The much-publicised deal under which Gazprom-Media gained a controlling stake in Russia’s leading DTH platform Tricolor TV a year ago has not been concluded.
Mixed picture for MTG
Viasat’s Nordic pay-TV business has reported increased profitability and growing margins, while the company’s Baltic operations continue to feel the squeeze from a tough advertising market and rising churn.
TivuSat closes in on half million
One year after its launch the Italian free-to-air satellite platform TivuSat is close to reaching 500,000 homes.
Sky Deutschland secures €340m cash injection
News Corp is to underwrite a €340 million refinancing of Sky Deutschland as the satcaster issued a profit warning. The new money will go towards an expansion of HD services, […]
Arqiva puts MCE TV onto CanalSat
Arqiva has launched student channel MCE TV onto French DTH platform CanalSat (Astra, 19 degrees East). Arqiva is providing encoding, encryption, multiplexing and uplink services, as well as the connectivity […]
Pinon steps down at Globecast
Globecast has confirmed that its chairman and CEO Christian Pinon is to leave the communications services provider on September 30 to join the television products division of sister France Telecom […]
Triple play drives ZON growth
The Portuguese pay-TV operator ZON is enjoying considerable success in migrating its subscribers to multiple play bundles. However, its overall subscriber total is falling.
Positive half year for SES
Satellite operator SES has posted revenues of €844.9 million for the first half of this year, a 4.5% increase on the corresponding period in 2009. Its EBITDA was meanwhile 3.3% […]
Eutelsat exceeds its targets
Eutelsat’s financial results for the year ended June 30, 2010 show that the company surpassed all its targets, achieving record growth of over 11%.
Orange peels off 34% sub increase
Orange added 34% to its installed base of digital TV customers in the year to June 30, 2010. France Telecom’s satellite and IPTV delivered service added more than 900,000 new […]