69-597: Virgin Media Ireland is Liberty Global 's telecommunications operation in Ireland. It is the largest digital cable television provider within the country. As of 3 August 2024, the company offers broadband internet, digital television digital ( VoIP ) telephony and mobile phone services to 1 million customers (31 December 2014). Until 4 May 2010, Virgin Media Ireland traded under the name Chorus NTL and UPC Ireland until 5 October 2015. Its main competitors in
138-630: A Personal Video Recorder , the UPC Mediabox, marketed as the Digital+ or Digital+HD Box in ex-NTL areas, subsequently rolled out to other areas. On 5 August 2009 UPC launched its HDTV service in Ireland, which includes many international and regional television broadcasters. In April 2013, UPC launched its Horizon TV service, which allows UPC customers to watch a selection of television channels from various internet enabled devices using their UPC broadband connection. On 12 August 2013, UPC launched
207-621: A mobile virtual network operator using Three 's infrastructure. As of Q3 2020, the market share of Virgin Mobile in Ireland is 2.2%. The main product offered by Virgin Media Ireland is cable television services, in SD and HD digital formats, using DVB-C encrypted using Nagravision . Digital is now available in the vast majority of areas, with the Cork cable network becoming the first in Ireland to become digital-only. On 14 August 2007, UPC launched
276-694: A 100 Mbit/s broadband service which would be offered to home users across its broadband-capable network in the coming months. In December 2010 UPC launched its 100 Mb Fibre Power Broadband package, making it the fastest ISP for residential customers in Ireland at the time. In September 2012, UPC increased the maximum speed available to residential customers to 150 Mb, while increasing their entry-level speed to 50 Mb. Virgin Media now offer 500 Mbit/s, 1 Gbit/s and 2 Gbit/s speeds to residential users. Virgin Mobile launched in October 2015 as
345-658: A 3.4% stake in Lions Gate Entertainment Group in November 2015. Liberty CEO Mike Fries joined the Lion's Gate board of directors as part of the acquisition. Liberty invested £7.5 million in global broadband cable network Technetix in July 2016. In November 2016, Liberty Global's Virgin Media subsidiary released its Netflix and other app-enabled set-top V6 box. Liberty Global was also ranked 88th on
414-622: A HD studio, which was eventually launched in Spring 2013 at cost of €5 million. The studio was developed to produce key programming in HD and offering independent companies and public broadcasters the opportunity to make use of the new studios. By 2015, Doughty Hanson & Co confirmed it planned on selling the TV3 Group; as the holding company decided to abandon television broadcasting. Despite speculation from different companies seeking interest in
483-419: A Horizon HD+ set-top box. It offers HD as standard and consolidates all services (TV, broadband and home phone) into one device. It also allows customers to record four television programmes while watching a fifth. On 25 May 2012 UPC Ireland launched its UPC On-Demand TV service in Ireland, with a full roll-out expected to be complete by September. A similar service had already been rolled out to UPC customers in
552-483: A QWERTY keyboard. A secondary box connects wirelessly to the main device allowing TV, DVR and VoD streaming to multiple rooms in a subscriber's house. Liberty partnered with ActiveVideo in 2013 to include ActiveVideo's CloudTV on the Horizon boxes. Twitter was integrated into Horizon's mobile app library in 2016. The addition allowed live tweets to be overlaid onto the screen of a program being broadcast. Horizon TV
621-567: A cable provider of television, telephone, mobile, and internet services. Through the acquisition of Cable and Wireless Communications , Liberty Global has become the owner of the largest pay-TV and broadband provider in the Caribbean. In addition, the company also owns CWC's operations in the Seychelles named Cable and Wireless Seychelles . Liberty Global serves six countries in Europe and
690-475: A consortium to establish Ireland's commercial digital terrestrial television subscription service then titled Onevision . Following a tender process the BAI deemed the consortium unsuccessful despite Onevision planning to launch additional TV3 branded channels (3Today and 3XPOSÉ). By 2011, the broadcaster planned its commitment to high definition broadcasting technologies and the company laid down plans to establish
759-403: A court case, the license was eventually restored in 1993. It was agreed that 49% of the company would be sold to UTV , to raise much-needed cash for investment in facilities. By 1995, UTV decided not to partner up with Tullamore Beta and instead focused on its own channels being made available through digital television providers in Ireland. In 1997, Canadian communications company Canwest bought
