Although the official bulletins and the persons in charge of Digitalis + persist on speaking about good results in the exercise of 2007, the true thing is that they comment on the numbers themselves and more if they are compared with the rest of the satellite European platforms that remain much distanced of the Spaniard, turning in number of subscribers and with a few very pleasing future perspectives.

Some analysts of the sector already predicted some months ago that the Digitalis business + had touched roof and for the time being they are right in his forecasts.

In the last trimester of 2007, Digitalis + registered an increase of 19.000 subscribers, opposite to the 38.000 in 2006 and the 100.000 of 2005 (this year includes the sum of Channel + and Digitalis +, before the subscribers' diversion owing to the beginning of emission of Four). These numbers it is necessary to compare them also with those of the number of subscribers of at the end of 2006 with those of 2007 in which one managed to increase only 21.000 sucriptores.

Here we present the subscribers' increase in the last 12 months in the principal satellite European platforms.

Platform	Paid year 2006	Paid year 2007	Difference
Digital Sky (United Kingdom)	8.400.000	8.800.000	+ 400.000
CanalSat (France)	5.000.000	5.200.000	+ 200.000
Sky Italy	4.030.000	4.430.000	+ 400.000
Premiere (Germany)	3.373.000	4.173.000	+ 800.000
Digitalis + (Spain)	2.044.000	2.065.000	+  21.000

It notices: It is official information to date of December 31 of every year with the exception of Premiere that are comparative to date of September 30


Obviously every country and every platform has his particular connotations and they deserve an individualized analysis. This is the case of the German Premiere who won 800.00 subscribers in one year as a result, first of the loss and luga later recovery of the rights of transmission of the Bundesliga, the German league of soccer.

In case of Digitalis +, what yes is true is that the called "war of the soccer" between Sogecable and Mediapro has harmed in excess this income statement. Now, Sogecable understands that "after the favorable October legal rulings, in November and December, 2007, there have been resumed the habitual rhythms of clients' reception", excelling itself the numbers of incorporation of new subscribers of the previous exercise. The future will give or remove the arguments.


(SatCesc, 11/02/08)