TDC adds 20k TV customers in 1Q10

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — TDC (Copenhagen:TDC) has today published financial statements for the January-March 2010 period.

The TV customer base increasing by 8.8% due to the success of HomeTrio and continued growth in YouSee.

Customer base (‘000 end-of-period):

                1Q 2010  1Q 2009  Change in %
                -------  -------  -----------
TV customers      1,270    1,167          8.8
  YouSee Plus       144      113         27.4
  TDC TV            103       38        171.1

TDC Group – Consumer

Consumer offers a broad portfolio of brands and services covering mobile, landline, internet and TV to residential and SoHo customers in Denmark. Consumer uses the TDC brand for the mass market, and the two leading no-frills providers, Telmore and Fullrate, to address the no-frills market.

Strong growth was recorded in the broadband, TV, mobile telephony and mobile broadband customer bases.

Customer base (‘000):

                          1Q09   2Q09   3Q09   4Q09   1Q10
                         -----  -----  -----  -----  -----
TDC TV                      38     58     77     96    102

YouSee

YouSee offers analogue and digital TV to 1.4m homes passed. Since 1Q 2009, 38,000 new TV customers have joined YouSee, consolidating TDC’s position as the preferred TV supplier in Denmark, with a market share of 54%. The customer base for the digital add-on product (YouSee Plus) increased by 31,000.

Customer base (‘000):

                          1Q09   2Q09   3Q09   4Q09   1Q10
                         -----  -----  -----  -----  -----
TV customers             1,129  1,137  1,150  1,153  1,167
  of which YouSee Plus     113    123    132    146    144

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