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#1732780985208828-518: A full merger was in the works. Liberty Global invested in Guavus, a data analytics company, in September 2015. In February 2016, it was announced that Vodafone and Liberty Global would merge Dutch operations. Liberty's Dutch subsidiary, Ziggo, would work with Vodafone's mobile network. Vodafone paid Liberty €1 billion as part of the joint venture valued at €3.5 billion. The deal was approved by
897-468: A further €7 million should TV3 meet certain performance targets. The deal will need regulatory approval by Competition and Consumer Protection Commission as well as a media plurality test by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources . On 5 July 2015 The Sunday Business Post confirmed following an interview with TV3's CEO McRedmon that Liberty Global had shown interest in purchasing
966-620: A leaflet with their bills explaining that a rebrand would occur on 21 October. That did not happen, however, on 30 October 2007, the NTL Ireland and Chorus websites were merged into a single website, although the composite Chorus NTL logo is used on it rather than the UPC logo. In November 2007, NTL Business was rebranded UPC Business, making it the first part of the company to officially adopt the UPC name. On 29 April 2008 UPC's former Cork Communications cable network, latterly part of Chorus, became
1035-527: A major stake in the new company in order to help launch the independent network. By 1998, Canwest was already a major owner of television and radio stations across a number of territories including Canada, New Zealand and Australia. The consortium Tullamore Beta and Canwest launched TV3 on 20 September 1998. However, in 2001 Canwest confirmed it would sell a stake to ITV plc . In September 2000, Granada Media plc (a predecessor company of ITV plc which then owned six ITV franchises) agreed to acquire 45% of
1104-696: A media plurality test by the Department of Communications. On 28 August 2015, it was announced that UPC Ireland would become Virgin Media Ireland, thus dropping the UPC brand and replaced by the Virgin brand. The name change took place on 5 October. In June 2021, it was reported that Liberty Global was seeking to sell Virgin Media Ireland after they merged their British Virgin Media company with that of Telefónica's O2. Virgin Media Ireland focuses on four key areas; cable television, broadband, mobile and telephone. The company offers broadband internet services using
1173-439: A multi-year deal, the studio will be named Sony HD Studio Dublin. TV3 also reinstated its commitment to launching a HD channel. The new HD studios will be used for current programming with TV3 News and other shows permanently moving to the new studios. TV3 Group will also offer independent production companies and international production companies the opportunity to use its facilities for future productions. TV3 Sony HD Studio Dublin
1242-435: A pay TV element to it. The article also suggested that the TV3 Group might work more closely with Communicorp in terms of utilizing presenters. On 17 January 2016, Sunday Business Post reported Virgin Media Ireland had plans to launch additional TV3 channels including a 24-hour rolling news channel. The TV3 Group later denied such reports. In 2012, TV3 Group's owners Doughty Hanson indicated their wishes to sell off
1311-604: A sixth investment fund. A number of international broadcasters were reportedly interested in purchasing the Irish-based broadcaster including Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) and Liberty Global . It was later reported VIMN has shown disinterest in purchasing the network but on 16 April 2015 both the Irish Independent and Sky News claimed Carlyle have shown interest in the broadcaster and negotiations were due to begin. Carlyle have begun investing in
1380-515: A subsidiary of Liberty Global. In September 2021, Liberty Global announce the sale of its Polish operations to Iliad Group 's subsidiary Play (P4) for $ 1.8bn. The transaction was closed on 1 April 2022. In July 2023, Liberty Global's shareholders voted overwhelmingly for Liberty Global to redomicile from the United Kingdom to Bermuda. In November 2023, Liberty Global completed the redomicile. In November 2024, Liberty Global announced
1449-779: Is among the largest cable operators in Belgium , Ireland , the Netherlands , Slovakia , Switzerland and the United Kingdom . On 7 May 2020, it was announced that Liberty Global and Telefónica had been in talks to merge their UK businesses in a deal worth an estimated £31bn. The merger would see Virgin Media and O2 form a 50:50 joint venture, making the combined business one of the UK's largest entertainment and telecommunications companies, with annual revenues of approximately US$ 13.6 billion and over 46 million subs. The merger
