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SiriusXM Q2 revenue down but FCF up

Pay-radio operator SiriusXM has revealed that its overall Q2 2025 revenues have fallen 2 per cent y-o-y to $2.14 billion (€1.8bn), but free cashflow surged by 27 per cent reaching $242 million. Sirius XM’s performance in Q2 reflected a mixed but strategic approach to maintaining financial stability amidst market challenges. While total revenue saw a […]

October 16, 2025By Chris Forrester

Canal+ “begins a transformational new era”

Canal+ has released its unaudited consolidated trading statement for the nine months to September 30th 2025. Total revenue of the combined Group stood at €4.68 billion – in line with expectations. Total Group revenue (excluding MultiChoice) was at €4.6 billion up 1.2 per cent organically. Taking into account discontinued contracts and activities (termination of Disney […]

October 16, 2025

Ericsson signs Vodafone networks deal; Q3 solid

Ericsson and Vodafone have announced a five-year strategic partnership to modernise Vodafone’s network footprint using Ericsson’s programmable network solutions across several markets. Ericsson will be Vodafone’s sole RAN vendor in Ireland, Netherlands, and Portugal, as well as a major vendor in Germany, Romania and Egypt. The modernisation of Vodafone’s RAN infrastructure and management will lay […]

October 14, 2025

SABC losses widen

South Africa’s public broadcaster SABC reported greater losses for 2025, and is complaining about government’s delay in creating a new funding model. According to SABC’s annual report, losses for the year rose by 28 per cent to R253-million (€12.6m), compared with the R198-million loss it reported in 2024. “It has been clear for some time […]

October 7, 2025By Chris Forrester

MFE profit up 24% in H1

Italy-based broadcasting group, MFE-MediaForEurope, has reported a 24 per cent annual growth in net profit for the first half of 2025, to €130.2 million. Even when excluding the impact of the investment in Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1, adjusted net profit remained positive at €80.7 million. Consolidated net revenues in the same period dipped 2.7 per cent to […]

September 26, 2025From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Sunrise reports “stabilised revenue” in Q2

Sunrise, the Swiss telco, has reported a “solid but softened” net increase of 18,000 mobile postpaid subscriptions in Q2 2025, while the number of Internet subscriptions remained unchanged on an organic basis. Price increases and the resulting deliberate broad reduction of aggressive price promotions were cited as driving factors. Compared to the previous quarter, revenue […]

August 21, 2025

Nilesat H1 profits near $33m

Cairo-based satellite operator Nilesat reported that its first-half year revenues amounted to $48.63 million (€41.63), a slight drop in the amount achieved the same period last year ($50.80m). But while the revenues have fallen when compared to 2024, the operator’s profit is up. Nilesat posted $32.33 million in net profit from continuing operations in the […]

August 18, 2025By Chris Forrester

Starz revenue and subs down in Q1

Starz has posted its first quarter (ended June 30th) results since the separation with Lionsgate. “In the three months since becoming a standalone public company, we have made significant progress toward achieving our key financial and operating objectives,” said Starz President and CEO Jeffrey Hirsch. “Our content strategy continues to resonate with our audience as […]

August 15, 2025

Space42 reports 17% fall in revenues

UAE-based satellite and analytics business Space42 (the Yahsat satellite and Bayanat analytics company merged in 2024) has reported a 15 per cent decline in revenues to $226 million (€193.5m) in the half-year to June 30th, citing a slowdown in signing expected contracts. Space42 confirmed that it expects to make an announcement later this year as […]

August 14, 2025By Chris Forrester

AST SpaceMobile delivers mixed messages in Q2 results

AST SpaceMobile (AST), which is planning a global broadband-capable direct-to-device satellite service to ordinary smartphones, supplied some answers to analysts on its Q2 results statement late in the afternoon of August 11th. Top of the list concerned its much-delayed launch of its second-generation FM1 satellite. It will be delivered to the launch site in India […]

August 12, 2025By Chris Forrester