Spain: Orange grows revenues at Vodafone’s expense
Vodafone’s decision to no longer show La Liga and Champions League football in Spain has seen Orange increase its TV revenues by 40 per cent. According to business newspaper El…
SES expectations “too optimistic”
SES is due to report its H1 results on July 26th for the 6 months to June 30th, but investment bank Berenberg is reducing its expectations and share price target,…
SES “weak quarter expected”
On July 26th SES will unveil its latest quarter of numbers (Q2) and a forecast from analysts at investment bank Exane/BNPP is not exactly rosy. The analysts say they expect…
C4 delivers “great results in challenging market”
Channel 4, the UK FTA broadcaster, delivered what it declared “a strong commercial performance” in 2018, driven by record growth in digital – as Channel 4 Chief Executive Alex Mahon…
Avanti: “2018 results show growing demand”
Avanti Communications has released its audited results for the 18 month period, and confirmed that its ’end of year’ would now be December 31st each year. The satellite operator says…
Weather Channel’s Shull named TiVo CEO
Dave Shull has been named as TiVo’s new President/CEO. Ragu Rau who has been in the CEO’s chair as temporary chief executive takes on the role as Vice Chairman of…
RTL SVoD subs up 59% YoY
RTL Group has reported its Q1 revenue was up 7.2 per cent to €1,518 million. Total digital revenue grew 15.8 per cent to €220 million. The Group saw strong growth…
Pay-TV transformation boosts Mediaset Q1
Italian broadcasting group Mediaset reported net revenues of €718.2 million in the first quarter of 2019, compared to €839.2 million for the period January-March 2018. The Italian market accounted for…
Eutelsat Q3 saved by the tax-man
Eutelsat has turned in another quarter of disappointing, and in the process issued its fifth downgrade in the past seven quarters. This time, Eutelsat cut its current year’s trading guidance…
Hautefort appointed Netgem CEO
Netgem’s Board of Directors has decided to separate the functions of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, appointing Mathias Hautefort as its Chief Executive Officer, replacing Joseph Haddad who will remain…
Maxar/SS-L sees revenues drop
Maxar Technologies, still better known by many as MDA for its ‘Canadarm’ robotic division or Space Systems/Loral for its satellite-building subsidiary, suffered a drop in its latest quarterly revenues to…
TiVo to split
TiVo has been talking about its “strategic review” for some time. The results are now in and the decision is that the business will split into two entities: a product-based…
Telefónica increases revenues and subs
Telefónica ended the first quarter with a net profit of €926 million, up 10.6 per cent on the same period last year. The group reduced its debt by 5.7 per…
Viacom up on cost cuts
Viacom reported higher second-quarter income as it cut costs. Net income for the US media giant rose to $376 million (€334.2m), up from $266 million a year ago. Revenues fell…
BT raises FTTP targets
UK telco BT has raised its build targets for Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) from 3 million to 4 million premises passed by March 2021, with the ambition increased from…