Cable TV operator Stream plans to double subscribers

Stream's main target is to increase the number of its subscribers by two and a half times within a year and a half. "We have very ambitious plans. Thanks to our investors' money we want our network to count not less than 150,000 subscribers by the end of next year," declared Jan Rynkiewicz, board president. Previously the company had concentrated on acquiring new customers through acquisition of sector competitors; however, this strategy proved to be too costly and slow in bringing results. Stream Communications is one of the 10 largest cable TV operators in Poland, though it is still far behind the sector leaders, such as UPC (1 million subscribers) or Vectra (620,000 subscribers). (Puls Biznesu, p.5) A.K.