35% of France's ADSL subscribers have TV-over-DSL

ARCEP (L’Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes), France’s telecommunications and postal services regulator, has published its latest market survey covering the period up to the end of the third quarter 2008.

According to the survey, at the end of the period there were 16.3 million DSL subscribers in France, with 35% of those (5.6 million) also subscribing to TV-over-DSL.

ADSL subscribers (millions):

                                                                      Variation
                              3Q2007  4Q2007  1Q2008  2Q2008  3Q2008  3Q08/3Q07
                              ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ---------
Total                         14,090  14,805  15,473  15,586  16,299      15.7%
  Number with TV-over-ADSL     4,059   4,534   4,920   5,167   5,643      39.0%
  %age with TV-over-ADSL       28.8%   30.6%   31.8%   32.6%   34.6%      20.2%

More: l’Observatoire des services de télécommunications en France au T3 2008