DirecTV’s third quarter revenues increased 6 per cent to $8.37 billion on strong ARPU growth at DirecTV US as well as subscriber growth at DirecTV Latin America (DTVLA) over the last twelve months. Adjusted adjusted operating profit both increased 5 per cent to $2.04 billion and $1.28 billion, respectively, compared to the third quarter of 2013. Reported […]
Liberty Global has released its financial and operating results for the three months and nine months (“YTD”) ended September 30th 2014. Mike Fries, Chief Executive Officer, stated, “We continue leveraging the scale of their core distribution platform and the substantial investments we’re making to bring innovative products to market. As a result, their third quarter […]
German media group ProSiebenSat.1 has reported a 7.9 per cent increase in Q3 core earnings, on higher TV advertising sales and ongoing growth of its digital business. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation, excluding special items from continuing operations (REBITDA), rose to 162.9 million euros ($203.3 million), ProSiebenSat.1 said it still expected 2014 revenue […]
upc cablecom has increased both its total number of subscribers and its revenue in the first 9 months of the year. The Liberty Global subsidiary now has almost 2.6 million subscribers across Switzerland. It experienced sustained growth in the Internet segment, where the number of subscriptions has increased by 53,400 since January 1st. The revenue also […]
Q3 revenues for TVN, the Polish commercial television network, increased by 7.1 per cent resulting in 3.2 per cent nine months growth and reflecting the strong performance of the autumn programming schedule at the opening of the season coupled with continuing strong contribution of Premium TV. Advertising related revenues accelerated as expected and grew by […]
Robert L Johnson, who founded US cable channel Black Entertainment Television (BET) back in 1980 – and sold it to MTV/Viacom in 2001 – is getting back into broadcasting. His RLJ Entertainment is launching the Urban Movie Channel (UMC) into the US market. Johnson says UMC will offer a portfolio of more than 150 titles […]
Spain-based VoD provider Wuaki.tv is strengthening its management team in an attempt to boost its European expansion. The company has appointed Sid Jayant (former European Product Manager for Video at Samsung) as a new Global Product Director to oversee the management and development of products through all platforms and devices in which Wuaki.tv is available: […]
Nigeria is embracing digital TV. It is committed to meeting the July 31st 2015 deadline for ending analogue TV, and in the process its citizens will spend “not less than N700 billion” ($4.2bn) on decoders or set-top boxes to allow them to receive digital TV. Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) is a Nigerian media powerhouse, and […]
Cloud-based video encoding company Encoding.com has secured a second round of financing with Harmonic leading the cash injection. The amounts concerned were not revealed. “The stars have aligned with this investment and we are thrilled to work more closely with the Harmonic team,” said Jeff Malkin, president at Encoding.com. “With the strength of Harmonic’s brand […]
nangu.TV, the Czech media platform provider for IPTV and OTT services, has revealed that more than 450,000 paid subscribers using active devices including set-top boxes, mobile phones, tablets and PCs are now connected to its media platform, which enables the delivery of television and video content, including advanced value-add services, via third-party operators. The company’s […]