Airtel Digital TV added 1.72 lac net subscribers during the Q1 2012, reflecting 8 per cent growth from the previous quarter, whereas monthly churn jumped from 1.2 % to 1.7% .
ADTV net customer base remains at 7.4 million subscribers. Dish TV leading the Market and first to launch DTH services in India, has 9.8 million net subscribers while its churn is 1 per cent for the fiscal first quarter (from 1.1 per cent in exit quarter of FY'12).
Airtel Digital TV's ARPU (average revenue per user) stayed flat at Rs 166, higher than Dish TV's Rs 156 (despite rising from Rs 151 in trailing quarter).
Revenue of Airtel Digital TV's during the quarter remained at Rs 3.65 billion, representing a decline of 2.56 per cent from the earlier quarter. Revenue for the year-ago period was Rs 2.93 billion.
During the quarter, the company incurred a capital expenditure of Rs 3.24 billion in digital TV services, up from Rs 981 million in the preceding quarter. In the previous fiscal, the capex stood at Rs 3.01 billion.
As of 30 June 2012, Airtel's cumulative investment on the digital TV services stood at Rs 35.40 billion, up from Rs 32.98 billion in the preceding quarter. In the corresponding fiscal, the cumulative investments was Rs 29.29 billion.
During Q1, ADTV expanded its footprint to 616 districts, up from 609 districts in the earlier quarter, covering 96 per cent of the population.
ADTV net customer base remains at 7.4 million subscribers. Dish TV leading the Market and first to launch DTH services in India, has 9.8 million net subscribers while its churn is 1 per cent for the fiscal first quarter (from 1.1 per cent in exit quarter of FY'12).
Airtel Digital TV's ARPU (average revenue per user) stayed flat at Rs 166, higher than Dish TV's Rs 156 (despite rising from Rs 151 in trailing quarter).
Revenue of Airtel Digital TV's during the quarter remained at Rs 3.65 billion, representing a decline of 2.56 per cent from the earlier quarter. Revenue for the year-ago period was Rs 2.93 billion.
During the quarter, the company incurred a capital expenditure of Rs 3.24 billion in digital TV services, up from Rs 981 million in the preceding quarter. In the previous fiscal, the capex stood at Rs 3.01 billion.
As of 30 June 2012, Airtel's cumulative investment on the digital TV services stood at Rs 35.40 billion, up from Rs 32.98 billion in the preceding quarter. In the corresponding fiscal, the cumulative investments was Rs 29.29 billion.
During Q1, ADTV expanded its footprint to 616 districts, up from 609 districts in the earlier quarter, covering 96 per cent of the population.