Motive Television, the digital television technology, software and services provider, has published its interim results for the six months ended June 30th 2015. Financial highlights: – Revenue from continuing operations up 17 per cent to £673,410 (€919,000) (H1 2014: £577,740) – Gross profit from continuing operations up 6 per cent. to £292,757 (H1 2014: £276,409) […]
RTL regained market share in its core German TV business in the first half of the year and rasied its full-year sales forecast on strong growth in online businesses, which the European broadcaster said it would expand with further acquisitions. RTL, controlled by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann, has TV and radio channels in eight European countries […]
The Kudelski Group, a provider of media content protection and value-added service technology, has published its 2015 half year results. The Group grew its consolidated revenues and operating income in spite of significant exchange rate volatility. The Group expanded its distribution capabilities in the Public Access segment and continued to optimize its Integrated Digital TV […]
In the first half of 2015, Swisscom saw net revenue increased by CHF 58 million (€53.9m) or 1 per cent year-on-year to CHF 5,758 million. On a like-for-like basis, revenue increased by CHF 105 million or 1.8 per cent for Switzerland’s dominant telco, of which CHF 41 million was attributable to the Swiss business. EBITDA […]
Tele Columbus, the third largest German cable network operator, saw revenues in the second quarter of 2015 increase by 2.3 per cent year on year to €54.3 million. Compared to a high normalised EBITDA of €25.4 million in the previous year’s second quarter, the Company again showed significant growth of 9.2 per cent year on […]
Cairo-based Nilesat saw net profits leap to $47.9 million (€42.9m) in the first half of this year ($38.1 million last year) to June 30t. Nilesat, which shares its operational slot with Eutelsat, enjoyed net profits during Q1 of $21.1 million, compared with $17.7 million for 2014, a rise of 19.1 per cent. While not stated […]
Moves by Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel to combat the threat of rival OTT service Netflix by cutting its prices to pre-empt its launch in March 2015 have boosted sales and subscriber numbers, but also dented its profits and average revenues per user. Foxtel reported a record 2.8 million subscribers in the year ended June, but […]
Business is about the numbers, right? Sentiment has no place in business, right? Wrong. Business floats, or sinks, on a whole sea of sentiment. A very slight change in numbers at one or two companies can change the weather in that sea. That means a whole sector can get caught up in a storm whether […]
AMC Networks, the American entertainment company, has reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30th 2015. “AMC Networks had a strong second quarter, with double digit growth in revenues, AOCF and operating income driven by our continued focus on investing in high-quality programming,” said Josh Sapan, President and Chief Executive Officer of AMC […]
UK subscription-free satellite TV service Freesat has continued its positive start to the year with strong take-up of Freetime, its connected TV service, which has seen a 200 per cent year-on-year increase in new connected customers. Increased awareness and understanding of the Freetime service has resulted in Freetime sales growing by 48 per cent year-on-year […]