BT IPTV growth slows

15/05/09

The customer base to BT's IPTV Vision service reached 423,000 customers at end-March 2009, a net rise of 25,000 users compared to Q4 2008. This equates to 8.8% out of a total of the telco's 4.8 million broadband customers.

According to BT, 90% of new customers took a subscription package at the point of sale. Customer viewing was an average of 30 views per subscriber in March.

During the quarter, BT announced a new deal for BT Vision content to include shows from the Living entertainment channel.