47% of DSL subscribers in France had TV-over-DSL at the end of 2009

ARCEP (L’Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes), France’s telecommunications and postal services regulator, has published its latest market survey covering the period up to the end of the fourth quarter 2009.

According to the survey, at the end of the period there were 18.5 million DSL subscribers in France, with 47% of those (8.7 million) also subscribing to TV-over-DSL.

ADSL subscribers (thousands):

                              2Q2008  3Q2008  4Q2008  1Q2009  2Q2009  3Q2009  4Q2009
                              ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------
Total                         15,872  16,323  16,804  17,309  17,615  18,034  18,493
  Number with TV-over-ADSL     5,167   5,643   6,200   7,194   7,673   8,130   8,681
  %age with TV-over-ADSL       32.6%   34.6%   36.9%   41.6%   43.6%   45.1%   46.9%

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