Liberty Global Inc reveals its financial and operating results for Q1 ended March 31st 2013 and reports total RGUs of 35.2 million, including organic RGU additions of 373,000 during the quarter. Revenue was $2.8 billion, representing like for like growth of 6 per cent and operating income of $525 million, also up 6 per cent. […]
Switzerland’s upc cablecom increased its subscriber base in the first quarter of 2013 with growth of 21,600 new subscribers for broadband Internet. Revenue also increased sharply, driven by higher customer numbers increasing by 5.1 per cent to CHF 303.3 million (€248m). More than 55,000 Swiss households are now using the Horizon multimedia platform launched in […]
DirecTV has announced an increase in first quarter 2013 revenues up 8 per cent to $7.58 billion, adjusted operating profit up 8 per cent to $1.4 billion, compared to last year’s first quarter. “Building on the momentum of one of the largest transitional years in our history, DirecTV delivered another strong quarter of operating and […]
Now that the dust has settled down on BSkyB’s Q3 results, perhaps it is time to reflect on the overall state of play in UK pay-TV. First, and provided you ignore the deliberate fudge over actual DTH net new subscriptions, which for Q3 were probably – at best – about 5,000, but if you just […]
Sky Deutschland has surprised analysts by reporting a profitable Q1, helped by strong subscriber growth. The market was expecting an EBITDA loss of some €4.7 million, but the company turned in an operating profit of €5.8 million, helped by sales revenues that were up 14 per cent to €364 million (€318m in 2012). ARPU rose […]
Swiss telco Swisscom has reported net revenues fell 2.4 per cent in the first quarter as record customer growth failed to offset weakening market prices. First quarter net profits fell 12.4 per cent to 390 million Swiss francs ($420.3 million). Swisscom TV connections increased by 205,000 (31.3 per cent) year-on-year to 860,000. Meanwhile, Swisscom has […]
BSkyB’s Q3 numbers reveal Sky subscribers are watching more on demand content than ever with the average number of weekly downloads reaching 4.5 million in the first three months of the year, an increase of 460 per cent on the same time last year. Sky added 30,000 new television subscribers in the first quarter with […]
UK based Inmarsat said it had been hit by US government budget cuts in the first quarter, causing earnings to fall short of expectations. The company, which provides communications to shipping, aircraft and remote locations worldwide, said it would respond by cutting costs, both for its US government business and across the group. Inmarsat’s US […]
Freesat, the UK’s FTA digital satellite television provider has announced strong 2012/13 results as the company celebrates its fifth anniversary. Having added around 150,000 homes in the last 12 months, Freesat lays claim to being the UK’s fastest growing established TV platform, and says it continues to outgrow pay-TV rivals. According to Freesat’s own customer […]
Hulu surpassed four million subscribers for its premium Hulu Plus service in Q1 — and for the first time streamed more than 1 billion videos in a quarter. The online TV provider generated record revenues of $695 million last year, up 65 per cent over 2011. CEO Andy Forrsell also revealed that mobile viewing will […]