Subscribers to the Freebox TV over ADSL service made 2,883,000 VOD and S-VOD transactions in the first six months of 2008.
Owners Iliad said use of the French IPTV platform had increased threefold over the last two years following a strong take-up of new subscription video-on-demand offers. Free was the first platform to launch the Canal+ a la Demande service and has a catalogue of some 10,000 VOD titles. The offer also includes i-concerts, TF1 vision, M6 television and vodéo.tv.
Since the end of July broadband subscribers have also been able to access a selection of TV channels online through Free’s redesigned internet portal.
Iliad currently has a total of 3,134,000 subscribers, which will rise to 3,984,000 following the acquisition of Alice, which completed yesterday (August 27). First half EBITDA increased by 24.4% to €256.9 million.
