TECHNICOLOR : FIRST QUARTER 2016 REVENUES
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Technicolor: FIRST Quarter 2016 Revenues
Revenues[1] up 65% at constant currency in Q1 2016 compared to Q1 2015
Paris (France), 28 April 2016 - Technicolor (Euronext Paris: TCH; OTCQX: TCLRY)
announces today its revenues for the first quarter of 2016. In the second half
of 2015, Technicolor closed the acquisitions of Cisco Connected Devices and The
Mill, which had a positive impact on prior-year result comparison.
Frederic Rose, Chief Executive Officer of Technicolor, stated:
"Our significant customer wins in the first quarter demonstrate the successful
start to integrating our 2015 acquisitions. This puts us in good stead to
achieve our financial objectives."
Key points
* Operating businesses recorded a 77% revenue growth at constant currency in
the first quarter of 2016. Connected Home more than doubling in size,
Production Services up over 50%, DVD Services up 25%;
* This strong revenue growth reflected a sustained organic performance, as
well as the contribution of last year's acquisitions;
* Integration ahead of schedule both in Connected Home and Production
Services. Launch of cost cutting and operational efficiency initiatives in
DVD Services to benefit Adjusted EBITDA margin in the second half of 2016;
* Major customer wins secured during the first quarter in both Connected Home
and Production Services;
* Strong performance in Patent Licensing, with licensing deals in Video Coding
and Digital TV, offsetting partially a ?62 million decline in MPEG LA
revenues;
* Implementation of a new revolving credit facility of ?125 million as part of
the Group's policy to increase its non-cash liquidity.
*
2016 objectives confirmed
* Free cash flow in excess of ?240 million;
* Adjusted EBITDA in the range of ?600 million to ?630 million, reflecting:
* An Adjusted EBITDA in excess of ?475 million for the Operating
businesses versus ?266 million in 2015;
* For Technology, an Adjusted EBITDA in excess of ?200 million versus
?389 million in 2015, based on the contribution of licensing agreements
already signed by the Group. This includes an expected final ?60 million
of Adjusted EBITDA generated by the MPEG LA patent pool compared to
?288 million in 2015;
* Corporate and Other Adjusted EBITDA for an amount at around
?(80) million.
* Leverage ratio inferior to 1.4x at end December 2016 compared to a ratio of
1.74x at end December 2015.
Segment review - Q1 2016 revenue highlights
Group revenues by segment
| First | Change YoY
| Quarter |
| | | |
In ? million |2015| 2016|Current rate|Constant rate
----------------------------------------+----+-------+------------+-------------
Connected Home | 317| 698| +120.3%| +121.7%
| | | |
Entertainment Services | 338| 450| +33.2%| +34.6%
| | | |
o/w Production Services | 121| 179| +47.4%| +51.4%
| | | |
DVD Services | 217| 272| +25.3%| +25.2%
| | | |
Technology | 118| 112| (4.9)%| (2.6)%
----------------------------------------+----+-------+------------+-------------
Group revenues excluding exited | 772| 1,260| +63.1%| +64.7%
activities | | | |
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Exited activities | 33| 2| (94.3)%| (94.4)%
----------------------------------------+----+-------+------------+-------------
Group revenues | 805| 1,262| +56.7%| +58.2%
| | | |
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Connected Home
Connected Home revenues amounted to ?698 million in the first quarter of 2016,
including a ?396 million contribution of Cisco Connected Devices. Excluding
Cisco Connected Devices, Connected Home recorded year-over-year revenue growth
in all regions, except for Latin America. Revenues in North America, EMEA and
APAC regions were up 26% year-on-year at constant currency. Latin America
revenues were impacted by the Brazilian crisis and recorded a sharp drop of 45%
year-on-year at constant currency.
Regional highlights
* In North America (55% of sales), Connected Home revenues were up 312% year-
over-year at constant currency in the first quarter of 2016. During the
period, the addition of Cisco Connected Devices and the benefit of news
awards secured by Technicolor in 2015, including high-end devices, resulted
in a strong level of activity in the region, particularly with cable
operators. Overall product mix also improved strongly year-on-year, due to a
larger contribution of high-end cable broadband devices in the sales mix,
better satellite set top box product mix and stronger revenues from
Connected Life devices and services.
* In Europe, Middle East and Africa (26% of sales), Connected Home revenues
grew 162% year-over-year at constant currency in the first quarter of 2016.
This very strong performance reflected the addition of Cisco Connected
Devices and the benefit of new customer wins and awards secured by
Technicolor and Cisco Connected Devices in 2015. During the period, the
segment benefited from the ramp-up of new products launched in the second
half of 2015, especially Over-The-Top ("OTT") set top boxes, and from strong
demand for broadband devices from both cable and telecom customers.
