SES has revealed its H1 numbers, with the Luxembourg-based satellite operator reporting its fleet now carries 16 commercial Ultra-HD channels, and that its portfolio of 2,422 HD channels represents 32.7 per cent of the total 7,164 channel count (and HD growth is up 12.1 per cent y-o-y). The growth in commercial UHD channels is dramatic. […]
Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat has unveiled its full-year results, with EBITDA up 2.9 per cent at €1.164 billion, and based on revenues that were up just 0.2 per cent (at constant currency) at €1.529 billion, and thus maintaining its 76 per cent EBITDA margin. However, its contracted backlog fell back 9.5 per cent (to €5.6 […]
Any doubt that pay-TV broadcaster Sky is under pressure evaporated with its full-year results showing a 7 per cent increase in revenues to £11.965 billion (€14.223bn), operating profit up 12 per cent (to £1.558 billion) and 808,000 new customers and 3.3 million new products sold during the year to June 30th. The only worry on […]
The addition of 59,000 TV customers in Q1 has seen BT reach 1.6 million, with the telco reporting that BT Sport’s average audience figures increased 58 per cent, excluding Showcase and digital channels. Broadband and TV revenue rose 21 per cent. “We’ve brought our BT Sport content to millions of additional sports fans through a […]
Facebook has had another exceptional quarter for growth with profit up 186 per cent year on year. It earned $2 billion (€1.8bn) in the period from April to June, up from $719 million in 2015. Wall St anticipated revenue of $5.8 billion, but the company managed to beat those expectations bringing in $6.4 billion in […]
Orange Spain has tripled its TV subscribers over the last 12 months to 381,000 as of June 30th, a rise driven by top-flight football offers and convergence packages. 83 per cent of its broadband customer base are now subscribed to some sort of multi-play offer. The company has also increased the number of its broadband […]
Mediaset Spain is breaking new records in terms of profits. The most profitable media company in the country reported profits of €117.7 million in the first half of the year, up 20.3 per cent against the same period last year. EBITDA reached €160 million, €40.5 million more than the same period last year, with the […]
LG Electronics has announced Q2 2016 operating income of KRW 584.6 billion (€453.8m), nearly 140 per cent higher than the previous year, from strong performance by the Home Appliance & Air Solution and Home Entertainment companies, both reporting the highest quarterly operating profit in LG’s history. Global consolidated revenues of KRW 14 trillion increased both […]
The satellite industry has had a torrid time lately (and SES and Eutelsat’s numbers are out on July 29th) and one equity analyst, Giles Thorne from investment bank Jefferies, admits that the sector has been very bearish ever since Eutelsat’s profit warning in May. But he praises Intelsat, and says that Jefferies have repeatedly argued […]
ARRIS has announced preliminary and unaudited financial results for the second quarter 2016. GAAP revenues in the second quarter 2016 of $1.730 billion (€1.561) were up $470 million, or 37 per cent, as compared to second quarter 2015 revenues of $1.260 billion. Second quarter revenues were also up $115 million, or 7 per cent, as […]