BERLIN: Proximus TV (Belgacom) ended the year 2014 with 1,593,000 customers, an increase of 128,000 (+8.7%).
The number of fixed internet customers also grew to 1,740,000, a rise of 63,000 (3.8%) and the number of 4-play households growing by 14.3% compared to end 2013.
The company improved its market share for Mobile (+0.2%), fixed internet(+0.3%) and digital TV (+0.9%) compared to end 2013.
The fourth-quarter 2014 TV revenue grew by 11.6% to EUR77 million, as a result of the continued subscriber growth, and TV-options such as football subscriptions and TV-replay. The popular Proximus year-end promotion with a TV- joint offer in Pack, and good Scarlet Trio net adds, led to a solid net growth of 35,000 TV subscriptions, of which 24,000 new households.
The consumer business unit ended 2014 with a total TV customer base of 1,593,000, of which 304,000 were multiple set-top boxes. The TV ARPU showed a 5.6% growth year-on-year to EUR20.0 driven by more TV options.