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Investor Releases 2010

Feb 25, 2011

Q4 2010 Selected Operating and Financial Results

Broadband Growth and Digitization Driving 2010 Performance

Cologne, Germany – February 25, 2011. Unitymedia GmbH (“Unitymedia”), the second largest cable operator in Germany, today provides selected, preliminary unaudited historical and pro forma financial and operating information for the three months and year ended December 31, 2010. Unitymedia is a subsidiary of Liberty Global, Inc. (“Liberty Global”) (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK). A copy of this press release is available on Unitymedia´s (www.unitymedia.de) and Liberty Global´s (www.lgi.com) websites. In addition, Unitymedia’s audited financial statements with the accompanying notes are expected to be posted to both websites prior to the end of March 2011.

With the exception of information presented as of and for the quarter (“Q4”) ended December 31, 2010, all financial and operating information included in this release is presented on a pro forma basis unless otherwise noted. For additional information, see footnote 1 on page 10. Operating and financial highlights for the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to the results for the same period last year (unless noted), include:

Operating Performance and Highlights:*

  • Total RGUs increased by 6% or 340,100 in 2010 to 6.0 million, of which 95,500 were added in Q4 
  • Advanced services subscriptions, consisting of digital cable, internet and telephony, grew by 22% or 556,900 in 2010 to 3.1 million RGUs 
    • Combined internet and telephony RGU base increased by 385,100 or 33% in 2010, with 53,900 internet RGUs and 53,100 telephony RGUs added in Q4
    • Finished 2010 with 34% digital penetration, having added 171,800 digital RGUs during the year, including 42,100 in Q4
    • 15% of customer base subscribed to triple play services at year-end 2010
  • Network is 94% upgraded for 2-way services, of which approximately 81% is EuroDOCSIS 3.0 enabled - reaching 2010 target
  • Launched HD/DVR functionality in October, with HD/DVR increasingly bundled in Unity3play

Financial Results:*

  • Revenue increased 6% to €935 million in 2010, with blended ARPU per customer expanding 8% to €15.07 
    • Delivered a strong Q4 with revenue growing 10% to €242 million
  • Adjusted EBITDA increased 11% to €521 million in 2010
    • Q4 2010 Adjusted EBITDA grew 9% to €135 million impacted by higher marketing costs
  • Capital expenditures decreased 140 basis points to 28% of revenue in 2010
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04.11.2010

Q3 2010 Selected Operating and Financial Results

Unity3play Continues to Drive Unitymedia´s Results

Cologne, Germany – November 4, 2010. Unitymedia GmbH (“Unitymedia”), the second largest cable operator in Germany today provides selected, preliminary unaudited historical and pro forma financial and operating information for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010. Unitymedia is a subsidiary of Liberty Global, Inc. (“Liberty Global”) (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK). A copy of this press release will be posted to the Unitymedia (www.unitymedia.de) and Liberty Global (www.lgi.com) websites. In addition, Unitymedia’s unaudited financial statements with the accompanying notes are expected to be posted to both websites prior to the end of November 2010.

Unless otherwise noted, all financial and operating information for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 are presented on a pro forma basis. For additional information, see footnote 1 on page 10. Operating and financial highlights for the three months (“Q3”) ended September 30, 2010 as compared to the results for the same period last year (unless noted) include:

Operating Performance and Highlights*:

  • Total RGUs increased by 6% or 317,000 over the last twelve months (“LTM”) to 6.0 million, of which 80,000 were added in Q3 
  • Advanced services subscriptions, consisting of digital cable, internet and telephony, grew by 24% or 566,000 over LTM to 2.9 million RGUs
    • Our internet and telephony RGU base increased 34% and 36%, respectively, or a combined 375,000 in LTM, including 44,000 each in Q3
    • Digital cable base expanded by 15% or 191,000 RGUs in LTM, of which 37,000 were added in Q3
    • Digital video penetration increased to 33% from 29%
  • Network is 93% upgraded for 2-way services, of which approximately 59% is EuroDOCSIS 3.0 enabled
  • Revised pay TV structure and started new DSL switcher campaign in September
  • Discontinued arenaSAT platform as of September 30

Financial Results*:

  • Revenue up 8% to €235 million during Q3 2010 and 5% to €693 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2010, with blended ARPU per customer increasing 9% to €15.17 per customer in Q3
  • Adjusted EBITDA increased 15% to €136 million during Q3 2010 and 11% to €385 million during the first nine months of 2010
  • Capital expenditures increased from 27% of revenue during Q3 2009 to 30% in Q3 2010, while decreasing 170 basis points to 27% year-on-year for the first nine months
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17.09.2010

Change of Parent Guarantor and Change of Name

Notice to Holders


UNITYMEDIA GmbH
€665,000,000 9 5/8% Senior Notes due 2019
ISIN: XS0468466056 and XS0468603062

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17.09.2010

Change of Parent Guarantor and Change of Name

Notice to Holders


UNITYMEDIA HESSEN GMBH & CO. KG  AND UNITYMEDIA NRW GMBH
€1,430,000,000 8 1/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2017
$845,000,000 8 1/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2017
ISIN: XS0468492219, USD85668AA50 and XS0468603492, USD90320RAA23

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04.08.2010

Q2 2010 Selected Operating and Financial Results

Unitymedia Continues Advanced Services Growth

Cologne, Germany – August 4, 2010.  Unitymedia GmbH (“Unitymedia”), the second largest cable operator in Germany today provides selected, preliminary unaudited financial and operating information for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010. Unitymedia is a subsidiary of Liberty Global, Inc. (“Liberty Global”) (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK). A copy of this press release will be posted to the Unitymedia website (www.unitymedia.de) as well as to the Liberty Global website (www.lgi.com). In addition, Unitymedia’s unaudited financial statements with the accompanying notes are expected to be posted to both websites prior to the end of August 2010.

