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Restructuring
and revised strategies seem to be working for TV18.
The
TV 18 Group (consolidated) has posted a net profit of Rs
1.954 million for Q3 2001 on a total income of Rs 87.3 million
for the same period.
The
company has, after showing losses in the last eight quarters,
posted a net profit of Rs 1.954 million in the third quarter
of the year.
The
group has, on a consolidated basis, reported profits after
it showed losses of Rs 14.60 million in the last quarter.
The company's operating profit too has gone up from Rs 1.06
million in Q2 to Rs 11.60 million in Q3. Revenues during
the three months ended December 2001 ended at Rs 77.20 million,
up 19 per cent over the last quarter.
Revenues
from business news operations have shot up by 18.3 per cent,
and from the entertainment business by 43.7 per cent. Its
wholly-owned subsidiary, E-18, posted flat revenues from
operations, reports say.
MD
Raghav Bahl had these comments to make on the company's
good showing: "TV18's financial performance needs to be
viewed from the perspective that the company had made huge
investments in setting up operations for CNBC India over
the last two years and thus the last eight quarters have
really been the investment phase of the business, thereby
reporting losses. I am pleased to report that the company
has managed to reach its cash generation phase in this short
span considering that long gestation periods are typical
of this sector. Our target for 2002-03 is to build on the
strong positive cash flows that we expect to generate from
our CNBC India operations."
The
scrip was steady on bourses. On Bombay Stock exchange, it
opened at Rs 97.35, moved in narrow band of Rs 93 - 100,
and close at Rs 97 with more than 185,000 shares changing
hands.
The
company had last month, closed down the Chennai and Kolkata
offices and are now centering operations in Bangalore, Mumbai
and Delhi. TV18 officials had attributed the move to reduction
in unnecessary physical infrastructure and had said the
company would be using the resources to strengthen its news
gathering elsewhere.
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