Announcing its quarter numbers Virgin Media revealed the cost of settling the carriage dispute with Sky. Virgin will pay Sky approximately £38m (E48) a year over the course of the contract to June 2011. However, Sky will pay Virgin an increased amount of £24m a year to keep its channels (Living, Trouble and Bravo) in […]
Rupert Murdoch has sharply cut forecasts for News Corp, predicting lower ad revenue will see it suffer double-digit declines in operating income for this fiscal year, rather than the 4-6 per cent growth previously forecast. News Corp said it expects a low to mid-teens percentage drop in operating profit from the $5.13 billion it recorded […]
Cablevision Systems swung to a profit in the third quarter helped by additions to its Internet and phone subscribers during the period. The company had a net profit of $27.1 million, compared with a loss of $79.3 million a year ago. Revenue grew 15.4 percent to $1.745 billion partly bolstered by the additions of Newsday […]
International cable operator Liberty Global has reported a 17 per cent increase in third-quarter sales. Operating cash flow, which the company considers its key operational measure, rose 27 per cent to $1.17 billion in the quarter, helped by factors including organic growth and foreign exchange movements. Revenue was $2.65 billion from $2.26 billion, and Net […]
RTL Group Q3 figures show revenue steady at E4.05 billion and EBITDA profits up slightly to E577 million. The company said TV advertising market conditions were very mixed in the reporting period with Germany and the Netherlands reporting positive growth. Elsewhere, net TV advertising markets were down year-on-year with Spain and France reporting the most […]
BSkyB has answered recent downbeat analysis with a better than expected 25 per cent increase in first quarter profits and the addition of 87,000 new customers, which takes the broadcaster past the nine million mark for the first time. Chief executive, Jeremy Darroch, said the business, which now has 9.067 million subscribers, had its best […]
Shares in BT have plunged by 25 per cent to their lowest-ever level after it shocked the City with a profits warning. Shares sank below the price they floated at in 1984 after the telco admitted in an unscheduled trading update that earnings at its Global Services arm will be much lower than expected. The […]
Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) announced that the total subscribing households as of September 30th, 2008 served by J:COM's 18 consolidated franchises reached 2.90 million, up 288,000, or 11 per cent since September 30th, 2007. Combined revenue generating units for cable television, high-speed Internet access and telephony services reached approximately 5.21 million, up 604,600 or 13.1 per […]
TV made a big contribution to Telenor's third quarter revenues, driven by an increase of 21,000 cable TV internet subscriptions, and price increases to Canal Digital's cable and DTH subscriptions. The price rises followed the decision to drop the separate HD tier, instead including the channels as part of the regular tiers. Canal Digital Group […]
The “utility-like” nature of subscription services offered by companies in the cable and satellite TV sector will help them prove resilient in a weakening economy, making them a relatively safe haven for investors, according to Credit Suisse. The bank sees substantial upside potential for these companies on a multiyear basis as the economic backdrop improves, […]