Mediaset Premium at breakeven

July 30, 2010 11.16 Europe/London By

Mediaset’s pay-as-you-go DTT package entered operational breakeven in the second quarter.

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Triple play drives ZON growth

July 30, 2010 11.14 Europe/London By

The Portuguese pay-TV operator ZON is enjoying considerable success in migrating its subscribers to multiple play bundles. However, its overall subscriber total is falling.

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Switch Now campaign drives Ziggo revenue rise

July 30, 2010 10.52 Europe/London By

A massive increase in triple play customers helped Ziggo compensate for second half loses in basic cable subscriptions. Revenues increased by 7% to €676.7 million, including a 36% increase (€60.2 million) from paid-for digital TV services. EBITDA of €388 million was up 13% against H1 2009.

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Positive half year for SES

July 30, 2010 10.42 Europe/London By

Satellite operator SES has posted revenues of €844.9 million for the first half of this year, a 4.5% increase on the corresponding period in 2009. Its EBITDA was meanwhile 3.3% higher at €632.7 million, and operating profit rose by 4.5% to reach €386.3 million.

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RTÉ transmission network faces sale

July 30, 2010 10.27 Europe/London By

Ireland’s transmitter network could be put up for auction, following a report by the State assets review group.

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Harmonic-Omneon purchase slips to Q3

July 30, 2010 10.09 Europe/London By

Harmonic’s $274 million (€215.53 million) purchase of video production and playout company Omneon has been delayed until the autumn.

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Eutelsat exceeds its targets

July 30, 2010 10.04 Europe/London By

Eutelsat’s financial results for the year ended June 30, 2010 show that the company surpassed all its targets, achieving record growth of over 11%.

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Frank returns to Warner fold

July 30, 2010 09.20 Europe/London By

Lynne Frank, who in April left her job as ESPN’s European managing director, has been named as executive vice president, international marketing at Warner Bros Pictures.

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Belgacom demonstrates IPTV demand

July 30, 2010 09.02 Europe/London By

Belgium continues to be a hotspot for genuine IPTV as demonstrated by the telco Belgacom, which added 54,000 additional TV subscribers in the second quarter, traditionally one of the poorest for subscriber growth.

Filed Under: IPTV, Newsline

Croatian T-HT gains IPTV subs

July 30, 2010 08.49 Europe/London By

Croatia’s incumbent telco T-HT ended the second quarter with 256,846 IPTV subscribers. The figure was 2.4% up quarter-on-quarter but a much more impressive 50.6% more than 12 months earlier.

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