Opnieuw verlies tv-klanten voor Comcast in Q2

News Broadband United States 26 JUL 2018
Opnieuw verlies tv-klanten voor Comcast in Q2
Comcast heeft in het tweede kwartaal van dit jaar het aantal tv-klanten met 140.000 zien dalen. In diezelfde periode een jaar eerder schreef het bedrijf er nog 34.000 tv-klanten bij. De omzet uit video daalde in Q2 met 1,9 procent. De installed video base ging met 1,8 procent omlaag naar 22,1 miljoen. 

Ondanks de impact van cord-cutting steeg het aantal klanten met 182.000 om te eindigen op een totaal van 29,8 miljoen. De groei in breedband bleef hoog met 260.000 netto aansluitingen, goed voor een totaal van 26,5 miljoen. Volgens Comcast ging het wat betreft breedband om het op één na sterkste kwartaal in tien jaar tijd. Comcast schreef er in Q2 tevens 60.000 smart home-klanten bij waardoor het totaal uitkwam op 1,2 miljoen. 

Ebitda +4,8 procent, omzet +2,1 procent

Comcast realiseerde in Q2 een omzet van USD 21,7 miljard, een stijging van 2,1 procent op jaarbasis. De groei werd geleid door de kabel, met name breedband en zakelijke klanten. De nettowinst nam met 27,6 procent toe naar USD 3,2 miljard. De ebitda klom met 4,8 procent naar USD 7,4 miljard. 

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