J:COM ends 1Q 2011 with 2.7 million digital cable subscribers

Jupiter Telecommunications Announces March 2011 Subscriber Figures

TOKYO, Japan — Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (JASDAQ: 4817), the largest multiple system operator (MSO) in Japan based on the number of customers served, has announced that the total subscribing households as of March 31, 2011 served by J:COM’s 19 consolidated franchises reached 3.45 million, up 161,000 or 4.9% since March 31, 2010. Combined revenue generating units (RGUs) for cable television, high-speed Internet access and telephony services reached approximately 6.45 million, up 445,000 or 7.4% since March 31, 2010. The bundle ratio (average number of services received per subscribing household) increased to 1.87 as of March 31, 2011 from 1.82 as of March 31, 2010.

Year-Over-Year Subscribing Household Comparisons: (Rounded to the nearest hundred)
Total consolidated subsidiaries: 19 franchises; 50 systems:

                                                  Revenue Generating Units
                         -------------------------------------------------        Total
                              Cable       High-Speed                        Subscribing
                         Television  Internet Access  Telephony  RGU Total   Households
                         ----------  ---------------  ---------  ---------  -----------
As of March 31, 2011      2,718,100
               Digital:   2,717,800        1,715,100  2,015,600  6,448,800    3,454,200
As of March 31, 2010      2,599,000        1,603,300  1,801,500  6,003,800    3,293,200
Net increase
  year-on-year              119,100          111,800    214,100    445,000      161,000
Net increase
  as percentage                4.6%             7.0%      11.9%       7.4%         4.9%

Subscribing figures as of March 31, 2011 (referential) based on the definitions below (1. and 2.) are as follows:

2. For service subscriptions under Bulk Discount Plan (Bulk Plan) for households residing in multi dwelling units, the number of subscriptions to cable television and high-speed Internet access services and the total subscribing households are calculated using multipliers based on discount rates from listing pricing applied to owners/management associations and residents, respectively. As below, the numbers of cable television, high-speed Internet access service subscribers and total subscribing households are counted based on the actual number of users. (Telephony subscriber numbers are already counted based on the actual number of users).

(Rounded to the nearest hundred)

                                                  Revenue Generating Units
                         -------------------------------------------------        Total
                              Cable       High-Speed                        Subscribing
                         Television  Internet Access  Telephony  RGU Total   Households
                         ----------  ---------------  ---------  ---------  -----------
As of March 31, 2011      2,876,900        1,693,000  2,015,600  6,585,500    3,414,700
                Digital:  2,876,600

*1 Cable television service includes multi-channel service as well as terrestrial digital and BS digital retransmission services.