
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
- GOUP REVENUE $902.5m
- GOUP EARNINGS BEFORE INTEREST, TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION (EBITDA) $151.0m
- TELEVISION REVENUE $744.4m
- TELEVISION EBITDA $142.1m
- OUT-OF-HOME REVENUE $158.1m
- OUT-OF-HOME EBITDA $10.1m
- DIVIDEND PAID: 2 CENTS PER SHARE FULLY FRANKED
OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
NETWORK TEN
- TEN grows share in all key demographics and total people
- TEN prime time is #1 in 18-49, #1 in 16-39, 32.3% share in 25-54
- TEN is #1 in daytime
- TEN has the new hit shows of the year including the ratings powerhouse MasterChef Australia, 2009's top new comedy Talkin' 'bout Your Generation and the top new international drama Merlin
- Australia's first new commercial multi-channel and only 24-hour free-to-air sports channel, ONE, launched in March
- TEN's websites attracted 20% growth in unique visitors on last year, with the total number of video streams viewed online up by 87%
- Infrastructure investment completed maximising flexibility and efficiency in digital broadcast capabilities and content management
- TV costs reduced despite investment in on-air spend for TEN and launch of digital channel, ONE
EYE
- EYE's international presence across 40 airport terminals reaches 178 million passenger movements each year
- EYE reaches 228 million shoppers every month in Australia, New Zealand and the USA
- EYE captures 6.2 million Australian drivers in metro areas each weekday and 4.3 million on weekends
- EYE reaches more than 1.3 million students in Australia and New Zealand annually
- EYE achieved cost reductions of 13% on 2008
All ratings data supplied by OzTAM, survey weeks 7-35 excluding Easter.
Metro commercial prime time (18:00-22:30, Sun-Sat) / daytime (09:00-
18:00, Mon-Fri) share, excluding digital terrestrial channels. Year-on-year
comparisons Wks 7-35 2008 v 2009 excluding Easter and Olympics.
Digital media data - Nielsen NetRatings; video views based on Jan-Aug 2008 v
Jan-Aug 2009.
EYE Group data.