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Sky Network Television — FY2008 Earnings Presentation

43 slides from Sky Network Television's earnings presentation, Oct 21, 2008

  1. Slide 1: Sky Network Television Annual Results 2008

    SKY NETWORK TELEVISION ANNUAL RESULTS 2008

  2. Slide 2: John Fellet, CEO

    SKY JOHN FELLET CEO

  3. Slide 3: Subscribers

    Subscribers 750,000 700,000 650,000 600,000 550,000 500,000 450,000 400,000 350,000 300,000 250,000 200,000 150,000 100,000 50,000 0 Jun-91 Jun-92 Jun-93 Jun-94 Jun-95 Jun-96 Jun-97 Jun-98 Jun-99 Jun-00 Jun-01 Jun-02 Jun-03 Jun-04 Jun-05 Jun-06 Jun-07 Jun-08 UHF Satellite Wholesale MY SKY

  4. Slide 4: Subscriber Growth

    Subscriber Growth ‘000 2007 2008 % Change UHF Residential 53.7 31.1 (42.1%) DBS (Satellite) Residential 529.8 578.0 9.1% DBS Wholesale 114.0 120.2 5.4% Commercial/Other 13.7 19.3 40.9% Total Subscribers 711.2 748.6 5.3%

  5. Slide 5: Subscribers Total Net Gain

    Total Net Gain 50,000 45,000 48,102 Subscribers 40,000 43,941 42,566 35,000 39,642 37,365 30,000 33,711 25,000 20,000 Jun-03 Jun-04 Jun-05 Jun-06 Jun-07 Jun-08

  6. Slide 6: Moving Annual Churn

    Jun-08 Dec-07 Jun-07 Dec-06 Jun-06 Moving Annual Churn Dec-05 Jun-05 Dec-04 Jun-04 Dec-03 Jun-03 Dec-02 Jun-02 Dec-01 Jun-01 Dec-00 Jun-00 Dec-99 Jun-99 Dec-98 Jun-98 32% 30% 28% 26% 24% 22% 20% 18% 16% 14% 12% 10%

  7. Slide 7: 2008 Monthly Churn Split

    2008 Monthly Churn Split 2.50% 2.00% 1.50% 1.00% 0.50% 0.00% DBS (Satellite) UHF My Sky

  8. Slide 8: Total Revenue

    Total Revenue $700 $600 $500 $NZ millions $400 $659 $300 $619 $549 $441 $492 $200 $391 $100 $0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Year End 30 June

  9. Slide 9: Total ARPU

    Total ARPU $63.00 $62.00 $61.00 $60.00 $59.00 $62.10 $58.00 $57.00 $56.00 $60.50 $58.30 $NZ $55.00 $54.00 $53.00 $56.86 $52.00 $51.00 $50.00 $54.55 $49.00 $51.83 $48.00 $47.00 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

  10. Slide 10: ARPU

    ARPU $70.00 $66.12 $60.00 $64.88 $63.13 $50.00 $52.15 $50.88 $NZ $62.49 $48.39 $40.00 $46.27 $38.83 $39.68 $30.00 $39.51 $39.42 $20.00 Satellite UHF Wholesale 2005 2006 2007 2008

  11. Slide 11: Additional Outlets

    Additional Outlets 100,000 84,770 73,751 75,000 58,309 49,669 47,355 41,598 $NZ 50,000 25,000 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 UHF Satellte

  12. Slide 12: Big Mac Index

    Big Mac Index 32 24 BIG MAC's 16 8 0 Foxtel Sky TV (NZ) DIRECTV (US) BSkyB (UK) (Australia) 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

  13. Slide 13: Sky's Share of All Television Viewing is Growing

    Sky’s Share of All Television Viewing is Growing. % Share of viewing in all NZ Homes All Sky TV 12 Month Moving Average 35 30 % Share of All NZ TV Viewing 25 20 15 10 5 0 Month Source: Nielsen TV Ratings, All New Zealanders 5+

  14. Slide 14: Prime's Share

    Prime’s Share 7.00% 6.50% 6.00% 5.50% 5.00% 4.50% 4.00% 3.50% 3.00% Aug Apr May Sep Jan Jun Jul Feb Oct Mar Nov Dec 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 Source: Nielsen TV Ratings, All New Zealanders 25-54 Peak

