For the quarter ending September 30th 2013, French technology specialists Netgem has posted a consolidated revenue of €24.1 million, taking its nine-month consolidated revenue to €57.9 million, of which 75 per cent from international sales. The growth in international sales stems from the successful launch of the new T-Box in Australia, as well as from […]
Intelsat, the world’s largest satellite operator, says that its Q3 revenues will be hit by the slowdown in military and other ‘government’ spending. Speaking at the Deutsche Bank investors conference, Intelsat CEO Dave McGlade said the normal end-of-year buying burst from the US government’s Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) will not happen this year. McGlade […]
Motive TV’s ‘Television Anytime Anywhere’ platform, helped by fresh contracts with Digiturk, CME and a heads-of-agreement in place with South Africa’s Siyaya FTA TV, saw H1 revenues grow 16 per cent in the half-year to June 30th, and gross profits up 90 per cent. Actual revenues were £573,082, with profits of £208,725 (same period 2012 […]
UKTV, the multi-channel TV and VoD provider owned by the BBC’s Worldwide commercial arm and Scripps Networks Interactive, has reported a 2012 operating profit of $112 million (£71m) based on revenues of $414 million. UKTV has never before revealed its numbers but these are believed to be record figures. Executives from UKTV said a considerable […]
“TF1 is still the worst-performing (commercial) broadcaster this year,” says a report from investment banker Morgan Stanley, “but things are improving.” “After years of steady decline, TF1’s group audiences have stabilised at a high level over the last 12 months. TF1’s rebates are now more in-line with peers’, and the incremental impact of the six […]
SeaChange International, the global multi-screen video software company, has reported second quarter 2014 revenue of $37.4 million and operating income of $3.4 million from continuing operations. In comparison, second quarter fiscal 2013 revenue was $36.7 million and operating income was $1.2 million from continuing operations. For the first six months of fiscal 2014, the company […]
French cable operator Numericable has signed 216,000 subscribers to its LaBox Fibre and has passed 700,000 customers with fibre out of 1.65 million customers, a 40 per cent penetration. Broadband Internet subs grew 11 per cent Year on Year to 1.322 million. First half revenues grew 3.8 per cent to €453 million whilst operating profit […]
French Pay-TV group Canal+ saws revenues reach €2.6 billion in the first six half of 2013, up 5.3 per cent compared to first half of 2012. This increase was largely attributed to new FTA TV channels in France (D8 and D17) and the ‘n’ platform in Poland. Relaunched in October 2012, D8’s audience continued to […]
DVR specialist TiVo turned in excellent numbers for its Q2 trading period, with revenue just topping $100 million, and about $30 million better than most analysts had expected. TiVo’s subs numbers are also at a record high, at 3.6 million (33 per cent up y-o-y), and even churn (at 1.5 per cent/month) is better than […]
Com Hem has confirmed it will launch TiVo this year. Swedish cable operator Com Hem had sales of SEK1.108 billion (€127.3 million) in Q2, down on SEK1.148 billion a year earlier. EBITDA amounted to SEK547 million, compared to SEK541 million. Total connected homes were 1.78 million (+30,000 year-on-year). Unique subscribers amounted to 821,700, down from […]