BENGALURU: Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Limited (SAB TV) reported 21.4 per cent y-o-y growth in Total Income from Operations (TIO) in Q2-2015 to Rs 22.01 crore from Rs 18.13 crore in Q2-2014 and a 11.1 per cent growth from Rs 19.81 crore in Q1-2015. Year to date, during HY-2015, the company reported growth of 20.7 per cent to Rs 41.83 crore from Rs 34.65 crore in HY-2014.

 PAT for the current quarter increased 19.9 per cent to Rs 2.73 crore (12.4 per cent of TIO) from Rs 2.28 crore (12.6 per cent of TIO) in the corresponding year ago quarter and was 3.9 per cent more than the Rs 2.63 crore (13.3 per cent of TIO) in the immediate trailing quarter. For HY-2015, SAB TV reported 31.4 per cent growth in PAT to Rs 5.4 crore from Rs 4.11 crore in HY-2014.

 SAB TV’s total expenditure (TE) in Q2-2015 at Rs 18.24 crore (82.9 per cent of TIO) was 18.3 per cent more than the Rs 15.42 crore (85 per cent of TIO) in Q2-2014. In HY-2015, TE at Rs 35.07 crore was 14.2 per cent more than the Rs 30.70 crore in HY-2015.

 The company’s production/direct (production) expense in Q2-2015 at Rs 14.07 crore (63.9 per cent of TIO) was 27.1 per cent more than the Rs 11.07 crore (61 per cent of TIO) in Q2-2014 and 7.5 per cent more than the Rs 13.09 crore (66.1 per cent of TIO) in Q1-2015. For HY-2015, SAB TV’s production expense was 24.9 per cent at Rs 27.16 crore (64.9 per cent of TIO) in HY-2015 than the Rs 21.75 crore in HY-2014.

SAB TV’s interest/finance cost (interest) Q2-2015 at Rs 1.06 crore (4.8 per cent of TIO) was more than double (2.4 times) than the Rs 0.44 crore (2.4 per cent of TIO) in Q2-2014 and more than 2.8 times the Rs 0.38 crore (1.9 per cent of TIO) in Q1-2015. Interest cost in HY-2015 at Rs 1.43 crore (3.4 per cent of TIO) was 65.2 per cent more than the Rs 0.87 crore (2.5 per cent of TIO) in HY-2014.

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