M&A Deal Summary

Liberty Global Acquires Ziggo

On January 27, 2014, Liberty Global acquired media company Ziggo

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Liberty Global’s 3rd transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Liberty Global’s 1st transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-01-27
Target Ziggo
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Liberty Global
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Ziggo

Groningen, Netherlands
Ziggo is a cable operator in the Netherlands, providing analogue and digital television, broadband and telephony services to consumers and businesses. Ziggo was founded in 2007 and is based in Groningen, Netherlands.

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Buyer

Liberty Global

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 2004
Sector Communications
Employees6,820
Revenue 4.3B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Liberty Global's office in downtown Denver, Colorado.
Liberty Global's office in downtown Denver, Colorado.

Liberty Global is an international telecommunications and television company that delivers next-generation products through advanced fibre and 5G networks that connect 85 million subscribers across Europe and the United Kingdom. Liberty Global was founded in 2004 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 20
Sector: Media M&A 3 of 6
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 7 of 13
Country: Netherlands M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-10-28 Chellomedia BV

Schiphol-Rijk, Netherlands

Chellomedia is a European media company. Operating businesses include Chello Central Europe, Chello Latin America, Chello Multicanal, Chello Zone, the ad sales unit Atmedia and the broadcast solutions unit Chello DMC.

Sell $1.0B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-05-08 All3Media

London, United Kingdom

All3Media is an independent TV production company. All3Media comprises of over 15 companies and 28 creative centres based in the UK, the US, Germany, the Netherlands and Australasia. All3Media was formed in 2003 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Buy £550M