JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – PT Surya Citra Media Tbk (SCMA) booked net profit of Rp318.4 billion in first quarter (Q1) of this year, grew by 9.2% from Rp291.7 billion in the same period of last year.

Net revenues increased 12.5% to Rp953.8 billion from previous Rp847.6 billion. PT Surya Citra Televisi (SCTV) achieved net revenues of Rp657.3 billion in first quarter while PT Indosiar Visual Mandiri (IVM) achieved revenues of Rp302.7 billion.

Ebitda for first quarter increased by 6% to Rp466.6 billion while Ebitda margin declined to 48.9% from 52% in first quarter of last year. Its assets increased 4.8% to Rp4.39 trillion while liability reached Rp1.28 trillion.

SCTV’s average audience share for Q1 2014 decreased by 1.5 points to 15.6% compared to the previous corresponding period. IVM’s average audience share increased by 4.5 points to 12.4%.

The resulting combined average audience share for SCM was 28.0%, 3 points greater than the 25.0% audience share for Q1 2013.

SCTV consistently held the top 1 and 2 All Time market positions during Q1 2014. IVM moved up 2 spots to number 4 in the rankings.