Virgin Galactic, Sir Richard Branson’s space tourism venture, says its redesigned spacecraft will begin test flights later this year during Q4. It is also offering seats on its upcoming flights at $750,000 per passenger. March 30th saw Virgin Galactic’s Q4 and full year results declared. In summary, its Q4 numbers are: · Cash position remains […]
ProSiebenSat.1 Media is divesting the comparison platforms billiger-mietwagen.de and CamperDays. Billiger-mietwagen.de, which operates under the umbrella of FLOYT Mobility, is being traded to a group led by the investment firm Pivotum Capital, while CamperDays is being transferred to a group of private investors. ProSiebenSat.1 also recently sold the marketing firms esome and Kairion to Pivotum […]
NileSat has reported a net profit of $65.6 million (€56.5m) for 2025 – up 13.7 per cent from $57.6 million in 2024 – despite a 2.6 per cent revenue decline. Overall revenues were $98.47 million, down from $101.14 million in 2024. NileSat has a major contract with “another satellite company” (not specifically named but believed […]
STV, the Scottish public service broadcaster, has reported that total 2025 Group revenue dropped by 6 per cent to £176.9 million (€204.7m). Total Advertising Revenue (TAR) stood at £89.3 million, down 10 per cent, driven by national linear. Studios revenue came in at £83 million, down 1 per cent. The average monthly reach of STV/STV […]
RTL Group, the European entertainment network, has announced its audited results for the year ended December 31st 2025. Group revenue was down 3.8 per cent to €6.01 billion, mainly attributed to lower TV advertising revenue and lower content revenue from Fremantle. Group revenue was down 4.3 per cent organically compared to 2024. RTL Group’s digital […]
ITV, the UK FTA commercial broadcaster, has posted its full year for 2025 – beating expectations as rumours of a network sale to Sky continue to swirl. Group external revenue rose 1 per cent to £3.51 billion (€4.03bn), while total group revenue remained flat at £4.12 billion. Carolyn McCall, ITV Chief Executive, commented: “ITV delivered […]
Arqiva, the UK’s major media services and communications infrastructure operator, has announced its financial results for the six months ended 31 December 2025 and that funds managed and advised by Polus Capital Management have agreed to acquire a 26.54 per cent shareholding in the company from Macquarie Asset Management. Arqiva CEO Shuja Khan, commented: “We’ve […]
Satellite-based cellular telephony connectivity company AST SpaceMobile has reported its Q4 2005 financial numbers, delivering revenues of $54.3 million (€46.8m) against estimates of $41 million. AST also confirmed that the vital solar arrays on the recently launched BlueBird 6 satellite had unfurled successfully and were exceeding the designed 120 Mbps peak data rates. The company […]
SES, releasing its full year results for 2025, says that it has won €1.8 billion of new business during the year. SES now serves more than 2 billion viewers and some 700 million homes with its signals. However, overall revenues fell back by -1.6 per cent (2024 like for like €3.65 billion. 2025 €3.51 billion). […]
Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar reported a net pay-TV subscriber drop of 168,000 in Q4 2025, compared to a decrease of approximately 253,000 in the same period a year ago. The US telco company ended the year with 7 million pay-TV subscribers, including 5.02 million Dish TV subscribers and 1.98 million Sling TV subscribers. The company lost […]