copper wire to a telephone exchange . Landline service

900-404: Was sold to Polish cellular telecommunications provider Play (owned by Iliad Group ) for US$ 1.8 billion. Deal was closed on April 1, 2022. In May 2022, Liberty Global re-branded its Swiss operation, Sunrise UPC , as simply Sunrise. In 1997 the company started offering broadband internet and landline telephony in the Netherlands. These services have also been extended to other countries under

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