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#17327809852081518-562: Is now known as Virgin Media Three. Meanwhile, UTV Media sold its TV broadcasting operations to ITV plc in February 2016 and renamed itself Wireless Group, seven months before being acquired by News UK . In early April 2015, a number of media groups were reporting TV3's owners Doughty Hanson were definitely interested in selling the TV3 Group. These reports were strengthened when Doughty Hanson confirmed it has scrapped plans for
1587-531: Is operated by Virgin Media Ireland and owned by Liberty Global . Under its previous operations TV3 Television Network Ltd and later the TV3 Group; the company was owned by different companies including Canwest, Granada and Doughty Hanson & Co. The initial company TV3 Television Network Ltd was established in the early 1990s as a response to the development of the IRTC in October 1998. The former broadcasting regular Independent Radio & Television Commission (now
1656-818: Is the largest TV studio in Ireland. From 2016, Virgin Media Ireland took over sponsorship of the HD Studios – they are now known as the TV3-Virgin Media HD Studios. In August 2018, the facility became known as the "Virgin Media Television HD Studio". The studio in 2019 is now known as "Studio 2" at the Virgin Media Television complex in Dublin. It measures 464.515 square metres and can accommodate live studio audiences of up to 250 if required. "Studio 1"
1725-593: Is the name of the original television studio in the complex which opened in 1998 when TV3 launched. Studio 1 was renovated and refurbished in 2017 and is now the main home to all Virgin Media News bulletins. On 16 September 2012, it was reported by the Sunday Independent that TV3 was to launch two channels on Saorview. As of 2018, these channel had not launched. According to a report into commercial DTT by Oliver & Ohlbaum Associates (O&O) for
1794-692: The Forbes "World's Most Innovative Companies" list in 2016. At the end of 2017, Liberty Global announced the decision to sell its operations in Austria, UPC Austria – the country's largest cable operator, to T-Mobile Austria for €1.9 billion, which was then rebranded Magenta Telekom . In January 2018, Liberty Latin America spun off from Liberty Global. The new publicly traded company, Liberty Latin America Ltd., operates independently throughout parts of
1863-540: The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland ) was created to regulate broadcasting in Ireland. In 1990 following an invitation by the IRTC to seek interests from independent broadcasters, a consortium (Tullamore Beta Ltd) came together to launch the Republic of Ireland's first independent channel and third terrestrial channel. The launch of TV3 was delayed and the licence was revoked due to this delay. Following
1932-632: The Caribbean and South America . On May 9, 2018, Liberty Global announced the sale of its operations in Germany, Hungary, Romania and the Czech Republic to Vodafone for €19 billion ($ 22.7 billion). The sale closed for $ 21.3 billion in July 2019. All of these operations, formerly named UPC ( Unitymedia in Germany), were since rebranded to Vodafone. In December 2018, Liberty Global announced
2001-656: The EuroDOCSIS 3.0 standard as well as a VoIP -based telephone service using PacketCable . In addition, Virgin Media Ireland offers to business customers standard voice and internet services to more advanced services such as Ethernet LAN extensions, corporate voice services, and high-speed internet. These services are offered to large corporations, public organisations, and small to medium size businesses in Ireland, primarily in Cork , Dublin, Galway , Limerick , and Waterford . In May 2010, Virgin Media Ireland announced plans for
2070-552: The Netherlands , Hungary , Switzerland , Poland and Austria . The service provides all customers with unlimited access to RTÉ Player and Virgin Media Player , with TG4 Player set to follow suit. Max package customers are also able to watch BBC , ITV and US box sets and additional content from the likes of Discovery Channel , Food Network , FX , History , MGM and True Movies . The video on demand service also allows customers in Ireland to watch classic movies and
2139-473: The BAI "TV3 appears not to have an appetite for distributing additional channels on the platform so we assume no new offerings from the group on DTT (Saorview)". In 2011, TV3 Group revealed it had plans to launch further channels. These channels included TV3 HD, TV3 +1 (a one-hour delayed channel) and TV3 Kids-TV3 Classics (a time-shared channel featuring a children's programming and classic Irish and international television shows). According to BAI documentation
