US satellite TV provider DirecTV has reported that profit and revenue rose in the fourth quarter after it added 103,000 net subscribers. Net income attributable to DirecTV rose to $942 million compared with $718 million a year ago. Revenue rose 8 per cent to $8.05 billion. In the US it added 103,000 net subscribers. In […]
upc cablecom continued its strong growth trajectory in the fourth quarter of 2012: The company acquired a total of 54,800 new subscribers in premium TV options, Internet and telephony. These services grew by 206,000 subscribers throughout the whole of 2012. Switzerland’s biggest TV provider can also look back on a strong year financially. Revenue increased […]
Telenor’s Satellite Broadcasting division (TSBc) saw its Q4 gross revenues fall 7 per cent to NOK 239 million (NOK 257m), although operating profit rose by NOK 3 million to NOK 97 million, when compared with the same period a year earlier. TSBc stated that retiring its Thor 2 craft along with lower broadcasting revenues contributed […]
Satellite operator Thaicom has moved from losses into profit. Its latest results report a net profit for the full year (to December 31st) of 174 million Thai Bhat (THB) compared with a loss in 2011 of THB 490 million the previous year. However, disposals of its Cambodian mobile operation affected the 2011 numbers. Satellite and […]
Modern Times Group delivered a fairly flat performance announcing Q4 net sales of SEK3.620 million (€427m) against SEK3.711 million in 2011 on constant exchange rates. Operating income was SEK 514 million (551m last time) when excluding associated company income and Q4 2011 non-recurring items. For the year sales were SEK 13,336 million (against 13,473m in […]
Belgian cable company Telenet will distribute €950 million to its shareholders this year after a strong year in which customers flocked to its new mobile offering. Telenet, in which US group Liberty Global has a 58.3 per cent stake, said it would pay shareholders 7.90 per share and buy back shares worth an additional €50 […]
ThinkAnalytics, the specilaist in multiplatform TV search and recommendations, has revealed that recent customer signings have increased its customer base to over 40 operators and 100 million licensed subscribers. ThinkAnalytics closed out 2012 by doubling its revenue and profits over the previous year. Recent new customer signings include: US based Cox Communications, Swisscom, Unitymedia in […]
Video search engine blinkx has provided a brief trading update. In November 2012, blinkx announced that it had an exceptional first half, driven by the early integration of recent acquisitions and the effects of the US elections and London Olympics. blinkx is now reporting that trading in the third quarter continued to be strong. Therefore, […]
Eutelsat is beginning to make progress with its giant Ka-Sat broadband satellites. It says it now has 72,000 ‘active’ Tooway terminals as at December 31st, up from 52,450 in June last year. Eutelsat modified and simplified its pricing structure for Tooway last month. The increased subscriber levels on broadband means that iEutelsat’s Value-Added Services division […]
Scripps Networks Interactive suffered a four per cent slide in its share price after failing to meet Wall Street expectations. Earnings and other key metrics were up, but slower ad-revenue growth affected the stock, as did guidance that expenses would rise faster than earlier guidance. The company said that for the full year 2013, it […]