Multimedia Polska passes 100,000 digital subs

Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska ended 2009 with 106,400 digital TV subscribers, up 40% year-on-year. Revenues from digital services reached PLN27.7m (€7m), up from PLN10.9m a year earlier, while ARPU increased by PLN7 to PLN24.82.

The operator had a total of 655,000 cable TV RGUs at the end of September, up from 624,000 a year earlier. Premium channel RGUs numbered 31,000, up by just 1,000 in 12 months.

Churn in 2009 remained stable at 9% and combined ARPU was down slightly to PLN32.28.

Multimedia Polska ended 2009 with 323,000 internet customers, up 16% year-on-year. Internet revenue was up 13% to PLN130.5m.