Bell Aliant adds 14,800 IPTV customers in 4Q 2013

FTTH to pass 1 million premises by end of 2014

HALIFAX — Bell Aliant Inc. (TSX: BA) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter of 2013 for Bell Aliant Inc. (Bell Aliant) and Bell Aliant Regional Communications Inc. (Bell Aliant GP), and announced its 2014 financial guidance.

IPTV revenue grew $12 million (50.2 per cent) in the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to the same quarter in 2012, with total IPTV customers of 178,100, up 44.8 per cent from a year earlier. FibreOP TV customers grew by 16,000 in the fourth quarter to reach 158,000, a portion of which were migrations from Bell Aliant’s FTTN TV service. Overall net IPTV customer additions were 14,800 in the fourth quarter of 2013, compared to 15,600 a year earlier.