Vodafone targets 100,000 TV subs by year-end

Vodafone Germany aims to increase the number of subscribers to its hybrid television offering Vodafone TV from the current 85,000 to 100,000 by the end of the year, the company’s CEO Dhananjay Mirchandani told local newspaper Handelsblatt. Vodafone Germany is currently testing the TV service over Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology in the city of Dusseldorf, ahead of a commercial launch expected in the spring of 2012. Vodafone TV, which comprises a hybrid technology of cable, satellite and IPTV, was officially launched in February 2011.