Liberty Global and All3Media Agree Multi-Territorial Original Programming Deal
Liberty Global today announces that Liberty Global and All3Media have agreed a major multi-territorial original programming
partnership. The deal teams up the world’s largest international TV and broadband company with one of the leading independent
television, film and digital production and distribution companies.
The deal, for four major original drama series over the next two years, marks the first time that Liberty Global has agreed to a
multi-territorial deal with a production company to create exclusive programming for its customers. The shows will be made
available on demand for customers of Liberty Global companies across Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.
The deal has been spearheaded within Liberty Global by Virgin Media. Bruce Mann, Managing Director of Programming at Liberty
Global, and David Bouchier, Virgin Media’s Chief Digital Entertainment Officer, will lead the commissioning process.
The dramas will be produced by All3Media production companies with the level of funding required to deliver the best scripts,
cast and directing and production talent to produce high quality international drama series. The exclusive content will be made
available to millions of Liberty Global customers including Virgin Media customers in the UK & Ireland, Unitymedia customers in
Germany, Ziggo customers in the Netherlands, and customers of Cable & Wireless, VTR and Liberty Puerto Rico.
Liberty Global owns 50% of All3Media, having jointly acquired the business with Discovery Communications in 2014.
Bruce Mann, Managing Director of Programming at Liberty Global, comments: “This initiative combines Liberty Global’s
operating scale with its ownership in the production powerhouse All3Media. Our aspirations for the partnership are high as we seek
to deliver top-quality exclusive content to millions of Liberty Global customers across Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.
All3Media has assembled a world-class stable of creative talent and we can’t wait for delivery.”
Jane Turton, Chief Executive of All3Media, adds: “This is a great opportunity with Liberty Global and Virgin Media to
develop new dramas that are designed to appeal to a global audience, to be watched on multiple platforms and to become long running
returning series. For us, this initiative fits squarely with our core strategy – to grow our scripted output, creating world class
dramas that return series after series. To be able to do that with Liberty Global and Virgin Media as partners is
exciting.”
David Bouchier, Chief Digital Entertainment Officer at Virgin Media, adds: “Earlier in the year I said that this would
be a big year for TV at Virgin Media and I wasn’t kidding. Through leveraging Liberty Global’s financial muscle and its investment
in world-leading production talent, we’re not only innovating but we’ve taken the exciting leap into commissioning all-important
original premium drama, which we know our customers will love. “
About Liberty Global
Liberty Global is the world’s largest international TV and broadband company, with operations in more than 30 countries across
Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. We invest in the infrastructure that empowers our customers to make the most of the
digital revolution. Our scale and commitment to innovation enables us to develop market-leading products delivered through
next-generation networks that connect our customers who subscribe to over 59 million1 television, broadband internet and
telephony services. We also serve over ten million1 mobile subscribers and offer WiFi service across six million access
points.
Liberty Global’s businesses are comprised of two stocks: the Liberty Global Group (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) for our
European operations, and the LiLAC Group (NASDAQ: LILA and LILAK, OTC Link: LILAB), which consists of our operations in Latin
America and the Caribbean.
The Liberty Global Group operates in 12 European countries under the consumer brands Virgin Media, Ziggo, Unitymedia, Telenet
and UPC. The LiLAC Group operates in over 20 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean under the consumer brands VTR, Flow,
Liberty, Mas Movil and BTC. In addition, the LiLAC Group operates a submarine fiber network throughout the region in over 30
markets.
For more information, please visit www.libertyglobal.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.
About All3Media
All3Media is a leading independent television, film and digital production and distribution companies. The All3Media group is
comprised of 21 production and distribution companies from across the UK, Europe, New Zealand and USA including Apollo20, Bentley
Productions, Caravan, Company Pictures, IDTV, Lime Pictures, Lion Television, Little Dot Studios, Maverick Television, MME
Moviement, Neal Street Productions, New Pictures, North One Television, Objective Media Group, Optomen, One Potato Two Potato,
Seven Stories, South Pacific Pictures, Studio Lambert, All3Media America and All3Media International. All3Media is owned jointly
between Discovery Communications and Liberty Global.
About Virgin Media
Virgin Media offers four multi award-winning services across the UK and Ireland: broadband, TV, mobile phone and landline.
The company’s dedicated, ultrafast network delivers the fastest widely available broadband speeds to homes and businesses. We’re
expanding this through our £3bn Project Lightning programme, which will extend our network to reach 17 million premises by the end
of 2019.
Our interactive TV service brings live programmes, thousands of hours of on-demand programming and the best apps and games in a
set-top box, as well as on-the-go for tablets and smartphones. We launched the world’s first virtual mobile network, offering
fantastic value and services. We are also one of the largest fixed-line home phone providers in the UK and Ireland.
Through Virgin Media Business, we support entrepreneurs, businesses and the public sector, delivering the fastest speeds and
tailor-made services.
Virgin Media is part of Liberty Global, the world’s largest international cable company, with operations in more than 30
countries.
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1 Subscriber statistics for Liberty Global (including the LiLAC Group) and CWC are as of March 31, 2016, and are based
on each entity's subscriber counting policies. CWC’s subscriber counting policies may differ from those of Liberty Global.
Accordingly, the combined subscriber statistics are not necessarily indicative of the actual number of subscribers to be reported
by the combined operations once CWC conforms to Liberty Global's subscriber counting policies.
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Liberty Global
Matt Beake, +44 20 8483 6428
mbeake@libertyglobal.com
or
All3Media
Hayley Trent, +44 20 7836 3030
hayley@ijpr.co.uk
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