Deutsche Telekom has reported a €1.3 billion loss for 2011 due to a drop in demand in Europe. It would have been worse had it not picked up €3.2 billion in compensation for the collapse of the AT&T deal. Deutsche Telekom did however further increase the number of subscribers to its IPTV service Entertain in […]
Belgian cable operator has Telenet reported full year revenues up six per cent year-on-year to €1.37 billion. EBITDA rose 8 per cent to €723.4 million while the margin advanced to 52.6 per cent. Meanwhile, the net profit fell 81 per cent to €16.8 million on the back of increasing losses on derivatives, higher depreciation costs, […]
Norway’s telco giant Telenor has reported some mixed results for its 2011 end-of-year numbers. The group’s broadcasting interests include satellites, encryption specialists Conax, and DTH broadcaster Canal Digital (which beams pay-TV channels to Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark). Telenor’s annual profit halved in 2011, as higher costs dragged the firm into the red during the […]
TalkTalk admitted it had lost a net 60,000 customers in the third quarter but had increased the ARPU which rose from £24.70 to £25.30 as consumers switched to premium products. Broadband revenue was up by 1.6 per cent quarter to £312 million, “we are being more successful in attracting and retaining more profitable customers,” said […]
BT added 39,000 subscribers for its IPTV ‘BT Vision’ in the fourth quarter of 2011 – just a few hundred less than Sky in the same period – bringing the total to 679,000. Consumer ARPU was up 5 per cent to an annual £337 (€405) reflecting the increased take up of both broadband and BT […]
BSkyB unveils its Q2 numbers on January 31st, and most observers see continued progress for the broadcaster, although with net TV subscriber additions being somewhat less than this same time last year. Investment banker Morgan Stanley forecasts net TV subs growing by 69,000 (140,000 this time last year). This slower growth might also affect HD […]
Belgium’s Telenet cable operator has been fined €250,000 by the country’s regulator for not being clear in its advice as to how consumers could change suppliers. Telenet changed its operating terms and conditions on October 1st 2010 but failed to be clear and transparent in giving obligatory advice as to how subscribers could switch to […]
Virgin Media has the biggest proportion of dissatisfied customers for landline, broadband and pay-TV services, according to Ofcom’s latest customer satisfaction tables. In September, the media regulator conducted 3,000 interviews and various online surveys of customers of landline, mobile, fixed broadband and pay-TV operators with a market share of 4 per cent or more. Virgin […]
Canada’s Cogeco Cable has reportedly decided to sell its Portuguese cable TV and broadband/telephone operation, Cabovisao. The cable operator, according to the Lusa news agency has invited “expressions of interest” from other international operators and private equity investors. Lusa says some conversations have already started and are well advanced. Cogeco has controlled the business since […]
BT has hired Virgin Media’s Executive Director, Commercial, TV and Online Alex Green to help drive the telco’s next-generation TV offering. He will be focused on building on the success of BT Vision and developing the company’s involvement in the YouView IPTV service, which is scheduled for launch in 2012. At Virgin Media, Green was […]