Mixed picture for TPSA TV service

France Telecom-owned Polish telco TPSA had 615,000 TV customers at the end of the last quarter, up 23.8% year-on-year.

Growth came from TPSA’s DTH service, which had 506,000 customers at the end of the quarter, up from 383,000 a year earlier. However the operator’s IPTV base fell year-on-year from 114,000 to 109,000.

Customers with TPSA pay TV packages numbered 143,000, up year-on-year but down from 154,000 quarter-on-quarter. In addition TPSA had signed up 7,000 ‘n’ pay TV customers following the implementation of its partnership with ‘n’’s owner TVN Group.

Retail broadband customers grew by 2.8% to 2.332 million. However combined revenue from broadband and TV for the quarter was PLN365 million (€83 million), down from PLN387 million for the same period last year.