VTR Comunicaciones SpA
Company typeSubsidiary of Liberty Latin America[1]
IndustryTelecommunications
PredecessorVía Trans Radio Chilena
FoundedMarch 15, 1928
HeadquartersAv. Apoquindo Nº4800, Las Condes,
Santiago
,
Chile
Area served
All regions of Chile
Key people
David Leonard, Guillermo Ponce
ProductsInternet
Cable television
Telephony
mobile telephony
ParentLiberty Latin America
Websitevtr.com

VTR (Vía Trans Radio Comunicaciones SpA) is a Chilean telecommunications company. It is the country's largest provider of subscription television, with 1,065,675 subscribers (32.8% market share, as of September 2017),[2] and of fixed broadband Internet access (38.0% share, as of September 2017).[3] It is also the second largest provider of fixed telephone service (20.0%, as of September 2017), behind Telefónica.[4] It also has a small but growing participation (0.90%, as of September 2017) in the mobile phone business.[5]

It is wholly owned by Liberty Latin America following the split of Liberty Latin America from Liberty Global effective December 29, 2017;[6] Grupo Saieh's CorpGroup previously owned 20% until March 2014 when Liberty Global acquired the remaining 20% it did not own.[7][8]

VTR also owned Bazuca.com, a now-defunct video rental services company, and —together with Turner Broadcasting System— CNN Chile, a 24-hour news channel based in Santiago,[8] until 2016, when it was bought entirely by WarnerMedia Latin America.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Home | Liberty Latin America". Lla.com. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2019-05-31.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2018-02-27.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2018-02-27.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2018-02-27.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Liberty Latin America Completes Split-Off from Liberty Global" (PDF) (Press release). Denver, Colorado: Liberty Global. January 2, 2018.
  7. ^ "Liberty Global Acquires Remaining 20% of VTR, Chile's Largest Cable Operator" (PDF). Liberty Global. 2014-03-14. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  8. ^ a b "Quiénes Somos". Vtr.com. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
  9. ^ "Turner compra el 50% de CNN Chile que estaba en manos de VTR". Teletrece (in Spanish). 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2022-04-08.

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