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2208-720: The Caribbean & greater Latin America. The acquisition was completed in May 2016. In 2015, Liberty established the stock Liberty Latin American & Caribbean (LiLAC) focusing on Panama and the Caribbean with assets in Chile and Puerto Rico. The company also owned a 49% stake in majority state-owned Trinidadian telco, TSTT , which it was eventually obliged to dispose of as the company itself competes with Liberty's wholly owned Trinidadian subsidiary, FLOW Trinidad. Liberty Global and Discovery Communications paid approximately $ 195 million for
2277-593: The European Commission in August 2016. On December 31, 2016, the proposed merger of Liberty Global's and Vodafone Group's Dutch operations was completed, resulting in a joint venture called VodafoneZiggo Group Holding B.V. In 2013–2016, Liberty Global invested EUR 14.5 billion in infrastructure, including investments to bring high-speed internet to four million more European households through new build and upgrades. In October 2017, Liberty Global opened
2346-682: The Irish pay TV market are Sky Ireland , Eir and Vodafone Ireland . Liberty Global and its predecessors UGC Europe and Tele-Communications Inc. have had shareholdings in Chorus Communications and its predecessor, Princes Holdings (Irish Multichannel), since the company's formation in the early 1990s. Originally a joint venture with Independent News and Media , IN&M sold its shares to Liberty in 2004. In May 2005, NTL agreed to sell its Irish operations NTL Ireland (previously Cablelink) to Liberty Global. Morgan Stanley held
2415-409: The Irish market. TV3 Group has declined requests from media organisations to comment on the rumours. It was further reported on 3 May 2015 by The Sunday Business Post that Liberty Global are in negotiations to take over the broadcaster. They report that Liberty Global are to take over the Irish broadcaster after completing due diligence. In June 2015, INM confirmed they would consider purchasing
2484-512: The Netherlands. In 2017, Liberty Global partnered with affiliate Lionsgate and subsidiary premium channel Starz on a television series, The Rook . The show, which premiered in summer 2019, is adapted by Stephenie Meyer from the novel of the same name written by Daniel O'Malley . In February 2018, Liberty Global announced a partnership with Amazon Prime Video on the television series called The Feed , premiering in 2019. The show
2553-599: The TV3 Group was formed in January 2009. The company was acquired by Liberty Global in 2015, and the channels were rebranded to Virgin Media Television in 2018. Virgin Media Ireland was reportedly put up for sale by its owner Liberty Global in June 2021. By November 2021, the then chief executive had reportedly "ruled this out". Virgin Media Television (previously TV3 Television Network Ltd and later TV3 Group)
2622-589: The TV3 Group, by mid-2015 it was confirmed Liberty Global would purchase the company through its Irish subsidiary Virgin Media Ireland . Doughty Hanson & Co sold the company for €80 million and an additional €7 million should the "group" meet certain targets. The acquisition of TV3 was approved by the CPCC in November 2015 and it was passed to then Minister for Communications, Alex White, for approval which he gave in December 2015. CEO David McRedmond announced that he
2691-403: The TV3 Group. However, following criticism from individuals within media and political circles, INM claimed it was "highly unlikely" they would purchase the broadcaster, as there would be concern over how much control INM has over print and broadcasting media in Ireland. On 12 June 2015, Irish media began reporting on the possible buyout by Liberty Global. Both companies refused to comment on
2760-833: The Telenet Innovation Center in Brussels, its second innovation hub alongside the Tech Campus near Amsterdam. The Innovation Center is focused on testing Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and mobile technologies, including the introduction and preparation of 5G networks. Liberty Global offers Netflix in 30 countries in Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean and other video-on-demand platforms as MaxDome in Germany, Play and Play More in Belgium, and MyPrime in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ireland, Switzerland and
2829-414: The branding More FM , however the licence was granted to Classic Hits 4FM . By 2008, the company expanded its channel portfolio with the acquisition of Kish Media then owners of Channel 6 . Channel 6 was later refocused under the TV3 Group branding and was renamed 3e. By January 2008, the TV3 Group composed of TV3, 3e, tv3.ie and 3Player . Doughty Hanson & Co came together with Eircom to produce
