Reliance MediaWorks in ‘profit’ soon

“The company’s EBITDA is healthy at the moment but the bottom line has been impacted due to large capital expenditure on recently commissioned projects of BPO and studio that impacts through depreciation and interest,” Reliance MediaWorks CEO Anil Arjun said.

He said in the current fiscal,the company is expecting a growth of 25-30 per cent in sales.

“In the next four quarters we expect to become profitable as there will be a significant decline in interest and debt in the next one year,” Arjun said.

For the financial year ended March 31,2011,the firm’s consolidated net sales stood at Rs 781.46 crore and net loss of Rs 328.86 crore.

Arjun also said the company’s proposed Rs 500 crore rights issued,which was announced in May,will materilise soon without specifying a timeline.

“The proceeds from the Rs 500 crore rights issue will be primarily used to offload debt. The process for the issue is on and it will be soon announced,” he added.

The company provides production,post-production and imaging services for films and operates cinema exhibition screens.

“The main thrust this year will be on conversion of content from standard definition to high definition for which we have proprietary tools and technology,” he said.

The company has already done restoration of popular international titles such as Citizen Kane,Singin’ In The Rain,Casablanca,Sunset Boulevard,the Indiana Jones trilogy,the original Star Wars trilogy,20 James Bond films,and numerous classic Disney animated films.

It has also done 3D work for films such as Avatar,Yogi Bear and Titanic.

In India the company is working on restoration projects with National Film Archive of India,Children’s Film Society of India and Nehru Memorial Museum and Library.

The company’s scrips were trading at Rs 134 per share,up 2.88 per cent compared to the previous close on the Bombay Stock Exchange.