Multimedia Polska adds 1.7k digital TV subscribers in Q1"²10

The Multimedia Polska Group (Warsaw:MMP) has published its report for the three months ended 31 March 2010.

As at 31 March 2010, our Group had 1,249,460 revenue generating units (RGUs), including 662,528 cable TV RGUs (of which 7,369 IPTV RGUs and 100,754 DTV RGUs), 330,920 broadband Internet RGUs, 205,343 voice RGUs, 31,330 premium channels RGUs, 18,649 indirect voice services, and 690 payphones.

As at 31 March 2010, we had ca. 307,000 subscribers who have subscribed for more than one service, including ca. 91,000 triple play subscribers.

In the first quarter 2010, we recorded a net increase in RGUs of 14,391 (after churn), including a 2,827 decline in CATV RGUs (including the disconnection of 4,534 analog cable TV RGUs as a result of price increases and changes in programming content and addition of 298 IPTV RGUs and 1,409 DTV RGUs).

Our digital television services, both DTV and IPTV, generated combined revenues of PLN 8.9m in Q1 2010 compared to PLN 5.5m in Q1 2009. As at 31 March 2010, the Group had ca. 108,100 digital television subscribers in both technologies (DTV and IPTV). As a result of the launch of new services, such as VoD, HDTV, interactive amazing TV etc., the Company expects to see further growth in the number of DTV users.

RGU numbers at the end of each period – Video:

           31/12/08  31/03/09  30/06/09  30/09/09  31/12/09  31/03/10
           --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------
Total       654,635   669,559   679,637   685,917   696,286   693,858
  CATV      548,630   550,931   554,524   556,436   558,939   554,405
  IPTV        4,974     5,554     5,971     6,477     7,071     7,369
  DTV        70,732    80,575    86,883    91,594    99,345   100,754
  Premium    30,299    32,499    32,259    31,410    30,931    31,330

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