Subsidiary of Liberty Global | |
Industry | Telecommunications |
Predecessor | Vía Trans Radio Chilena |
Founded | 1928 |
Headquarters | Av. Del Valle Sur Nº 534, 6th floor, Huechuraba, Santiago, Chile |
Area served
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All regions of Chile, except Magallanes |
Key people
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David Leonard, Guillermo Ponce |
Products |
Internet Cable television Telephony |
Parent | Liberty Global |
Website | vtr.com |
VTR Globalcom S.A. is a Chilean telecommunications company. It is the country's largest provider of cable television with 1,008,746 subscribers (a 35.9% market share as of December 2014, which includes satellite television competitors). It is also the second largest provider of fixed broadband Internet access (37.2% market share) and fixed telephone service (20.7%), behind Telefónica, as of December 2014. It also has a tiny (0.44%, as of December 2014) participation in the mobile phone business, which is dominated by three other companies.
It is wholly owned by Liberty Global; Grupo Saieh's CorpGroup previously owned 20% until March 2014 when Liberty Global acquired the remaining 20% it didn't own.
VTR also owns Bazuca.com, a video rental services company, and —together with Turner Broadcasting System— CNN Chile, a 24-hour news channel based in Santiago.
Coordinates: 33°23′39″S 70°37′06″W / 33.39417°S 70.61833°W