Corporate Press Release
In 2006, NETIA renews strong growth and makes a net operating profit of 5% (IFRS standard).
Claret 21st March, 2007 : During year 2006, NETIA consolidated turnover reached 7.4 Million Euros, thus increasing of 49% compared to the same period in 2005. This growth takes into account significant projects won in Africa, market on which gross margin is very low because of the large amount of hardware sold.
In terms of geographical distribution of turnover, Europe and Middle East represent 65%, 15% for Africa, 15% for Asia-Pacific, and 5% for Northern America. Gross margin significantly increased by more than 65%.
On the evolving market of audiovisual content, from "Broadcast" to IP workflows, significant contracts were signed, mostly as the result of winning international calls for bids. Networks liberalisation and increasing accessibility through Internet or mobile telephony have created a new market and enabled the enhancement of content value and induced the creation of new sources of advertising income. Apart from the broadcasters, NETIA's products address a growing number of actors such as Telecommunications related companies, Internet related companies, Mobile operators and Institutional organisations.
In the radio industry, historical customers (Radio France, RFI, RAI, ABC Australia,...) but also new references (Slovak Radio, MPR in the United States, Atlantic FM in Morocco, Sawt Al Madena in Jordan,...) strongly position Radio-AssistTM as leader, now commercially available through distribution networkin 40 countries.
In the Television industry, NETIA solution have been chosen by prestigious customers such as Télévision Suisse Romande, TF1, Canal+,...
All NETIA ranges of products dedicated to the Television and to the New Media industry encountered greater demand thus contributing to the growth. This is particularly true for the following products: ManreoTM, U-Share and Nodal Master.
The launch of the Media LoggingTM range of products during IBC 2006 has been a complete success. Media Logging TM was even honored with a TV Technology Star Award at the show.
To further this growth, NETIA just finished the professional exhibition CABSAT which took place in Dubaï from March 6th to March 8th, 2007 and will present its products at NAB in Las Vegas from April 14th to April 19th, 2007.
About NETIA
NETIA is a leading provider of software solutions for managing and broadcasting television and radio content. The company offers three ranges of audio ( Radio-AssistTM) and video ( ManreoTM and Media LoggingTM) products designed to allow content holders to manage all of their processes--from capture to multichannel broadcasting--over terrestrial channels, the Internet, mobile devices, and other channels. Netia's products are used worldwide in over 40 countries by over 200 prestigious customers, including RFI, Radio France, BBC, British Sky Broadcasting, ABC, TF1, Canal+, France Télévisions Interactive, e-TF1, LCI / Orange, RAI, Radio Vaticana, HRT, SRTC, RTM, VOV, MOI South Africa, Mediacorp, RTBF, Lifetime TV, SBS, RTL, FR3, and many others. NETIA has its headquarters in the south of France, with offices in New York City, Paris, and Rome.