KDG digital video RGUs up 49k in 2Q09

UNTERFÖHRING — Kabel Deutschland (KDG), Germany’s largest cable operator, announced today its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 (Q1 of fiscal year 2009/2010).

On April 30, 2008, the Company acquired from the Orion Cable Group, a level 4 cable TV operator in Germany, networks serving approximately 1.1 million cable television subscribers in eight German federal states where KDG also has cable TV operations (‘the Acquisition’). At the acquisition date, this acquisition resulted in 276 thousand new cable TV subscribers and a re-classification of 789 thousand subscribers from wholesale or indirect to business to business or direct relationships.

Kabel Digital pay TV RGUs increased by 2.8% to 842 thousand at June 30, 2009 (819 thousand on June 30, 2008, 849 thousand at March 31, 2009). The pay TV RGUs coupled with Digital Access RGUs contributed to a total of 2.1 million digital video RGUs (1.8 million in the previous year, 2.1 million in the previous quarter). Including the Sky Deutschland subscribers served via KDG’s network the digital TV penetration amounted to approximately 21%.

RGUs (in thousands):

                             June 30,  March 31,   June 30,     y-o-y     y-o-y
                                 2008       2009       2009    change  change %
                            ---------  ---------  ---------  --------  --------
Analog Cable Access           8,319.3    8,143.5    8,050.6    -268.7    -3.23%
Premium Services
  Digital Cable Access          939.0    1,103.3    1,133.1     194.1    20.67%
  PVRs (Kabel Digital+)          53.6      113.5      139.9      86.3   160.96%
  Kabel Digital (pay TV)        819.3      849.2      842.1      22.8     2.78%
                            ---------  ---------  ---------  --------  --------
                               1811.9    2,066.0    2,115.1     303.2    16.74%

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