Technicolor SA announced financial and production results for its fourth quarter 2010.
According to the statement, Technicolor’s revenues were €1.155 billion (US $1.639 billion) in the quarter, up 21.4% from Q3 2009 and full year revenues were €3.574 billion (US $5.071 billion), down 1.2% from 2009.
On the optical disc replication front, Technicolor reported that in its fourth quarter 2010 “combined DVD and Blu-ray volumes increased by 54%, due to the start of the Warner Bros. agreement in August and strong growth in Blu-ray volumes. Even excluding the Warner Bros. volumes impact, Technicolor volumes increased in the mid-single digit range in the fourth quarter 2010 compared with 2009. The Group benefited from continuing improvements in consumer DVD purchasing and from the acceleration in Blu-ray growth driven by increased household penetration of Blu-ray players and by growing Blu-ray catalog business. During the fourth quarter, the DVD Services business won several new contracts from existing and new customers, including for 3D Blu-ray.”
In terms of raw numbers, the company manufactured roughly 441 million DVDs in the fourth quarter of 2010 (up 54% from the same period in 2009) as well as 47 million Blu-ray discs (up 121% over Q4 2009). For the full year of 2010, Technicolor produced approximately 1.073 billion DVDs and 94 million Blu-ray discs.
Disc Replication Services (rounded)
| Millions of units | Q4 2009 | Q4 2010 | Change (%) | H2 2009 | H2 2010 | Change (%) | Y 2009 | Y 2010 |
| DVD | 289 | 441 | +54% | 531 | 733 | +38% | 914 | 1073 |
| Blu-ray Disc (BD) | 21 | 47 | +121% | 36 | 73 | +105% | 51 | 94 |
| Games and Kiosk | 31 | 36 | +15% | 55 | 60 | +9% | 121 | 96 |
| Total | 341 | 524 | +54% | 622 | 866 | +39% | 1086 | 1263 |
Currency conversion as of March 21, 2011.
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