BSkyB add 50,000 Irish subscribers in 12 last months

BSkyB is understood to have added a further 50,000 subscribers to its digital television offering in Ireland over the past 12 months — taking its total Irish customer base to over 600,000 homes.

Although Irish figures have ceased to be broken out of group results for the past year and a half; it is understood that the company’s Irish subscriber numbers are well ahead of the most recent estimates from ComReg (the Commission for Communications Regulation), which had them at 573,000 in March.

BSkyB yesterday reported adjusted group revenue of just over £5.3 billion (€6.2bn) for the 12 months to the end of June.