* In Latin America (13% of sales), Connected Home revenues were down 26% year-
over-year at constant currency in the first quarter of 2016. This decline
was driven by the severe economic downturn in Brazil, which resulted in
customers taking a cautionary approach towards their inventory management
and new product orders. Connected Home recorded however improved levels of
activity in some other parts of the region, in particular in Mexico.
* In Asia-Pacific (6% of sales), Connected Home revenues grew 65% year-over-
year at constant currency in the first quarter of 2016, reflecting a
sustained volume performance during the period, due to strong set top box
demand in India and increased deliveries of cable and telecom broadband
devices.
Wins
Technicolor secured a number of new major awards and customer wins across all
regions in the first quarter, including in particular next generation devices.
In North America, the Group achieved significant commercial success, securing
several new contracts for the supply of both broadband gateways and video set
top boxes to several major Network Service Providers. This sets a strong
foundation for Connected Home's business in the region for next year.
Technicolor also continued to demonstrate its technology leadership by carrying
out the first advanced consumer trial of a DOCSIS 3.1-powered broadband service
with Comcast. In Europe, the Group won a new key contract for a broadband
gateway with a leading telecommunications group, while also securing several new
awards for both broadband and OTT devices, particularly in Eastern and Northern
Europe. In Asia-Pacific, Technicolor continued to expand its business with a
number of leading operators in the region, securing new awards for next
generation broadband products during the period, notably in China.
Integration
The integration of Cisco Connected Devices progressed well during the quarter.
The migration of the Cisco supply chain to the Technicolor supply chain has
started and is expected to accelerate over the next few months. Therefore, as
expected, cost synergies are benefitting the P&L as of the first quarter.
Revenue breakdown for Connected Home
First Quarter
| |
In ? million 2015| 2016|Change*
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Total 317| 698|+121.7%
revenues | |
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By region North America 93| 386|+312.0%
| |
Europe, Middle-East and 69| 181|+161.8%
Africa | |
| |
Latin America 130| 92|(25.6)%
| |
Asia-Pacific 24| 39| +65.4%
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By product Video 153| 428|+165.4%
| |
Broadband 164| 270| +81.0%
| |
* Year-on-year change at constant currency.
Entertainment Services
Entertainment Services revenues amounted to ?450 million in the first quarter of
2016, up 34.6% at constant currency compared to the first quarter of 2015. This
performance reflected a strong double-digit growth in Production Services,
including the contribution of last year's acquisitions, combined with increased
DVD Services revenues.
Production Services revenues amounted to ?179 million in the first quarter of
2016, up by more than 50% at constant currency compared to the first quarter of
2015. This strong performance resulted from a double-digit organic revenue
growth and the additions of OuiDo, Mikros Image and The Mill.
The level of activity in Visual Effects ("VFX") for feature films was stable
year-on-year as the Group started ramping up new titles in the first quarter of
2016 and thus fully offset the completion of large-scale projects in the third
quarter of 2015. During the first quarter, the Group continued work on several
theatrical titles including Suicide Squad (Warner) and Ghostbusters (Sony) and
also completed work on films such as Tarzan (Warner), Zoolander 2 (Paramount)
and Miss Peregrine (Fox), while ramping up production on projects including
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (Disney) and X-Men: Apocalypse
(Fox). In addition, new awards have been secured during the quarter, including
Ghost in the Shell (Paramount), which will start contributing to revenues in the
second quarter of 2016.
Technicolor continued to grow its revenues in VFX for TV series at a very rapid
pace in the first quarter, working on new seasons of History's Vikings and
Roots, Showtime's Penny Dreadful, A&E's Bates Motel, and FX's The Strain, and is
now expanding the capacity of Mr. X in Toronto to support increasing demand.
In VFX for advertising, revenues were particularly strong in the first quarter,
driven by double-digit organic growth and the addition of The Mill and Mikros
Image. With its strengthened leadership in advertising, the Group has a solid
platform to capture growth in this market segment and further deepen
relationships with key advertising agencies and brands. Technicolor continued to
demonstrate its expertise in managing highly complex projects during the first
quarter, completing work on Hennesy's new visually epic spot The Piccards, the
new Sky's Q campaign, the film that launched Stella's new 360 campaign Host
Beautifully and the live-action trailer Seize Glory for the launch of
Activision's video game Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, among others.
Animation revenues also recorded double-digit year-on-year growth in the first
quarter, reflecting a higher level of activity with DreamWorks Animation as the
Group is working on new seasons and additional TV series for the studio. In
addition to a strong business pipeline for TV series, Mikros Image won two
feature animation projects, including Captain Underpants (DreamWorks Animation).
