Belgacom TV adds 62,000 subscriptions in 1Q10

In the first quarter of 2010, Belgacom (Brussels: BELG) added 62,000 new Belgacom TV-customers resulting in a total customer base of 814,000 customers, of which 100,000 are second stream users. The success of the Packs and the “Free TV” pack in particular continues to be the main driver for revenue and customer growth. Compared to one year ago we have grown our TV customer base by almost 50%.

Over the first quarter, an additional 92,000 customers subscribed to one of our convergent Packs, increasing the total number of customers enjoying the advantages of our Packs to 653,000.

CBU operating result

                                     Q108  Q208  Q308  Q408 | Q109  Q209  Q309  Q409 | Q110
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TV (thousands)                        349   391   443   506 |  555   589   663   752 |  814
  TV - households                     313   350   389   441 |  486   513   575   652 |  713
   Of which TV-second stream users     37    42    54    65 |   70    75    88   100 |  100

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