UPC Romania

Former Romanian cable company

UPC Romania

Company type| Subsidiary
Industry| Telecommunications
Founded| October 14, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-10-14)
Defunct| March 31, 2020 (2020-03-31)
Fate| Acquired by Vodafone Romania on 31st of July 2019; rebranded as Vodafone
Successor| Vodafone Romania
Headquarters|

Bucharest

Romania

Key people

| Robert Redeleanu (CEO)
Products| Cable television
Broadband Internet
Telephony
Revenue| $173.3 million
Owner| Liberty Global

Number of employees

| 1100 (2019)
Parent| Vodafone Romania
Website| www.vodafone.ro

UPC Romania was a telecommunications company in Romania, which provided cable television, broadband internet and fixed telephony to approximately 1 million customers. On July 31, 2019, Vodafone acquired the company and it was merged into Vodafone Romania on 31 March 2020.[1]

## History

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United International Holdings (UIH) (now Liberty Global) has invested in Romania since 1993, by acquiring shares in several local cable companies in the country.

UPC Romania was established in October 1999. In 2000 it had 115,000 subscribers. In early 2003, UPC absorbed local cable television companies in Bucharest, Botoșani, Cluj-Napoca, Focșani, Ploiești and Sfântu Gheorghe.[2] At the beginning of 2005, UPC had 333,000 subscribers in 40 cities.

In 2005, Liberty Global (then UGC Europe) bought Astral Telecom for $420 million and became major provider with 1.31 million customers. [2][3]

On May 19, 2005, UPC bought 50% of the shares of Focus Sat, before launching the service on July 5, 2005. In April 2006, it took over the entire control of the company after buying the remaining 50% of the shares from the founders. [4]

In December 2018 the company's satellite TV division Focus Sat was sold to M7 Group.[5] This sale was processed after necessary permissions, in spring 2019.[6]

Its last TV business was sold to Vodafone in 2019.

## References

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1. ^ "Liberty Global completes Vodafone cable deal". Broadbandtvnews.com. July 31, 2019.
2. ^ a b UPC a absorbit Cablevision of Romania si alte doua companii, November 28, 2008, zf.ro
3. ^ UPC incheie preluarea Astral dupa un an de zile de la tranzactie, August 2, 2006, zf.ro, Adrian Stefan Seceleanu
4. ^ UPC preia controlul la Focus Sat, April 12, 2006, zf.ro
5. ^ "Liberty Global to sell Eastern Europe DTH operations to M7". Reuters. 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
6. ^ "M7 wins UPC DTH takeover approval". BroadbandTV News. 2019-04-15. Retrieved 2019-09-17.

## External links

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Liberty Global

Virgin Media O2 (50%)|

* Virgin Media
* Virgin TV
* Virgin Media Business
* O2 UK
* giffgaff
* Tesco Mobile (50%)
* O2 Store
* O2 Money
* The O2 Arena (Naming rights)

VodafoneZiggo (50%)|

* Vodafone Netherlands
* Ziggo
* Ziggo Sport
* Ziggo Sport Totaal
* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* Ziggo TV

Telenet|

* Base
* Yelo Play
* SBS Belgium
* Play4
* Play5
* Play6
* Play More
* Cinema
* Series
* Kicks
* Relax
* Select
* Black
* Play Sports
* 1
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* 4
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* 7
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* Golf

Virgin Media Ireland|

* Virgin Media News
* Virgin Media Player
* Virgin Mobile
* Television
* One
* Two
* Three
* Four
* More

UPC Broadband|

* UPC Slovakia

Other assets|

* ITV plc (9.9%)
* Platforma Canal+ (17%)

Former assets|

| UPC Broadband|

* UPC Austria
* UPC Czech Republic
* UPC France
* UPC Hungary
* UPC Norway
* UPC Poland
* UPC Romania
* UPC Slovenia
* UPC Sweden
* UPC Switzerland
* Melita (Malta) (50%)
* Tevel (Israel) (47%)

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UPC DTH|

* Focus Sat (Romania)
* freeSAT (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
* UPC Direct (Hungary)

Liberty Global Latin America|

* VTR (Chile)
* Liberty Cable Puerto Rico

Chellomedia|

* Chello Zone
* CBS Action
* CBS Drama
* CBS Europa
* CBS Reality
* Extreme Sports Channel
* Horror Channel
* Outdoor Channel (joint-venture)
* Chello Central Europe
* Chello Multicanal
* JimJam
* MGM Channel (joint-venture in Europe)
* Film1
* Weer en Verkeer
* CineNova
* HBO Netherlands (50%)

Virgin Media Ireland|

* Xposé Magazine
* Virgin Media Sport
* Virgin Media Kids

Virgin Media O2|

* Virgin.net
* V+
* Virgin Mobile
* O2 wireless box
* O2 Joggler
* Virgin Media Television
* Challenge
* Living
* Bravo
* Bravo 2
* Challenge Jackpot
* Channel One
* EBN
* Ftn
* Real Lives
* SceneOne
* Setanta Sports News
* Living Loves
* The Children's Channel
* Trouble
* Bid Shopping
* Smallworld Cable
* UKTV

