Digital growth at UPC Netherlands is slowing down, while the penetration number of homes passed drops down below 60%.
During Q2, 2913 UPC added just 4,700 new digital customers bringing the total to 1,094,000. Penetration of homes passed continues to slide down reaching 59.1% on June 30, 2013. This compares unfavourably with Ziggo, who reported a 66.6% penatration at the end of Q2.
The total number of homes taking TV from UPC has dropped 24,800 to a total of 1,672,100. Digital penetration of all UPC homes has increased to 65.4%.
Ziggo also reported that take-up of its digital TV product is slowing down with around 5,000 additions during the second quarter of the year.
The chart, taken from the digitalekabeltelevisie.nl website, shows evolution of the UPC subscriber base.
