In particular, the German platform assures to have had in the first trimester of this year a few losses for 28,1 million euros. At the time of looking for the motives of this negative information, Premiere blames straight to the piracy that allows to gain access of fraudulent form to the contents of his television offer and also to the deceleration in the income and subscribers.
Examined the numbers, Premiere is still supported ahead with regard now one year ago. On March 31, 2008, Premiere had 4.242.467 subscribers, quantity that it overcomes that of March 3.460.572, 2007. Nevertheless, in the last three months it has lost 27.000 subscribers, just person in the period of the end of the Bundesliga, the German league of soccer of that Premiere arranges the transmission rights.
Premiere waits that with the change of the current system of conditional access, that of Nagravisión 2 for that of Nagravisión 3, and the later incorporation of that of NDS Videoguard, to catch of root the piracy that it affects to his television channels. The forecasts aim that to summer beginnings will have already been eradicated there is páctica fraudulent that so much damage is doing in the arks of the German platform.
New prices and new bundles
Together with the results, Premiere has announced a new structure of prices that limits the number of bundles to four. From July the subscribers will be able to choose the following bundles: Premiere Sport, Premiere Fussball Bundesliga, Premiere Film and Premiere Family. His cost will be 19,99 monthly euros with a saving of up to 40 % if it is decided in favor of more than one bundle.
The current subscribers will pay the new prices when his current contract comes to his end. Two additional bundles, Premiere HDTV and Premiere Star, will be able to acquire in common with four options standard or like independent products.
(SatCesc, 16/05/08) |
The German payment television announces losses for 28 million euros blaming to the piracy of a deceleration in the income and subscribers although it is still over one year ago 