Sunrise|

* Sunrise
* MySports
* One
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9

Other|

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Cable, satellite, and other speciality television providers in Europe

Cable|

* A1 Bulgaria
* A1 Hrvatska
* Caiway
* Delta
* Digi
* DNA
* Eir
* Elisa
* Elta-Kabel
* ER-Telecom
* Euskaltel
* Go
* IPKO
* Kabelnoord
* Kazakhtelecom
* Kujtesa
* M&H Company
* Magenta Telekom
* Magnet Networks
* Magyar Telekom
* Melita
* MEO
* Miss.Net
* Monaco Cable
* Naxoo
* NetCologne
* NOS
* Nowo
* Orange Belgium
* Orange Luxembourg
* Orange Romania
* Play
* Post Telecom
* Primacom
* R
* Rostelecom
* SBB
* SFR
* STV AS
* Swisscom
* Tango TV
* Telecable
* Tele Columbus
* Telekabel
* Telekom Srbija
* Telemach
* Telenet
* Tet
* Toya
* Türksat Kablo TV
* UPC Switzerland
* Virgin Media Ireland
* Virgin TV
* Vodafone Czech Republic
* Vodafone Deutschland
* Vodafone España
* Vodafone Hungary
* Vodafone Romania
* VodafoneZiggo
* VOO
* WightFibre
* YouSee
* Ziggo

Satellite|

* A1 Bulgaria
* A1 Hrvatska
* Allente
* Bis Télévisions
* Bulsatcom
* Canal+
* Canal+ Polska
* Canal Digitaal
* Cosmote TV
* D-Smart
* Digi
* DigitAlb
* Digiturk
* Focus Sat
* Fransat
* Freesat
* HD+
* MAXtv (Hrvatski Telekom)
* La TV d'Orange
* M7
* Magio TV
* MagtiCom
* MEO
* Movistar Plus+
* NOS
* Nova
* NTV Plus
* Orange Polska
* Orange Romania
* Orange Slovakia
* Polsat Box
* Saorsat
* Sky Germany
* Sky Ireland
* Sky Italy
* Skylink
* Sky UK
* Telekom Hungary
* Telekom Srbija
* Télésat
* tivùsat
* Total TV
* Tricolor TV
* Turksat
* TV Vlaanderen
* Viasat Ukraine
* Vivacom

Fibre/IPTV|

* A1 Bulgaria
* A1 Hrvatska
* A1 Telekom Austria
* Allente
* Altibox
* Amis
* Andorra Telecom
* Beeline
* Bouygues Telecom
* Bulsatcom
* Cytavision
* EE TV
* eir Vision
* Free
* HT Eronet
* iNES
* KPN
* La TV d'Orange
* Magenta TV
* Magnet Networks
* MagtiCom
* MAXtv (Hrvatski Telekom)
* MEO
* Moja TV
* Moldtelecom
* Movistar Plus+
* Nova
* Odido
* Orange España
* Orange Polska
* PrimeTel
* Proximus TV
* Scarlet
* SFR
* Síminn
* Smart Telecom
* Sunrise TV
* Super TV
* T-2
* TalkTalk TV
* Telekom Srbija
* Telenor
* Telia
* Telia Digital-tv
* Teo LT
* TIMvision
* Tivibu
* Turkcell TV+
* Vivacom
* Vodafone Greece
* Vodafone Ireland
* Vodafone Italy
* Vodafone North Cyprus
* Vodafone Portugal
* Vodafone Turkey
* XS4ALL
* YouView
* Ziggo

Terrestrial|

* BoxerTV (SE)
* Digea (GR)
* Digitenne (NL)
* EVOtv (Hrvatski Telekom) (HR)
* Freeview (UK)
* GO (MT)
* PlusTV (FI)
* PTDT (PT)
* RiksTV (NO)
* Saorview (IE)
* TDT (ES)
* TNT (FR)
* TV Vlaanderen (BE)

Defunct|

* @Home
* Akta
* Alice Home TV
* Alpha Digital
* Athina Sat
* blizoo
* Boom Extrasatelit
* Bragatel
* BSB
* Canal+ Spain
* Canal Digital
* Casema
* CenterTelecom
* Com Hem
* CTV
* Easy TV
* Get
* Infostrada TV
* Invitel
* ITV Digital
* Joyne
* Kosmos-TV
* Kabel BW
* Madritel
* Mediaset Premium
* N
* Neuf Cegetel TV
* North-West Telecom
* Numericable
* ONO
* On Telecoms
* Real Digital
* Quiero Television
* Radijus Vektor
* Southern Telecom
* Stream TV
* Starman
* TDC
* Tele2Vision
* Telfort
* TVTEL
* TV di Fastweb
* Unitymedia
* UPC France
* UPC Hungary
* Ziggo
* UPC Poland
* UPC Romania
* Uralsvyazinform
* Viasat
* VolgaTelecom
* Wind Vision

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