MEDIA PRIMA ANNOUNCES NEW APPOINTMENT

KUALA LUMPUR, 2 October 2018 – Media Prima Berhad (“Media Prima” or the “Group”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mustapha Kamil Mohd Janor as Executive Director, News and Editorial Operations of Media Prima. The Group also announced that Mustapha Kamil had been appointed to the Boards of Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad (“STMB”) and…

MEDIA PRIMA BERHAD POSTS FIRST HALF 2018 PROFIT OF RM8.7 MILLION; FOCUS ON COMMERCE, DIGITAL INITIATIVES AND MAXIMISING VALUE OF ASSETS

  KUALA LUMPUR, 30 August 2018 – Media Prima Berhad (“Media Prima” or the “Group”), Malaysia’s largest integrated media Group, announced today that its improved financial performance for the six months ended 30 June 2018 (“1HFY18”) is attributed to the on-going business transformation initiatives to become Malaysia’s leading digital-first content and commerce company. The Group…

TONTON MADE ACCESSIBLE AT NO COST TO MALAYSIANS; MOVE IS EXPECTED TO DRIVE HIGHER REVENUE THROUGH DIGITAL ADVERTISING

Kuala Lumpur, 28 August 2018 – Media Prima Television Networks (“MPTN”) announced today that its popular over-the-top (“OTT”) service, tonton, will offer Malaysians its video streaming services at no cost, in-line with Media Prima’s Group-wide business transformation strategy to increase revenue through programmatic advertising, one of the fastest-growing digital revenue segments. This follows Media Prima’s…

MEDIA PRIMA RECEIVES GOLD AWARD AT AUSTRALASIAN REPORTING AWARDS

KUALA LUMPUR, 25 June 2018 – Media Prima Berhad (“Media Prima” or the “Group”), Malaysia’s leading integrated media group, received a Gold Award for its Annual Report at the Australasian Reporting Awards (“ARA”) Presentation Dinner in Sydney, Australia. The Group’s 2016 Annual Report, themed “Our Stories”, was recognised for “Distinguished Achievement in Reporting” at the…

MEDIA PRIMA REPORTS POSITIVE EBITDA ON THE BACK OF HIGHER REVENUE FROM DIGITAL AND COMMERCE INITIATIVES

Kuala Lumpur, 24 May 2018 – Media Prima Berhad (“Media Prima” or the “Group”), Malaysia’s leading integrated media group, recorded significantly higher digital advertising, digital content and commerce revenue for the three months ended 31 March 2018 (“1QFY18”), which turned the Group to positive earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (“EBITDA”) of RM2.2 million,…

OVER 25.6 MILLION FOLLOWED MEDIA PRIMA’S NEWS PORTALS FOR MALAYSIA GE14 COVERAGE

Kuala Lumpur, 22 May 2018 – Media Prima Berhad (“Media Prima” or the “Group”), Malaysia’s leading integrated media group, garnered over millions of internet users following the Group’s online news coverage throughout Malaysia’s 14th General Elections (“GE14”). According to Google Analytics, the election period between 6 April and 13 May saw the Group’s news portals…