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Sky Mexico hits 3m DTH subs

Along with the impressive DirecTV results, released yesterday, the numbers are also in for Sky Mexico, a joint-venture between Televisa and DirecTV. Sky Mexico has topped 3 million subs (3.04m) as at December 31st, and a huge 35.6 per cent jump since 2009 (where DTH subs totalled 1.95m). A joint press release from Mexico City […]

February 24, 2011By Chris Forrester

DirecTV: Record subs growth

While cable MSOs suffered some cord cutting in the downturn, US pay-TV operator DirecTV added close on 300,000 net new American subscribers during its fourth quarter (to December 31st 2010) and said that growth was ahead of expectations. Indeed, the net growth for Q4 was the best for the past ten years when Latino subscriptions […]

February 23, 2011By Chris Forrester

Pirelli buy pays off for ADB

Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) has reported the Group’s unaudited consolidated financial results for the full year 2010. Full year revenue reached $356.6 million, to which the newly acquired broadband business (Pirelli Broadband Solutions, renamed as “ADB Broadband”, or “ADBB”) contributed $20 million.  It has been consolidated with the ADB Group core business for the month […]

February 23, 2011

Telekom Austria IPTV up 50%

Telekom Austria had reached over 151,000 subscribers for its IPTV service ‘aonTV’ by the end of 2010, up more than 50 per cent from a year ago. Total revenues across all operations and markets for 2010 reached €4.65 billion, down 3.1 per cent year-on-year, while group EBITDA fell 9.1 per cent to €1.6459 billion, due […]

February 23, 2011

KDH continued growth

Kabel Deutschland Holding AG (KDH), Germany’s biggest cable operator, has sustained its dynamic growth over the first nine months of its financial year 2010/2011 (April 1st through December 31st, 2010). “We are implementing our strategy on schedule and achieving our objectives. The trend towards Premium TV services is gaining momentum, and demand for high performance […]

February 22, 2011

Sky Deutschland: Larger loss expected

German DTH pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland is reportedly expected to make an even larger fourth-quarter loss than a year ago. Sky Deutschland’s numbers will be revealed on Thursday. A Reuters poll of bankers, including Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, shows a forecast loss for Sky-D of €95 million ($129.9m) compared with a loss of €81.6 […]

February 22, 2011By Chris Forrester

Astra and Eutelsat report strong growth

Europe’s two giant satellite operators, SES Astra and Eutelsat, have both turned in blisteringly good results. SES’ results (for the year to December 31st) declared revenues up 7.1 per cent to €1.735 billion, and with record operating profits, up 10.8 per cent, to €797 million. Luxembourg’s SES’ President Romain Bausch said that a net 76 […]

February 18, 2011By Chris Forrester

Canal Plus reveals pre IPO earnings

Canal Plus Group reported a 5.8 per cent rise in full-year EBITDA as it moves closer to the planned initial public offering of Lagardere’s 20 per cent stake in its French unit, Canal Plus France. EBITDA for the full year rose to €690 million while revenue rose 3.5 per cent to €4.71 billion as more […]

February 17, 2011

Virgin resurgence continues in Q4

Virgin Media Inc (the UK operator is listed NASDAQ) has announced strong results for 2010 the year and quarter ended December 31, 2010. Revenue growth across all areas was up 5.8 per cent to £3.876 billion (€4.60bn) with Q4 over £1 billion, up 6.6 per cent. Operating cash flow – a key measure for indebted […]

February 17, 2011

Discovery profits up

Discovery Communications said fourth quarter profits rose as the economy improved. Fourth quarter net income rose to $202 million up from $151 million a year ago. Revenues increased 7 per cent to $1.02 billion. “Discovery delivered another year of strong and consistent growth in 2010 as we leveraged our diverse slate of quality content across […]

February 11, 2011