Airtel Digital TV adds 634,000 subscribers in 2Q 2019
Thursday, August 1st, 2019
NEW DELHI, India — Bharti Airtel Limited (“Bharti Airtel” or “the Company”) today announced its audited consolidated Ind AS results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2019.
Digital TV revenue witnessed a growth of 15.7% Y-o-Y (decline of 25.5% on reported basis due to reporting changes in DTH pursuant to the new tariff order, leading to content cost becoming a pass-through expense) on an underlying basis.
The Company added 634,000 Digital TV customers in the quarter to finish the period with 16.027 million subscribers, up 4.1% on the previous quarter and 9.4% year-on-year.
Operational Performance – India – Digital TV Services
Unit Jun-19 Mar-19 Dec-18 Sep-18 Jun-18 ----- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Digital TV Customers 000's 16,027 15,392 15,001 14,779 14,646 Net additions 000's 634 391 222 133 479 Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) Rs 157 233 231 232 229 Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) US 2.2 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.4 Monthly Churn 1.0% 0.8% 1.3% 1.3% 0.7%
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