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The combined operations of UPC Poland and Multimedia will have a reach of more than 4 million homes and businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Fries, CEO of Liberty Global, commented, \u201cThis acquisition will significantly increase our scale in Poland, where we are already the largest cable operator. It will also enhance our ability to invest in cutting-edge products and services for Polish consumers and businesses that will help drive organic growth across our enlarged footprint of over four million premises. Upon closing of the transaction, we will begin upgrading the Multimedia network, after which Multimedia\u2019s customers will be able to enjoy superfast broadband speeds and our next-generation video service Horizon TV.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DENVER: Liberty Global&#8217;s subsidiary UPC Poland has moved in to acquire the cable business of Multimedia Polska, the third-largest cable operator in Poland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[207,887],"class_list":["post-7149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-liberty-global","tag-multimedia-polska"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Liberty Global to Purchase Multimedia Polska - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/10\/19\/liberty-global-to-purchase-multimedia-polska\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Liberty Global to Purchase Multimedia Polska - 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