TidalTV, a video advertising management solutions provider, has raised more than $16 million in recent second round funding led by Comcast Interactive Capital, as well as New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Valhalla Partners. The new funding provides TidalTV with the ability to invest additional resources in online video advertising and monetisation solutions for advertisers and […]

TF1, France's largest commercial broadcaster, targeted only a 2 per cent increase in sales in 2010 after two years of slumping advertising revenues. The company reported net profit of E115 million for 2009, down 30 per cent on the previous year, on sales of E2.365 billion, down 9 per cent. Advertising revenues for the TF1 […]

Clicker, a comprehensive search engine for TV content on the web, has closed an $11 million Series B funding round led by JAFCO Ventures, with existing investors Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures also participating. JAFCO’s Joe Horowitz will join the Clicker board. The new funding brings Clicker’s total funding to $19 million, after an $8 […]

DirecTV reported that fourth quarter 2009 consolidated revenues increased 13 per cent to $5.98 billion, operating profit increased 49 per cent to $862 million compared to last year’s fourth quarter. Excluding a pre-tax charge of $491 million related to the merger with Liberty Entertainment completed on November 19, 2009, net income attributable to DIRECTV and […]

Swisscom AG said tougher competition will keep its sales and profit under pressure in 2010 after it posted a rise in 2009 profits when lower depreciation charges helped to offset weaker domestic demand. Group revenues for the whole year reached CHF12 billion ($11.1bn), down 1.6 per cent from 2008, while EBITDA fell 2.6 per cent […]

Eutelsat Communications has raised its outlook for 2009-10 after reporting first half revenues increased by 9.6 per cent to E508 million. EBITDA increased by 9.7 per cent to reach E411.6 million for the six months ending December 31st, 2009. The number of TV channels available through the Eutelsat fleet stood at 3,448 as of December […]

YuMe, a six-year-old company for dynamic insertion of ads in online video announced that it has raised $25 million in additional capital in a round led by Menlo Ventures. Existing YuMe backers, including Accel Partners, Khosla Ventures, BV Capital and DAG Ventures, also participated in the funding. YuMe matches advertisements to videos on such sites […]

Viasat has added an additional 21,000 premium subscribers in the fourth quarter, across its DTH and IPTV platforms. Turnover increased by 6 per cent on the year to SEK 4076 billion, up 4 per cent year on year. However, a charge on Bulgaria's Nova Televizia of SEK 3.352 billion took MTG into a fourth quarter […]

Viasat has added an additional 21,000 premium subscribers in the fourth quarter, across its DTH and IPTV platforms. Turnover increased by 6 per cent on the year to SEK 4076 billion, up 4 per cent year on year. However, a charge on Bulgaria's Nova Televizia of SEK 3.352 billion took MTG into a fourth quarter […]

The Walt Disney Company has reported first-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates as TV revenue rose and theme-park results stabilised. Net income totalled $844 million compared with $845 million a year earlier, when a gain on the sale of TV stations boosted results. Disney's revenue from digital operations exceeded $2 billion in 2009, Bob Iger, […]