YTD Net income attributable to CME of $126.3 million
THIRD QUARTER
- Net Revenues of $134.4 million -
- OIBDA loss of $(4.5) million –
NINE MONTHS
- Net Revenues of $479.7 million -
- OIBDA of $42.5 million -
HAMILTON, BERMUDA, Oct. 27, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. ("CME" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:CETV) (Prague Stock Exchange - CETV) today announced financial results for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2010.
Net revenues for the third quarter of 2010 increased $6.1 million to $134.4 million, compared to the third quarter of 2009. OIBDA¹ for the quarter decreased $2.0 million to a loss of $(4.5) million. Operating loss for the quarter increased $4.6 million to $25.3 million. Net income attributable to the shareholders of CME for the quarter increased $25.0 million to $3.4 million. Fully diluted income per share for the quarter increased by $0.40 to $0.05. Results for the third quarter of 2010 include the Media Pro Entertainment and bTV businesses acquired by CME in December 2009 and April 2010, respectively, and exclude CME's former Ukraine operations which were disposed of in April 2010.
Net revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 increased $32.2 million to $479.7 million, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2009. OIBDA for the nine months decreased $28.4 million to $42.5 million. Operating loss for the nine months decreased $44.2 million to $19.0 million. Net income attributable to the shareholders of CME for the nine months increased $168.2 million to $126.3 million, and fully diluted income per share for the nine months increased by $2.78 to $1.97.
Adrian Sarbu, President and Chief Executive Officer of CME, commented: "Our strategy to reposition CME as a vertically integrated media company is working. Our results today are stronger than a year ago. The recent refinancing has improved our liquidity position and we have started to repurchase debt opportunistically. The audience leadership and high operating leverage which we built, together with our strong liquidity, will enable us to further reduce gross debt and interest cost as our markets are expected to improve next year. With recovery continuing in the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Croatia in Q4, we are on track to deliver full year OIBDA guidance of $100 - 115 million."
Consolidated Results for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2010
Net revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2010 increased by 4.8% to $134.4 million from $128.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009. Operating loss for the quarter was $25.3 million compared to a loss of $20.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009. Net income attributable to the shareholders of CME for the quarter was $3.4 million compared to a loss of $21.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009. Fully diluted income per share for the three months ended September 30, 2010 increased $0.40 to $0.05.
OIBDA loss for the three months ended September 30, 2010 increased to $4.5 million from $2.5 million in the three months ended September 30, 2009. OIBDA margin for the three months ended September 30, 2010 was negative 3.3% compared to negative 2.0% in the three months ended September 30, 2009.
Headline Consolidated Results for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 were:
Consolidated Results for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010
Net revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 increased by 7.2% to $479.7 million from $447.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. Operating loss for the period was $19.0 million compared to a loss of $63.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. Net income attributable to the shareholders of CME for the period was $126.3 million compared to a net loss of $41.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. Fully diluted income per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was $1.97, an increase of $2.78 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2009. We recognized a gain on the disposal of our former operations in Ukraine, which have been treated as discontinued operations for all periods presented, of $217.6 million.
OIBDA for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 decreased to $42.5 million from $71.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2009. OIBDA margin for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was 8.9% compared to 15.9% in the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
Headline results for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 were:
Segment Results
We evaluate the performance of our operations based on Net Revenues and OIBDA.
Our Net Revenues and Consolidated OIBDA for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 were:
Our Net Revenues and Consolidated OIBDA for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 were:
CME will host a teleconference and video webcast to discuss its third quarter results on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. New York time (2:00 p.m. London time and 3:00 p.m. Prague time). The video webcast and teleconference will refer to presentation slides which will be available on CME's website at prior to the call.
To access the teleconference, U.S. and international callers may dial +1 785-424-1054 ten minutes prior to the start time and reference passcode 7CETVQ3. The conference call will be video webcasted live via .
The video webcast and a digital audio replay in MP3 format will be available for two weeks following the call at .
Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements. For all forward-looking statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which cannot be predicted with accuracy or are otherwise beyond our control and some of which might not even be anticipated. Forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and because our business is subject to such risks and uncertainties, actual results, our strategic plan, our financial position, results of operations and cash flows could differ materially from those described in or contemplated by the forward-looking statements.
For a more detailed description of these uncertainties and other factors, please see the "Risk Factors" section in CME's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2010, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 27, 2010. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
This press release should be read in conjunction with our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2010 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 27, 2010, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2010 and our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 8, 2010.
We make available free of charge on our website at www.cetv-net.com our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CME is a vertically integrated media and entertainment company operating leading broadcasting, internet and TV content businesses in six Central and Eastern European countries with an aggregate population of approximately 50 million people. CME's television stations are located in Bulgaria (bTV, bTV Cinema, bTV Comedy, Pro.bg and Ring.bg), Croatia (Nova TV), Czech Republic (TV Nova, Nova Cinema, Nova Sport and MTV Czech), Romania (PRO TV, PRO TV International, Acasa, PRO Cinema, Sport.ro and MTV Romania), Slovakia (TV Markíza and Doma) and Slovenia (POP TV, Kanal A and POP Brio). CME is traded on the NASDAQ and the Prague Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "CETV".
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Segment Data
Since January 1, 2010, we have managed our business on a divisional basis with three operating segments: Broadcast, New Media and Media Pro Entertainment, our content division. We evaluate the performance of our segments based on net revenues and OIBDA, which is also used as a component in determining management bonuses.
OIBDA, which includes costs for program rights amortization costs, is determined as operating income / (loss) before depreciation and amortization of intangible assets. In the past, our definition of EBITDA excluded foreign currency exchange gains and losses and changes in the fair value of derivatives. In effect, the amount arrived at by excluding those two items as well as interest and taxes from earnings is equal to OIBDA. Items that are not allocated to our segments for purposes of evaluating their performance and therefore are not included in their OIBDA, include stock-based compensation and certain unusual or infrequent items (e.g., impairments of assets or investments).
Below are tables showing each of our Net Revenues and OIBDA by segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, together with a reconciliation of OIBDA to our Consolidated Statement of Operations:
CONTACT: Central European Media Enterprises Romana Wyllie, Vice President - Corporate Communications +420 242 465 525 romana.wyllie@cme-net.com