DGAP-News: RNTS Media N.V.: Real-time bidding business accelerates RNTS Media's growth


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RNTS Media N.V.: Real-time bidding business accelerates RNTS Media's growth

29.07.2016 / 07:32
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The Management Board of RNTS Media N.V. ("RNTS"), a leading mobile
advertising technology company, increases the pro-forma  revenue guidance
from more than EUR160m to more than EUR185m for the full year 2016.

The guidance upgrade is mainly based on above-plan growth of the real-time
bidding (RTB) business of Fyber, in combination with improved outlook for
Inneractive identified post-closing, similarly deriving from strong RTB
business. Management expects to also translate the increased revenue into
accelerated EBITDA improvement, while remaining negative on aggregate in
2016. For 2017, the company expects further strong revenue growth to more
than EUR240m and EBITDA to reach break-even by the end of the calendar
year, on a run-rate basis.

The Group has invested strongly into the RTB technology over the last 14
months, initially with the acquisition of Falk Realtime in May 2015 and
recently with the acquisition of Inneractive in July 2016. Falk Realtime,
re-branded as Fyber RTB after full integration into the Fyber platform in
H1 2016, enables programmatic trading and RTB for the existing ad exchange;
and with Inneractive, RNTS Media added a leading mobile RTB exchange, which
services more than 630m active users per month, to its monetization
offering.

In line with major market trends, both Fyber and Inneractive continue to
invest into their programmatic trading capabilities, both with a focus on
mobile video advertising.

Already this year, more than two-thirds of all US digital display
advertising is expected to be traded programmatically, showing 40% growth
compared to last year. Mobile and especially mobile video are driving this
growth, with mobile video programmatic spending outpacing desktop by 2017
(eMarketer).

Andreas Bodczek, CEO of RNTS, said: "It is encouraging to see that our
acquisition-driven growth strategy targeted towards programmatic trading
and RTB was validated by strong market growth and a continuous shift in
advertiser behaviour towards these buying technologies, and it further
strengthens our already strong competitive position. We are confident that
RNTS Media is ideally placed to capitalise on these market trends, given
its comprehensive product suite. Our integrated offering of Mediation, Ad
Exchange and Ad Serving enables app developers and publishers to connect to
RTB demand across ad formats and regions."

About RNTS Media
RNTS Media is a leading mobile advertising technology company.
Headquartered in Berlin, Germany and founded in 2010, it empowers app
developers and publishers to generate business-critical revenue streams
with targeted in-app advertising through its core assets Fyber, acquired in
October 2014, and Inneractive, acquired in July 2016. RNTS Media is listed
on the Prime Standard of Frankfurt Stock Exchange under symbol 'RNM.' For
more information, visit www.rntsmedia.com.

Investor Contact
Sabrina Kassmannhuber
ir@rntsmedia.com
+49 30 609 855 555

Media Contact
Natalia Sandin
natalia.sandin@rntsmedia.com
+1 650 201 8814

Bob Huxford
Bob.Huxford@newgatecomms.com
+44 20 7680 6550


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   Language:    English                                         
   Company:     RNTS Media N.V.                                 
                Johannisstr. 20                                 
                10117 Berlin                                    
                Germany                                         
   Phone:       +49 30 609 855 528                              
   E-mail:      governance@rntsmedia.com                        
   Internet:    www.rntsmedia.com                               
   ISIN:        NL0010315453                                    
   WKN:         A1J87D                                          
   Listed:      Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard)  
 
 
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