{"id":4036,"date":"2013-08-28T10:14:47","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T09:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=4036"},"modified":"2013-08-28T10:14:47","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T09:14:47","slug":"uk-isp-talktalk-confirms-500000-youview-broadband-tv-subscribers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/08\/uk-isp-talktalk-confirms-500000-youview-broadband-tv-subscribers.html","title":{"rendered":"UK ISP TalkTalk Confirms 500000 YouView Broadband TV Subscribers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Budget Internet and phone provider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/tt\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TalkTalk<\/a> has announced that its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/youview\" target=\"_blank\">YouView<\/a> (IPTV) based <em>Plus TV<\/em> bundle has now managed to attract 500,000 subscribers, which comes 11 months after launching the service and represents 12.28% of their total broadband customer base (4,071,000).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The ISP claims that three-quarters of their <strong>Plus TV<\/strong> customers have chosen to upgrade from a standard <strong>Freeview<\/strong> or <strong>Freesat<\/strong> TV service and a quarter have purchased paid-content via the platform, with family entertainment, movies and children\u2019s programmes proving to be the most popular.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Dido Harding, TalkTalks CEO, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Reaching this milestone in less than a year is a great achievement, but it\u2019s just the beginning. Each week thousands more homes are signing up to YouView from TalkTalk. Customers tell us they love the great value entertainment we offer, plus the flexibility to watch it when and how they want. As the UK&#8217;s fastest growing TV service, we remain committed to bringing affordable pay TV to more and more families across the country<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile the Plus TV package is currently being offered at <strong>half-price<\/strong> (\u00a37.75 a month) for the first six months of service, which includes unlimited downloads and UK anytime calls, a free wireless router, free connection, included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/youview\" target=\"_blank\">YouView<\/a> set-top-box and free HomeSafe internet security. Various TV content boosts, such as Sky Movies, are also available but you must take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/tt\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TalkTalk<\/a>&#8217;s own line rental from \u00a39.50 a month (if paid 12 months in advance).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Budget Internet and phone provider TalkTalk has announced that its YouView (IPTV) based Plus TV bundle has now managed to attract 500,000 subscribers, which comes 11 months after launching the service and represents 12.28% of their total broadband customer base (4,071,000).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[42,34,74,102],"class_list":["post-4036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-iptv","tag-statistics","tag-talktalk","tag-youview"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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