Liberty Global Q2: “Return to growth in core markets”
Liberty Global, the multinational telco, has announced its Q2 2021 financial results. The company posted a quarterly revenue of $3.1 billion (€2.6bn) – an increase of 14.1 per cent year-on-year…
Eutelsat ups dividend
Eutelsat’s end of year report (FY/2021 to June 30th) saw revenues of €1.2 billion (in line with consensus expectations of €1.19bn) and helped by a Q4 trading performance that came…
Verimatrix H1: “Covid-19 continues to impact business”
Verimatrix, a global provider of security and analytics solutions that protect devices, services and applications, has reported its IFRS unaudited consolidated results and unaudited adjusted results, for the six-month period…
Technicolor H1: “Growing demand across all businesses”
Media and entertainment technologist Technicolor has published its results for the first half of 2021. Richard Moat, Chief Executive Officer of Technicolor, stated: “Technicolor’s first half of 2021 results are…
Comcast: Sky revenue up 28% in Q2
Comcast Corporation has reported results for the quarter ended June 30th 2021. Brian L. Roberts, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Comcast, commented: “We delivered excellent results in the quarter,…
BT Q1: “On a path to growth”
Philip Jansen, BT’s Chief Executive, has declared that the telco is on a path to growth. Commenting on the company’s Q1 results, he reported that operational performance remained strong, with…
Portugal’s SIC sees 32.8% profit hike to €5.5m
Portuguese commercial broadcaster SIC ended the first half of 2021 with a net profit of €5.5 million, up 32.8 per cent on the same period last year. Total revenues increased…
Telefónica reports record Q2 income
Telefónica has posted a record net income of €7.7 billion in the second quarter of 2021. The Spanish multinational telco says this “historic figure” is the result of capital gains…
LG posts record Q2 as TV market recovers
LG Electronics has announced its highest quarterly revenues ever as the company continued to expand its market share for premium home appliances and consumer electronics outside of South Korea. Worldwide…
Nokia raises outlook on strong Q2
Nokia has reported a strong Q2 operating profit and raised its full-year outlook thanks to a turnaround of its business. The Finnish company’s April-June comparable operating profit rose to €682…
ITV H1: “We’re emerging from pandemic”
ITV, the UK commercial broadcaster, has reported that total H1 external revenue was up 27 per cent at £1.54 billion. Carolyn McCall, ITV Chief Executive, said: “Our H1 results demonstrate…
TF1 H1 revenue up 27.8%
French broadcaster TF1 has reported first-half consolidated revenue up 27.8 per cent at €1.12 billion – close to 2019 levels. Group advertising revenue was €802.5million, a year-on-year rise of €187.5million…
SiriusXM: Q2 revenues up 15%
North American pay-radio broadcaster reported Q2 revenues of $2.16 billion (€1.7bn), up 15 per cent on the previous year. SiriusXM recorded net income of $433 million in its Q2/2021, compared…
Thales Alenia sees 35% growth
Satellite and avionics company Thales Alena Space (TAS, 67 per cent owned by Thales Group, 33 per cent by Leonardo of Italy) reports it is enjoying something of a sales…
Vodafone up; no thanks to TV
Vodafone has reported a better-than-expected rise in Q1 service revenue as more stores reopened and tourism made a small return. CEO Nick Read said the company was back to service…
Portugal’s Media Capital sees 33% TV revenue growth
Portuguese media group Media Capital saw a 33 per cent annual growth in operating revenues for its TV activities during the first half of 2021, to €61.4 million. Advertising revenues…