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 […]
PT Multimedia buys three cablenets
PT Multimedia has acquired three smaller Portuguese cable TV operators from Parfitel at a cost of €60 million. The company said the cost of the three companies, which represent 164,000 […]
Virgin confirms sale delay
Virgin Media has conceded that the $23 billion sale of the company has been postponed as a consequence of the current turbulence within the private equity markets. “To enhance shareholder […]
BigBand into profit
BigBand Networks, which went public earlier this year, made a net profit of $1.7 million in the second quarter, following a $1 million loss in the first quarter, as revenues […]
Multimedia digital service blossoms
The Polish MSO Multimedia Polska has announced that the digital cable TV service it launched 10 weeks ago now has 5,000 subscribers. The first in the country to offer both […]
Virgin puts auction on hold
Virgin Media is to delay its August 8 auction to avoid the current turbulence being felt within the credit market. Private equity companies have been stung by the market situation […]
SWelcom struggles against market fragmentation
SWelcom, Finland’s third largest media company in terms of advertising sales has reported a 4.7% increase in net sales for the first six months of the year, recording €70.6m. Operating […]
Broadlogic shows analogue out of the box
Next week BroadLogic Network Technologies will show the first digital cable set-top-box to put out a complete analog channel line-up reconstructed from a digital cable service. The analogue channels are […]