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(58 - 60) Media 60 - Programming, broadcasting, news agency and other content distribution activities 60.2 - Television programming, broadcasting and video distribution activities 60.20 - Television programming, broadcasting and video distribution activities
800 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
26 July 2025
Employment effect (start)
21 July 2025
Foreseen end date
Description
Liberty Global, a European provider of cable television and broadband, has announced that it plans to cut around 800 employees worldwide.
The redundancies will take place in two rounds and will primarily be offered on a voluntary basis. The measure will affect Liberty Global’s offices in London (the UK), Amsterdam (the Netherlands), and Denver (the United States).
The layoffs are part of a restructuring program aimed at reducing operating costs by hundreds of millions of dollars.
Headquartered in London, Liberty Global operates in several European countries, including the UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Switzerland, Poland, Germany, and Slovakia. The company directly employs about 1,900 staff worldwide.
Eurofound (2025), Liberty Global, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 203166, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203166.
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