The pay TV entrant TopTV that entered the South African pay television market a year and two months ago in May last year is unwilling to release subscriber numbers but says its in ''excess of 200 000'' and that TopTV CEO Vino Govender will be talking to to the industry at large about TopTV's performance and future plans in September.
While the market is looking for clues as to TopTV's viability and continued growth in the tough pay television sector and waiting for news about the roll-out of new services or the addition of channels, the operator says a full business update from TopTV will only happen in another two months from now in September.
TopTV isn't willing to give the latest subscriber numbers. TopTV last stated subscriber numbers more than half a year ago in January when TopTV said that it has crossed the 200 000 subscriber mark. ''Our subscriber numbers are now well in excess of 200 000, however the business has opted to only make an official announcement in the last quarter of this year,'' says TopTV. ''We are extremely grateful to those subscribers who have shown belief in us even though we are still a relatively new operator.''
TopTV says CEO Vino Govender will be able to talk about the pay TV operator's continued viability and the sustainability of its service and what the company is busy with at the earliest by September when he ''will be giving a full business update''.
