ProSiebenSat.1 Group generated revenues of €855 million in the first quarter of 2025, down from €867 million in Q1 2024. While revenues primarily in the linear TV advertising business and in the Dating & Video segment were below the previous year, growth continued in the Commerce & Ventures segment. Adjusted for currency effects and portfolio […]

RTL Group has reported that Q1 revenue was down 2 per cent to €1.2 billion mainly attributed to lower content revenue from Fremantle and lower TV advertising revenue, partly offset by higher streaming revenue. Group revenue was down 5.6 per cent organically. RTL Group’s total advertising revenue remained stable at €685 million (Q1 2024: €685 […]

Deutsche Telekom says it “remains on course for success” following strong Q1 figures, and has consequently raised its full year guidance. In the first quarter of 2025, total revenue increased by 6.5 per cent against the prior-year period to €29.8 billion. Service revenues grew by 6.3 per cent to €25.billion. Adjusted EBITDA AL grew 7.9 […]

AST SpaceMobile has issued its Q1 results and provided analysts with more detail on its launch schedules and business plan for the next few months. AST is planning to supply connectivity to consumers ‘smart’ phones anywhere on the planet. CEO Abel Avellan told analysts that the company was at an inflection point, noting: “We are […]

Telefónica, the Spanish telco, has presented the results for the first quarter of 2025, marked by the ratification of financial targets for the full year and the strengthening of businesses in the main markets. Net income from continuing operations – those that remain within the Group – stood at €427 million up to March. In […]

EchoStar-owned Hughes Network Systems has reported a 3 per cent fall in revenue and a loss of 30,000 broadband subscribers during the first quarter. It now has 853,000 subscribers. But CEO Hamid Akhavan told analysts that while EchoStar was yet to make any announcements its engineering plans were ready but getting the timing right for […]

MBC Group, the MENA media and entertainment conglomerate, has announced its financial results for Q1 2025 reporting a 117.3 per cent YoY increase in net profit to SAR 263.5 million (€63.1m) on revenues of SAR 2 billion, up 65.4 per cent YoY, and yielding a net profit margin expansion of 3.1 percentage points to 12.9 […]

Paramount Global has reported total company revenue decreased 6 per cent to $7.19 billion (€6.39bn) in Q1 2025, which included an 8 percentage point impact from CBS’s broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII in the year ago period. Excluding the Super Bowl comparison, Q1 revenue grew 2 per cent. DTC revenue – bolstered by hit originals, […]

BT has appointed Peter Leukert to the role of Chief Digital Officer, in which he will have responsibility for leading BT’s Digital unit and driving the company’s digital transformation. Leukert is currently Group Chief Information Officer at Deutsche Telekom and will join BT on September 1st and be a member of the Executive Committee, reporting […]

TKO Group Holdings, the US media conglomerate and owner of sports organisations UFC and WWE, as well as media company IMG, has announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31st 2025. Revenue increased 4 per cent, or $46.4 million (€41.2m), to $1.26 billion. The increase primarily reflected an increase of $74.8 million at […]