Video equipment developer SeaChange International’s revenues for the fiscal first quarter declined to $36.6 million from $40.1 million in the same period last year. Product revenue decreased 32 per cent to $11.9 million. The year over year decrease of $5.5 million in product revenue was due to lower VoD software licence and Advertising product revenue […]
Italian DTH platform TivùSat ended the first half of 2012 with over 1,453,213 active smart cards on May 31. This data indicates a constant growth of activations, at a pace of about 1,200 smart cards per day. An estimated 4.90 per cent of Italian households are equipped to receive TivùSat, which currently airs 61 TV […]
The ITV share price fell over 10 per cent on the week as investors digest forecasts of a TV ad sales slump in July and August – the famine after the feast of the Euros when June’s take is expected to be up 17 per cent. The company’s revenues for the first half of 2012 […]
TiVo has reported another quarterly loss, larger than expected, and reversing the profits reported a year ago for the same quarter, citing rising legal costs. TiVo history for some years has been of doing all it can to maintain its IP rights and it has scored several victories over heavyweight rivals and thus retained those […]
Shares in TalkTalk rose more than 20 per cent on after the telco boosted its full-year dividend by almost two-thirds and reiterated its bullish outlook. The company said it had turned a corner after more than doubling annual pre-tax profit and slowing the rate of customer departures. The figures encouraged TalkTalk to commit to raising […]
Global video search engine blinkx has reported full year revenues increased 73 per cent to $114.4 million year-over year. Chief executive and founder Suranga Chandratillake said the proliferation of powerful connected devices and high-speed broadband networks had catalysed consumer appetite for web video. During the year, the company acquired Burst Media, an online media and […]
Sky Deutschland has reported its first-quarter operating loss improved to €40.6 million. The company added 73,000 new subscribers at the end of March, slightly better than forecast. The pay-TV broadcaster increased first quarter revenues by 18 per cent to €318 million. “Germany and Austria are amongst the highest potential markets for pay-TV across Europe, and […]
Canal Plus France, including its pay TV operations in mainland France, and Africa, attracted 211,000 new subscribers during the first quarter, ending March with a total of 12,817,000 customers. Revenues increased slightly to €1.03 billion from €1 billion a year ago. In France, ARPU increased €47.6. In Poland and Vietnam, the Vivendi-owned operator attracted 81,000 […]
Channel operator AMC Networks, which counts hit series The Walking Dead and Mad Men among its programming, is benefiting from the online availability of such shows, according to President and Chief Executive Officer Josh Sapan. “New viewers are finding these shows on a digital service, catching up on prior seasons and then tuning into AMC […]
Channel 4 group has reported a six-fold increase in losses at its main network to more than £40 million (€49m) in 2011, as ad revenues fell by almost 20 per cent. Group revenues rose 6.2 per cent year on year to £941 million in 2011, thanks to the TV ad sales contract Channel 4 has […]