News Corporation (NWS) is a diversified media conglomerate with interests all over the world and in most facets of media.

NWS is broken up into six main segments:

>>Cable Network Programming, which includes names like the FOX News Channel, FOX Business Network, FX, STAR and many other popular pay-TV channels.
>>Filmed Entertainment, which includes Fox Filmed Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Television and Fox Television Studios.
>>Television, which includes the FOX Broadcasting Company, the 27 stations in the Fox Television Stations group, and various television operations throughout the world.
>>Publishing, this includes over 150 newspaper brands and book publisher HarperCollins.
>>Director Broadcast Satellite Television, which includes several pay TV providers, such as Australia’s FOXTEL.
>>Other, is a broad segment that pretty much covers any other assets don’t fit into any of the above categories, such as a JV with NBC and Disney to create an online video site.

By the end of June, News Corp. plans to split its giant entertainment businesses, which include its 20th Century Fox film studio and Fox television assets, from its publishing division to create two separately listed companies.

2Q24 Results

NWS’ second quarter results were solid. The company’s revenue was $9.43 billion, up 5% on the same period in 2012.

The group’s underlying operating income was $1.66 billion, a 5% increase on the second quarter of the prior year.

Double-digit revenue growth in the Cable and Television businesses, along with improvements in the Publishing segment, drove group revenue and earnings growth.

Fox Sports

NWS announced its plans to launch a new USA sports network, Fox Sports 1, on August 17. The new network will be available in around 90 million homes, according to the company.

The new channels are being launched through a rebranding of Fox’s existing Speed network, a niche cable channel dedicated to motor sports.

Offerings on the channel include; Major League Baseball, Primetime Basketball, Primetime Football, NASCAR events; and soccer games including UEFA Champions League and Europa League, as well as the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2015/2019 and the FIFA Men’s World Cup in 2018/2022.

Speed currently charges 22 cents per subscriber. We would expect this fee to be significantly higher given the wide variety of coverage, but we don’t see this being nearly as high as ESPN’s charge of $5.

Outlook

NWS’ 2Q13 results were solid and we expect more of the same in the upcoming 3Q results.

We expect the publishing division to perform strongly with independent data released showing NWS’s flagship product, The Wall Street Journal, maintaining its position as the USA’s largest newspaper by average weekday circulation.

The paper had an average weekday circulation of 2.4 million, including print and digital subscribers, as of March 31, up 12% from a year earlier.

We believe this, coupled with the optimism surrounding the new Fox Sports 1, will see continued share price appreciation for NWS in the near-term.

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News Corporation (ASX:NWS) is a diversified media conglomerate with interests in all geographic locations around the world, and in all facets of the media. The principle activities of the company include printing and publishing, books and magazines, television broadcasting and production including both free to air and pay television, and film production and distributions.

Today, ASX 200 listed News Corporation announced its December quarter earnings, showing a net profit of $984.49 million up 65% compared to the same quarter a year ago.

The earnings rise came despite a $33.44 million cost for restructuring the group’s British and Australian newspaper divisions.

NWS reaffirmed its outlook for 2012, saying it still expects the company’s overall operating income to rise in then low-mid double-digit range for the year.

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