Vectra gains TV subscribers

The Polish cable operator Vectra ended 2015 with a total of 936,500 subscribers, or 3.04% more than a year.

According to data provided by Vectra to Wirtualne Media, the number receiving its TV services rose by 1.82% in the year to 856,200, of who 649,000 (+12.54%) opted for digital services.

Meanwhile, those receiving analogue TV fell by 21.58% during the year to 207,000.

Vectra’s fixed line internet subscriber stood at 531,200 (+12.88%) as of year’s end, while the mobile internet subscriber total was 18,300 (-36.32%).

It also had 195,900 (+12.51%) fixed line telephony customers.

Vectra gains subscribers

The Polish cable operator Vectra ended 2014 with 612,566 subscribers to its digital TV services.

This, according to data supplied to and published by Wirtualne Media, was almost 10% up on the 551,585 total posted a year earlier.

With analogue customers factored into the equation, Vectra’s TV subscriber at the end of 2014 stood at 841,854, up from the 816,925 a year earlier.

Meanwhile, Vectra’s fixed broadband subscriber total exceeded half a million for the first time, the end-2014 figure of 500,076 up from 448,848 a year earlier.

However, its mobile internet subscriber total fell from 28,307 to 23,599 over the same period.

At the same time, the take-up of telephony services increased from 163,920 to 182,348. In total, Vectra ended 2014 with 918,929 subscribers, up from 877,435 as of December 31, 2013.

Vectra grows digital TV base

The Polish cable operator Vectra ended Q3 with 911,300 subscribers, a 4.54% increase on a year earlier.

Results supplied to Wirtualne Media show that the vast majority (839,613, up from 815,898) received TV services, with 603,021 (514,604) opting for digital and 236,592 (301,294) analogue.

Its fixed and mobile internet customer totals were 482,224 and 24,887 respectively (426,323 and 27,468 a year earlier), while 176,179 (156,657) opted for telephony.

Vectra gains digital TV customers

Poland’s second largest cable operator Vectra had over 900,000 subscribers at the end of the second quarter, with almost two-thirds receiving digital TV services.

Data supplied by the operator to Wirtualne Media shows that Vectra’s subscriber total as of June 30 stood at 909,424, compared to 871,687 a year earlier.

Of these, 589,265 (514,604) opted for digital TV and 247,894 (301,294) analogue TV services.

Although Vectra’s fixed broadband subscriber total rose significantly over the year (478,376 v 426,323), those choosing mobile broadband fell slightly (26,903 v 27,468).

The telephony subscriber total meanwhile rose from 156,657 to 175,606 in the year to June 30.

Vectra eyes major acquisition

Poland’s second largest cable operator Vectra is seeking to buy a stake in Netia, the country’s leading alternative telco.

Quoted by Wirtuane Media, Vectra’s president Tomasz Zuranski said it would regard such a move as a financial investment.

He added that there are not many potential acquisitions available in the market and Vectra has decided to make its intentions known about Netia despite the latter’s deteriorating financial performance over the last couple of years.

Zuranski also conceded that Netia would be a risky investment alongside Vectra’s core business, in which it has a clear development strategy and planned investments over the next few years.

However, acquiring a 33% stake would allow it to continue with its own strategy.

Interestingly, Zuranski also said he saw no synergies between Vectra and Netia.

Both are quad play companies, with the former claiming 909,000 subscribers at the end of Q1 and the latter, already an IPTV operator, having also recently entered the cable market through the acquisition of Aster networks sold on by UPC Polska.

Vectra grows digital TV base

The Polish cable operator Vectra ended 2013 with 816,900 TV subscribers, of whom 551,600 opted for digital services.

The latter figure, according to data supplied to Wirtualne Media, was 19.2% more than a year earlier and contrasted with the analogue total, down by 15.7% to 265,300 over the same period.

Vectra’s fixed internet subscriber total meanwhile stood at 448,848 at the end of 2013, up from 379,995 a year earlier.

On the other hand, its mobile internet subscriber total fell, from 28,564 to 28,307, in 2013.

Its telephony subscriber total at year’s end was 163,920, compared to 140,949 at the end of 2012.

Vectra, which vies for second place in Poland’s cable market with Multimedia Polska, had in total 877,435 subscribers at the end of 2013, up from 822,483 a year earlier.

Poland's Vectra adds 89,000 digital TV subscribers in 2013

(Już 550 tys. klientów Vectry korzysta z telewizji cyfrowej)

Thursday, February 6th, 2014 

According to the website Wirtualnemedia.pl, Polish cable TV operator Vectra ended 2013 with around 880,000 pay TV subscribers, up 55,000 from 822,000 at the end of 2012. Digital TV subscribers grew by 89,000 over the year, an increase of 19.2%.

Number of subscribers at the end of:

                   2013     2012
                -------  -------
Total           877,435  822,483
  Digital TV    551,585  462,742
  Analogue TV   265,340  314,625

Vectra launches VOD

The Polish cable operator Vectra has launched an on demand service.

The offer consists of both a free and paid element, with the former including most TV channels already available to digital subscribers and latter hundreds of film titles, including those 4-6 months after their premieres.

In the case of the free element, the more comprehensive package subscribers already receive the bigger will be their VOD choice.

For instance, those who already opt for the premium packages Film GO and Super Film GO, as well as the VIP package, will have access to HBO OD.

In the paid element, new titles will cost from PLN6 (€1.43) to PLN11, while older ones will be available for PLN6 and adult content for PLN8.

According to Vectra, the range of movies it provides for its viewers as a whole is being widened following agreements with a number of distributors including Warner Bros and Walt Disney Studio.

Vectra is the third largest cable operator in Poland after UPC Polska and Multimedia Polska. Its new VOD service will initially be made available to viewers in the town of Elblag.