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UTV expects World Cup Q2 boost

UTV Media, the Northern Irish radio and television broadcaster, has revealed its latest figures. There was growth in Television revenues in Q1 of 2014, with London Net Advertising Revenue (NAR) up 3 per cent, Irish NAR up 11 per cent and total revenues up 4 per cent.  In Q2 UTV anticipates total TV revenues to […]

May 15, 2014

Mediaset drop in Q1 pay-TV revenues

Italy’s Mediaset has reported a slight drop in pay-TV revenues at the end of Q1 2014, while subscriber figures remain unchanged (around 2 million) compared to the 4Q 2013. Mediaset Premium ended the first three months of 2014 with €142.8 million in revenues from smart card sales, top-ups and Easy Pay subscriptions, compared to €144.5 […]

May 14, 2014From Branislav Pekic in Rome

TVN Q1 boosted by ad market recovery

TVN revenues increased year-on-year by 2.5 per cent in the first quarter and reached PLN 352 million on the back of a recovering TV advertising market and the strong results of its Premium TV brokerage operation and the non-linear content initiative. Advertising and sponsoring revenues in the period were up by PLN 7 million, or […]

May 14, 2014

Avanti reports rising losses

London-based satellite operator Avanti Communications has reported a loss for its 9-month trading (to March 31st). Avanti says its revenues for the 9 months were just $39 million, and blamed the poor performance on continued delays in client capacity bookings. The poor revenue picture means that Avanti’s EBITDA position has worsened from a positive $1 […]

May 13, 2014By Chris Forrester

InnoWave grows 45% in 2013

InnoWave, a Portuguese IT Company with strong international focus, has just announced its financial results for 2013 and outlook for 2014. In 2013, the company achieved a turnover of €4.5 million (€450.000 from the Belgian office), a 45 per cent increase over the €3.1 million in previous year. The Consulting area represented 74 per cent […]

May 12, 2014

Telefonica profits fall, pay-TV subs up

Telefonica’s first-quarter net profit fell 23 per cent to €692 million with revenues falling 14 per cent to €12.2 billion, despite the company increasing its pay-TV subscribers. To improve its results in Spain, Telefonica is relying on the expansion of its fibre optic network and has almost doubled the number of subscribers with the premium […]

May 9, 2014From David Del Valle in Madrid


SES: Q1 revenue 8% up

Satellite operator SES reported Q1 revenues of €465.6 million (€440.9m) for the three months to March 31st, up 8 per cent at constant foreign exchange rates, which translates into 9.3 per cent improvement in EBITDA.  Profits are €150.2 million, and a forward contract backlog of €7.4 million. New CEO Karim Michel Sabbagh said: “Video remains […]

May 9, 2014By Chris Forrester

Belgacom adds 30,000 pay-TV subs

Belgacom has reported that while profit declined in the first quarter, it is on track to meet full-year guidance. Net profit at the company was €149 million for the first quarter of 2014, down from €171 million in the first quarter of 2013. EBITDA was €412 million, or 6.6 per cent lower than during the […]

May 9, 2014

BT Sport nears 5m sign-ups

In releasing its Q4 and Full Year 2013/14 results, BT has revealed it has around 3 million direct BT Sport customers and that including its wholesale deals, the service is in around 5 million homes. The telco also said its fibre roll-out was ahead of schedule, passing more than 19 million premises, around two thirds […]

May 8, 2014

ONO: Sales, subs and losses all up

Spain’s largest cable company ONO saw its losses increase by 4.3 per cent in the first quarter of the year to €24 million, with an EBITDA falling by 7.7 per cent to €165 million. Nevertheless, the company, now under control of Vodafone, increased revenues by 2.8 per cent to €410 million and added 33,000 new […]

May 8, 2014From David Del Valle in Madrid