Company: LBTYK
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001570585-25-000021
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Company: Liberty Global Ltd.
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
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 coming periods. By late 2024, the VodafoneZiggo JV’s 7.6 million households had access to 1 Gbps connectivity.

Video Distribution

Our video services compete with traditional FTA broadcast television services, OTT and broadcaster VoD providers, as well as other broadband providers offering a similar range of video services. Many of these competitors have a national footprint and offer features, pricing and video services individually and in bundles comparable to what we offer. 

OTT video content providers utilizing our or our competitors’ high-speed internet connections are also a significant competitive factor, as are other video service providers that overlap our service areas. The OTT video providers (such as HBO Now, Prime Video, Netflix, Disney+ and AppleTV+) offer VoD services for television series, movies and programming from broadcasters. Typically, these services are available on multiple devices in and out of the home. Moreover, broadcasters offer direct to customer content, including VoD, live and catch-up television via their own platforms (such as BBC iPlayer, Discovery and RTL). To retain our competitive position, we provide our subscribers with television everywhere products and OTT video services through apps on our video platform through our arrangements with Netflix, Amazon, YouTube and others. 

Our success in attracting and retaining customers relies on our ongoing capability to acquire appealing content, provide user-friendly services on favorable terms and deliver content across multiple devices both inside and outside the home. Some competitors have obtained long-term exclusive contracts for certain programming, which limits the opportunities for other 

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providers to offer such programs. Our operations have limited access to certain of such programming through select contracts with these companies, including Sky and BT in the U.K. At the same time, we are also able to secure access rights to exclusive content in certain markets. In the Netherlands we have an exclusive deal with UEFA to broadcast Champions League and Europa League matches, which is an important element of our competitiveness there. Telecommunication providers also increasingly offer access to OTT platforms through their systems. If exclusive content offerings increase through other providers, programming options could be a deciding factor for subscribers on selecting a video service.

We compete by offering advanced digital services like cloud recording, DVR, HD/4K, VoD, voice control, OTT aggregation, Replay TV and multi-screen options through a superior interface. Our tailored packages include attractive channels, bundled services, loyalty discounts and integrated billing for OTT services. We periodically enhance our digital offerings to improve content quality. Horizon 5, our latest iteration of