NTL third quarter revenues hit €29.9m

NTL IRELAND reported strong growth in digital TV and broadband customers yesterday as third quarter revenues surged 13% to €29.9 million.

The cable TV operator, whose €325m takeover by Chorus owner UPC was cleared by the Competition Authority last week, said it added over 12,000 new digital TV customers in the three months to September, an increase of 11%. The performance outgunned rival Sky, which has around three times as many subscribers in Ireland but added 9,000 new digital customers during the quarter.

NTL’s total customer base edged up by 5,000 to almost 359,000. Around 7,000 of its 12,000 new digital customers came from subscribers to its older analogue cable TV service deciding to upgrade.