Swedish cablenet Com Hem added a further 16,000 digital homes in Q1 as total subscribers edged forward 4,000 to 1,761,000 in this highly competitive market.
An additional 16,000 telephony customers were added, bringing the total to 277,000, and helping triple play to reach 173,000.
As of March 31, 2008, there were 514,000 taking pay-TV services from Sweden’s leading cablenet. No figures were released on the popularity of the network’s HD service. Canal+ Sport HD was added to the line-up on March 28.
Net sales increased from SEK843 in Q1 2007 to SEK944m in Q1 2008. Operating profit (EBITDA) also climbed from SEK356m to SEK410.