The level of activity in Games was also sustained in the first quarter, driven
by the expansion of the team dedicated to Rockstar Games. Technicolor also
completed work on Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Activision) during the quarter.
Postproduction revenues remained stable year-over-year in the first quarter, as
the solid level of activity in broadcast and OTT fully offset a lower number of
projects in theatrical. Postproduction teams continued to apply their expertise
in both video and sound services and their ability to manage highly complex
projects during the quarter, as exemplified by their work on the Oscar-winning
feature The Revenant, among others.
Technicolor implemented during the first quarter a standardized platform across
the Advertising segment to drive operational efficiency. The Group also
leveraged its greater scale in Production Services to renegotiate several vendor
contracts.
DVD Services revenues amounted to ?272 million in the first quarter of 2016, up
25.2% at constant currency compared to the first quarter of 2015. This
performance was driven by a c.25% year-on-year growth in total volumes,
reflecting new customer additions secured in 2015, as well as selected key new
release theatrical titles produced in the first quarter of 2016. During the
period, DVD volumes increased by c.12%, while Blu-ray(TM) disc volumes were up
c.26% compared to the first quarter of 2015. Overall Games volumes increased by
c.6% year-on-year, as growth in Xbox One Blu-ray(TM) games volumes was tempered
somewhat by the ongoing (and largely complete) shift in demand from the prior
generation DVD based Xbox console. CD volumes were up substantially in the first
quarter, due primarily to last year's new customer additions.
Key theatrical titles produced in the first quarter included Star Wars: The
Force Awakens (Disney), Spectre (Fox), as well as The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -
Part 2 (Lionsgate), while key games titles included Tom Clancy's The Division
(Ubisoft) and Quantum Break (Microsoft).
Technicolor launched during the first quarter cost reduction and operational
efficiency initiatives with regards to the North American assets of Cinram that
were acquired in the fourth quarter of 2015. These assets have an operational
efficiency level materially lower than Technicolor standards for DVD Services.
These actions will positively impact the margin in the second half of 2016.
Volume data for Entertainment Services
First Quarter
| |
In million units 2015 | 2016 | Change
-------------------------------------------+-------+---------
Total volumes 271.0 | 337.5 | +24.6%
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By format DVD 211.0 | 237.2 | +12.4%
| |
Blu-ray(TM) 58.6 | 73.9 | +26.1%
| |
CD 1.4 | 26.5 | ns
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By segment Theatrical/Broadcast 252.5 | 296.3 | +17.4%
| |
Games 9.6 | 10.2 | +6.3%
| |
Software & Kiosk 7.5 | 4.6 | (39.1)%
| |
Music & Audio 1.4 | 26.5 | ns
| |
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Technology
Licensing revenues amounted to ?112 million in the first quarter of 2016, down
?6 million at current currency compared to the first quarter of 2015. This
decrease was due to a ?62 million decline in MPEG LA revenues, which was
partially compensated by a strong quarter in Patent Licensing, driven by Video
Coding and Digital TV activities. In Video Coding, the strong performance was
driven by the first material licensing agreement for the use of its HEVC patent
portfolio that Technicolor signed with a leading technology company in early
February. Since the signing of this agreement, the Group has initiated
discussions with several other market players. In Digital TV, Technicolor has
signed licensing agreements with three mid-size Japanese TV brands and is now
focusing on its joint licensing program with Sony. During the quarter, licensing
discussions continued on several fronts, including opportunities in the mobile
space.
In the first quarter, Technicolor slightly increased its Trademark Licensing
revenues and continued to make additional progress in the dissemination of its
High Dynamic Range ("HDR") technology. Several silicon manufacturers have
started to embed its technologies, for TVs or set-top boxes, and chips will be
available by the end of this year. In addition, Vubiquity, the largest provider
of broadcast and distribution services worldwide, has announced that it will use
Technicolor's Prime as their HDR distribution system.
Financial calendar
+------------------------+---------------+
| Annual General Meeting | 29 April 2016 |
+------------------------+---------------+
| H1 2016 Results | 28 July 2016 |
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forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and
beliefs and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from the future results expressed,
forecasted or implied by such forward-looking statements. For a more complete
list and description of such risks and uncertainties, refer to Technicolor's
filings with the French Autorité des marchés financiers.
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About Technicolor
Technicolor, a worldwide technology leader in the media and entertainment
sector, is at the forefront of digital innovation. Our world class research and
innovation laboratories enable us to lead the market in delivering advanced
video services to content creators and distributors. We also benefit from an
extensive intellectual property portfolio focused on imaging and sound
technologies. Our commitment: supporting the delivery of exciting new
experiences for consumers in theaters, homes and on-the-go.
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[1] Revenues excluding exited activities (including legacy activities, Digital
Cinema and Distribution Services, IZ-ON, M-GO, and Virdata).
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