Lutz Schuler


Liberty Global and Telefónica name UK JV management

Liberty Global and Telefónica have named current Virgin Media CEO Lutz Schüler as CEO of their planned UK 50:50 joint venture, with O2 chief financial officer Patricia Cobian to be CFO of the combined operation. Schüler joined Virgin Media in 2018 as chief operating officer and has been CEO at Virgin Media since June 2019. […]

Lutz Schüler to replace Tom Mockridge as Virgin Media CEO in June

Liberty Global has announced the appointment of Lutz Schüler as CEO of Virgin Media, the company’s UK and Ireland operation, effective June 11. Schüler replaces Tom Mockridge, who is leaving the company to base himself in Italy with his family. Schüler has been COO of Virgin Media since September 2018, having spent the previous eight […]

Unitymedia CEO moves to Virgin Media

Unitymedia CEO Lutz Schüler is swapping one Liberty Global division for another after being appointed chief operating officer of Virgin Media. Schüler, who has been chief executive of Germany’s Unitymedia since January 2011, is due to take up his new post in the UK on September 10 and will report directly to Virgin Media CEO […]

Amazon will have ‘bigger impact’ than Netflix

Amazon is likely to have a bigger impact on the German market, and other markets in which it is present, than Netflix, according to a panel of TV and platform operator executives at the ANGA COM congress in Cologne. Taking part in the opening panel session at the show, Anke Schaferkordt, CEO, RTL Deutschland, said […]

Mobile viewing will drive bandwidth demand, ANGA COM attendees told

While linear TV is still the dominant form of TV consumption in Germany, viewing on mobile devices either via WiFi or LTE is growing massively and there will be a need for ever greater availability of bandwidth, according to a panel of TV operators and broadcasters at ANGA COM this morning. Manuel Cubero, chief commercial […]