One million TV customers for Swisscom
Thursday, February 6th, 2014BERNE — Swisscom has released its results report for 2013.
The number of Swisscom TV connections increased year-on-year by 209,000 or 26.4% to 1 million, of which 939,000 subscribed to the basic packages. Virtually every third Swiss household uses Swisscom TV. 410,000 Swisscom TV customers make use of the Replay function, which allows users to watch programmes from around 70 channels up to 30 hours after they have been broadcast. In 2013, total viewings of live sporting events and films (VoD) increased by 10.7% to 8.8 million, while the number of fixed-network broadband access lines grew year-on-year by 84,000 or 4.9% to 1.81 million.
Operational Data (’000)
2012 -------------------------- Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 ----- ----- ----- ----- TV customers Switzerland 655 694 728 791 Residential 635 672 705 766 Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises 20 22 23 25 2013 -------------------------- Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 ----- ----- ----- ----- TV customers Switzerland 860 902 943 1,000 Residential 832 873 912 967 Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises 28 29 31 33
Swisscom TV offers over 200 television channels, more than 6,100 films (video-on-demand) and over 4,000 exclusive live sports coverage (mainly football and ice hockey). Swisscom TV also offers convenience features such as replay TV (allowing viewers to watch missed programmes for up to 30 hours after transmission), live pause, a recording function, picture-in-picture, TV apps for weather, news, photos and other services, and a TV guide. Thanks to a mobile app, customers can access the services and schedule at any time while on the move. Swisscom TV is available in a range of packages to meet all customer needs.
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