Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) has announced that the total subscribing households as of October 31st 2009 served by J:COM's 23 consolidated franchises reached approximately 3.26 million, up 343,100, or 11.8 per cent since October 31st 2008. Combined revenue generating units (RGUs) for cable television, high-speed Internet access and telephony services reached 5.89 million, up 655,100 or […]
Widevine Technologies has raised a fresh round of capital. Chief Executive Brian Baker said he plans to announce the financing and details of a strategic partnership with a large customer in the coming weeks. A Securities and Exchange Filing indicated that Widevine had raised over $7 million.
RTL, owner of Channel Five, has reported that revenue declined 6.4 per cent to E1.1 billion in the three months to the end of September. Despite the decline, the pan-European broadcaster and producer – which is majority-owned by German media group Bertelsmann – said that the TV advertising outlook has been improving since late summer. […]
Playboy Enterprises’ revenue fell $14m in Q3, on the back of lower income from its international TV channels and magazines. The company, which publishes Playboy magazine worldwide and creates TV programming for its own-branded TV channels, as well as mobile and radio platforms, said global revenue totaled $56m in Q3 against $70.4m in the same […]
Playboy Enterprises’ revenue fell $14m in Q3, on the back of lower income from its international TV channels and magazines. The company, which publishes Playboy magazine worldwide and creates TV programming for its own-branded TV channels, as well as mobile and radio platforms, said global revenue totaled $56m in Q3 against $70.4m in the same […]
STV, Scotland’s ITV licensee, has launched a £35m (E39m) legal action against ITV plc that includes claims of abuses in TV ad sales and video-on-demand rights. Also, the company said that the failure to secure a recommission of Taggart across the ITV network meant that the company will take a £2m hit in earnings and […]
DirecTV Group was one of the few pay-TV companies to gain subscribers in the third quarter, though earnings stayed steady because of the higher costs it incurred attracting and serving those new customers. DirecTV said that a marketing partnership with AT&T accounted for most of the increase in US subscribers. DirecTV said that net income […]
News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said he doesn’t plan to rush into any huge acquisitions, including NBC, as News raised its fiscal 2010 earnings outlook following better-than- expected first-quarter results amid an improving ad market. The company declined to comment on the Travel Channel negotiations, citing disclosure agreements. Murdoch said the company will be […]
Liberty Global's third-quarter loss – its fifth in a row – narrowed on higher sales and smaller effects of foreign-currency exchange. Chief Executive Mike Fries said the company demonstrated consistent growth in operating cash flow in the first three quarters of the year and expects to be at the high end of its forecast for […]
Eutelsat has reported that it's Q3 profits grew 11.6 per cent to E226.7 million. Video Applications registered sustained increases in revenue (+8.5 per cent) to E180.8 million. TV channels broadcast by Eutelsat’s fleet grew by 4.7 per cent), as Eutelsat further consolidated the commercial strength of its nine video neighbourhoods. In total, the number of […]