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Vodafone Deutschland

Logo: Vodafone Group, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Cable television operator in Germany

Vodafone Deutschland GmbH is the largest cable television operator in Germany. Kabel Deutschland was subject to a hostile takeover bid by the British Vodafone Group in September 2013; the deal was approved in December 2013 and finalised on 29 January 2014. Until the takeover the company name was Kabel Deutschland.2 It is headquartered in Unterföhring.1 It employed 3,841 people in 2014.1 Its revenue was €2.4 billion in 2017.1 It ceased to exist in 2025.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2003Founded1
  • Industrycable television, telecommunications industry1
  • HeadquartersUnterföhring1
  • Websitewww.vodafone.de
  • Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1
  • LEI529900DLD3CNI4TE8O713
  • StatusInactive3
  • LEI statusRetired3
  • Registered addressBetastr. 6-8, 85774 Unterföhring, Germany3
  • Registered withLocal Court München, HRB 1844523

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Vodafone Deutschland GmbH is the largest cable television operator in Germany. Kabel Deutschland was subject to a hostile takeover bid by the British Vodafone Group in September 2013; the deal was approved in December 2013 and finalised on 29 January 2014. Until the takeover the company name was Kabel Deutschland.2

Corporate structure

Vodafone Deutschland is part of a group headed by Vodafone. 126 entities, 31 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

With a basic plan, Kabel Deutschland offers about 30 free-to-air analogue TV and an equal number of FM and digital radio channels. All analogue TV channels are available in the digital DVB-C encoding format, Plus an additional 70 television channels are not available in analogue.

On top of that, about 100 digital pay TV channels can be ordered as a subscription-based service. This includes Germany's pay TV broadcasters Sky Deutschland as well as Kabel Deutschland's own offerings.

On 1 February 2012, Kabel Deutschland ceased to use the Astra 23.5°E position for distribution, switching to its terrestrial fibre network.

Furthermore, Kabel Deutschland offers Internet (Kabel Internet, up to 1000 MBit/s downstream and 75 MBit/s upstream from November 2014) and telephone services (Kabel Phone).

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For historical reasons, Kabel Deutschland cannot offer its products directly to all who are connected via Kabel Deutschland's network, since only one third of all viewers are direct customers. In the early-1980s, when the cable network was established, Kabel Deutschland's predecessor, Deutsche Bundespost had to leave in-house cables to other companies or the house owners. This turned out to be a significant obstacle since Kabel Deutschland now has to make single contracts with hundreds of small cable operators.

From Wikipedia’s article on Vodafone Deutschland, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 20143,8411

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

  • 20172.4B EUR1

Timeline

  1. Nov 17, 2025Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Apr 1, 2014Acquired Acquired by Vodafone1
  3. 2003Founded Founded1

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