24th Apr 2015 07:00
24 April 2015
7digital Group plc
("7digital"or "the Company")
AGM statement and Trading Update
7digital (AIM: 7DIG), the digital music and radio services company, announces that at today's AGM, the Chairman, Don Cruickshank, will confirm that trading continues to be in line with the Board's expectations.
The Company is also pleased to announce that there have been several contract wins since the announcement of its preliminary results on 24 March 2015. These include four new customers and the expansion of two existing contracts into new territories. Taken together, over their duration, the contracts have a total value of £1.8 million, which includes both set up fees and monthly recurring revenues.
7digital is experiencing particularly strong growth at the moment from the radio sector as broadcast organisations move to embrace the possibilities of using their brands to create streamed music services.
Clients here include Astro Media in Malaysia, an existing 7digital radio customer, who have launched "RAKU", a new personalised streaming service that allows its radio audience of 12.9 million to stream Malaysian and international music as well as a wide variety of radio stations which offer access to podcasts, news and sports. 7digital is powering the music streaming and coordinating music rights for the service.
TeamRock.com is the owner of the leading rock and metal brands: TeamRock, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and the Blues. Backed by Harwood Private Equity, TeamRock currently engages with fans through a national UK radio service, websites, print magazines and apps for mobile and desktop. TeamRock will not be extending its contract to broadcast nationally in the UK, which expires at the end of June, but will instead create a new global partnership with 7digital, which will allow the company to offer both radio and streaming music services worldwide.
In addition, existing 7digital US customer ROK Mobile, which brings mobile and music together in a bundled SIM card service, is expanding into the UK and have appointed 7digital to power their service.
7digital's US office has signed deals to provide streaming for three new services: urRadio is a social music platform, which allows users to share live, personalised music and talk radio stations for free and without commercials. CrowdTunes is a music management platform for venues, their patrons and staff. The service provides curated music selections that patrons can engage with and control through a unique jukebox application on their smartphones. Finally, Rithm, launched earlier this month, is a Canadian-based music messaging service that integrates song sharing with real-time interactive chat.
Simon Cole, CEO of 7digital comments:
"We are delighted to have maintained the momentum created in our first year since the merger and to have engaged with such a varied roster of clients in the last few weeks. Particularly pleasing is to see one of the key areas which we identified for growth - the radio industry - starting to deliver significant business. Our skills and technology sit at the meeting place of radio and streamed music and our sales pipeline tells us that this is the right place to be."
Enquiries:
7digital Group | 020 7099 7777 |
Simon Cole, Chief Executive Officer | |
Chris Dent, Chief Financial Officer |
finnCap (nominated adviser and broker) | 020 7220 0500 |
Geoff Nash / Simon Hicks - Corporate Finance | |
Malar Velaigam - Corporate Broking |
Powerscourt | 020 7250 1446 |
Juliet Callaghan / Simon Compton |
About 7digital Group PLC:
7digital are the power behind innovative digital listening experiences. Their robust, scalable technical infrastructure and extensive global rights are used to create comprehensive music and radio services for leading consumer brands, mobile carriers, broadcasters, automotive systems, retailers, record labels, artists and agencies. Alongside proven product knowledge, they offer award-winning radio production and music curation services, superior editorial strategy and content management expertise, making them a leading partner in this space.
7digital foster industry growth and innovation by simplifying access to music for clients such as Panasonic, Onkyo, Guvera, ROK Mobile, and The Overflow. From their years of being the largest independent producer of programming for the BBC, launching Radioplayer in multiple territories and powering services for partners like Samsung, BlackBerry and T-Mobile, 7digital are perfectly positioned to lead innovation at the intersection of digital music and next generation radio services.
http://about.7digital.com/
Related Shares:
7DIG.L