TF1 Revenues Up, Despite Flat Ad Market

BOULOGNE, January 25: Full-year 2007 revenues at the TF1
Group were up 4.1 percent to 2.8 billion euros, with the greatest gains being
in the French broadcaster’s Audiovisual Rights segment.

French broadcasting revenues were up 3.1 percent to 2.2
billion euros. This includes 1.7 billion euros in TF1 channel advertising
revenues, which were flat for the year, rising just 0.6 percent, as well as
153.1 million euros from the Teleshopping Group (up 38.7 percent) and the thematic
channels, which were up 22.6 percent to 188.6 million euros.

Audiovisual rights revenues gained 11.3 percent in the year
to 27.2 million euros. TF1 Video gained 5.6 percent to 166.7 million euros, and
content exploitation revenues rose 22.1 percent to 101.4 million euros, led by
the theatrical rollout of La Môme.

The international broadcasting segment delivered revenues of
15.7 million euros, a 6.1-percent gain.

—By Mansha Daswani