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Amino posts “solid” H1

Amino Technologies, the Cambridge-based specialist in digital entertainment solutions for IPTV, Internet TV and in-home multimedia distribution, has published unaudited consolidated results for the period ended May 31st 2013, which demonstrate further improvements in gross margin and operating profit. The company’s Financial Overview reveals: · Revenue of £20.1 million (H1 2012: £20.1m) · H1 operating […]

July 15, 2013

DirecTV reports subs fraud by Brazil staff

DirecTV says that it has over-reported its overall subscriber numbers for its Latin America unit at the end of March, by about 200,000. DirecTV says some of its Sky Brazil employees had improperly credited subscriber accounts and thereby made the accounts active and reduced churn. It is going to prove an expensive mistake. DirecTV, in […]

June 27, 2013By Chris Forrester

Sky-D: Murdoch not appointed to head up business

Sky Deutschland says James Murdoch has “not been appointed head of our supervisory board”. Moreover the broadcaster says that current board chairman (News Corp’s Chase Carey) remains in post. A spokeswoman for Sky Deutschland admitted there had been market rumours, which as a public company they do not comment upon, and also argued that it […]

June 26, 2013By Chris Forrester

Hispasat: Lower profits despite higher revenues

Madrid-based Hispasat says that it is now doing more business in the Americas, mostly South America, than Europe. Brazil is the regional winner where Hispasat has seen steady growth wheras its European revenues have mostly been flat. Hispasat is on an expansion drive. Earlier this year its giant Amazons 3 craft was launched to 61 […]

June 21, 2013By Chris Forrester

TiVo rises and falls

Despite winning a total of $490 million from a trio of heavy-hitting lawsuits (with Google/Motorola, Time Warner and Cisco) and seeing its share price rocket more than 10 per cent on June 6th. The market then seemed to say ‘Is that all there is?’ and promptly saw a 20 per cent plunge on June 7th. […]

June 10, 2013By Chris Forrester

Amino upbeat on H1 results

Amino Technologies, the Cambridge-based specilaist in digital entertainment solutions has provided an update for the six months ended May 31st 2013. The Company says it continues to perform in line with expectations and expects to deliver a profit in the first half of the year which is significantly ahead of the previous year (H1 2012: […]

June 6, 2013

Oregan Networks reports 2012 growth and outlines expansion plans

Oregan Networks, a supplier of hybrid Digital TV software for telecoms and broadcast operators, has announced its financial year 2012 results, marking another period of growth for the company. During 2012, the company carried out further expansion of its engineering and hybrid TV consultancy operations to match the increasing demand for its software and services […]

June 6, 2013

Netflix falls 6% on AD panning

Netflix stock fell by more than 6 per cent as investors reacted to poor reviews of the first new Arrested Development episodes since Fox canned the TV series seven years ago. The shares shed $14.55 on Tuesday to close at $214.19, marking the biggest one-day drop in the stock in nearly six months. Netflix declined […]

May 30, 2013

Intelsat Wall Street cheer at last

A month ago, satellite giant Intelsat disappointed Wall Street by setting its Initial Public Offering at just $18 a share, well below the anticipated level of $21-$25. At the end of the day, Intelsat banked $348 million, and did its best to take a pragmatic outlook on what had not been the easiest of times […]

May 30, 2013By Chris Forrester

India’s Dish TV DTH halves losses

Following on from the ZEEL improved profits picture on May 23rd comes Subash Chandra’s other major investment, Dish TV, which also announced its results. The numbers show that Dish has halved its losses, and added a net 200,000 subs this past quarter taking the total DTH subscribers to 10.7 million.  Dish dominates India’s DTH market […]

May 24, 2013By Chris Forrester