High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! UPC Netherlands (Dutch: UPC Nederland) is the second largest cable operator in the Netherlands, providing cable television (digital and analog), broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers. UPC Netherlands was formed in 1995 as a joint venture between the Philips electronics corporation and United International Holdings, a US-owned media company, setting off on a path of quick acquisition of the Netherlands' then mostly regional TV cable operators, many of whom were already partially-owned by Philips. The South-Eastern and Eastern cable networks were unified under the UPC name in 1998, with other networks, the largest being the Amsterdam A2000 network, joining later.