  15. Slide 15: Advertising Revenue

    Advertising Revenue $70 $60 $27 $23 $50 $NZ millions $7 $40 $30 $40 $41 $20 $36 $40 $27 $10 $20 $0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Year End 30 June SKY PRIME

  16. Slide 16: Viewerhours generated by Subscriber per annum

    200 400 600 800 0 1000 1200 Dec-02 1400 Feb-03 Apr-03 Jun-03 Aug-03 Oct-03 Dec-03 Feb-04 Apr-04 Viewerhours Jun-04 Aug-04 Sport Oct-04 Dec-04 Feb-05 Apr-05 Jun-05 Aug-05 Oct-05 Movies Dec-05 Source: Nielsen TV Ratings, All New Zealanders 5+/SKY TV Feb-06 Apr-06 Jun-06 Aug-06 Oct-06 Dec-06 Feb-07 Apr

  17. Slide 17: Programming Costs % Revenue

    Programming Costs % Revenue 52% 50% 48% 46% 44% 42% 40% 38% 36% 34% 32% 43% 40% 30% 28% 34% 26% 32% 33% 32% 24% 22% 20% 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Year End 30 June

  18. Slide 18: EBITDA

    EBITDA $300.0 $250.0 $200.0 $NZ millions $266.6 $150.0 $249.4 $247.7 $100.0 $219.9 $187.2 $150.8 $50.0 $0.0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Year End 30 June

  19. Slide 19: Satellite Impact

    Satellite Impact Finance Lease 2007 2008 Interest 0.8 0 Depreciation 5.1 0 5.9 0 Operating lease (9 months in 2007) 18.8 24.6

  20. Slide 20: Net Profit/(Loss)

    Net Profit/(Loss) $100.0 $90.0 $80.0 $70.0 $NZ millions $60.0 $97.7 $50.0 $77.9 $60.2 $40.0 $74.5 $30.0 $35.3 $20.0 $10.0 $0.0 $0.7 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Year End 30 June

  21. Slide 21: Dividend

    DIVIDEND 14 12 10 8 cents 6 4 2 0 2006 2007 2008 Dividend CPS

  22. Slide 22: Dividend

    DIVIDEND The SKY Board has declared a fully imputed final dividend of 7.0 cps. Record date is 5 September 2008. Payment date is 12 September 2008. Total dividend for the year is 14.0 cps

  23. Slide 23: Jason Hollingworth, CFO

    SKY JASON HOLLINGWORTH CFO

  24. Slide 24: Capital Expenditure

    Capital Expenditure $120 $100 $NZ millions $80 $60 $119.5 $40 $86.1 $86.8 $81.4 $76.0 $57.4 $20 $0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Year End 30 June (excluding transponders and Prime assets)

  25. Slide 25: Capital Expenditure Analysis

    Capital Expenditure Analysis $ NZ million 2007 2008 %Change Subscriber Equipment 62.0 62.6 1.0% Studio Upgrade 12.3 42.6 246.3% Building 2.2 2.7 22.7% Other 4.9 11.6 136.7% Total Capital Expenditure 81.4 119.5 46.8%

  26. Slide 26: DBS (Satellite) Install Costs

    DBS (Satellite) Install Costs $900 $800 $719 $700 $512 $487 $454 $506 $600 $439 $500 $NZ $400 $300 $200 $100 $0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Decoder Material/Labour

  27. Slide 27: Results Summary

    Results Summary $NZ Million 2007 2008 % Change Revenue 618.5 658.8 6.5% Operating Expenses 369.2 392.2 6.2% EBITDA 249.3 266.6 6.9% Depn & Amort 85.0 78.0 (8.2%) EBIT 164.3 188.6 14.8% Interest 46.4 44.3 (4.5%) Tax 39.9 46.4 16.3% Other 0.2 0.2 0% Net Profit after Tax 77.8 97.7 25.6%

  28. Slide 28: Revenue Analysis

    Revenue Analysis $NZ million 2007 2008 % Change Residential satellite subscriptions 433.4 476.3 9.9% Other subscriptions 88.1 85.9 (2.5%) Installation 20.9 16.1 (23%) Advertising 63.4 66.5 4.9% Other income 12.6 14.1 11.9% Total Revenue 618.5 658.8 6.5%

  29. Slide 29: Expense Analysis

    Expense Analysis $million 2007 2008 % Change Programme rights 166.6 169.5 1.7% Programme operations 38.0 40.2 5.8% Subscriber management 41.7 45.1 8.2% Sales and marketing 37.4 39.8 6.4% Advertising 18.7 19.8 5.9% Broadcasting and infrastructure 51.4 61.5 19.6% Depreciation and amortisation 84.9 78.