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2898-504: The channels were scheduled to launch by September 2013. As of 2014 , the BAI confirmed TV3 had no interest in launching these channels in the immediate future and had not applied for a licence to broadcast such channels. According to an article printed in the Irish edition of The Sunday Times in August 2014, TV3 Group intended to launch TV3 HD on both UPC and Sky in 2015. The article also stated that 3e would go HD in 2016. TV3 Group also hoped to launch an additional channel in 2016 with
2967-556: The company from the original TV3 consortium. This was part of a deal which gave TV3 the right to simulcast with ITV certain Granada programming. The Granada plc shareholding was taken over by ITV plc upon the merger of Granada with Carlton on 2 February 2004. In early 2001, the station officially launched threetext, the teletext service, much of the content from Thomas Crosbie Media . Test transmissions of this service commenced in late 2000, but as early as 1999 limited programming content
3036-401: The company in due course. Speculation as to who would purchase the group continued into 2013 with UTV Media considered a major contender. However, in 2013 UTV confirmed plans it would launch its own Republic of Ireland service in early 2014 – branded as UTV Ireland . It launched on 1 January 2015, and in mid-2016 was acquired by TV3 Group, rebranding it as be3 just 2 years after its launch. It
3105-419: The company's GigaCities program. In August 2020, Liberty Global announced that it would be buying Sunrise Communications AG for $ 7.4 billion. The company attempted to acquire Sunrise Communications multiple times; according to Mike Fries, the chief executive officer of Liberty Global, "It wasn't a question of 'is this a good deal?' only a matter of how it would get done". On the 11th November Sunrise became
3174-519: The completion of the spin-off transaction of Sunrise . This transaction resulted in Sunrise becoming an independent public entity, operating autonomously in the Swiss telecommunications market. The move allowed Liberty Global shareholders to participate directly in Sunrise's future performance. In June 2015, Vodafone confirmed talks with Liberty Global focused on potential partnerships, but denied that
3243-466: The consumer brands VTR , FLOW , Cabletica, Liberty, Más Móvil and BTC , as well as having a sub-sea fiber network. In January 2018, Liberty Latin America spun off the main company and began operating independently from Liberty Global. Liberty Latin America's operations consist of Liberty Puerto Rico , a provider of pay-TV, Internet, and telephone services in Puerto Rico , and VTR , a Chile
3312-573: The electronic programme guide software to remove the NTL logo and all mention of the NTL name. On 31 January 2007, NTL and Chorus began advertising jointly, although the adverts were simply the ongoing campaign from NTL with the Chorus logo added to them. On 4 June 2007 @ntlworld.ie e-mail addresses switched to @upcmail.ie . The new UPC Mediabox set top boxes (STBs) which contain a hardrive based digital video recording system are fully UPC branded (albeit with
3381-596: The final approvals to acquire assets from broadband rival Broadworks, which was in liquidation. This would give it access to about 6,600 homes in west Dublin and Meath. The Competition Authority cleared the deal on 21 April 2010. On 3 July 2015 it was announced that UPC Ireland had bought the TV3 Group for €80 million from Doughty Hanson , the deal may also deliver a further €7million should TV3 meet certain performance targets. The deal will need regulatory approval by Competition and Consumer Protection Commission as well as
3450-477: The first cable network in Ireland to switch to digital, with the analogue signal (except for the Irish terrestrial channels) switched off. On 4 May 2010 UPC began a €3 million spend on rebranding, completing the change from Chorus:NTL to UPC Ireland. A high-profile media campaign – fronted by broadcaster Craig Doyle – was planned to run for 3 months. It also lit up a number of buildings in Dublin (including Busáras and Boland's Mill ), Galway and Cork. UPC had received
3519-507: The first of these being publicly traded. It was formed in 2005 by the merger of the international arm of Liberty Media (in turn, a spin-off of American cable-television group TCI ) and UnitedGlobalCom (UGC). Liberty Global had an annual revenue of $ 11.5 billion in 2019, with operations in six countries and 20,600 employees. It has 10.8 million cable service subscribers, or 25.3 million revenue generation units (RGU), combining video, internet, and voice customers. Liberty Global Inc.
