Charter Communications, the US telco and mass media company, has reported that it slowed losses of pay-TV customers in Q1. The company, led by president and CEO Chris Winfrey, shed another 167,000 residential video customers during the quarter, compared to a year-earlier decline of 392,000. Charter had 12.7 million pay TV subscribers at the end […]

Giant screen specialist IMAX enjoyed its highest-grossing Q1 ever at the global box office with $298 million (€262.5m) on the strength of a record-breaking Chinese New Year holiday, which delivered triple the company’s previous best with $182 million. The movie Ne Zha 2 has earned more than $164 million on IMAX screnes, the company’s highest-grossing […]

Nordic streaming platform Viaplay has reported total reported Q1 group net sales of SEK 4.3 billion (€0.39bn) and total operating income before associated company income (ACI) and items affecting comparability (IAC) of SEK -227 million. Total operating income stood at SEK 38 million including ACI of SEK 34 million and IAC of SEK 231 million. […]

Comcast’s Peacock streaming service narrowed its loss to $215 million in Q1 2025, from $639 million YoY, and overall revenue rose 16 per cent to $1.2 billion. It ended March with 41 million paying subscribers after taking in new Charter Communications subscribers, compared with 36 million for the year-end 2024 quarter. Comcast president, Mike Cavanagh, […]

Orange has reported that Q1 2025 revenues reached €9.9 billion, up 0.6 per cent year on year (+€62 million) attributed to growth in retail services (+2.4 per cent or +€181 million) and a smaller decline in wholesale services (-3.1 per cent or -€44 million). Equipment sales were 5.7 per cent lower (-€38 million) and other […]

Telia, the Swedish multinational telco, has reported that Q1 revenue increased 3.5 per cent to SEK 20.03 billion (€1.83bn) and like for like, revenue increased 3.3 per cent. Service revenue increased 1.9 per cent to SEK 17.03 billion and like for like, service revenue increased 1.8 per cent. Operating income increased 36.4 per cent to […]

Nokia has reported that Q1 net sales declined 3 per cent y-o-y on a constant currency and portfolio basis, attributed to a challenging prior year comparison in Nokia Technologies. Network Infrastructure grew 11 per cent on a constant currency and portfolio basis while Cloud and Network Services grew 8 per cent. Mobile Networks grew 2 […]

Tele2, the Sweden-based multinational telco, has published its consolidated results for the first quarter 2025. The telco reported end-user service revenue of SEK 5.4 billion (€0.49bn), up 1 per cent organically compared to Q1 2024 driven by the Baltics. Total revenue of SEK 7.2 billion remained unchanged organically compared to Q1 2024. Further Q1 highlights […]

Netflix has reported revenue of $10.54 billion for Q1 2025, slightly above analysts’ estimates. Profit stood at $2.9 billion for the quarter, despite global ecomonic turmoil, with content including WWE and crime series Adolescence proving particularly popular. Take up of Netflix’s ad-supported tier continues to be strong since its launch in late 2022. The streaming […]

Ericsson has reported that organic sales were stable in Q1, with strong growth in market area Americas offset by declines in other market areas. Reported sales were SEK 55 billion (€4.97bn). Net income was SEK 4.2 billion, and free cash flow before M&A stood at SEK 2.7 billion. Börje Ekholm, President and CEO, commented: “We […]