Liberty Global Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008Englewood, Colorado — Liberty Global, Inc. (“Liberty Global,” “LGI,” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK), today announces financial and operating results for the third quarter (“Q3”) ended September 30, 2008.
Subscriber Statistics
For the sixth consecutive quarter, digital video, including both digital cable and DTH, remained our strongest product with 363,000 organic additions. In terms of digital cable, UPC posted a record quarter of 187,000 organic RGU additions, reflecting a 111% improvement over the three months ended September 30, 2007. This improvement was helped by strong progress in our CEE markets, including Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary, as well as by VTR. As digital video recorder (“DVR”), high definition (“HD”) and video-on-demand (“VoD”) roll-outs continue, we are experiencing positive uptake of these products. In the Netherlands for example, approximately 40% of digital customers subscribe to DVR and/or HD products, while VoD streams have roughly averaged 450,000 per week during 2008. The buy-through of value-added digital products has enabled the Netherlands to increase incremental digital ARPU by roughly 70% on a year-over-year basis, and at UPC, these products have contributed to an approximate 46% increase in rebased digital cable revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, as compared to the prior year period. Meanwhile, in Japan, J:COM has attained 75% digital penetration at September 30, 2008, up from 63% at September 30, 2007.
Consolidated Operating Data (Video) – September 30, 2008:
Subscribers ---------------------------------------- Total Analog Digital Video Cable Cable DTH MMDS Homes --------- --------- --------- ------- ---------- UPC Broadband Division: The Netherlands 1,447,700 620,200 -- -- 2,067,900 Switzerland 1,237,100 329,400 -- -- 1,566,500 Austria 419,500 134,300 -- -- 553,800 Ireland 228,500 227,500 -- 91,000 547,000 Total Western Europe 3,332,800 1,311,400 -- 91,000 4,735,200 Hungary 616,700 64,200 179,500 -- 860,400 Romania 1,075,900 73,300 137,700 -- 1,286,900 Poland 972,900 41,300 -- -- 1,014,200 Czech Republic 324,700 231,500 119,300 -- 675,500 Slovakia 237,000 18,400 30,200 6,200 291,800 Slovenia 158,900 3,900 -- 4,000 166,800 Total Central and Eastern Europe 3,386,100 432,600 466,700 10,200 4,295,600 Total UPC Broadband Division 6,718,900 1,744,000 466,700 101,200 9,030,800 Telenet (Belgium) 1,155,100 518,700 -- -- 1,673,800 J:COM (Japan) 579,200 1,767,600 -- -- 2,346,800 The Americas: VTR (Chile) 571,700 305,700 -- -- 877,400 Puerto Rico -- 82,800 -- -- 82,800 Total The Americas 571,700 388,500 -- -- 960,200 Austar (Australia) -- 3,700 709,900 -- 713,600 Grand Total 9,024,900 4,422,500 1,176,600 101,200 14,725,200
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