Liberty Global Extends Partnership With Netflix Across Its European Footprint
February 10 2020 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Liberty Global will continue to bring critically-acclaimed
Netflix content to customers across Europe
Liberty Global plc (“Liberty Global”) (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and
LBTYK), one of the world’s leading converged video, broadband and
communications companies, today announced a multi-year deal with
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) that will continue to offer 11 million video
customers in Europe convenient access to the Netflix service,
including some of today’s most popular and award-winning series,
movies and original content, such as The Irishman, Sex Education
and The Witcher.
The partnership follows Liberty Global’s commitment to leverage
its next-generation Gigabit speed broadband networks to provide its
customers with their favorite streaming content, alongside
world-class broadcast and on demand programming on the main TV
screens in the home, in a truly seamless and flexible viewer
experience.
Liberty Global is a first mover in this space, with its own
Virgin Media in the UK being the first TV and broadband provider in
Europe to launch Netflix within its advanced digital television
platform seven years ago. In that time, Virgin Media has proven the
success of the partnership as approximately half of its V6 video
subscribers regularly access Netflix content on their TV sets, and
embedding the service on Liberty Global set top boxes delivers
significantly higher net promoter and customer satisfaction scores.
Today Netflix is available on the Horizon platform in nearly every
country operated by Liberty Global. And with this agreement,
Liberty Global will continue to enhance functionality and overall
integration of Netflix within its offering, beginning again with
its UK operation.
“We are excited to extend our partnership with Netflix and
continue to provide the best of all worlds in content on a single,
intuitive platform,” said Enrique Rodriguez, CTO, Liberty Global.
“Our customers are savvy. And with one voice control command, they
can continue to directly access the programming they want on
networks that deliver reliable, uninterrupted viewing. Netflix is a
global leader in streaming content, and that’s precisely a partner
we want for our customers.”
ABOUT LIBERTY GLOBAL
Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) is one of the
world’s leading converged video, broadband and communications
companies, with operations in six European countries under the
consumer brands Virgin Media, Telenet and UPC. We invest in the
infrastructure and digital platforms that empower our customers to
make the most of the digital revolution. Our substantial scale and
commitment to innovation enable us to develop market-leading
products delivered through next-generation networks that connect 11
million customers subscribing to 25 million TV, broadband internet
and telephony services. We also serve 6 million mobile subscribers
and offer WiFi service through millions of access points across our
footprint.
In addition, Liberty Global owns 50% of VodafoneZiggo, a joint
venture in the Netherlands with 4 million customers subscribing to
10 million fixed-line and 5 million mobile services, as well as
significant investments in ITV, All3Media, ITI Neovision,
Lionsgate, the Formula E racing series and several regional sports
networks.
For more information, please visit www.libertyglobal.com.
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