French media conglomerate Vivendi has issued a strong rebuttal of reports that it was preparing a bid for the Spanish pay-TV operator Sogecable. London-based The Business reported Vivendi was preparing […]
Intelsat reports Q2 2007 results
Intelsat, Ltd., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services, today reported results for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2007. Results for the second quarter of […]
Vivendi turns attention to Sogecable
Shares in Sogecable, the Prisa-owned operator of the Digital+ DTH platform climbed this morning after UK press reports linked to the French media conglomerate Vivendi. According to The Business, Vivendi […]
Sky Italia passes 4.2m subs
Sky Italia has reported a fourth quarter operating income of $71 million (€51.47m), the 85% increase almost double that of one year ago, and making a significant contribution towards the […]
Narrowstep completes $10.5 million equity financing
Narrowstep, the TV on the Internet company, announced that it has completed a private placement of its common stock and warrants resulting in gross proceeds to the company of $10,510,000. […]
OFT refers transmitter purchase
The Office of Fair Trading has said Macquarie UK Broadcast Ventures Limited’s purchase of the former BBC transmitter network, now controlled by National Grid Wireless Group, should be referred to […]
Virgin holds onto TV subs
Virgin Media managed to grow its TV net additions by 2,200 in the second quarter despite the continuing absence of Sky branded channels from its basic packages. However, the unavailability […]
Primacom not sharing
The German cable operator Primacom has issued new shares, pushing the stake held by suitor Orion Cable below the 25% mark that would provide it with the ability to block […]
Premium TV boost for Telenet
The Belgian MSO Telenet has posted revenues of €456.7 million for H1 2007, or 15% more than for the corresponding period in 2006. At the same time, its EBITDA was […]
Telekom Slovenije hit by regulator
Slovenia’s Post and Electronic Communications Agency (APEK) has ordered the incumbent telco Telekom Slovenije to reconvert customers’ lines that it forced to change from PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) to […]