SeaChange International, the global multi-screen video software company, has reported second quarter 2014 revenue of $37.4 million and operating income of $3.4 million from continuing operations. In comparison, second quarter fiscal 2013 revenue was $36.7 million and operating income was $1.2 million from continuing operations. For the first six months of fiscal 2014, the company […]
French cable operator Numericable has signed 216,000 subscribers to its LaBox Fibre and has passed 700,000 customers with fibre out of 1.65 million customers, a 40 per cent penetration. Broadband Internet subs grew 11 per cent Year on Year to 1.322 million. First half revenues grew 3.8 per cent to €453 million whilst operating profit […]
French Pay-TV group Canal+ saws revenues reach €2.6 billion in the first six half of 2013, up 5.3 per cent compared to first half of 2012. This increase was largely attributed to new FTA TV channels in France (D8 and D17) and the ‘n’ platform in Poland. Relaunched in October 2012, D8’s audience continued to […]
DVR specialist TiVo turned in excellent numbers for its Q2 trading period, with revenue just topping $100 million, and about $30 million better than most analysts had expected. TiVo’s subs numbers are also at a record high, at 3.6 million (33 per cent up y-o-y), and even churn (at 1.5 per cent/month) is better than […]
Com Hem has confirmed it will launch TiVo this year. Swedish cable operator Com Hem had sales of SEK1.108 billion (€127.3 million) in Q2, down on SEK1.148 billion a year earlier. EBITDA amounted to SEK547 million, compared to SEK541 million. Total connected homes were 1.78 million (+30,000 year-on-year). Unique subscribers amounted to 821,700, down from […]
Hong Kong-based AsiaSat teased an extra 1.4 per cent profit margin for its H1 results, to HK$401 million (from HK$395m this time last year) in trading to June 30th. But the satellite operator reported a dramatic fall in overall revenues, down 25 per cent although due to exceptional circumstances. AsiaSat reminded the market that last […]
Disappointing advertising markets in its core European markets held down first half results at RTL Group, which saw revenues dip 1.3 per cent to €2.78 billion in the first six months of this year. The broadcaster’s country divisions outperformed their markets — the French TV ad market dipped 6 per cent in the first half […]
ThinkAnalytics, the specialist in multiplatform TV search and recommendations, has announced its 2012 momentum is continuing with the close of a record-breaking financial year. The company expanded its customer portfolio to 52 operators worldwide and nearly doubled its licensed subscriber base in 12 months, from 70 to 130 million licenses. The company also saw 100 […]
The Kudelski Group, provider of media content protection technology, announced its 2013 half year results. Total revenues and other operating income for the first half year increased by CHF 1.9 million (€1.55m) to CHF 390.2 million, in spite of the divestiture of Abilis, a unit sold in December 2012. Sales of SmarDTV devices as well […]
John Chambers, Chairman and CEO of Cisco, has suggested that the company’s set-top box business has adversely affected its profitability and that transitioning customers to cloud-based technology will address the problem. In an earnings call to discuss Cisco’s Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2013 Financial Results, Chambers said that the problem in its service provider […]