Financial and operating highlights for the three months (“Q2”) ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the results for the same period last year (unless noted) include:

Cable Operating Performance and Highlights*:

  • Total RGUs increased by 6% or 313,000 over the last twelve months to 5.9 million, of which 72,000 were added in Q2 
  • Advanced services subscriptions, consisting of digital cable, internet and telephony, grew by 25% or 565,000 over the last twelve months to 2.8 million RGUs 
    • Telephony and internet RGUs increased 39% and 37%, respectively
    • During Q2 2010, 74% of all new internet additions took Unity3play
  • Digital penetration increased to 32% from 28%
  • Both internet and telephony penetration are at 8% of two-way homes passed, up from 6%
  • High definition TV set-top box launched in May
  • New broadband bundles and pricing introduced in June demonstrating Unitymedia´s speed advantage over DSL and bundling capabilities of video, internet and voice


Cable Financial Results*:

  • Cable revenue growth up 3% to €231 million during Q2 2010 and 4% to €459 million during the first half of 2010, with blended ARPU per customer increasing 6% to €14.84 per customer in Q2
  • Cable Adjusted EBITDA increased from €115 million to €137 million during Q2 2010 and from €229 million to €260 million during the first half of 2010, primarily resulting from the aggregate positive impact of certain one-off adjustments, as further described under Adjusted EBITDA
  • Excluding the aforementioned one-off adjustments, Cable Adjusted EBITDA would have increased 5% during Q2 2010 and 9% during the first half of 2010.
  • Cable capital expenditures decreased modestly from 29% to 28% of cable revenue
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15.06.2010

Unitymedia to close arenaSAT: Broadcasting of Pay TV channels ends on September 30, 2010

arenaSAT subscribers will still be able to use their receivers for watching Free TV

  • Receivers remain fully functional without any adjustments
  • Customers will receive written information shortly
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07.05.2010

Q1 2010 Selected Operating and Financial Results

Continued Triple Play Growth at Unitymedia

Cologne, May 7, 2010 – Unitymedia GmbH (“Unitymedia”), the second largest cable operator in Germany is today providing selected, preliminary unaudited financial and operating information for the three months (“Q”) ended March 31, 2010. Unitymedia is an indirectly owned subsidiary of Liberty Global, Inc. (“Liberty Global”) (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK). A copy of this press release will be posted to the Unitymedia website (www.unitymedia.de) as well as to the Liberty Global website (www.lgi.com). In addition, Unitymedia’s financial statements with the accompanying notes are expected to be posted to both websites prior to the end of May 2010.

Financial and operating highlights for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 as compared to the results for the same period last year (unless noted) include:

Cable Operating Performance*:

  • Total RGUs increased 6% to 5.8 million
  • Quarterly net RGU additions of 92,000 as compared to 88,000
  • Advanced services subscriptions, consisting of digital cable, internet and telephony, grew by 30% or 618,000 to 2.7 million RGUs
  • Telephony and internet RGUs increased 49% and 45%, respectively
  • During Q1 2010, 75% of all new internet additions took Unity3play
  • Digital penetration increased to 31% from 26%
  • Both internet and telephony penetration reached 8% of two-way homes passed, up from 6%

Cable Financial Results and Highlights*:

  • Cable revenue growth of 5% to €228 million, with blended ARPU per customer increasing 7% to €14.68 per customer
  • Cable Adjusted EBITDA increased 8% to €120 million
  • Cable Adjusted EBITDA margin increased 170 basis points to 53%
  • Cable capital expenditures decreased to 22% of cable revenue from 28%
  • Repaid pre-acquisition capital structure and completed UPC Germany debt pushdown

*  For definitions and reconciliations of certain financial and subscriber metrics please see pages 8-11.

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17.03.2010

2009 Annual Results

Unitymedia Delivers Strong Triple Play Growth

Continuing growth in New Services:

  • New Services subscriptions up 31% on last year to 2.0 million
  • Internet RGUs up 53%, Telephony RGUs up 61%
  • Retail Broadband penetration now at 13% of BCS base
  • Subscriber base 30% digital

Financial results:

  • Cable revenue up 7% to €870 million, with New Services revenues up 35%
  • Blended ARPU up 11% to €14.22 with 39% uplift in New Services ARPU contribution
  • Adjusted Cable EBITDA up 13% to €446 million, 51% margin
  • Consolidated revenue of €1.0 billion, €463 million Adjusted EBITDA, net profit of €77 million, including arena
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04.03.2010

Unitymedia refinances existing indebtedness

Following the closing of the acquisition of Unitymedia by Liberty Global on January 28, 2010, Unitymedia refinanced its existing indebtedness under the senior secured floating rate notes, the senior notes and the Term Loan on March 2, 2010:

Liberty Global, Inc. (LGI) indirectly owns 100% of UPC Germany GmbH (UPC Germany).  On January 28, 2010, UPC Germany completed the acquisition of Unitymedia GmbH (Unitymedia), Germany’s second largest broadband communications operator. In the following paragraph, convenience translations into U.S. dollars are calculated using the March 2, 2010 exchange rate.

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28.01.2010

Liberty Global Completes Acquisition of Unitymedia The Second Largest Cable Operator in Germany

Englewood, Colorado – January 28, 2010: Liberty Global, Inc. (“Liberty Global,” “LGI,” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) today announced that, following regulatory approval earlier this week, it has completed the previously announced agreement with Unity Media S.C.A. to acquire all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Unitymedia GmbH ("Unitymedia”), Germany’s second largest cable operator. The acquisition involved total consideration of approximately €3.5 billion.

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