Posted: 31st Jul, 2008 By: MarkJ
BSkyB has become the third major provider of UK broadband services to release its latest quarterly results to the end of June 2008 today. The groups
Sky Broadband service reported a marginally slower net growth of +200,000 broadband subscribers to make a total of 1.628 million, up from 1,428,000 in the previous quarter when net adds stood at +229,000:
ARPU reached a new high of £427 and continues to benefit from take up of new products such as Sky+ HD and
Sky Broadband. Over half of our customers now take more than one product from us compared to less than 40% a year ago. Already 11% of customers take each of television, broadband and telephony. This represents good progress to date, but leaves headroom for further growth.
As at 30 June 2008, 89% of broadband customers were on our network (unbundled) and of these, around two thirds opted for a paid-for package. Sky Talk customers increased by 146,000 during the quarter to reach over 1.2 million.