Saturday, February 23, 2013

US Big Cable TV and Radio Corps 4Q 2012 Earnings Up 4%

I found 10 US Cable TV and Radio Corps filing with the SEC, which have already released their 4Q 2012 earnings and which also generated Adjusted After-tax Net Income of more than $100 mil in either the 4Q 2012 or in the 4Q 2011.

These 10 US Cable TV and Radio Corps generated Total Adjusted After-tax Net Income of $5,457 mil in the 4Q 2012, up 4% from the 4Q 2011.    

Below is the Ongoing, Adjusted After-tax Net Income of these 10 US Cable TV and Radio Corps for both the 4Q 2012 and the 4Q 2011.



4Q 2012 4Q 2011


Non-GAAP Non-GAAP


Adjusted Adjusted Increase Increase
  Net Net (Decrease) (Decrease)
Company Income Income Amount %

mils of $s mils of $s mils of $s
Big Cable TV and Radio








Comcast 1,409 1,296 113 9%
News Corp 1,037 981 56 6%
DirecTV 942 718 224 31%
Time Warner Cable 479 447 32 7%
Viacom 461 591 (130) -22%
CBS 414 377 37 10%
Discovery Communications 224 336 (112) -33%
DISH Networks 209 313 (104) -33%
Sirius XM Radio 156 71 85 120%
Scripps Networks Interactive 126 124 2 2%





Total all 10 5,457 5,254 203 4%