RIYADH — MBC Group reported a 28.5% year-on-year improve in income to SR5.4 billion for the complete 12 months 2025, pushed by robust progress in streaming and media manufacturing actions.
The media and leisure conglomerate mentioned web revenue reached SR437.5 million in 2025, in comparison with SR426.1 million in 2024, with a web revenue margin of 8.1%.
On a quarterly foundation, revenues within the fourth quarter of 2025 rose 25% year-on-year to SR1.5 billion, whereas web revenue for the quarter stood at SR9.7 million.
MBC mentioned income progress was supported by enlargement in its streaming platform MBC Shahid and accelerated supply of main media and leisure tasks.
The Broadcasting and Different Business Actions (BOCA) phase recorded revenues of SR2.83 billion in 2025, a rise of 16.8% year-on-year.
Nevertheless, BOCA web revenue declined to SR492.9 million from SR533.2 million in 2024, partly as a result of non-core content material write-downs and the absence of non-recurring earnings recorded the earlier 12 months.
The MBC Shahid streaming platform generated SR1.38 billion in income in 2025, up 28.2% from the earlier 12 months.
Subscription revenues rose 25.4% to SR1.09 billion, supported by subscriber progress throughout the Center East and worldwide markets.
Promoting revenues additionally elevated 27.1% to SR236.1 million.
The platform’s web loss narrowed to SR78.7 million from SR129.1 million in 2024.
The Media and Leisure phase recorded the quickest progress, with income rising 69.6% year-on-year to SR1.18 billion, pushed by massive manufacturing tasks and rising management-fee earnings.
Chairman Waleed Al Ibrahim mentioned the outcomes mirror the energy of MBC’s working mannequin throughout broadcasting, digital platforms and manufacturing.
He mentioned the completion of the Public Funding Fund’s majority shareholding within the group in the course of the 12 months marked a significant milestone that strengthens alignment with Saudi Arabia’s long-term financial imaginative and prescient.
Chief Government Officer Mike Sneesby mentioned the group delivered robust progress whereas persevering with to spend money on content material and platforms that help long-term enlargement.
He added that MBC Shahid continued to develop throughout each subscription and promoting fashions and is making progress towards sustainable profitability.
Sneesby mentioned the group will focus in 2026 on increasing the Shahid platform, strengthening its content material pipeline and deepening strategic partnerships.
