T-Hrvatski Telekom IPTV subscribers up 74% in 2009

ZAGREB — T-Hrvatski Telekom (Reuters: THTC.L, HT.ZA; Bloomberg: THTC LI, HTRA CZ), Croatia’s leading telecommunications provider, announces audited results for the year ended 31 December 2009.

For T-HT, the key events of 2009 included:

• In April 2009 Iskon, T-HT’s wholly owned subsidiary, introduced its own IPTV service together with a triple-play offer, highlighting T-HT’s strategic focus on broadband and broadband-related services.
• MAXtv reached its 200,000th customer in November 2009.

By the end of 2009, IPTV customers reached 235,980 (including Iskon’s IPTV), an increase of 74.1% from the beginning of the year. Since its launch in 2006, MAXtv has become one of Europe’s most successful IPTV services. It now has 120 channels offering Croatian and international TV and films, with premium services including video-on-demand, web and SMS recording, and reading mails from inbox.

T-Com:

                Jan-Dec  Jan-Dec  % change
                   2009     2008     09/08
                -------  -------  --------
IPTV customers  235,980  135,573     74.1%

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