Cyfrowy Polsat net profits grows nearly 80%, sales revenue triples

Poland's largest media group, Cyfrowy Polsat, recorded a 74-percent rise in its first-quarter net profits, totaled PLN 170.8 million, thanks to its last-year acquisition of the mobile operator, Polkomtel, the firm informed on Thursday. The results in the corresponding period last year amounted to PLN 98.2 million. Consolidated sales revenue more than tripled, reached PLN 2.33 billion, compared with PLN 723.3 million a year ago.