Sky Deutschland reports its 2012 full-year results with sales up and EBITDA much improved but still negative. Sales rose 17 per cent to €1.33 billion and EBITA gained €104 million to end at -€51 million. Annual ARPU was up €1.44 to €31.90 reflecting a very competitive price market as HD subs climbed 56 per cent […]
Kudelski, the owner of the Nagra video services company, announced its 2012 results to show restructuring has brought a return to profit. The company said strong performance in emerging markets brought sales of CHF860 million (€704m), down 4 per cent on 2011, and income of CHF68m before restructuring costs and CHF16m net income against – […]
Global satellite giant Intelsat reported Q4 revenues up $19.4 million, and a slight increase in its net losses for the quarter (from -$3.4 million to -$3.7 million). Translating that into its full year position shows that revenues were $2.6 billion (up marginally from $2.588 billion, although again an improvement in net loss for the year […]
DVR specialist TiVo, helped by further growth in take-up at Virgin Media, is reporting revenues that have risen 33 per cent in its Q4 trading – and “exceeding management guidance”. Revenue rose to $88.9 million (up from $66.5 million a year ago). Subscriber numbers rose from 2.28 million to 3.15 million, but TiVo also reported […]
ITV has reported a 6 per cent increase in pre-tax profits to £348 million (€429m) in 2012. The company said it has seen growth in all areas with revenues up to 3 per cent to £2.19 billion, fuelled by a strong performance in its studios, online and its pay and interactive businesses. Chief executive Adam […]
Central European Media Enterprises (CME) succumbed to a record fourth-quarter net loss after a hefty writedown and missed 2012 core profit guidance, sending its shares down almost 10 per cent. The broadcaster said it was looking to raise cash by selling assets, lifting fees and holding talks with US media company Time Warner – its […]
News Corp-backed Sky Deutschland will unveil its full-year results on February 28th, and investment banker Morgan Stanley, in a note to clients, suggests there will be few surprises in the numbers. The bank expects Sky Deutschland to confirm gross subscriber additions of 260,000 in Q4, although churn for the quarter rose from 12.4 per cent to […]
RTL Group’s revenue reached a record €6 billion in 2012, 4 per cent up, despite the challenging economic environment. For the third consecutive year, RTL Group generated an EBITA of more than €1 billion, though it decreased 4.9 per cent to €1.078 billion as a significantly higher profit contribution from the German TV operations was […]
Satellite operator SES is reporting a set of excellent numbers for the year to December 31st. Top of the list is that their contract backlog (the amount of guaranteed business) of €7.5 billion is the highest ever, and up €500 million on the same period last year. Just about all the operator’s other key metrics […]
Technicolor has reported full-year 2012 profit before tax of €264 million compared to a loss of €33 million in the previous year. Profit from continuing operations was €13 million compared to a loss of €303 million last year. The company had a full-year financial loss of €20 million compared to a loss of €323 million […]