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#17327809852083588-732: The largest broadband services companies in the world. Liberty acquired German company Unitymedia in November 2009 for $ 5.2 billion. In 2010, Liberty sold its stake in Jupiter Telecommunications, a Japanese telecommunications-services provider. On November 9, 2012, Liberty Global acquired Puerto Rico-based cable company OneLink Communications . In January 2013, Liberty Global raised its stake in Belgium-based Telenet from 50.2% to 58%. In June 2013, Liberty Global acquired British cable group Virgin Media for $ 24 billion in cash and stock. The acquisition
3657-758: The latest cinematic releases. Virgin Media Ireland operates its own TV division, Virgin Media Television, based in Dublin. As of August 2022, it consists of five television channels: Current channels: Former channels: As of September 2019, Virgin has 26% of broadband subscriptions. Liberty Global Liberty Global Ltd. is a British-Dutch-American multinational telecommunications company domiciled in Bermuda, with headquarters in London , Amsterdam and Denver . Its respective legal names are Liberty Global Holdings Limited (UK), Liberty Global B.V. (Netherlands) and Liberty Global, Inc. (United States), with
3726-489: The original UPC logo rather than the newer lowercase design) and come with a much enhanced EPG. These were rolled out on both the ex NTL and Chorus cable networks. From 2008, the old Pace STBs supplied by NTL Ireland (and originally designed for NTL UK) were replaced with new Pace STBs designed for UPC, also branded "UPC Mediabox" but without the hard drive/recording capabilities. In a Sunday Business Post article on 11 February 2007, UPC Ireland's marketing manager revealed that
3795-529: The rebrand was due to take place no later than May 2007. This deadline was missed. On 16 May 2007 UPC Netherlands introduced a new UPC logo, which was rolled out across UPC's European subsidiaries. From July 2007, all UPC advertising began bearing a composite logo reading "Chorus NTL – a UPC company". On 10 June 2007 UPC announced its takeover of one of the remaining small Irish operators, Clane Cable Systems. This gained UPC an extra 2000 customers. During late September and early October 2007, Chorus and NTL included
3864-563: The rebranding of the entire TV3 Group in August 2018, the website address changed to "virginmediatelevision.ie", As well as this website hosting the online player service, it also hosts News and TV Listings for its channels. On 14 September 2012, the TV3 Group confirmed a new HD studios in Ballymount, Dublin. The studio officially opened in March 2013. TV3 Group confirmed it signed a partnership deal with Sony International . As part of
3933-594: The reports. Approval from the BAI will have to granted if the deal is to go through and may also involve approval from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission . It will take a number of months before the acquisition is finalized. It is reported the TV3 Group will be sold to Liberty Global for €100 million. On 3 July 2015, it was announced that Doughty Hanson had sold TV3 to a Liberty Global company who operate UPC Ireland for €80 million. The deal may also deliver
4002-581: The sale of its DTH satellite TV operations in Hungary ( UPC Direct ), Czech Republic, Slovakia (in both named freeSAT ) and Romania ( Focus Sat ) to M7 Group . Under M7 Group, Czech and Slovak operations were integrated with Skylink , Hungarian operations adopted Direct One name and logo, while Romanian operations retained its name, only changing its logo to match with its new parent. In 2019, Liberty Global announced an initiative to offer broadband with speeds of 1 Gbps across several European cities through
4071-437: The shareholding until Competition Authority approval was obtained. This occurred in December 2005 and UPC Ireland came into being on 12 December 2005. In 2006, UPC Ireland began to integrate the brands Chorus and NTL to form Chorus NTL. Branding wise, on 5 September 2006 NTL's website was changed to the same design as Chorus i.e., itself based on UPC Netherlands' website design at the time. 25 January 2007, NTL Ireland updated
4140-433: The stakes of Canwest (for €103 million) and ITV Plc's stake (for €103 million), and the remaining 10% (for €59 million). In 2006, the company's new owner Doughty Hanson & Co. arranged a loan through Anglo Irish Bank to take control of the company through Tullamore Beta Ltd. Under this ownership Doughty Hanson tried to move beyond television broadcasting and showed interest in acquiring a radio broadcasting license under
