Satellite operator SES reported a revenue increase of 2.4 per cent in its first nine months to €1.378 million, although profits for the period fell from €456 million to €413 million. The fall in profits was attributed to an increase in taxes paid (of €28 million) as well as continued investment in its O3b high-throughput […]
Deutsche Telekom has added 361,000 TV subs in the third quarter, including some from the acquisition of Digi Slovakia earlier this year. The German telco reported that as of September 30th it had a total of 3.4 million European TV customers for IPTV, satellite and cable services – up 21.8 per cent year-on-year and 11.7 […]
Time Warner reported earnings of $1.18 billion for the third quarter of 2013, compared with $822 million for the same quarter a year ago, a 44 per cent increase. Overall revenue was up to $6.86 billion from $6.84 billion in the third quarter of 2012. The film and TV entertainment unit showed a year-to-year decline […]
Liberty Global, now including Virgin Media, has posted steady growth for Q3 with 314,000 subs adds (878,000 for the nine months YTD) and turnover up 4 per cent. The company has bought back $500 million of stock in the quarter bringing the total to $1 billion YTD. President and CEO Mike Fries commented, “The third […]
21st Century Fox has reported first quarter operating income before depreciation and amortisation of $1.62 billion, as compared to $1.59 billion reported a year ago. The improvement was led by growth at the Company’s DBS and Television units which was offset principally by declines at the Filmed Entertainment segment. The company reported quarterly income from […]
The first nine months of the year 2013 have been solid for upc cablecom with strong growth both in terms of revenue and 42,200 additional subscribers to Internet broadband. Switzerland’s largest provider of TV now has more than 2.5 million subscribers and will launch 500 Mbit/s Internet in Bern before the end of this year. […]
Charter Communications, the US telco, has reported financial and operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30th 2013. Third quarter revenues of $2.1 billion grew 5.4 per cent on a pro forma basis as compared to the prior-year period, led by growth in video, Internet and commercial revenues. On an actual basis, […]
21st Century Fox-backed Sky Deutschland hit its expected targets during its third quarter with revenues ahead of market expectations at €392.7 million (up €61.4 million, +19 per cent), and Q3 ARPU of €34.07 (up €1.85 per month, y-o-y, and 6 per cent up). Net new subs were up 76,000 to 3.529 million. Wholesale clients were […]
Satellite operator SES unveils its latest Q3 numbers on November 8th, and there are worries amongst the investment community as to currently how profitable SES is. The problem is that if its Q3 numbers grow by about four per cent , a perfectly healthy number when compared with some of its rivals. However, if SES […]
DirecTV added 139,000 US subscribers in the third quarter, against a year-ago gain of 67,000 as the satellite TV giant exceeded expectations for its latest financials The company ended September with 20.16 million US customers. It also added 260,000 net subscribers in Latin America, down from 543,000 in the year-ago period. DirecTV, led by chairman […]