This coming Thursday (February 7th) will see Eutelsat reveal its half-year numbers, and the consensus from the market is that a series of records will emerge for the satellite operator. Top line video revenues are expected to grow by 8.6 per cent to €438 million and helping drive overall revenues to €633 million. The situation […]
BT has reported over 60,000 TV customers with YouView connected TV boxes and revealed it signed up 21,000 BT Vision customers in the quarter to the end of December. It ended its fiscal third quarter with 770,000 BT Vision customers ahead of its big summer push for subscribers following its acquisition of Premier League football […]
Not for the first time has BSkyB under-promised and over-delivered in terms of its financials, and this half-year (to December 31st) was no exception. BSkyB reported that operating profits were up 8 per cent to £647 million (€799m), and better than anticipated. The broadcaster also added 88,000 net new subscribers, again well ahead of expectations […]
Swedish telco TeliaSonera has reported a 35 per cent rise in fourth-quarter net profit, driven by one-off gains, including from the initial public offering of Russia’s second largest mobile operator MegaFon. The company said it expects growth in revenues in local currencies in 2013 to remain flat at the 2012 level, but that currency fluctuations […]
LG Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of KRW 50.96 trillion ($45.22 billion) and a net profit of KRW 91 billion for full-year 2012. Despite a 6 per cent revenue decrease from 2011, operating profits increased significantly in 2012 to KRW 1.14 trillion from KRW 379 billion in full-year 2011. Fourth quarter 2012 consolidated revenues were […]
BSkyB will report Q2 results before the UK stock market opens on January 31st. But on January 28th its share-price hit a 52-week ‘high’ (at 804.5p) helped by some very positive sentiment from investment bankers Morgan Stanley. The bank says there’s plenty of headroom for growth, and suggests that even as high as 827p per […]
Amino Technologies announced audited results for the year ending November 30th 2012 which it said demonstrates strong growth in profitability and cash. Gross profit up 20.8 per cent to £17.5 million with gross margins up 9.3 percentage points to 42 per cent. EBITDA was £6.2 million, an increase of 42.2 per cent (2011: £4.4 million), […]
BSkyB will unveil its end-December core numbers this coming Thursday (January 31st) and the consensus is that the pre-Christmas quarter year’s trading will show record numbers. For example, investment banker Morgan Stanley forecasts that revenues will have grown 4.2 per cent to £1.779 billion helped by the September price rise. Over the course of the […]
Wall St has wiped nearly $50 billion off the value of Apple as it digests last quarter results that show profits flat – at $13 billion for the quarter – and fears the end of Apple’s amazing growth over the last few years. Even record revenues of $54.5 billion in the past three months was […]
Netflix shares have soared by more than 30 per cent after ithe company reported a strong increase in subscribers and beat forecasts with an unexpected profit in the fourth quarter. The TV and movie streaming service company has endured a turbulent two years marred by a botched rebranding and a price rise. But its shares […]