4209-444: Was also launched in Austria in 2016, making it available in all three German-speaking countries where Liberty Global operates. In September 2018, Liberty Global announced the next-generation video platform Horizon 4. Liberty Global operates through the following subsidiaries and shareholdings: Part of Liberty Global is separately listed as LiLAC (Liberty Latin America and Caribbean Group), operating in over 20 countries under
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#17327809852084278-525: Was co-produced in partnership with the Amazon Studios division and launched as an on-demand programme in Europe, Latin and North America. Horizon TV is Liberty Global's flagship platform with more than 10 million first-generation Horizon TV devices sold. Liberty Global launched Horizon TV, a box to stream to televisions, in 2012. H2, an upgraded version of the Horizon box, was launched in 2013. The new system included an upgraded remote control with
4347-605: Was completed in November 2014, when the services of UPC Nederland began to be merged into the new business. Liberty Global and Discovery Communications became joint owners of All3Media in May 2014 in a £500 million joint deal. In July 2014, Liberty Global acquired a 6.4% stake in ITV plc , valued at £481 million. Liberty's stake in the company increased to 9.9% in July 2015. In November 2015, Liberty Global announced its acquisition of Cable & Wireless Communications . The $ 5.3 billion deal expanded Liberty Global's presence into
4416-476: Was founded in 2005 when Liberty Media International, Inc. (LMI) and UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. (UGC) merged. LMI and UGC became subsidiaries of Liberty Global. UGC founder was Gene Schneider. UGC was also built on acquisitions. United International Holding, later called UGC, acquired 50% of UPC from Dutch electronic concern Philips in 1995, and 100% in 1997. The new entity had operations in 18 countries and networks over approximately 23 million homes, making it one of
4485-439: Was noted by The New York Times as one of the 10 largest cable deals of all time. It was reported that this acquisition would make Liberty Global the largest broadband company in the world. Liberty agreed in October 2013 to sell Chellomedia for $ 1.035 billion except for its Benelux unit to AMC Networks . Liberty Global announced it would be acquiring Dutch cable company Ziggo for €10 billion in January 2014. The acquisition
4554-460: Was provided. However, in 2004, the news and sports were dropped as part of a rebranding to an 'entertainment portal'. On 16 January 2006, Canwest announced to TV3 staff, that it was selling its stake in the channel, in an effort to reduce its debt. Following this announcement on 19 May 2006 it was confirmed that Doughty Hanson & Co , a venture capital firm based in Luxembourg had purchased
4623-575: Was replaced by Paul Farrell. The streaming service was relaunched and renamed as "Virgin Media Play" in August 2024, as part of a wider rebrand for the TV network, launching in September. Virgin Media Play , Virgin Media Television's Video on Demand (VOD) streaming service, is available online (at virginmediatelevision.ie), and on several app platforms ( App Store , Google Play , Android TV , Google TV , Virgin Media Ireland , Sky and Now ). With
4692-559: Was subject to customary regulatory approval and, if approved, was to be completed by mid-2021. The merger was completed on 1 June 2021. Virgin Media Television (Ireland) Virgin Media Television Ltd (formerly known as TV3 Television Network Ltd ; previously traded as the TV3 Group until August 2018) is a commercial television company in Ireland, based in Dublin . Launched in 1998 as TV3 Television Network,
4761-542: Was to leave the company by the end of 2015. Expanding its channel portfolio, Liberty Global went onto purchase UTV Ireland from ITV plc for €10 million. On 17 November 2016 UTV Ireland was taken over by the TV3 Group. The channel was rebranded in January 2017. By late 2017; Virgin Media Ireland confirmed it would rebrand its channel portfolio, however, this was delayed until summer 2018. On 30 August 2018 Virgin Media Television completed its rebranding strategy. In May 2020, Pat Kiely stepped down as managing director and
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