Luxembourg-based telco Altice Group has reported revenue of €3.9 million for the three months June 30th, down 2 per cent on an annualised basis. The majority of the company’s turnover was generated in France, where it owns the newly merged Numericable-SFR full-service operator; revenue derived from French operations dropped 2.5 per cent year-on-year to €2.7 […]
Subhash Chandra-backed Dish TV has enjoyed its best Q1 for three years in terms of net subscriber additions, at 390,000 (332,000 same period last year). Good as this is it wasn’t quite as favourable as Q4 last year when it added 404,000 net new subs to its total. Nevertheless, Dish’s formal guidance is to expect […]
Led by declining thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal display (TFT LCD) revenues, global flat panel display (FPD) industry revenue is forecast to fall 2 per cent, from $131.4 billion (€118.9bn) in 2014 to $129 billion in 2015. Dwindling TFT LCD display revenues, declining panel demand in the PC sector, along with ongoing panel-price erosion are the primary reasons […]
WISI, the German supplier of digital video and audio processing, broadband access and fibre optical solutions, has announced a significant investment in Inca Networks. The Canadian company is a provider of video delivery solutions for the contribution, real-time processing and monitoring of linear and multiscreen TV content. Among its customers are major pay-TV providers and […]
Twitter’s Q2 revenue and earnings have beaten expectations, but co founder Jack Dorsey has said he is “not satisfied” with its user growth. The social media site posted revenue of $502 million (€321m), up 61 per cent year-on-year and beating its own top forecast of $485 million. But active users reached 316 million in the […]
Pay-radio operator Sirius-XM reported another record-breaking quarter (Q2) with revenues up 8 per cent at $1.12 billion, and net income of $103 million. Churn is also at a very low (“outstanding”) 1.6 per cent/month, according to Jim Meyer, CEO, and down from last year’s 1.8 per cent. Net subscriber growth was 692,000 (up 46 per […]
Home Box Office (HBO) and Verizon have agreed a deal that includes the right for Verizon to distribute HBO NOW, HBO’s OTT service, to Verizon digital platforms, including to more than 100 million Verizon Wireless customers and other consumers with handsets and/or tablets. HBO NOW is immediately available to all Verizon standalone broadband customers, including […]
Data from TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database reveal that global mobile subscribers have reached 7.1 billion, up from just seven million in 1989, and that the number of mobile lines in service will surpass the world’s population later this year. Even so, regional differences in wireless penetration and subscriber composition leave significant opportunity for growth in some […]
Insuring satellites is an expensive business. A satellite might cost $300 million -$400 million to build. Add in the actual cost of the rocket’s launch, and insurance to cover the first 30 or 180 days of operations, plus the insurance for the actual cost of the insurance, and you can see why premiums are measured […]
Kantar Media, a global provider of strategic advertising and marketing intelligence, is investing in BIScience, provider of AdClarity, a leading digital media intelligence platform which specialises in cross-channel and global digital media monitoring, planning, and optimisation. The collaboration is the latest move in Kantar Media’s focus on developing industry-leading capabilities focused on real-time intelligence and […]