CyberMedia Records 23% YoY Increase in Net Profit for Q1 2006-07

New Delhi, Delhi, India , 2006-07-25

-- Total Income up by 25% YoY
-- EBITDA up by 26% YoY

Financial Highlights (Consolidated)

Gross Income up by 25%YoY to Rs 192.5 mn compared to Rs 154.5 mn in Q1 2005-06.

-- Revenues from publishing business up by 13.7% YoY to Rs 117.41 mn due to higher value ad realization and growth in ad pages.
-- Revenues from research business up by 20.1% YoY to Rs 32.1 mn due to boost in research demand led by growth in IT and Telecom sector in India
-- Revenue from online business up by 47% YoY to Rs 14.8 mn due to improvement in unique visitors and page views.

EBITDA increased by 26% YoY to Rs 27.5 mn from Rs 21.9 mn in Q1 2005-06.

EBITDA margins up to 14.3% after absorbing operating losses in new businesses

-- Rs 3.3 mn in job board business
-- Rs 4.7 mn in Content Services business

Net Profit up by 23% to Rs 12.6 mn from Rs 10.3 mn in Q1 2005-06 due to higher sales.

Operational Highlights

-- Global Services achieves 25,000 opt-in subscribers.

-- CyberMedia Services achieves 70% YoY top line growth.

-- CyberMedia Dice campaign launched for brand awareness to garner more profiles.

-- Living Digital relaunched with a new look targeted at 20-40 year old upwardly mobile gadget savvy men.

About CyberMedia (India) Ltd.

CyberMedia is South Asia's first and largest specialty media house with:

-- Twelve publications (including Dataquest and PCQuest) in the infotech, telecom, consumer electronics and biotech areas
-- An end-to-end Media value chain including the internet (www.ciol.com), events and television
-- Media Services include market research (IDC India), job board (CyberMedia Dice), content outsourcing, multimedia, and media education

CyberMedia’s products reach out to 1.2mn readers and 0.7mn online community. Its publications are leaders in their respective categories.

For further information on company please visit www.cybermedia.co.in

Forward Looking Statement

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Contact

Pramiti Bhargava, Cyber Media (India) Ltd, +91 (0124) 2384816
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