China Cable and Communication Announces First Consolidated Financials
01 Juin 2004 - 4:16PM
PR Newswire (US)
China Cable and Communication Announces First Consolidated
Financials BEIJING, June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Cable
and Communication, Inc. (OTC:CCCI) (BULLETIN BOARD: CCCI) today
announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2004,
which beginning on January 1, 2004 have included consolidation with
results of the Baoding Joint Venture. The Company recorded net
revenues of US$933,751, as compared with net revenues of US$ Nil
for the first quarter of 2003. For the first quarter of 2004, China
Cable and Communication recorded a net loss of US$1,681,382,
corresponding to a loss of $.02 per share based on 72,412,936
shares outstanding. Since the end of the fourth quarter of 2003,
the Company has accounted for the Baoding Joint Venture as a
subsidiary. For the first quarter of 2003, the Company had a net
loss of $3,215,661 corresponding to $0.06 per share, based on
53,286,289 shares outstanding. Gareth Tang, President of China
Cable and Communication stated, "We are very pleased with our
quarterly results as well as our efforts to consolidate the
Company's financial statements with those of the Baoding Joint
Venture. This avoided China Cable and Communication having to
increase its equity ownership in the joint venture by acquiring
additional equity from the other Baoding Joint Venture partners,
which would have resulted in an estimated cash expenditure to China
Cable and Communication of at least US$1.5 million. As a result of
the ability to consolidate the Company's financial statements with
those of the Baoding Joint Venture, the Company has suspended its
negotiations to acquire an additional 2 percent interest in the
Baoding Joint Venture, which the Company anticipates would have
required a cash purchase price of at least $1.5 million. We believe
that our being able to consolidate the financials without the
expenditure of cash is very positive for the Company and for our
shareholders." China Cable and Communication has previously
announced that it had successfully negotiated to have its
representatives hold a majority of the Board of Director seats of
the Baoding Joint Venture, as well as being able to appoint key
management of the joint venture. Mr. Tang also stated, "Not having
to expend approximately US$1.5 million to increase the Company's
ownership in the Joint Venture will enable us to look for other
synergistic opportunities. We believe that the most important
factor in all of this is that consolidated financials should enable
China Cable and Communication to accelerate its change in its
listing from the OTC Bulletin Board to the American Stock Exchange
in the United States, as the consolidated financial statements are
a key step in meeting the Exchange's listing requirements." About
China Cable and Communication Inc., China Cable and Communication,
Inc. is a China-based cable TV company. Through its British Virgin
Island subsidiary, the Company is the first foreign company to own
and operate a cable television network in China. Located 85 miles
south of Beijing, the network currently offers 39 channels within
the Baoding city limits and eight additional channels to outer
areas in the Baoding metropolitan area. It transmits in both analog
and digital over its fiber optic network and through 22
substations. With its fiber optic network, Baoding network is
capable of transmitting 37 analog television programs, six digital
signals and one FM music program. In addition to its cable
television transmission services, Baoding network offers Internet
access and value added services, such as broadband Internet access
and on- demand services through our proprietary set-top boxes.
China Cable and Communication is well positioned as a foreign
investor approved by The State Administration of Radio, Film and
Television ("SARFT"), China's national regulatory authority for the
broadcasting industry, to own interests in and provide operational
management support to cable television networks in the People's
Republic of China (PRC). The SARFT approval, together with the
trading of CCCI's common stock in the US, provides CCCI with a
favorable advantage in access to foreign capital. China Cable and
Communication, Inc. trades in the United States, under the ticker
symbol CCCI, in order to provide U.S. investors with the
opportunity to invest in a company that own interests in a PRC
cable television network. For more information, please visit
http://www.chinacable.us/. Forward Looking Statement The
forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to certain
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which reflect management's analysis
only as of the date hereof. The company undertakes no obligation to
publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events
or circumstances that arise after the date thereof. Readers should
carefully review the risks described in other documents the company
files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, as well as the Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-QSB and Current Reports on Form 8-K. CONTACTS:
George Raney Executive Director of China Cable & Communication,
Inc. Tel. 1-310-301-0082 Dara Podber Managing Director of Friedland
Capital Inc. Tel. 1-201-420-7437. (Friedland Capital Inc. is the US
Corporate Finance Advisor to China Cable and Communication, Inc.)
DATASOURCE: China Cable and Communication, Inc. CONTACT: George
Raney, Executive Director of China Cable & Communication, Inc.,
+1-310-301-0082; or Dara Podber, Managing Director of Friedland
Capital Inc., +1-201-420-7437, (Friedland Capital Inc. is the US
Corporate Finance Advisor to China Cable and Communication, Inc.)
Web site: http://www.chinacable.us/
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