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  • Hathway back on growth trajectory, reports consolidated profit of Rs 68 cr in Q3

    Hathway back on growth trajectory, reports consolidated profit of Rs 68 cr in Q3

    MUMBAI: After facing consecutive losses, Hathway Cable and Datacom has reported a consolidated profit of Rs 68.18 crore in the third quarter of the financial year 2019-20. The multi-system operator (MSO) had posted consolidated loss of Rs 57.87 crore in the corresponding quarter of the last financial year.

    The cable network improved his revenue from operations by 12.3 per cent to Rs 450.82 crore in Q3 of FY20 as compared to Rs 401.43 crore in a corresponding quarter of last year.

    Whereas, the consolidated total income for the December-ended quarter rose by 23.2 per cent to Rs 512.61 crore compared to Rs 416.07 crore in the corresponding quarter of the last financial year.

    The company reported consolidated EBITDA of Rs 128.8 crore up by 52 per cent against Rs 84.5 crore in the corresponding quarter last financial year. Meanwhile, the EBITDA margin grew by 29 per cent against 8 per cent in the same quarter of FY19.

    In the segment revenue, the broadband business grew by 2.8 per cent to Rs 143.2 crore and cable television grew by 15.4 per cent to Rs 307.62 crore in the December-ended quarter of FY20.

    The subscription revenue grew by 18 per cent to 354.8 crore against Rs 300.8 cr whereas activation revenue shrunk by 8 per cent to Rs 14.7 crore compared to Rs 16 crore and placement revenue also slumped by 6 per cent to Rs 74.7 crore versus Rs 79.1 crore in Q3 last financial year.

  • Sun TV posts improved y-o-y numbers for Q2-17

    Sun TV posts improved y-o-y numbers for Q2-17

    BENGALURU: Sun TV Network Limited (Sun TV) reported improved numbers across all important parameters for the quarter ended 30 September 2016 (Q2-17, current quarter) as compared to the corresponding year ago quarter (Q2-16).

    Sun TV reported 10.4 per cent higher year-over-year (y-o-y) revenue in the current quarter at Rs 625.49 crore as compared to Rs 567.55 crore in Q2-16.

    Revenue growth in Q2-17 was led by a 17 per cent y-o-y increase in subscription revenue at Rs 228.55 crore from Rs 195.32 crore, and a two per cent y-o-y increase in advertisement revenue at Rs 309.43 crore as compared to Rs 302.93 crore.

    The company’s Profit after tax or PAT improved 21.7 per cent y-o-y to Rs 270.35 crore (43.2 per cent margin) as compared to Rs 222.07 crore (39.1 per cent margin).

    Sun TV EBIDTA in the current quarter was Rs 466.32 crore (74.6 per cent EBIDTA margin), 8.3 per cent higher as compared to Rs 430.52 crore (75.9 per cent EBIDTA margin) in Q2-16.

    Total Expenditure (TE) in the current quarter increased 3 per cent to Rs 262.20 crore (41.9 per cent of TIO) as compared to Rs 254.61 crore (44.9 per cent of TIO) in the corresponding quarter of the previous year.

    Employee Remuneration and Benefits Expense (EBE) in Q2-17 increased 21.2 per cent to Rs 71.83 crore (11.5 per cent of TIO) as compared to Rs 59.27 crore (10.4 per cent of TIO) in Q2-16.

    Other expenses (OE) in the Q1-17 was 9.7 per cent higher at Rs 36.01 crore (5.8 per cent of TIO) as compared to Rs 32.83 crore (5.8 per cent of TIO) in the corresponding quarter of the previous year.

    IPL Franchisee Sun Risers Hyderabad

    Sun TV has paid franchisee fees for its IPL team SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) of Rs 85.48 crore in Q1-17 as compared to Rs 85.05 crore in the first quarter of FY-16.

    The results of the half year ended 30 September 2016 (HY1-17) include IPL revenue of Rs 143.90 crore as compared to Rs 96.5 crore in HY1-16 and expenses of Rs 175.02 crore and Rs 143.25 crore for HY1-17 and HY-16 respectively.

    Note: The unit of currency in this report is the Indian rupee – Rs (also conventionally represented by INR). The Indian numbering system or the Vedic numbering system has been used to denote money values. The basic conversion to the international norm would be:
    (a) 100,00,000 = 100 lakh = 10,000,000 = 10 million = 1 crore.
    (b) 10,000 lakh = 100 crore = 1 arab = 1 billion.

  • Sun TV posts improved y-o-y numbers for Q2-17

    Sun TV posts improved y-o-y numbers for Q2-17

    BENGALURU: Sun TV Network Limited (Sun TV) reported improved numbers across all important parameters for the quarter ended 30 September 2016 (Q2-17, current quarter) as compared to the corresponding year ago quarter (Q2-16).

    Sun TV reported 10.4 per cent higher year-over-year (y-o-y) revenue in the current quarter at Rs 625.49 crore as compared to Rs 567.55 crore in Q2-16.

    Revenue growth in Q2-17 was led by a 17 per cent y-o-y increase in subscription revenue at Rs 228.55 crore from Rs 195.32 crore, and a two per cent y-o-y increase in advertisement revenue at Rs 309.43 crore as compared to Rs 302.93 crore.

    The company’s Profit after tax or PAT improved 21.7 per cent y-o-y to Rs 270.35 crore (43.2 per cent margin) as compared to Rs 222.07 crore (39.1 per cent margin).

    Sun TV EBIDTA in the current quarter was Rs 466.32 crore (74.6 per cent EBIDTA margin), 8.3 per cent higher as compared to Rs 430.52 crore (75.9 per cent EBIDTA margin) in Q2-16.

    Total Expenditure (TE) in the current quarter increased 3 per cent to Rs 262.20 crore (41.9 per cent of TIO) as compared to Rs 254.61 crore (44.9 per cent of TIO) in the corresponding quarter of the previous year.

    Employee Remuneration and Benefits Expense (EBE) in Q2-17 increased 21.2 per cent to Rs 71.83 crore (11.5 per cent of TIO) as compared to Rs 59.27 crore (10.4 per cent of TIO) in Q2-16.

    Other expenses (OE) in the Q1-17 was 9.7 per cent higher at Rs 36.01 crore (5.8 per cent of TIO) as compared to Rs 32.83 crore (5.8 per cent of TIO) in the corresponding quarter of the previous year.

    IPL Franchisee Sun Risers Hyderabad

    Sun TV has paid franchisee fees for its IPL team SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) of Rs 85.48 crore in Q1-17 as compared to Rs 85.05 crore in the first quarter of FY-16.

    The results of the half year ended 30 September 2016 (HY1-17) include IPL revenue of Rs 143.90 crore as compared to Rs 96.5 crore in HY1-16 and expenses of Rs 175.02 crore and Rs 143.25 crore for HY1-17 and HY-16 respectively.

    Note: The unit of currency in this report is the Indian rupee – Rs (also conventionally represented by INR). The Indian numbering system or the Vedic numbering system has been used to denote money values. The basic conversion to the international norm would be:
    (a) 100,00,000 = 100 lakh = 10,000,000 = 10 million = 1 crore.
    (b) 10,000 lakh = 100 crore = 1 arab = 1 billion.