Multimedia Polska adds 10k digital subscribers in Q1'09
Thursday, May 14th, 2009The consolidated financial statements for the first quarter 2009 were prepared for Multimedia Polska S.A. (Warsaw:MMP) and the following entities of Multimedia Polska Group: Tele – Top Grupa Multimedia Polska Sp. z o.o., Multimedia Polska – Zachód Sp. z o.o., Multimedia Polska – Południe S.A., and Telewizja Kablowa Brodnica Sp. z o.o.
Operating Review
As at 31 March 2009, our Group had 1,162,476 revenue generating units (RGUs), including 637,060 cable TV RGUs (of which 5,554 IPTV RGUs and 80,575 DTV RGUs), 292,750 broadband Internet RGUs, 188,142 voice RGUs, 32,499 premium channels RGUs, 11,314 indirect voice services, and 711 payphones.
As at 31 March 2009, we had over 271,000 subscribers who have subscribed for more than one service, including ca. 74,400 triple play subscribers.
In the first quarter 2009, we recorded a net increase in RGUs of 33,250 (after churn), including 12,724 CATV RGUs (including the addition of 2,301 analog cable TV RGUs, 580 IPTV RGUs and 9,843 DTV RGUs).
Cable Television
As at 31 March 2009, the Group had ca. 86,000 digital television subscribers in both technologies (DTV and IPTV). As a result of the launch of new services, such as VoD, HDTV etc., the Company expects to see a significant growth in the number of DTV users and in revenues generated on those services in the coming quarters. Churn on cable television in Q1 2009 was at a level of 2.5% (monthly average of 0.84%) as compared to 2.3% (monthly average of 0.76%) in Q1 2008.
Video RGUs (thousands):
1Q08 2Q08 3Q08 4Q08 1Q09 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Video 592 613 630 655 670 of which Analogue 530 538 543 549 551 Premium 23 24 28 30 32 DTV 35 47 55 71 81 IPTV 4 4 4 5 6
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