Liberty Global, Inc. provides video, voice, and broadband Internet services worldwide focusing primarily on Europe, Japan, and Chile. The company offers various broadband distribution services over its cable television systems, including video, broadband Internet access, and telephony. It also provides video services through direct-to-home satellite or multi channel multipoint distribution systems in select markets; analog video services, such as basic programming and expanded basic programming in certain markets; digital cable services consisting of basic programming and premium services, as well as pay-per-view programming comprising high definition, near-video-on-demand, and video-on-demand; and broadband Internet access services. In addition, Liberty Global provides telephony services that include circuit switched telephony services and voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) telephony services, as well as offers mobile telephony services using third party networks. Further, it owns programming networks that provide video programming channels to multi channel distribution systems owned by it and by third parties. As of December 31, 2007, Liberty Global owned and operated networks that passed approximately 30.2 million homes, as well as served approximately 14.7 million video subscribers, 5.3 million broadband Internet subscribers, and 3.9 million telephony subscribers. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Englewood, Colorado.
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| | Liberty Global operates state-of-the-art broadband communications networks in 15 countries. Click on the links or the logos below to view each area of operation: | | | | | | | | | | | | <map name="Map3MapMap"> <area href="http://www.lgi.com/america.html" shape="rect" coords="1,0,199,254" alt="Liberty Global Americas Operations" /> </map> | | | | | | | |
| | | KEY FACTS - as of March 31, 2008 | | | | | | Leading international cable operator | | Revenue: $2.6 billion for the 3 months ended March 31, 2008, $9.0 billion for the 12 months ended December 31, 2007 | | Employees: 22,000 | | Active in Europe (UPC Broadband, Telenet and Chellomedia), The Americas (VTR) and Asia Pacific (J:COM, Austar) | | 30.7 million homes passed | | 16.1 million customers | | 24.4 million service subscribers (RGUs) including video, internet, telephone and wireless | | |
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