Liberty Global 2015 Results - 16 Feb

Media Boy UK · 11-02-2016, 23:20

Liberty Global plc today announced plans to release its 2015 results before its Investor Call, which will happen on Tuesday, February 16, 2016.

http://www.libertyglobal.com/pdf/pre...Dial-FINAL.pdf

Martin_D · 13-02-2016, 19:58

02/16/2016 Q4 2015 Liberty Global plc Earnings Conference Call

http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/5aitzjux

Kushan · 15-02-2016, 15:05

I'm looking forward to someone giving the breakdown so I don't have to read it.

denphone · 16-02-2016, 10:01

Liberty Global 2015 results announced.

http://www.libertyglobal.com/pdf/pre...4-15-FINAL.pdf

Liberty Global and Vodafone to merge their Dutch operations.

http://www.libertyglobal.com/pdf/pre...ions-FINAL.pdf

denphone · 16-02-2016, 12:25

Virgin Media confirmed it has also seen “elevated TV churn” following its decision to hike up TV prices in the previous quarter.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/virgin-media...g-tv-sign-ups/

Well if you up your TV prices and customers get nothing in return then one suspects they will start to lose TV customers in the near future unless they get their finger out rather quickly.

Kushan · 16-02-2016, 13:55

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Originally Posted by denphone

Virgin Media confirmed it has also seen “elevated TV churn” following its decision to hike up TV prices in the previous quarter.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/virgin-media...g-tv-sign-ups/

Well if you up your TV prices and customers get nothing in return then one suspects they will start to lose TV customers in the near future unless they get their finger out rather quickly.

Ah but sure didn't they get BT Sport?

denphone · 16-02-2016, 15:02

One would be pretty sure that the many customers who do not want BT Sport would be of a different opinion as they have seen nothing new apart from their price rises and would rather have the money off their packages or something far more tangible in return one suspects.

Kushan · 16-02-2016, 15:13

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Originally Posted by denphone

One would be pretty sure that the many customers who do not want BT Sport would be of a different opinion as they have seen nothing new apart from their price rises and would rather have the money off their packages or something far more tangible in return one suspects.

Trust me, my post was sarcasm for this very reason.

Superblade7 · 16-02-2016, 19:22

Elevated churn and only 900 new TV customers in Q4 2015 - ouch!

Gavin78 · 16-02-2016, 20:29

This is why they are probably throwing out existing package deals atm so you don't leave them.

I noticed I'm on a new 18month contract with a 9 month discount. the lady on the phone said to me call back in 9 months and well sort you another deal when this one runs out so we'll see.

Horizon · 16-02-2016, 20:48

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Originally Posted by Superblade7

Elevated churn and only 900 new TV customers in Q4 2015 - ouch!

This is why BT bid for premiership rights. The only way to grow pay tv numbers is through premium content, and you cannot get any more premium than football. VM's tv numbers have been stagnant for years. If they actually had a stb that worked, that might be a good start, but it hasn't happened yet in the entire history of cable tv.

If I were VM, I would do what the competitors can't, which is raise broadband speeds so far above the competition, it puts clear blue water between VM and the rest. Even if the lowest tier package was 100mb, that is still faster than what the others can offer through their highest tiers.

passingbat · 16-02-2016, 20:58

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Originally Posted by Horizon

If they actually had a stb that worked, that might be a good start, but it hasn't happened yet in the entire history of cable tv.

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I guess you must have been using different boxes to me then (or maybe they sent you duff ones

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The V+ had an extra tuner to Sky+ and Tivo had three recordable tuners and bags more functionality than Sky+

Horizon · 16-02-2016, 21:05

....if you're happy with their tv service, that's good. I'm not and clearly by their falling tv numbers, I'm not the only one.

Any while I'm in moan mode, what does this mean from their 1st page of results?:

"Delivered 6% Rebased Segment OCF
Growth in 2015, with 7% in Q4"

Sounds like jargon just to mask their bad results. A rebased segment sounds like something a builder might use!

passingbat · 16-02-2016, 21:34

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Originally Posted by Horizon

....if you're happy with their tv service, that's good. I'm not and clearly by their falling tv numbers, I'm not the only one.

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I was referring to your criticism of VM's PVRs.

I don't use VM's TV services. I use a combination of Freeview and Streaming services. M TV gives me almost all the Freeview channels (and those that it doesn't, I don't miss) and in my view, Tivo is by far the best PVR for viewing those channels. And, because I have a VM phone line, Tivo is free.

Horizon · 16-02-2016, 21:58

I know what you was referring to.

I've had a long history on here of being critical of VM, especially their tv service and especially their stbs. You find them good, that's fine. I don't and the fact that VM's tv numbers are falling suggests there must some reason for this. Perhaps its just more people using Freeview and streaming. But Sky aren't having these problems - yet.