Intelsat’s “great opportunity”
Satellite operator Intelsat’s CEO Steve Spengler spoke of the company’s “great opportunity” and cited the near-completion of the deployment of its new ‘Epic’ fleet of craft and the raising of…
Mediaset H1 profit down 42%
Milan-based Mediaset has reported a 42.5 per cent annual drop in profit during the first half of 2018, to €42.8 million. Net revenues were stable at €1.84 billion, of which…
India’s Bharti Airtel DTH adds 479,000 subs
India’s hugely competitive DTH pay-TV market shows no sign of slowing. The latest operator to declare numbers is telco Bharti Airtel which has seen is DTH arm add a net…
BT Q1: ‘A good start’
Gavin Patterson, BT Chief Executive, has described the telco’s first quarter 2018 results as “a good start to the year”, making good progress against its strategy BT reported revenue of…
SES still under pressure; C-band a “win-win”
Half-yearly results from satellite operator SES showed video revenues – worth 67 per cent of group revenues – remain under pressure, with the company booking €650 million in H1 2018,…
Mixed fortunes for Mediaset and Atresmedia
The two largest private TV groups in Spain, Atresmedia and Mediaset, achieved varying financial results in the first half of the year, mainly as a result of the fragility of…
WWE Network subs up 10%
WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) has announced financial and performance results for its second quarter ended June 30th. The entertainment behemoth increased 31 per cent to $281.6 million driven by the…
Spotify premium subs up 40%
Spotify, the music streaming service, has reported its Q2 results. The company said the quarter was largely in line with expectations, with some metrics performing at the high end of…
Sky: “Exceptional year”
Sky Group Chief Executive Jeremy Darroch has declared the multiplay broadcaster’s Full Year to June 30th 2018 as “exceptional”, with financial and operating results showing a 5 per cent increase…
LG Q2 profits up 16%
LG Electronics has reported consolidated global sales of KRW 15.02 trillion (€11.8bn) and operating profits of KRW 771 billion for the second quarter of 2018. Second-quarter sales rose 3.2 per…