TiVo has reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30th 2017. “TiVo executed well in the second quarter with strong financial results,” said Tom Carson, President and CEO of TiVo. “We signed deals and launched products in pay-TV, OTT and mobile during the quarter. This included product deals with Millicom, Cable Onda and […]
It doesn’t much matter how the numbers are dressed up, the net result of the USA’s second-largest DTH operator, DISH Network, during its second-quarter reported a decline of 196,000 subscribers in its results announcement on August 3rd. DISH Network also had to report Q2 net income also fell a thumping 91 per cent (at $3,64 […]
Viacom posted higher earnings in the third quarter, boosted by the sale of its share of Epix. Earnings rose to $683 million, from $432 million (€581m) a year ago. The results include a $285 million gain on the sale of Epix. Adjusted net earnings were up 12 per cent. Revenue rose 8 per cent to […]
World licensing leader MPEG LA has announced a call for patents essential to ATSC 3.0 standards in order to facilitate, for the convenience of the market, creation of a joint licence to the intellectual property of leading ATSC 3.0 developers on which those standards are based. ATSC 3.0 is a set of next generation TV […]
Having revealed in its Full Year results that on a 12-month rolling basis churn was 11.5 per cent, Sky has taken steps to address the problem, with the introduction of Sky VIP, which it describes as the first tenure-based loyalty programme in the TV and Broadband sector. Sky foreshadowed the initiative in its results announcement, […]
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has reported that Q2 revenue rose 9 per cent year-on-year to €962 million, while adjusted EBITDA rose by 6 per cent to €270 million and adjusted net income grew by 9 per cent to €144 million. ProSiebenSat.1 also confirmed its positive outlook for FY 2017, noting that it still aims to increase […]
AMC Networks reported higher profits in the second quarter as revenues rose at its US cable networks. Q2 income rose 34 per cent to $103 million (86,8m), or from $77 million. Revenues rose 3.8 per cent to $711 million. Operating income at the company’s national networks. Revenue rose 5.6 per cent to $605 million. Distribution […]
DISH Network, the US satellite TV provider, has reported revenue totalling $3.64 billion (€3.07bn) for the quarter ending June 30th 2017, compared to $3.86 billion for the corresponding period in 2016. Subscriber-related revenue for the quarter totalled $3.61 billion, compared to $3.83 billion in subscriber-related revenue for the year-ago period. Net income attributable to DISH […]
Time Warner has reported better-than-expected profits on the back of DC Universe movie Wonder Woman. The US media firm posted an 11.6 per cent rise in Q2 net income to $1.1 billion (€885m), driven by a strong performance by Warner Bros, which includes its movie business. Wonder Woman had grossed about $800 million worldwide by […]
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes, has confirmed that version 9.2 of its Test Suite has now been released. The aim of this release of the Test Suite is to support the certification of devices […]