Analysts at investment bank BNP-Paribas, in a note following the news that CEO Eva Berneke is to be replaced, sid that the company’s guidance that reaffirmed the previous expectations for the year’s trading which ends on June 30th is good news. French business newspaper La Tribune saidthat Eutelsat’s “fragile situation has become a top priority […]

Analysts at investment bank BNP Paribas have issued their thoughts on satellite operator Eutelsat’s current predicament and have advised clients that their rating on the Paris-based business is ‘underperform’ as far as shareholders are concerned. But worse, in that the bank’s Sami Kassab, in the past a supporter of satellite stocks, has issued a target […]

Investment bank BNP Paribas hosted a low Earth orbiting ‘expert event’ with Dr Tim Farrar, an acknowledged expert on the satellite sector and Direct-to-Device (D2D) services in particular. Farrar argued that Elon Musk’s SpaceX/Starlink service, although embryonic today, are some “18 months ahead of competitors on D2D and that by the end of the year […]

Satellite operator SES has bought back €100 million of its perpetual bonds of which €625 million were in issue. SES’s bonds dropped sharply in mid-January after the credit desk at investment bank BNP Paribas published a note recommending investors sell the debt. The BNP Paribas report suggested that competition from new(ish) satellite players such as […]

A report from analysts at investment bank BNP Paribas on Canal+ says the broadcaster is now on a “super aggregation” strategy. Its share price, since its debut on the London Stock Exchange on December 16th 2024, has been in a depressed state. Currently (January 8th) its shares are trading down 4.6 per cent at £2. […]

Analysts at investment bank BNP-Paribas suggest that 2024 remains another transitional year for German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 (PSM). It says that PSM’s increased investment in local content is the right strategic move “but is painful for shareholders”. The bank says that management will increase that local content to support its digital offering. That extra investment on […]

French media giant Vivendi is planning to split itself into three separate listed entities. Analysts at investment bank BNP/Paribas have looked closely at the plan. The three businesses are Canal+, ad-agency Havas and a holding company managing the remaining equity stakes in listed and non-listed companies. The bank says that Vivendi has long traded at […]

Investment bank BNP Paribas has carried out a detailed examination of the prospects for Universal Music Group (UMG). The bank has upgraded UMG to ‘Neutral’ as far as its investment advice is concerned and has given a Target Price for its shares of €23 (currently trading at about €24.70). Its results are due on October […]

Eutelsat’s board of directors, just days away from the company’s merger with OneWeb (on September 28th), has approved the repurchase of some of its shares. Eutelsat can spend up to €381,804 on 58,739 shares representing less than 5 per cent of Eutelsat’s share capital. The purchase takes advantage of the current ultra-low value of Eutelsat’s […]