Jupiter Telecommunications Announces June 2012 Subscriber Figures
Tuesday, July 17th, 2012TOKYO, Japan — Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (J:COM, JASDAQ: 4817), the largest multiple system operator (MSO) in Japan based on the number of customers served, has announced that the total subscribing households*1 as of June 30, 2012 served by J:COM’s 16 consolidated franchises*2 reached approximately 3.69 million, up 204,100 or 5.9% from June 30, 2011. Combined revenue generating units (RGUs) for cable television, high speed Internet access and telephony services reached 7.36 million, up 594,100 or 8.8% from June 30, 2011. The bundle ratio*3 increased to 2.00 as of June 30, 2012 from 1.94 as of June 30, 2011.
※ J:COM decided to deploy the new definition as the official figure since January 2012. The followings are the changes from the former definition. We continue to disclose the figure under the former definition as a referential figure.
1. In the light of the industry’s common practice to include the BS digital retransmission subscribers as cable television service subscribers, J:COM includes pay terrestrial digital and BS digital retransmission service subscribers into cable television subscribers.
2. For service subscriptions under Bulk Plan, the number of subscriptions to cable television and high speed Internet access services and the total subscribing households were 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 under the new definition are counted based on the actual number of users. (Telephony subscriber numbers are already counted based on the actual number of users).
Year-Over-Year Subscribing Household Comparisons:
(Rounded to the nearest hundred)
Total consolidated subsidiaries*2: 16 franchises; 51 systems:
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) --------------------------------------------------------- High Speed Total Cable Internet Telephony RGU Subscribing Television Access (*4) Total Households ---------- ---------- --------- --------- ----------- As of June 30, 2012 3,099,100 1,901,800 2,361,000 7,361,900 3,688,000 As of June 30,2011 2,945,400 1,736,500 2,085,900 6,767,800 3,483,900 Net increase year-over-year 153,700 165,300 275,100 594,100 204,100 Net increase as percentage 5.2% 9.5% 13.2% 8.8% 5.9%
APPENDIX
(Rounded to the nearest hundred)
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) --------------------------------------------------------- High Speed Total Cable Internet RGU Subscribing Television Access Telephony Total Households ---------- ---------- --------- --------- ----------- As of June 30, 2012 2,890,700 1,884,400 2,361,000 7,136,100 3,732,100 As of June 30, 2011 2,769,800 1,755,400 2,085,900 6,611,100 3,517,100 Net increase year-over-year 120,900 129,000 275,100 525,000 215,000 Net increase as percentage 4.4% 7.3% 13.2% 7.9% 6.1%
*1 Number of households subscribing to one or more of J:COM’s services
*2 Based on U.S. GAAP, J:COM includes subsidiaries, where it owns majority interest, in the consolidated accounts.
*3 Average number of services received per subscribing household
*4 The number of telephony service subscribers includes the number of Cable-plus Phone service subscribers offered by YOKOHAMA CABLE VISION Inc.
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