The Polish mobile operator Play Communications ended the first half with 17,600 customers to its Play Now Box TV service, which was launched commercially in April.
The company as a whole had operating revenues of PLN3,445 million (€788.3 million) in H1, up 3.6% on the same period last year.
EBITDA amounted to PLN1,214 million (+13%) and net profit PLN467 million (+32.6%).
It had 15,006,000 reported (-0.2%), 9,942,000 (+2.4%) and contract customers, while its active and active contract customer totals stood at 12,717,000 (+2%) and 9,102,000 (+3%) respectively.
The Play Now Box TV service gives Play customers access to over 70 TV channels and thousands of hours of films, serials and programmes.
It includes Netflix and HBO Go.