Liberty Global

Key Facts:

  • Leading international cable operator
  • Revenue: $10.3 billion1
  • Employees: over 21,000
  • Active in 13 countries, including 11 in Europe
  • 34.2 million homes passed
  • 19.8 million customers
  • 34.8 million RGUs (video, internet, and voice subscribers)
as of December 31, 2012
Revenue: $10.3 billion1 (in millions)

Revenue: $10.1 billion

 

Customers: 19.8 million2

Customers: 19.6 million

 

About Liberty Global

Liberty Global, Inc. (“Liberty Global”, “LGI”) is the leading international cable company with operations in 13 countries. We connect people to the digital world and enable them to discover and experience its endless possibilities. Our market-leading television, broadband internet, and telephony services are provided through next-generation networks and innovative technology platforms that connect 20 million customers who subscribe to over 34 million services.

Liberty Global’s consumer brands include UPC, Unitymedia, Kabel BW, Telenet, and VTR. Our operations also include Chellomedia, our content division, UPC Business, a commercial services division, and Liberty Global Ventures, our investment fund.

Liberty Global's business strategy emphasizes superior organic growth, opportunistic M&A activity and a commitment to superior equity returns through a combination of appropriate leverage and consistent equity repurchases. We are internationally focused and well-positioned to capitalize on the growing demand for our services in markets across our footprint.

Our company vision simply stated is “Connect, Discover, Be Free”. Our market-leading broadband internet, voice and video services and innovative product bundles empower millions of people to discover and experience the endless possibilities of the digital world, and we’re constantly striving to enhance and simplify their lives through meaningful innovation. At the same time, we are focused on bringing an amazing entertainment experience to even more customers—through significant investment in our networks and by driving incremental penetration of our advanced services. At Liberty Global, we believe that everyone should be able to explore the amazing but often complex digital world in a safe and responsible manner. That’s why building digital confidence is at the heart of our corporate responsibility (CR) strategy. We’re convinced that making the most of the opportunities and benefits that our products and services create is good for our business and good for society.

Liberty Global shares are traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbols “LBTYA”, “LBTYB”, and “LBTYK”. Liberty Global is part of the Fortune 500 listing, Forbes Global 2000 listing, Dow Jones Sustainability World and North American Indexes, FTSE4GOOD Index, and the NASDAQ Composite and NASDAQ Industrial indices.

Customer Product Bundling3

Customer Product Bundling

Average products per customer: 1.76

1Revenue is presented for the year ended December 31, 2012.

2Customer relationships as of December 31, 2012.

3Customer product bundling: As of December 31, 2012.

Information above is presented as of December 31, 2012, unless otherwise stated.