Türk Telekom IPTV subscribers down 6,000 in 2Q 2014

Türk Telekom, Turkey’s leading communications and convergence technologies group, announced 2014 second quarter financial and operational results.

Türk Telekom’s OTT and IPTV service, Tivibu, ended the quarter with 1.9 million subscribers up 1.3% in the quarter. Of the total, the number of IPTV subscribers was 302,000, down 6,000 (-2.0%) in the quarter, but up 89,000 (41.6%) year-on-year.

Tivibu (IPTV, Web TV, Mobile TV and Smart TV) Subscribers

                                  2012                2013      2014     2Q14 Change
                    ------------------  ------------------  --------  --------------
                     Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4   Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4   Q1   Q2     QoQ     YoY
                    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ------  ------
Total TV (mn)       0.9  0.9  0.8  1.1  1.2  1.3  1.6  1.8  1.9  1.9    1.3%   44.0%
Home (IPTV) ('000)   89   96  120  156  175  213  242  286  308  302  (2.0)%   41.6%

                     2012   2013   2014
                       Q2     Q2     Q2
                    -----  -----  -----
Web TV ('000)         732  1,067  1,534
Home (IPTV) (’000)     96    213    302