Mediaset’s pay-as-you-go DTT package entered operational breakeven in the second quarter.
Triple play drives ZON growth
11.14 Europe/London, July 30, 2010 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.
Switch Now campaign drives Ziggo revenue rise
10.52 Europe/London, July 30, 2010 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.
Positive half year for SES
10.42 Europe/London, July 30, 2010 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.
RTÉ transmission network faces sale
10.27 Europe/London, July 30, 2010 By
Ireland’s transmitter network could be put up for auction, following a report by the State assets review group.
Harmonic-Omneon purchase slips to Q3
10.09 Europe/London, July 30, 2010 By
Harmonic’s $274 million (€215.53 million) purchase of video production and playout company Omneon has been delayed until the autumn.
Eutelsat exceeds its targets
10.04 Europe/London, July 30, 2010 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%.
Frank returns to Warner fold
09.20 Europe/London, July 30, 2010 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.
Belgacom demonstrates IPTV demand
09.02 Europe/London, July 30, 2010 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.
Croatian T-HT gains IPTV subs
08.49 Europe/London, July 30, 2010 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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