Rogers digital cable subscribers down 7,000 during 2012

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc., one of Canada”s leading diversified communications and media companies, today announced its unaudited consolidated financial and operating results for the three months ended December 31, 2012, in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”).

Cable

Our digital cable subscriber base represents 80% of our total television subscriber base as at December 31, 2012, compared to 77% as at December 31, 2011. A larger selection of digital content, video on-demand, HDTV and PVR equipment continues to contribute to the increasing penetration of the digital subscriber base as a percentage of our total television subscriber base.

Summarized Subscriber statistics (in thousands)

                                              Three months       Twelve months
                                        ended December 31,  ended December 31,
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                                         2012   2011   Chg   2012   2011   Chg
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Cable homes passed                      3,810  3,754    56  3,810  3,754    56
Television                
 Net losses                              (25)    (6)  (19)   (83)   (14)  (69)
 Total television subscribers           2,214  2,297  (83)  2,214  2,297  (83)
Digital cable                
 Households, net additions (losses)       (6)     10  (16)    (7)     39  (46)
 Total digital cable households         1,768  1,777   (9)  1,768  1,777   (9)

In the first quarter of 2012, Cable began an initiative to convert many of the remaining analog cable customer outlets onto its digital cable platform. This migration, which will continue during 2013, will enable the reclamation of significant amounts of network capacity and reduce network operating and maintenance costs going forward. The migration entails incremental PP&E and operating costs as each of the remaining analog homes are fitted with digital converters and various analog filtering equipment is removed.

Highlights of the fourth quarter of 2012 include the following:

Subsequent to the end of the fourth quarter of 2012, on January 14, 2013, we announced a multipart strategic transaction with Shaw Communications (“Shaw”) to acquire Shaw’s cable system in Hamilton, Ontario.

Cable further enhanced its NextBox 2.0 platform with the new Rogers Anyplace TV Home Edition application for tablets and smartphones. The new application makes it possible to use advanced search, a virtual remote control, live stream news, sports and entertainment, and remotely manage and set PVR content, all on a tablet from a single app. Rogers is the first Canadian telecommunications company to offer an integrated remote personal video recorder (“PVR”) management and live TV streaming experience on tablets.