Media company UPC Ireland added a further 18,400 customers to its broadband, TV and phone services in the third quarter of this year.
The company said total subscriptions to its services rose to a record 1,040,000 in the three-month period, a 7 per cent (or 70,800) rise on the same quarter of last year.
The company said 30,000 customers had subscribed to its new Horizon TV service in the two months since its launch.
The new Horizon digital TV platform revamps UPC’s current digital TV offering, allowing users to access its services more easily and on a wider range of devices.
UPC, which employs nearly 800 staff here, now has 330,000 broadband customers, a 12 per cent increase on last year.
UPC recently increased the speed of its broadband offerings, raising the entry level speed to 50Mb, and UPC said the fibre network had increased the pace of broadband growth in Irish towns and cities.
Some 279,100 customers have now signed up for the company’s home phone services, representing a 25 per cent rise year on year.
The company said 336,700 digital TV customers were signed up to UPC’s services, 600 more than last year.
UPC recently introduced the new Setanta Sports Plus pack which includes Setanta Sports 1, BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2 and ESPN.
