Kabel Deutschland

Kabel Deutschland is the largest cable operators company in Germany.

Company

Kabel Deutschland operates in 13 of the 16 states (i.e. all but Baden-Württemberg, North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse). In 2006, of the 15.4 million households passed by their cable the company served 9.6 million, however only one third of these are direct customers of Kabel Deutschland, since especially in large apartment complexes the in-house cable networks are owned by cable service companies or housing associations. According to IFRS rules, in fiscal 2005 / 2006 revenues amounted to €1.012 billion, the EBITDA amounted to €401.3 million.

Kabel Deutschland was founded in January 1999 by the former German telecom monopolist Deutsche Telekom in order to spin off its entire cable TV business as required by regulatory terms. The cable network was established from the mid-1980s on by the German federal post office, and successor of Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche Bundespost. Kabel Deutschland was split into nine regional companies, of which three are sold to other investors until 2002. The remaining six are sold in 2003 to the US investment firms Providence Equity Partners, Apax Partners and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners. From February 2006 to September 2010, Kabel Deutschland was majority-owned by Providence Equity Partners.

Products

With a basic plan Kabel Deutschland offers about 30 free-to-air analogue TV and an equal number of...
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