Thursday, Virgin Media, Inc. (VMED) reported a wider loss for the second quarter 2008, primarily due to a non-cash goodwill impairment charge relating to the mobile segment.
The New York based company's second-quarter net loss was GBP 447.2 million, or GBP 1.36 loss per share, which was wider than GBP 119 million, or GBP 0.37 in the prior-year period.
The operating loss was GBP 333.1 million, compared with income of GBP 3.0 million in the prior-year.
The revenues were GBP 990.5 million, down from $995 million in the last-year.
Revenue generating unit or RGU net adds was 136,800, way up from 59,000 in the last-year.
Second-quarter had a low on-net churn of 1.3%, lesser from 1.8% in the prior-year. On-net cable average revenue per user or ARPU was GBP 41.63 million, up from GBP 42.16 million in the prior-year.
For the six-month's period the net loss was GBP 551.6 million, or GBP 1.68, wider from GBP 239.3 million, or GBP 0.74 in the prior-year.
Six-month's Operating loss was GBP 337.7 million, wider from GBP 12.3 million in the prior-year.
Revenues were GBP 1,992.3 million, down from GBP 2016.9 million in the prior-year's period.
VMED is currently trading 7.98% down at $10.50 on the Nasdaq.
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