UPC Nederland ( en, UPC Netherlands) was the second largest cable operator in the
Netherlands
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, providing
cable television
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(digital and analogue), broadband
Internet
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, and
telephone
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service to both residential and commercial customers.
In early 2015, UPC Nederland started merging with
Ziggo
Ziggo Holding B.V. () is the largest cable operator in the Netherlands, providing digital cable television, Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers.
History
The company is the result of the merger between ...
. The name ''UPC'' was finally phased out in favor of ''Ziggo'' on 13 April 2015.
History
UPC Nederland was formed in 1995 as a joint venture between the
Philips Electronics
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and
United International Holdings, a
United States
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-owned media company, setting off on a path of quick acquisition of the Netherlands' then mostly regional TV cable operators, many of whom were already partially owned by Philips. The South-Eastern and Eastern cable networks were unified under the UPC name in 1998, with other networks, the largest being the
Amsterdam
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network, joining later.
Some of the larger cable companies bought by UPC were:
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Amsterdam
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and surrounding regions),
Telekabel
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The company relays more than 60 analogue channels, more th ...
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Gelderland
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,
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Belgium
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, and
Friesland
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),
Gelrevision (Northern part of the
Veluwe
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, South-east
Flevoland
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and East
Gelderland
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),
Eneco
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K&T (
Rotterdam
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and surrounding regions),
Combivisie (
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Belgium
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) and several smaller and mid-sized networks.
UPC Nederland owned
premium television
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service
CineNova in a joint venture with
Buena Vista International Television
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and
Sony Pictures Entertainment
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between 2000 and 2005.
On 27 January 2014
Liberty Global
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announced that it would acquire
Ziggo
Ziggo Holding B.V. () is the largest cable operator in the Netherlands, providing digital cable television, Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers.
History
The company is the result of the merger between ...
. In December 2014 the shares of Ziggo N.V. were delisted from Euronext Amsterdam as Ziggo was converted into the Dutch private limited company Ziggo Holding B.V. (Besloten Vennootschap), owned by Liberty Global. On 5 January 2015 Ziggo started to harmonize its cable network with the UPC Nederland cable network. The name UPC was finally phased out in favor of Ziggo on 13 April 2015.
Services
UPC Nederland offered
analogue and
digital
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cable television
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,
broadband Internet
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access, and
voice over IP
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telephone
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services.
Cable television
Digital television
UPC Nederland provided about 200
television channel
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s including about 51 in
HD and also more than 100 radio channels,
DVR service,
video-on-demand
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content, catch-up TV from
public television
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broadcasters and commercial television stations and
interactive television
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using the
DVB-C specification. UPC did use the
Nagravision
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conditional access system
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. Nevertheless, about 40 TV channels and also 40 radio channels were transmitted in clear (
unencrypted
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Overview
With the advent of comp ...
).
The new high-end
set-top box
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called Horizon got its first release in the
Netherlands
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on 7 September 2012. It incorporates television, internet and telephone services in one device. It has six
tuners, a
modem
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and a
router on board.
Analogue television
There were about 30 analogue
television channel
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s and about 40 analogue radio channels available.
Internet
UPC Nederland was in 2008 the first cable company in Europe to be using the new
EuroDOCSIS 3.0 cable standard. This new standard made it possible to achieve speeds comparable to fiber, up to 120
Mbit/s
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. , UPC offered the following subscription forms:
Internet subscriptions included a Basic Cable TV and Radio (both analog and digital) subscription.
See also
*
Digital television in the Netherlands The Netherlands now has three major forms of broadcast digital television. Terrestrial (DVB-T), Cable ( DVB-C), and Satellite ( DVB-S). In addition IPTV services are available. At the end of the first quarter of 2013 almost 84% of the households in ...
*
Internet in the Netherlands
According to research done by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Netherlands is ranked with Switzerland in having the most broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, has no bandwidth caps, and has the most hom ...
*
List of cable companies in the Netherlands
*
Television in the Netherlands
Television in the Netherlands was officially introduced in 1951. In the Netherlands, the television market is divided between a number of commercial networks, such as RTL Nederland, and a system of public broadcasters sharing three channels, NPO 1 ...
*
UPC Broadband
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UPC was founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands by United International Holdings and Philip ...
References
External links
UPC Nederland homepage
List of channels on UPC Nederland
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Liberty Global
1998 establishments in the Netherlands
Telecommunications companies of the Netherlands
Cable television companies of the Netherlands
Internet service providers of the Netherlands
Cable television companies