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Ziggo is the largest cable operator in the Netherlands, providing cable television (digital and...

Ziggo is the largest cable operator in the Netherlands, providing cable television (digital and analog), broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers. The company is the result of the merger between Multikabel, @Home Network, and Casema and launched officially on May 16, 2008. Its main competitors are UPC Netherlands and KPN. Private equity firms Cinven and Warburg Pincus bought the three companies. In 2000 Multikabel was bought by Cinven; until then, the company had been mostly government-owned. In 2005 the company was sold again to Warburg Pincus. Ziggo offers analog and digital cable television to 3.3 million subscribers of which more than 1 million watch digital. In recent years the number of analogue channels has been reduced to make more bandwidth available for digital HD channels. Basic analogue service is called Televisie Z1 and consists of about 30 television and 60 radio channels. Digitally the basic service offers the same radio and television plus some additional channels. It consists of all the major Dutch networks and some of the main networks of neighbouring countries. An additional digital service offers subscribtion to a