SK broadband broad&tv subscribers down 19.3k in Q1

SEOUL, South Korea — SK broadband incorporated (KOSDAQ: 033630) (the “Company”) Korea’s leading integrated telecommunications company, announced on May 6, 2009 that the Company posted a revenue of KRW 438.2 billion, an operating loss of KRW 9.4 billion and a net loss of KRW 30.6 billion.

broad&tv IPTV subscribers were down 19.3 thousand in the quarter, and down 126.3 thousand year-on-year, to give 756,092 at quarter-end.

broad&tv Subscribers*:

                   Q1'09    Q4'08    Q3'08    Q2'08    Q1'08
                 -------  -------  -------  -------  -------
Total            756,092  775,407  768,625  804,809  882,356
 Net Addition    -19,315   +6,782  -36,184  -77,547  +75,137

*Includes the number of subscribers of broadband media (78,359 as of the end of Q1’09)

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