Peru strengthens Telefónica's growth in pay TV

Telefónica closed the second quarter of the year with 4.8 million pay-TV access in Latin America, including its operation in Brazil, the largest in Africa. number of subscribers. The company has highlighted the performance of the service in Peru, which has reached "a record number due to the continuous improvement of content offerings".
In Brazil, the base decreased by 2% to 1.6 million, mainly due to Operation DTH. In this country, the company focuses its efforts on the deployment of fiber and IPTV. This new strategy is evident in the numbers. In the second quarter, IPTV access rose 51% year-on-year, recording a net profit of 56,000 during the quarter (+106,000 semester access)
. Hispam Sur division, which includes Peru registered 2.2 million access, representing an annual growth of 9%, "because of the excellent performance of the service in Peru."
On the Peruvian market, Telefónica recorded 1.5 million accesses, growth of 13% over one year "after reaching a net profit of 66,000 during the quarter with records, a differentiation (solution technological and exclusive content with great acceptance of the sports channel) and the success of targeted marketing campaigns in the migration of duets to the trios ". Meanwhile, in Chile, access to pay-TV rose 1.4% year-on-year to 679,000.
For its part, the Hispam Norte unit, which includes Colombia, recorded 1 million access to pay TV. In Colombia, access rose 6.5% year-over-year to 564,000, with a net gain of 17,000 during the quarter. The rest of Hispam Norte's subscribers belong to the operations of Venezuela and Central America.