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Dish grows profit, subs falter

US pay-TV broadcaster Dish Network has reported revenue totalling $3.73 billion (€3.45bn) for the quarter ending September 30th 2015, compared to $3.68 billion for the corresponding period in 2014. Subscriber-related revenue increased to $3.7 billion from $3.65 billion in the year-ago period. Net income attributable to Dish Network totalled $196 million for the quarter, compared […]

November 9, 2015

Liberty Global: “Sub growth back on track”

Liberty Global has revealed results for the three months (Q3) and nine months (YTD) ended September 30th 2015 for the Liberty Global. Key highlights for the consolidated operations of Liberty Global: • Subscriber additions accelerated sequentially to 320,000 in Q3, increasing our total organic  RGU3 additions to 526,000 for the YTD period • Strong take-up […]

November 6, 2015

Disney cable networks shine

The Walt Disney Company has reported earnings for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended October 3rd 2015. “We had a strong quarter, completing our fifth consecutive year of record performance,” said Robert A. Iger, chairman and chief executive officer. “In 2015 we delivered the highest revenue, net income and adjusted Earnings Per Share in […]

November 6, 2015

Fear The Walking Dead boosts AMC Q3

AMC Networks has reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30th 2015. President and Chief Executive Officer Josh Sapan commented: “AMC Networks had outstanding performance in the quarter, with significant increases in net revenues and operating cash flow driven by the continued popularity of our networks’ original programming, notably BBC AMERICA’s Doctor Who […]

November 6, 2015

upc: “More customers for Internet, telephony, mobile”

upc cablecom has grown once again in the Internet, telephony and mobile markets in the third quarter of 2015. Revenue increased to CHF 333.4 million (€310m) over this period – a year-on-year increase of 3.2 per cent. The business customer segment experienced strong growth of 14 per cent. In the third quarter of 2015, upc […]

November 6, 2015

Facebook: 1.1bn daily users, video surges

Facebook now averages 1.1 billion users per day, according to its Q3 results, which also revealed the company made more money on mobile advertising alone than the whole business took in during the same period last year. The social media giant’s total revenue amounted to $3.4 billion (€3.1billion) during the third quarter. Chief executive Mark […]

November 5, 2015

Time Warner buoyed by HBO

Time Warner has reported financial results for its third quarter ended September 30th 2015. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bewkes said: “We had another very good quarter, with Revenues up 5 per cent and strong growth in Adjusted Operating Income, which totaled $1.8 billion. Our revenue growth was led by Warner Bros and Home Box […]

November 5, 2015

21st Century Fox: cable delivers

21st Century Fox saw its revenue drop to $6.1 billion (€5.6bn) for its first quarter of 2016, falling six per cent from $6.5 billion for the same period in the prior year. The media giant blamed lower cinema ticket takings as part of the reason behind the results. Revenue for its film division collapsed to $1.8 […]

November 5, 2015

Freesat adds 25,000 new homes

UK free-to-air digital satellite platform Freesat has maintained its 2015 momentum by adding 6,000 new TV homes in the three months to the end of September. In total, 25,000 new households have taken up the service to date in 2015. Freesat is the preferred TV service for 1.9 million households, watched by more than four […]

November 4, 2015

M6 ad revenue up 3.2%

French commercial TV group M6 has posted an increased consolidated revenue for Q3 of €265.3 million, up 0.4 per cent, while the group advertising revenues jumped 3.2 per cent to €162.6 million in the same period of last year. Ad revenue from FTA channels contributed €153.4 million. At the end of September, M6 Group achieved […]

November 4, 2015From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris