SES has posted revenues of €423 million for the second quarter, slightly down from the €428.4 million the previous quarter and €433.8 million in the same period last year.
ARPU growth boosts buoyant Telenet
11.27 Europe/London, July 29, 2011 By
Belgian cabler Telenet has increased its amount of per subscriber revenue by 8% year on year, despite lower revenue from its telephony business.
New slot and impressive full-year for Eutelsat
11.25 Europe/London, July 29, 2011 By
Eutelsat has announced the opening up of a new orbital position at 3 degrees East and the commissioning of Astrium to build a tri-band satellite for launch in early 2014.
Clover’s Week: Sky high, News Corp low
10.45 Europe/London, July 29, 2011 By
Even in an uncertain economic climate, BSkyB continues to deliver, giving News Corp all the more reason to feel sorry for itself. Julian Clover reports.
TVN sale options emerge
10.37 Europe/London, July 29, 2011 By
France Telecom has ruled out buying the Polish national commercial broadcaster TVN.
SmartLabs secures Russian IPTV contract
10.01 Europe/London, July 29, 2011 By
SmartLabs has started to deploy a large-scale unified IPTV platform for Rostelecom service providers in all Russian Federation regions.
Croatian T-HT grows TV base
09.34 Europe/London, July 29, 2011 By
The Croatian incumbent telco T-HT ended the second quarter with 303,972 residential subscribers to its TV services, or 22.7% more a year earlier.
PictureBox makes Polish web debut
09.04 Europe/London, July 29, 2011 By
The Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska has added PictureBox to its internet on demand service mmTV.pl.
UKTV to launch on Sky Anytime+; adds 3 HD
09.00 Europe/London, July 29, 2011 By
UKTV, the UK’s second biggest pay-TV broadcaster, has agreed to place its content on the Sky Anytime+ pull VOD service.
Eurosport 2 to launch Dutch language version
08.46 Europe/London, July 29, 2011 By
Dutch cablenet Ziggo has extended and expanded their distribution agreement for Eurosport and sister channel Eurosport HD.
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