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ALi Corporation (3041 TT) today announced the total consolidated revenue for September 2013 reached NT$419.7 million, representing an increase of 18.6% MoM and a decrease of 23.8% YoY. Aggregate revenue from January to September of 2013 was NT$2,875.0 million, down 27.0% from the same period last year.
 

The company expressed that the STB revenue registered a double-digit growth both for the last two months.  The increasing sales reflected demand from STB manufacturing partners replenishing inventory prior to the “Golden Week” holidays in China; additionally, ASO (Analog switch-off) being initiated in some emerging countries and the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan spurred the demand in retail market both for standard and high-definition products.  Although the monthly revenue of September and the aggregate revenue from January to September of 2013 decreased year-over-year, the company has seen higher performance generated from Pay-TV operator market and IP STB and expects these two product segments to continuously fuel long-term growth momentum.

In view of growing demands for content security, the company earlier announced the signing of a license agreement with Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI) for use of their differential power analysis (DPA) countermeasure patents and technologies in ALi’s STB chipsets to ensure digital content is protected and securely deployed. In addition, the company also announced ALi’s family of STB chipsets are the world’s first chipsets to support the new Conax Cardless solution for STBs, indicating that the company’s efforts in providing innovative architecture and implementation of STB SoC for enhancing security capabilities have been recognized by partners.

ALi Corporation (3041 TT) today announced the total consolidated revenue for August 2013 reached NT$354.0 million, representing an increase of 22.6% MoM and a similar level to last year. Aggregate revenue from January to August of 2013 was NT$2,455.3 million, down 27.5% from the same period last year.

The company expressed that the STB revenue increased compared to previous month, mainly due to increasing demand in retail market both for standard and high-definition products; meanwhile, revenues from Pay-TV operator market in Southeast Asia also achieved good results; IP STB kept relatively stable performance.  Although the aggregate revenue from January to Aug of 2013 decreased year-over-year, the company has seen higher performance generated from Pay-TV operator market and IP STB and expects these two product segments to continuously fuel long-term growth momentum.

The company also announced to showcase its STB chipsets including ISDB-T, Satellite, Cable, and T2 platforms at the IBC 2013, along with its product roadmap featuring solutions for multi-screen applications and gateways. 

ALi Corporation (3041TT) today held its 2013 second quarter online earnings conference and announced consolidated revenue of NT$955 million, consolidated gross profit of NT$436 million with consolidated gross profit margin of 46%, consolidated operating profit of NT$32 million with consolidated operating profit margin of 3%, net income of NT$917 million, and basic earnings per share of NT$3.13 for the second quarter ended June 30th, 2013.

ALi Corporation stated that second quarter’s revenue of NT$955 million, representing an increase of 11% on a quarter-over-quarter basis, was mainly a result of higher demand from retail STB market, Pay-TV operator market in emerging countries, and continuous success of retail IP STB. The year-over-year sales decreased up to 26%, due to the higher quarterly sales base in 2012 retail market resulting from the ASO in Western Europe. Although the second quarterly revenue of 2013 decreased year-over-year, the company has seen the growth momentum in overall Pay-TV market and retail IP STB. Consolidated gross profit margin was 46%, up nearly 1 percentage point compared to the level of previous quarter. Consolidated operating expenses decreased 12% quarter-over-quarter, primarily due to careful cost control. The overall operation improved as consolidated operating profit turned profitable to NT$32 million with operating profit margin of 3%. The significant increase in net income was mainly due to the non-operating income generated by a one-time gain of nearly NT$900 million on the disposal of some floors of Nasa Building in the second quarter this year.    

As to the product line contribution in the second quarter, STB accounted for around 90~95% of the revenue. ALi’s STB end markets can be categorized into retail HD, retail SD, retail IP STB (OTT), and Pay-TV operators, which accounted for 35~40%, 20~25%, 10~15%, and 25~30% of STB revenue respectively.

ALi Corporation (3041 TT) today announced the total consolidated revenue for July 2013 reached NT$288.9 million, representing an increase of 1.7% MoM and a decrease 8.4% YoY. Aggregate revenue from January to July of 2013 was NT$2,101.2 million, down 30.7% from the same period last year.

The company expressed that the STB revenue increased compared to previous month, mainly due to increasing demand in retail market both for standard and high-definition products; meanwhile, revenues from Pay-TV operators market kept relatively stable.  Although the monthly revenue of July and aggregate revenue from January to July of 2013 decreased year-over-year, the company has seen higher performance generated from Pay-TV operator market and IP STB and expects these two product segments to continuously fuel long-term growth momentum.

The company also declared to pay a cash dividend of NT$2.00 per share on August 27th, 2013 by either wire remittances or checks.

Note: Figures have not been audited; consolidated entities include ALi Corporation and its subsidiaries.