Highlight Communications increases half-year profit

 Highlight Communications, the media company based in Pratteln in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, increased its sales to CHF 271.7 million in the first half of 2007. This corresponds to an increase of 6.3 percent. Consolidated net income in the first half of the year amounted to CHF 13.9 million. In the same period last year, it amounted to 11.1 million francs. The operating result improved by 24.3 percent to 23.0 million Swiss francs, as Highlight Communications announced. The listed company operates in three divisions: Film, Home Entertainment and Sports- and Event-Marketing. The Film division achieved a 5 percent increase in sales to 229.5 million Swiss francs in the past six months. The increase was due to new releases on DVD and video as well as the continued positive development of TV service productions.