UPC Holding is a European telecommunications company owned by Liberty Global which provides cable television , broadband internet and fixed telephony in Europe .
21-662: UPC may refer to: Companies [ edit ] UPC Broadband , a European provider of cable television, telephone and broadband content owned by Liberty Global UPC Magyarország , Hungary UPC Switzerland , TV, radio, Internet, telephone provider in Switzerland UPC Poland , TV, Internet, telephone provider in Poland Uranium Participation Corporation , an Ontario-based holding company Union Pacific Corporation ,
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84-434: A new one. In 1996, construction began on the new stadium, which was to be named after bodybuilder , actor and former governor of the U.S. state of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger , who was born near Graz . It was built from 1996 to early 1997 and is owned by Stadion Liebenau Betriebs GmbH . It opened with the game Grazer AK vs. SK Sturm Graz on 9 July 1997 (0:4). In December 2005, when Schwarzenegger did not stop
105-1520: 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
126-540: The SK Sturm Graz , some additional platforms were built so that the stadium had a capacity of 16,000 spectators. Furthermore, the stadium has a wheelchair area. The first game in the "new" UPC-Arena was the 125th derby between SK Sturm Graz and Grazer AK (4:0). The field equipped with undersoil heating has a size of 105 x 68 metres. The stadium hosted a World Cup qualifier between Austria and Faroe Islands on 5 September 2009 which ended in 3–1 victory for
147-525: 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
168-489: The 1950s it was renovated and expanded with a skating rink (now home of the ice hockey team Graz 99ers) and an indoor pool. A motorcycle speedway track was constructed around the pitch and hosted qualifing rounds of the Speedway World Championship in 1965 and 1970. In the 1970s it became home ground of the big football clubs of Graz, SK Sturm and Grazer AK. The stadium was demolished to make way for
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231-537: 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
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#1732764796647252-422: The execution of Stanley Tookie Williams , an intense discussion in his hometown began about what to do with the stadium that bore his name. After some days, Schwarzenegger revoked the city of Graz's right to the use of his name, ending the debate. On the night of 26 December 2005 the name was removed from the stadium. The remaining part Stadion Graz-Liebenau was removed on 17 February 2006 and on 18 February 2006
273-699: The home team. It also hosted an international friendly between England and Japan on 30 May 2010. England had been training in Irdning, a small village in the Austrian Alps , in preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup . The match ended 2–1 to England, courtesy of two own goals by Japan. The average season attendances from league matches held at the Merkur-Arena for Grazer AK and SK Sturm Graz. * Relegated to 3rd league. ** Dissolved after 6 matches. Since 2012 SK Sturm Graz continuously played in
294-599: The stadium was renamed to UPC-Arena. In March 2016 the Austrian insurance company Merkur Versicherung secured the rights to bear a name and the stadium was renamed to Merkur-Arena . In 2023, the city of Graz renamed the forecourt of the Merkur Arena to Ivica-Osim -Platz ('Ivica-Osim-Square'), a long time player and trainer of SK Sturm Graz, who had died the previous year. The Merkur-Arena has an official capacity of 15,400 in 27 sectors. At Champions League games of
315-442: The title UPC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UPC&oldid=1185722853 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages UPC Broadband UPC
336-657: 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
357-645: 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
378-575: 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
399-673: 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 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
420-632: Was sold in 2014 to AMC Networks and renamed as AMC Networks International . UPC-Arena The Liebenauer Stadium , sponsored as the Merkur-Arena (formerly known as the Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium and UPC-Arena ), is in the Liebenau area of Graz , Styria , Austria . The ground is the home of the football clubs SK Sturm Graz and Grazer AK . The first Liebenau Stadion was built before World War II . In
441-464: 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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