Ebitda was €636 million, up 29.8 per cent, excluding costs linked to the merger with the TPS digital satellite platform, completed in early 2008.
Canal Plus had 10.6 million subscribers at year-end in France, its overseas departments and Africa. Fully 80 per cent subscribe to digital services, up from 71 per cent at the end of 2007.
A further 1.4 million subscribe to Canal Plus in Poland, which reported a net increase of 310,000 subscribers over the year.