The currency markets were Telenor’s friend in the third quarter as otherwise flat revenues were pushed upwards by a strong dollar.
Satellite broadcasting saw a 9% revenue increase to NOK 259 million (€27.75 million) amid stable EBITDA.
It comes as the operator plans to run new launch Thor 7 into service at 1 degree West. The operator is pushing services in the maritime sector and is currently testing its Ka-band capability.
Canal Digital DTH continues to drop subscribers, down 14,000 on the year to 900,000. Lower hardware sales and subscriber erosion were made up for by price increases and more currency effects.
Revenues across the broadcast group nudging upwards to NOK 4,759 million.
The group as a whole reported improved results, but cut its 2015 outlook on the abandonment of the Danish merger with TeliaSonera.
