MTG’s Viasat+ PVR base stood at 82,000 at the end of Q1 2008, or 9,000 more than three months earlier. Its multiroom subscriber base meanwhile rose by 6,000 subscribers in the same period to 136,000.
The 12 months ended March 31 this year were particularly successful for Viasat’s premium operation in the Baltic Republics, with its subscriber total almost doubling to 175,000. At the same time, its wholesale mini pay subscriber figure in the CEE region rose 32% year-on-year to 27.6 million.
Viasat Broadcasting’s net sales in the Nordic pay-TV sector in Q1 2008 amounted to SEK975 million (€104.1 million), or 11% more than in the corresponding period in 2007. In the CEE region, they rose by 38% to reach SEK657 million.
NOTE – CEO Hans-Holger Albrecht spoke to New Television Insider; soon on the premium section of our website
