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Business Description: Southern Cross Media Group Limited (SXL) is a media provider which owns and engages in the broadcasting of free to air commercial TV and radio stations across Australia, advertising sales on TV and radio and management of online radio content.
Strategy Analysis: SXL is focused on its core Australian television and radio broadcasting assets. Its key short-term objectives will be to ensure a smooth integration of the Austereo acquisition and the realisation of full synergy benefits. Longer term, SXL want to harness cross selling between advertising mediums and profit from a national presence.
Southern Cross Media Group reported NPAT down 52% to $45.13m for the half-year ended 31 December 2012. The decrease in NPAT has been impacted by the one-off $39.5m income tax benefit recognised in the prior half year as a result of the companies acquired in the Austereo business combination entering into the tax consolidated group of Southern Cross Media Group. Revenues from ordinary activities were $327.68m, down 10% from the same period last year. Basic and Diluted EPS was 6.4 cents compared to 13.3 cents last year. Net operating cash flow was $66.67m compared to $109.74m last year. The interim dividend declared was 4.5 cents compared with 5.0 cents last year.
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