The French commercial broadcaster M6 has bought into the online company Cyréalis to increase it web presence. The acquisition through its subsidiary M6 Web will add a number of popular web […]
Gemstar approves Macrovision purchase
Gemstar-TV Guide International has approved the purchase of the company by Macrovision.
Costs cap Canal Digital
The expansion of the Canal Digital product portfolio helped increase first quarter sales at the Nordic pay-TV platform from NOK1,396m (€174.94m) to NOK1,477m (€185.09m). However, higher content and hardware cost […]
Sky churn at lowest level for 4 years
BSkyB put evidence of the resilience of the pay-TV sector in the current credit crunch forward today. The DTH broadcaster reported net customer growth of 56,000 as total subscribers reached […]
Financial high for CME
The US investment company CME enjoyed a significant upturn in its financial fortunes in the first quarter, its net revenues of $223,470,000 (€143,181,163) being 51% up on the corresponding period […]
NXP to acquire Conexant’s STB operations
NXP Semiconductors is to acquire the Broadband Media Processing (BMP) business of Conexant Systems for $110 million (€70.4 million) in cash with an additional payment of up to $35 million […]
SES weathers difficult conditions
SES has posted a net profit of €120.9 million for Q1 2007, or 24% more than in the corresponding period last year.
Virgin Media loses worth for Branson
The value of Sir Richard Branson’s stake in Virgin Media has fallen to £240 million. The Sunday Times Rich List 2008 says Sir Richard’s stake in the cablenet has “suffered […]
Cyfrowy Polsat IPO price set
The share price for the upcoming IPO to be held by Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat has been set at PLN12.5 (€3.7).
News Corp Execs to join Premiere board
Premiere has confirmed it intends to place two executives from shareholder News Corp onto its supervisory board, as reported earlier this week in Broadband TV News.