( Nasdaq : NIHD ) today announced its consolidated financial results for the first quarter of 2009 . During the quarter , the Company added 266,000 net subscribers to its network , bringing its ending subscriber base to 6.5 million , a 28 % increase in the ending subscriber base compared to the end of first quarter 2008 . Financial results for the first quarter included consolidated operating revenues of $ 961 million , a 3 % decrease as compared to the first quarter of 2008 , and consolidated operating income before depreciation and amortization , or OIBDA , of $ 245 million for the quarter , a 14 % decrease over the same period last year .