By Anthony D'Alessandro
10.02.2020 - 19:46 / variety.com
Liberty Global, the European cable operator conglomerate headed by chairman John Malone, announced a multiyear deal extension with Netflix covering its European footprint. The renewed distribution agreement will run for three years.
Under the pact, Liberty Global’s will continue to offer 11 million TV customers across six countries in Europe (under the Virgin Media, Telenet and UPC brands) integrated access to the Netflix service from customers’ set-top boxes through at least the end of 2022.
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John Malone's international cable operator Liberty Global Group on Thursday reported mostly lower financials for the fourth quarter, but said it lost slightly fewer subscribers than in the year-ago period.The company said its quarterly operating income rose 12 percent to $282.5 million, but it swung to a net loss of $1.4 billion from year-ago earnings of $25.1 million, while operating cash flow declined 4.1 percent to $1.3 billion.
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Netflix and John Malone's international cable giantLiberty Global on Monday said that they have extended their integration deal for several years, covering about 11 million pay TV subscribers in Europe.Financial terms weren't disclosed.
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