Mediaset is continuing to experience growth on its terrestrial pay-TV operations. Mediaset Premium more than doubled revenues in the first six months of 2007 to €92.5 million. The figure includes […]
Sky Amstrad offer goes unconditional
BSkyB’s £125 million (€185 million) takeover of set-top box manufacturer Amstrad is all set to proceed after the broadcaster received acceptances representing 89.49% of the group’s shares. BSkyB said that […]
TPS merger benefits Canal+
The cost of merging TPS into the Canal+ Group is put at €38 million, according to data released by Canal’s parent company Vivendi. Excluding the cost of the merger, Canal+ […]
PrimaCom reports modest growth in H1
During the first half year of 2007 German cable operator PrimaCom AG increased its turnover from €57.9 million to €58.1 million compared with the same period last year. This is […]
SevenOne Media Austria acquires Puls TV
SevenOne Media Austria, a wholly owned subsidiary of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, has acquired the Austrian commercial broadcaster Puls TV after receiving permission for the takeover from the country’s competition authority. […]
RTL Group reports EBITA of more than €500 million
The RTL Group has for the first time reported a half-year EBITA of more than €500 million, the actual figure being €515 million, up 7.7%. Despite the sale of the […]
Approval for Sky Amstrad acquisition
The Office of Fair Trading has given the green light to BSkyB’s £125 million (€172m) purchase of satellite receiver manufacturer Amstrad. Last week, BSkyB announced that it was extending the […]
Belgacom TV gains 51,683 subs
Belgian incumbent telecoms operator Belgacom has gained 51,683 new subscribers for its IPTV service in the first half of 2007. Of these, 41,857 subscribers were added during the second quarter, […]
Burch absent from Virgin sale talks
It has emerged that outgoing Virgin Media CEO Steve Burch has had no involvement in the sale of the cablenet for over two and a half months. The information came […]
Kudelski new technology boost
Kudelski says that it is on target to more than double revenues from its so-called new business areas of terrestrial TV, IPTV and mobile TV and new products including digital […]