In the second quarter of 2011 Sky Deutschland has reported improving trends across all key areas of the business. The customer base grew by 33,000 to a total of 2,759,000. Subscriber net growth over the first half of 2011 was 106,000, an increase of 100,000 compared to H1 2010. Gross additions for the quarter amounted […]
News Corporation took a 22 per cent hit to its quarter profits on the losses caused by the sale of MySpace. The effect of the closure of the News of the World won’t be seen until the next reporting period but, as today’s numbers make clear, newspapers don’t make a significant contribution to the whole. […]
Sky Italia added 57,000 new subscribers in the quarter to the end of June, taking its total to 4.97 million subs a new record. It added 230,000 customers over the year to June. News Corp numbers showed it subsidiary made fourth quarter operating income of $145 million up from $97 million for the same period […]
The Walt Disney Company posted third-quarter sales and profit that beat analysts’ estimates. Net income rose 11 per cent to $1.48 billion from $1.33 billion, a year ago Disney said. Cable-network profit rose 10 per cent, with ESPN enjoying gains in fees from pay TV systems. ABC’s profit rose 20 per cent to $250 million, […]
Satellite operator EchoStar Corp (now separated from its Dish pay-TV business) bought Hughes Communications for $2.2 billion back in June, and is now seeing the broadband-by-satellite provider making a key contribution to the parent company’s quarterly results. During the quarter (to June 30) Hughes improved its US national consumer subscriber base by 2 percent. That […]
Advanced Digital Broadcast Holdings reported unaudited consolidated financial results for the first half of 2011 with revenue reaching $172 million, compared to $141 million last year for the same period, representing a growth of +21.6 per cent year-on-year. The growth was entirely attributable to the acquired Pirelli broadband business, as the first half of the […]
ScheduALL, the provider of Enterprise Resource Management and collaboration software for the media and broadcast industry, has announced record financial results for the second quarter of 2011. Despite challenging economic conditions, the company’s revenues grew 34 per cent over the same period last year, following on the heels of its overall 19 per cent growth […]
ScheduALL, the global provider of Enterprise Resource Management and collaboration software for the media and broadcast industry, announced record financial results for the second quarter of 2011. Despite challenging economic conditions, the company’s revenues grew an unprecedented 34 per cent over the same period last year, following on the heels of its overall 19 per […]
Dish Network’s quarterly profit fell short of market estimates as the satellite-TV provider lost subscribers, hurt by increased competition. For the second quarter, the second-largest satellite TV provider in the US posted a net income of $335 million, compared with $275 million a year earlier. Revenue grew 13 per cent to $3.59 billion. Dish’s net […]
Viacom Group has reported a 37 per cent increase in profits for the quarter that ended in June. The company’s net earnings of $574 million, were up from $420 million, in the same quarter last year. The company reported revenues of $3.77 billion, up from $3.27 billion. Viacom credited a robust television advertising market, solid […]