Digitization remains strong theme for media: Motilal Oswal

Motilal Oswal has come with its September`12 quarterly earning estimates for media sector. According to the research firm digitization remains a strong theme for broadcasting and distribution stocks as most participants do not foresee a postponement in the digitization deadline of October 31 for metros.

October 12, 2012 / 18:52 IST
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Motilal Oswal has come with its September`12 quarterly earning estimates for media sector. According to the research firm digitization remains a strong theme for broadcasting and distribution stocks as most participants do not foresee a postponement in the digitization deadline of October 31 for metros.


Aggregate PAT for our media universe is expected to improve 10% YoY. Ad revenue trends remain sluggish but are likely bottoming-out. Headwinds for print companies seem to be receding on gradual decline in newsprint costs as well as sharp appreciation in the INR. Digitization remains a strong theme for broadcasting and distribution stocks as most participants do not foresee a postponement in the digitization deadline of October 31 for metros.
CompanySalesNet ProfitRatings
Sep.12Var. % YoYVar. % QoQSep.12Var. % YoYVar. % QoQ
Dish TV5,40612.14-100LossLossNeutral
HT Media4,98211.7403-8-0.9Neutral
Jagran Prakashan3,3178.64.572959.230.7Neutral
Sun TV4,491-0.55.51,787-0.88.8Buy
Zee Entertain8,64020.32.51,5982.41Neutral
first published: Oct 10, 2012 12:35 pm

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