TV boost for Orange

TV growth helped Orange achieve a decent third quarter result, particularly in the French market.

Orange had 6.956 million IPTV and satellite TV customers at the end of the third quarter, up from 6.306 million at the same time last year.

In its domestic French market, Orange had 5.902 million TV homes, up from 5.619 million at the same time last year and up from 5.776 million for the three months ending in June.

In Poland, the operator had 735,000 TV customers, up from 707,000 at the same time last year and up from 720,000 for the prior quarter.

Orange Spain had 89,000 TV customers at the end of September, down 3,000 on the prior quarter but up from 76,000 year-on-year.

Overall, Orange posted Q3 revenues of €9.805 billion, down 2.3% and EBITDA of €3.245 billion, stable year-on-year.