Satellite launch provider Arianespace says it will break-even for its 2011 activity, and has a record 13 cargoes planned for 2012, helped by a new fleet of launch vehicles. This year will see seven launches by the heavy lifter Ariane 5, the workhorse of the fleet. Five will be launched by the medium-sized Soviet-Russian space […]
Lattelecom’s latest figures has led the telco to claim it is now the largest TV operator in the Baltics. The Latvian IPTV and DTT operator ended 2011 with 230,000 TV subscribers, compared to Lithuania’s TEO with 147,100 and Estonia’s Elion with 134,600 subscribers. “Lattelecom as the industry leader is working on product development and provides […]
UKTV has reported its highest-ever audience figures at Christmas 2011, closing a record-breaking year for the pay-TV joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Scripps Networks International. UKTV’s channels, including Watch, Dave and Good Food, held a 6.6 per cent share of the TV viewing on Christmas Eve and a 5.1 per cent share on Christmas […]
UK’s Channel 5 is set to record its biggest TV advertising take with revenue up 28 per cent to more than £350 million this year owing to shows like Big Brother. Channel 5 has managed to increase its year-on-year TV advertising sales by about £70 million – the broadcaster made about £280 million in TV […]
Sigma Systems, a specialist in Advanced IP Service Fulfilment solutions, has announced record customer growth for its fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, bringing its total subscriber services under management to over 160 million for its cable and telecommunications customers worldwide. In FY 2011, Sigma secured contract extensions with several Tier 1 operators and increased […]
Multi-screen video software company SeaChange International has reported a net income for the third quarter of $0.4 million, compared to a loss of $2.9 million in the year-ago quarter. Last year’s third quarter net loss included a $2.4 million restructuring charge. Revenues for the quarter grew 9 per cent to $53.4 million from $49.1 million […]
Last week, hard drive manufacturer Western Digital said its Thailand production lines were beginning to return to normal. That’s the good news. The bad news is that the floods severely impacted October’s supply chain of many other classes of consumer electronics items. “As flood waters progressively travelled from the northern region southwards and inundated Central […]
Amino Technologies has provided an update on trading for the year ended 30 November 2011. The Company expects to deliver a profit for the year that is marginally ahead of market expectations (FY2010: loss of £0.9m). This is the result of the operational improvements highlighted at the time of the interim results and continued traction […]
DVR specialist TiVo added 117,000 net new subscribers during its Q3 period (to end of October 2011), a complete reverse of the 112,000 lost in the same period last year, and a 33,000 drop in Q2 2011. TiVo was helped in winning these new subscribers by the roll-out of its technology by UK cableco Virgin […]
Bruce Churchill, president of DirecTV Latin America, said its Sky Brazil subsidiary (93 per cent owned) has some 750,000 HDTV subscribers as at September 30. Sky Brazil’s total subs base now stands at 3.45 million subscribers. Its HDTV numbers account for 21.71 per cent of the total. Sky Brazil currently offers 39 high-def channels, plus […]