Orange is close to reaching 1.5 million subscribers to its TV over ADSL services. According to Q1 results from parent France Telecom, the company had 1.41 million subscribers in Europe as of March 31, 2008, compared to 770,000 one year earlier.
The vast majority of the subscribers are in the home market where, 1.282m subscribers receive their TV through the Livebox, compared to 745,000 in Q1 2007.
The popularity of video on demand is increasing with the number of paid for downloads more than doubling from 401,000 in the first quarter of 2007 to 1.064 in the first quarter of this year.
