Record growth for HD Austria

Vienna/Luxembourg, March 21st 2018 – HD Austria, M7 Group’s hybrid DTH television platform for Austria, reached 125.000 customers, representing an all-time record growth of 25% during the last 12 months. Furthermore, GfK reported that HD Austria represents more than 50% of all Austrian sales of CA modules with cards or “cardless technology”. Two important milestones in the history of HD Austria, which was introduced in 2010.

With 58% of all homes using satellite for television reception, Austria is after Ireland the country with the highest percentage of satellite TV users in Europe, leaving ample room for further growth. Furthermore, the high market penetration of fast internet usage provides great potential for the growth of HD Austria’s hybrid proposition, combining high quality linear satellite television with IP-based interactive services at attractive price levels.

Martijn van Hout, Director HD Austria: „In order to receive the largest offer of HD channels in Austria, via satellite and OTT, more and more Austrian satellite TV homes are replacing their classic ORF smartcard for HD Austria as their platform provider of choice. The 25% HD Austria subscriber growth over last year is a clear illustration of this trend, triggered by a new range of innovative hybrid services and our excellent HD program offering. This is also why we continue to invest in quality. An example is the launch of our first UHD channel INSIGHT TV UHD in 2017, while in March 2018 we added seven new premium channels to the HD Austria line-up. In addition, interactive services such as restart, replay, TV Everywhere and VOD were introduced in order to meet the rapidly changing consumer demands in the Austrian market“