  30. Slide 30: Cash Flow Analysis

    Cash Flow Analysis $NZ Million 2007 2008 Capex 83 108 30% Debt reduction 79 30 (62%) Dividend 39 52 33% Cash inc/(dec) (26) 2 (108%) Operating Cash Flow 175 192 10%

  31. Slide 31: Prime Financials

    Prime Financials $NZ Million 2007 2008 Revenue 23.0 27.0 Rights 10.5 11.8 Operations 5.2 4.4 Program Costs 15.7 16.2 Margin 7.3 10.8

  32. Slide 32: Foreign Currency Hedging

    Foreign Currency Hedging • Sky’s hedging positions at 30 June 2008 • 94% hedged for 0 -12 months $US exposures @ .6769 • 56% hedged for 13-24 months $US exposures @ .6672 • 49% hedged for 25-36 months $US exposures @ .6715 • 94% hedged for 0 -12 months $A exposures @ .8612 • 74% hedged for 13-24 mon

  33. Slide 33: MYSKY HDi Financial Assumptions

    MYSKY HDi Financial Assumptions Our working assumptions for FY 08/09 are: • Monthly box rental $15 or one-off $599 • HD ticket $10/month • Multiroom $25/month (including free HD ticket) • Target 80,000 new MYSKY HDi boxes • 15% upfront, 85% pay monthly • 10% to new subscribers, 90% to existing subsc

  34. Slide 34: Pro forma Impact

    Pro forma Impact FY09 FY10 Capex $million $million Decoder Capex 40 43 MySKY HDi Installs 12 13 Depreciation Base depreciation 71 75 MySKY HDi 7 19 78 94 P&L Impact MySKY HDi revenues 17 31 Incremental Opex 8 10 EBITDA 9 21 Depreciation 7 19 EBIT 2 2

  35. Slide 35: MY SKY

    MY SKY MY SKY MY SKY HD Access MY SKY HDi & HDi Ticket Multiroom Installed 25,137 4,517 35% 92% Pending 135 8,597 46% 93% Total 25,272 13,114 42% 93%

  36. Slide 36: John Fellet, CEO

    SKY JOHN FELLET CEO

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  38. Slide 38: Guidance

    GUIDANCE

  39. Slide 39: How appropriate is the level of gearing?

    How appropriate is the level of gearing? Ratio Too Ratio just Right Ratio Too Low High Sky Network Ross Carmichael Singer (NZ) Pty Limited, April 2008

  40. Slide 40: SKY Highlights

    SKY Highlights 1. 6 new channels ­ Crime & Investigation ­ Vibe ­ CNBC ­ SKY Movies Greats ­ SKY Sport Highlights ­ Fashion TV 2. SKY Online launched 3. SKY Sport Magazine 4. Netball World Champs Nov 2007 5. Inaugural ANZ Championship 6. Screen Enterprises (Fatso, DVD Unlimited,Movieshack) 7. MYSKY

  41. Slide 41: SKY Online

    SKY Online Live streaming and content download via broadband internet Available now: •35 top Movies SKY Movies, MGM, Rialto •Cartoon Network •Discovery Channel •The Box •Air New Zealand Cup •200 sporting downloads Netball, Cricket, Rugby

  42. Slide 42: 2008 Key Messages

    2008 Key Messages • Net profit of $97.7m, up 26% • Subscriber numbers up 5.3% to 748.6 • ARPU up 2.6% to $62.10, DBS ARPU up 1.9% to $66.12 • Churn increased from 13.4% to 14.9% • SKY share of total television viewing up from 25% to 28%

  43. Slide 43: Sky Network Television Annual Results 2008

    SKY NETWORK TELEVISION ANNUAL RESULTS 2008

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