iesy Repository GmbH - Irish Stock Exchange

Operational Data (unaudited)
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December 31,
March 31,
2003 2004 2004 2005
Revenues (€m, except percentages)
Basic cable
Basic cable subscriber sales 115.9 118.5 29.4 29.5
Basic cable installation fees 2.6 2.1 0.6 0.4
Basic cable carriage fees 7.6 8.0 1.8 1.9
Total basic cable sales 126.1 128.5 31.8 31.8
% revenues 91.4% 94.6% 96.4% 95.2%
Premium cable
Premium cable subscription fees (1) 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.2
Premium cable carriage fees (2) 2.2 1.9 0.4 0.5
Total premium cable sales 2.3 2.5 0.6 0.7
% revenues 1.7% 1.8% 1.8% 2.1%
High speed Internet
Total high speed Internet sales (3) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
% revenues 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3%
Own work capitalized as fixed assets 0.7 1.3 0.1 0.5
Other (4) 8.8 3.5 0.4 0.3
Total revenues 137.9 135.9 33.0 33.4
Subscriber information (as of period end in ‘000s, except
percentages)
Homes passed (5) 1,902 1,919 1,908 1,921
Total basic cable subscribers (6) 1,243 1,202 1,239 1,197
% penetration (7) 65.4% 62.6% 64.9% 62.3%
Foreign language programming (8) 2.8 9.6 5.2 12.2
High speed Internet 0.5 0.6 0.5 2.3
Total RGUs (9) 1,246.3 1,211.9 1,244.7 1,211.1
Basic cable ARPU (€) (10) 7.86 8.20 8.06 8.32
(1) Includes premium cable installation fees.
(2) Premium cable carriage fees are shown separately in this table but are included in other operating income in iesy’s
financial statements.
(3) Includes high speed Internet subscription and installation fees.
(4) In iesy’s financial statements, other operating income includes premium cable carriage. Other, as included in this table,
is other operating income excluding premium cable carriage fees.
(5) iesy calculates homes passed based on its estimate of the number of potential subscribers who are passed by its network
and to whom it can offer its cable television services.
(6) In the middle of 2003, changes iesy introduced into its reporting systems allowed it to break down its subscribers and
certain other information by market segment. The table below presents basic cable subscriber information broken down
by market segment:
As of
As of
December 31,
March 31,
2003 2004 2004 2005
(’000s)
Residential (a) 543 527 542 522
Housing associations (b) 450 437 450 433
Professional Level 4 operators (c) 250 238 246 242
(a) Residential subscribers typically represents accounts of one to five dwelling units.
(b) Housing associations typically represent accounts of six dwelling units and upwards and encompass professional
property investors, public property owners, property management firms and financial investors. These include
housing associations that not only own and operate their own Level 4 networks, but also operate and administer
the networks of other housing associations and accordingly, may display certain characteristics similar to
professional Level 4 operators.
(c) Comprised of BN, EWT, PrimaCom and Tele Columbus, iesy’s largest Level 4 customers.