More than 3,000 middle school children from the Arecibo and Guaynabo educational districts received tips to protect themselves from online predators during two special presentations organized by the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement’s Child Exploitation Investigative Unit and sponsored by Liberty Puerto Rico. Special Agent Alek Pacheco, of the Unit’s iGuardians program, and Lieutenant Jimmy […]
https://media.blubrry.com/dollarsandsensenewsismybusines/newsismybusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Liberty-podcast-channel-blackout-update.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSLiberty Puerto Rico President Naji Khoury says NBCUniversal is holding customers hostage, while no new negotiations are scheduled to solve the matter to get Telemundo, NBC and 13 other channels back on the air. In the meantime, the carrier is offering discounted services and vows […]
NBCUniversal Media, a U.S.-based mass media conglomerate, has blocked access to Telemundo and NBC Puerto Rico because Liberty Puerto Rico did not accept a rate increase that would see retransmission for these channels more than double over two years, the television provider said. At 6 p.m., NBCUniversal also removed 13 other channels from Liberty’s lineup […]
Liberty Puerto Rico has added new channels Mega TV, Univision Deportes and Channel 85 to its Liberty Go application lineup, bringing up the app’s channel total to 35. Liberty Go is Liberty’s live TV app available free for all customers. “Customer demand for Liberty Go has been increasing steadily, especially to watch live events that […]
Liberty Puerto Rico added 31,000 revenue generating units (RGUs), or clients during the fourth quarter of 2018, and reported a 5 percent revenue growth for the entire Fiscal Year 2018, according to its most recent financial results. The results were driven in part by the company’s focus on providing products and services that represent a […]
For the 12th year in a row, Liberty Puerto Rico will celebrate “Safer Internet Day” to highlight the importance of using the internet responsibly and safely, as part of its corporate social responsibility campaign “Navega con seguridad,” with several resources to help the public navigate the web safely. The event will be observed worldwide on […]
Liberty Puerto Rico will increase rates on current television and internet packages effective Feb. 1, the company announced in a notice sent to customers. However, clients choosing to switch to new plans that Liberty began offering late last year will not experience rate changes for the rest of 2019. “As part of our commitment to […]
Liberty Latin America has reached a settlement agreement with its third-party insurance provider for $108.5 million in net damages related to Hurricanes Irma and María last year, the company confirmed. The gross amount agreed to in December 2018 totaled $138.5 million, but Liberty deducted $30 million in self-insurance from the total amount. “We have received […]
Following the acquisition, Liberty Latin America owns 100 percent of Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico.
Liberty Puerto Rico has relaunched its video on-demand service with a new user-friendly platform, features and high-definition content.
Liberty Puerto Rico — like countless companies across the island — has spent the better part of the last three months picking up the pieces of its network that Hurricane María destroyed, en route to restoring services and laying the groundwork for new offerings.
Over the weekend, Liberty Puerto Rico began offering the highly requested NBA TV sports channel to all of its Ultimate Plus and Ultimate Sports tier customers. Customers can tune into channel 180 in the Ultimate Plus tier and channel 280 in its High Definition lineup (HD) to access the channel’s lineup.
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