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Malaysia’s Astro tops 3.4m subs

In their latest numbers (to the end of October) Malaysia’s Astro pay-TV operator added a net 382,000 subscribers taking the total to 3.402 million (up 6 per cent) which means Astro’s total subscriber base (when the free-to-air NJOI subs are added) to 3.78 million or 54 per cent of Malaysia’s TV households. The number of […]

December 9, 2013By Chris Forrester

SeaChange Q3 sees increased revenues

SeaChange International, the global multi-screen video software specialist, has reported third quarter fiscal 2014 revenue of $37.8 million and operating income of $2.9 million from continuing operations. For the first nine months of fiscal 2014, SeaChange posted revenues of $110.7 million and operating income of $7.5 million, compared to revenues of $112.6 million and operating […]

December 6, 2013

TiVo subs up 32%

PVR manufacturer TiVo reported Q3 sales of $81.7 million (up from $61 million in the same period last year) and is anticipating Q4 sales revenues of about $84 million – which would be around 30 per cent ahead of last year’s $65.7 million. The numbers are at the top end of analysts’ expectations. Subscriptions grew […]

November 27, 2013By Chris Forrester

Naspers enjoys pan-African growth

South African media conglomerate Naspers, which controls the Multchoice and DStv pay-TV operations, has reported healthy growth in all its key business segments. Overall pay-TV revenues grew 18 per cent to R17.1 billion ($1.68bn) and profit up 11 per cent to R4.47 billion. Its subscriber base increased by a net 560,000 and now totals 7.259 […]

November 27, 2013By Chris Forrester

ITV revenues up

ITV has seen revenues rise boosted by its production arm. Total revenue rose 6 per cent to £1.6 billion (€1.88bn) in the nine months to the end of September, with advertising revenue up 1 per cent beating forecasts. Revenues at ITV Studios rose 11 per cent in the period. ITV said it expected advertising revenues […]

November 19, 2013

Spain: Prisa TV’s subs up first time in 18 months

For the first time in the last one and half years, Prisa TV, owner of digital DTH platform Canal Plus, has seen an increase in the number of its pay-TV subscribers. The new football pay-TV season boosted its subscriptions with over 23,000 new clients. It is the first positive gain since Q1 2012, and now […]

November 15, 2013From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: Ono down in subs, but with profits

Spain’s largest cable operator, Ono, continues losing subs but achieved profit in the third quarter of the year. The company’s residential cable customer base declined by 1.7 per cent year-on-year to 1.7 million users. Around 95.5 per cent of Ono’s customer base use voice services, up from 95.2 per cent a year earlier, with the […]

November 15, 2013From David Del Valle in Madrid

Canal+ reaches 14m subs

Canal+ Group announced that at the end of September its channels had reached almost 14 million subscribers, up a million year-on-year, thanks to last year’s Polish merger between its Cyfra+ unit and TVN Group’s ‘n’ pay-TV platform. In its nine months numbers parent Vivendi revealed Canal+ Group growth was also delivered good numbers in Africa […]

November 15, 2013

C Media investment boosts YOU On Demand

YOU On Demand, a multi-platform entertainment and VoD company in China, has released its unaudited operating results for the three-month period ended September 30th 2013. On November 5th, the company announced that C Media Limited, a China-based mobile video service provider, raised its aggregate strategic investment in YOU On Demand to $6 million, with an […]

November 15, 2013

Pace sees “continued momentum”

Pace has announced his Management Statement for the period July 1st 2013 to November 13th 2013. Trading in the period has shown good progress with continued momentum across the business. Key wins have been achieved in the period giving further confidence for 2014. Project delivery for the new wins is well underway and the underlying […]

November 14, 2013