Liberty Global Reports First Quarter 2012 Results
Thursday, May 10th, 2012ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Liberty Global, Inc. (“Liberty Global,” “LGI,” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK), today announces financial and operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2012 (“Q1”).
Subscriber Statistics
At March 31, 2012, we provided service to 33.4 million RGUs, consisting of 18.4 million video, 8.5 million broadband internet and 6.5 million telephony RGUs. As compared to our RGU count at December 31, 2011, our RGUs increased by 586,000 during the first quarter of 2012. This increase includes 445,000 organic RGU additions and 136,000 RGUs that were added effective January 1, 2012, when we began counting small office home office (“SOHO”) RGUs for external reporting purposes.
In terms of video, we experienced a loss of 86,000 RGUs, as compared to a loss of 85,000 RGUs for the comparable prior year period, despite a video base which is now 15% larger, mainly as a result of the KBW acquisition. In addition, we added 279,000 digital cable subscribers during the quarter, ending the period with digital penetration of 47%. Our digital cable additions are a reflection in part of our focus on improving the video experience through time shifting and on-demand functionalities, along with the expansion of our HD channel line-ups and premium tiers. Of our 8.4 million digital cable subscribers, approximately 4.4 million or 52% have selected our HD and/or DVR service. As we look forward, we anticipate our commercial deployment of the Horizon platform will begin in Q3 in the Netherlands, followed by Switzerland.
Consolidated Operating Data – March 31, 2012:
Total Analog Digital Video Cable Cable DTH MMDS Homes --------- ----------- --------- ------- ----------- UPC Broadband Division: Germany 4,677,300 2,067,500 -- -- 6,744,800 The Netherlands* 759,600 1,037,600 -- -- 1,797,200 Switzerland* 959,700 540,700 -- -- 1,500,400 Austria 195,100 313,100 -- -- 508,200 Ireland 77,300 332,700 -- 52,700 462,700 Total Western Europe 6,669,000 4,291,600 -- 52,700 11,013,300 Poland 678,000 662,700 -- -- 1,340,700 Romania 480,500 376,000 283,800 -- 1,140,300 Hungary 312,500 293,400 226,300 -- 832,200 Czech Republic 76,200 422,100 85,600 -- 583,900 Slovakia 95,200 112,800 49,300 800 258,100 Total Central & Eastern Europe 1,642,400 1,867,000 645,000 800 4,155,200 Total UPC Broadband Division 8,311,400 6,158,600 645,000 53,500 15,168,500 Telenet (Belgium) 779,500 1,401,200 -- -- 2,180,700 The Americas: VTR (Chile) 199,400 721,300 -- -- 920,700 Puerto Rico -- 79,300 -- -- 79,300 Total The Americas 199,400 800,600 -- -- 1,000,000 --------- ----------- --------- ------- ----------- Grand Total 9,290,300 8,360,400 645,000 53,500 18,349,200
* Pursuant to service agreements, Switzerland and, to a much lesser extent, the Netherlands offer digital cable, broadband internet and telephony services over networks owned by third-party cable operators (“partner networks”). A partner network RGU is only recognized if there is a direct billing relationship with the customer. Homes Serviceable for partner networks represent the estimated number of homes that are technologically capable of receiving the applicable service within the geographic regions covered by the applicable service agreements. Internet and Telephony Homes Serviceable with respect to partner networks have been estimated by our Switzerland operations. These estimates may change in future periods as more accurate information becomes available. At March 31, 2012, Switzerland’s partner networks account for 121,000 Customer Relationships, 191,300 RGUs, 64,400 Digital Cable Subscribers, 470,500 Internet and Telephony Homes Serviceable, 74,500 Internet Subscribers, and 52,400 Telephony Subscribers. In addition, partner networks account for 481,000 of Switzerland’s digital cable homes serviceable that are not included in Homes Passed or Two-way Homes Passed in our March 31, 2012 subscriber table.
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