Slide 1 Fox Kids Europe NV Financial Results - Six Months Ended November 30, 2000 February 28, 2001
Slide 2 Operating Review Ynon Kreiz Chairman & CEO
Slide 3 H1 01 Highlights! Successful roll-out of new channels in 13 markets! Continued expansion of programme distribution library! Digimon success and new licensing initiatives in music, video games and promotions! Successful expansion of online & interactive activities
Slide 4 H1 01 Financial Summary! Revenues of $52.4mil; EBITDA of $16.3mil! Income before tax of $1.1mil; Net income of $0.3mil! Channel revenues up 45%! Channel operation profitable; Every channel EBITDA positive except recent launches in Germany and Israel! Revenues from programme distribution down:! High proportion of contracts in progress at period-end! Replacing co-production agreement with ARD! $44.1mil already secure towards full year
Slide 5 Channel Expansion! Broadcasting in 53 countries in 16 languages! Subscribers up 46% year-on-year; currently reaching 24 million households! New channels launched in Germany, Hungary and the Middle East! More than 400 distribution agreements with cable / satellite operators! 410 advertisers Only children s entertainment company with a local channel in every major European market
Slide 6 Subscriber Growth CAGR = 78% Year-on-Year increase = 46% 25 23.0 20 19.9 HH s Million 15 10 10.7 6.4 15.1 9.0 12.2 15.7 9.4 13.5 Cable DTH 5 3.5 3.5 4.3 6.1 7.7 6.3 9.5 0 Year Ended: May 31, 1997 1998 1999 2000 Nov 30 1999 Nov 30 2000
Slide 7 Subscriber Growth By Channel Italy H1 00 Spain 0.6 0.7 1.0 H1 01 Poland Nordic Region Germany 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.4 1.5 France 1.4 1.8 Central Europe 1.6 4.0 UK & Ireland Netherlands 4.7 5.5 5.7 5.8 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Subscribers (Million) Continued subscriber growth in every market
Slide 8 Major Recent Launches Germany Israel Launch Date: October 1, 2000 February 19, 2001 Platforms: Premiere World Tevel Golden Channels (Mar) Term: 5 years 3 years Distribution (30 Nov): 1.5 million n/a Language: German Hebrew
Slide 9 Programme Library! 141 new episodes added! 402 episodes in production! New titles include:! Action Man! Flint the Time Detective! Nascar Superchargers! Wunschpunsch! Further series include:! Digimon! Kids from Room 402! Power Rangers
Slide 10 Programme Distribution! One of the largest distributors of children s programming in Europe and the Middle East! Programmes licensed to more than 119 broadcasters! Distributed in 50 markets! 15 family films acquired including properties such as:! The Addams Family! Casper the Ghost! Richie Rich! German market proving tough this year but other markets expected to more than compensate for full year
Slide 11 Consumer Products! Represented in 24 countries! 245 agreements with more than 200 licensees and home video distributors! Digimon franchise a major success! Long-term agreement with video game developer Kalisto Entertainment! Retail promotions:! Woolworths (Germany)! Fromageries Bel (France)! KFC (UK and Ireland)! Successful first Fox Kids branded music initiative with BMG
Slide 12 Online & Interactive! En-route to establish the leading pan-european online community for children! Localised websites in 13 languages! Next generation websites launched in the UK, Italy, the Netherlands and Germany! Significant new online gaming and sports agreements with Gamegate and Sportal! 17 million page views per month at period-end! 25 million page views per month at February 2001
Slide 13 Page Views per Month 17 Million and Growing 25 20 Millions of Page Views per Month 15 10 5 0 Sep Oct Nov Dec 2000 Jan 2001
Financial Overview Slide 14
Slide 15 Financial Review Martin Weigold Chief Financial Officer
Slide 16 Financial Highlights (US$mil) H1 01 H1 00 Change Total Revenues 52.4 56.7-7% EBITDA * 16.3 26.2-38% Income / (Loss) before Tax 1.1 (4.7) +125% EPS (cents) 0.3 (10.4) +103% Operational Cash Flow (8.8) (24.6) +64% * before a non-recurring charge of $0.8 million (1999 $0.9 million)
Slide 17 Revenue Composition Category Country Consumer Products 7% Germany 5% CEE 5% Other 2% Channels 55% Programme Distribution 38% Nordic Region 6% Poland 7% Spain & Portugal 9% Italy 10% Benelux 14% UK 27% France 15% Total revenues for six months ended November 30, 2000: $52.4 mil
Channels Slide 18 Financial Overview ($mil) 28.7 Substantial Growth! Revenues up 45% to $28.7mil 19.9 Revenues H1 00 H1 01 1.3 4.9 EBITDA! Subscribers up 46% year-on-year to 23 million (Nov 2000)! Subscription revenues up 46%! Advertising revenues up 41%! EBITDA margin continuing to grow! Channel operations now profitable
Channel Revenues Slide 19 Subscription Revenues ($ mil) Advertising Revenues ($ mil) CAGR = 42% CAGR = 74% + 40% 10.0 + 46% 14.0 20.4 H1 99 H1 00 H1 01 + 116% 2.5 + 41% 5.4 7.6 Total channel revenues Nov 30, 2000: $28.7 mil
Slide 20 Channel Revenue Composition H1 00 Barter 3% H1 01 Barter 2% Other 1% Advertising 27% DTH 49% Advertising 26% DTH 50% Cable 21% Cable 21% Channel revenues for six months ended Nov 30, 2000: $28.7 mil
Slide 21 Programme Distribution Financial Overview ($ mil) Expansion in Library 34.8 H1 00 H1 01! Revenues down 43% to $19.7 mil! EBITDA down 45% to $14.8mil 26.9! Reduced participation expenses 19.7 14.8! 5,417 episodes under licence! Operating loss reduced from $1.2mil to $0.5mil Revenues EBITDA! ARD co-production agreement in process of being replaced
Slide 22 Programme Distribution: ARD 60 50 Revenue ($mil) 40 30 20 Total ARD 10 0 FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 Financial Year
Programme Distribution - A Growing But Lumpy Business Slide 23 60 50 40 $47.0 $54.1 $19.3 H2 H1 Revenue ($mil) 30 $27.6 20 $34.8 10 $19.4 $19.7 0 FY99 FY00 FY01 Financial Year
Slide 24 Consumer Products Financial Overview ($ mil) Strong First-Half Performance 3.8 1.6 1.7 0.1 H1 00 H1 01! Revenues up 131% to $3.8mil! EBITDA up from $0.1mil to $1.7mil! 7.2% of total revenues! Long-range target 10-20% of total revenues Revenues EBITDA
Slide 25 Online & Interactive Financial Overview ($ mil) Successful Expansion 0.2 (0.3) (1.8) H1 00 H1 01! Internet expenditure of $2.1mil ($250k for H1 00)! Pan-European rollout and launch of next generation website requires expenditure of approximately $8mil for FY01! Significant savings from! Ownership of content! Cross promotions Revenues EBITDA
Significant Improvement in Operating Cashflow Slide 26 (US$mil) H1 01 H1 00 Operating Cashflow (excl. prog) 21.6 9.7 Programming Produced or Acquired (30.4) (34.3) Operating Cashflow (8.8) (24.6) Capital Expenditure (1.3) (0.3) Financing Activities - 91.6 Net Change in Cash pre FX (10.1) 66.7
Slide 27 Summary We have maintained our strong growth and profitability momentum and established Fox Kids Europe as the only children s entertainment company with a local channel in every major European market.
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