Eutelsat’s video application business had revenues of €216.4 million in the third 2012/3 quarter, or 2.6% more than a year earlier, thanks largely to the performance of three neighbourhoods.
The three – 16 degrees East (covering the Balkans, with the capacity from Eutelsat 16A), 7 degrees East (Turkey, with specific HD dynamism) and 5 degrees West (notably new HD sport channels added in France and DTT in Algeria) – all played their part in helping the company end this March broadcasting a total of 4,638 channels (+9%, or 386, year-on-year).
Furthermore, 434 of these were in HD (+30%), implying a HD penetration across the fleet of 9.4%, compared to 7.8% a year earlier.
Video accounted for 69.2% of Eutelsat’s revenues, which totaled €322.9 million, in the quarter.
The latter were up 4.6% (3.9% at constant currency), while for the nine-month period revenues stood at €956.5 million (+5%, or 3.5% at constant currency).
Eutelsat sees the growing number of TV channels; HD penetration, Ultra HD around the corner; and momentum in emerging markets as among strong future growth drivers for the company.
In its view, fast growing markets are expected to be the most dynamic in video and data & VAS applications.
