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Management Update April 2016 1 i-CABLE At A Glance Integrated Triple-Play FY2015 Revenue = HK$1,510m Communications Provider Others 32 (2%) Integrated services provider of television, broadband and telephony services to ~1m


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Management Update

April 2016

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FY2015 Customers = ~ 1m

i-CABLE At A Glance

  • Integrated

services provider

  • f

television, broadband and telephony services to ~1m customers

  • Near universal Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (“HFC”)

network in Hong Kong which can be easily overlaid with a scaleable Gigabit Passive Optical Network (“GPON”) for bandwidth-hungry consumers

  • Most watched Pay-TV platform in Hong Kong over

the past 2 decades

  • Awaiting formal free-to-air (“FTA”) license from

Hong Kong government

  • One of the largest producers of television, film and

multimedia content based in Hong Kong producing >10,000 hours of programming each year

  • One of the largest TV and film libraries in Hong

Kong, with >30,000 hours of TV programmes on top of >20 years of news footage

Integrated Triple-Play Communications Provider FY2015 Revenue = HK$1,510m

951 171 100 Television (78%) Broadband (14%) Telephony (8%)

1 Mainly consumer broadband & telephony. 2 Includes inter-segment elimination.

1,130 348 32 Television (75%) Internet & Multimedia¹ (23%) Others² (2%)

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Track Record of Innovative Multimedia Offerings

2010 2012 2000 2002 2005 2015 1993 2016 1999

Apr-2002 Launch of fully digitised news production center, first in Hong Kong Jan-2015 Rollout of GPON broadband services Jun-1993 Hong Kong Cable awarded a Pay TV license Nov-1999 IPO to raise US$550m for 20% of the company Jan-2000 Awarded telecom license Mar-2000 Commenced broadband

  • perations

Jan-2010 Application for FTA license Jul-2012 Unprecedented live coverage of London Olympics 2012 Dec-2015 Upgraded News platform to HD capabilities; Launched News hd209 Aug-2015 Renewed UEFA Champions League rights to 2018 Oct-1993 Went on air with 8 channels; Launched Asia's first 24-hour news channel Jun / Nov-2010 HD broadcast of 2010 FIFA World Cup and first ever HD coverage of Asian Games in Hong Kong Mar-2005 Launched Sundream Motion Pictures Feb-2016 Launched FanHub, an enhanced Pay TV service with interactive features Jul-2005 Launch of in-train TV service

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Overview of Business Segments

  • TV subscription business,

advertising, channel carriage, programme licensing, miscellaneous TV- related businesses Television Others Internet & Multimedia

  • Broadband Internet access

services, VoIP telephony, and other Internet access- related businesses

  • Services delivered via HFC

and GPON

  • Sundream Motion Pictures

Limited (“Sundream”): Movie production and distribution arm which acquires, produces and distributes films in Hong Kong and internationally

  • International Distribution

Limited (“iDL”): Distribution arm of i-CABLE’s TV content to third parties locally and

  • verseas
  • Inter-segment elimination

Note: Revenue and EBITDA based on segment revenues, which include inter-segment revenue and EBITDA.

1 Reported EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest income, finance costs, impairment losses on investment, non-operating income / expenses, provisions for

income tax, depreciation of property, plant and equipment but after amortisation of programming rights and impairment losses on programming library (see note 4 to the financial statements in i-CABLE 2015 Annual Report).

2 Adjusted EBITDA is calculated by adding amortisation of programming library and impairment losses on programming library to Reported EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA

is shown for comparative purposes to provide EBITDA after incorporating all non-cash items.

Revenue 1,130 348 32 Reported EBITDA1 (46) 143 (117) Margin (%) (4)% 41% NA Adjusted EBITDA2 53 143 (88) Margin (%) 5% 41% NA

FY2015 Key Financials (HK$m)

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Financial Overview

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Television

  • Television revenue has decreased in recent years mainly attributable to a decrease in revenue

related to Barclays Premier League (“BPL”) — Accompanied by a corresponding contraction in programming costs to sustain EBITDA

  • Proliferation of content-on-demand via OTT platforms both locally and internationally, as well as

intense competition via existing players and new entrants, have continued to put pressure on subscription revenue and advertising income

Revenue

1 Includes channel service fees, premises lease rental and other revenues.

1,364 1,338 1,160 922 815 291 324 285 259 244 94 94 101 86 71 1,749 1,757 1,546 1,266 1,130 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 (HK$m) CATV Air-time Sales Others¹

May-2013: Cessation of Barclays Premier League broadcast rights

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Television

  • Continued, but more gradual, contraction of subscription TV customer base, amidst stabilising

ARPU as BPL impact is fully absorbed

Key Performance Indicators

Note: The above key performance indicators include CATV subscribers with ARPU of HK$100 and above only.

1 Calculated as revenue divided by the average number of subscribers divided by 12, where average number of subscribers are calculated as the average of the

number of subscribers on the first day of the year and on the last day of each month of the year.

461 434 388 338 303 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Subscribers ('000) 245 244 231 208 208 ARPU (HK$/ month)¹

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Internet & Multimedia

  • Fibre-speed broadband migration and perception of “better speed equals better quality” have put

pressure on Internet & Multimedia revenue

  • Internet & Multimedia revenue has remained relatively stable despite a contracting subscriber base

as customer yield improves

Revenue

1 Broadband revenue includes broadband access revenue and homeline telephony revenue (mainly generated as part of bundled services for broadband

customers).

2 Revenue from “Others” includes online advertising revenue, content / portal revenue, interconnect revenues and other revenues.

267 290 305 319 310 73 49 43 46 38 340 338 348 365 348 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 (HK$m) Broadband¹ Others²

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Internet & Multimedia

  • Active upselling to higher bandwidth plans upon contract renewal, and active rate adjustment in

subscription plan to align with competition in a stabilised market, have led to an overall increase in blended ARPU

  • I&M subscribers include subscribers of broadband and/or telephony services

1 Based on annual broadband access and homeline telephony revenue divided by the average of the Internet & Multimedia subscribers, where average number of subscribers are

calculated as the average of the number of subscribers on the first day of the year and on the last day of each month of the year. The number of subscribers is net of double counting of subscribers that subscribe to both broadband and telephony services.

2 Net of double counting of subscribers that subscribe to both broadband and telephony services. 3 Represents average of the monthly churn rate of the year. Monthly churn rate is calculated as the number of subscriber churn in a month divided by the opening number of subscribers

for that month. The number of subscribers for churn rate calculation is based on a combined gross subscriber base for broadband and telephony and does not exclude double-counting of subscribers that subscribe to both broadband and telephony plans.

Key Performance Indicators

1.7% 2.2% 1.8% 1.5% 1.8% % of Total Revenue I&M Churn Rate3 257 239 231 219 194 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Subscribers ('000)²

98 108 117 125

I&M ARPU (HK$/month)¹

98

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Others

  • iDL monetises i-CABLE’s programme library through worldwide distribution
  • Sundream’s revenue has gained traction as it ramped up its film production and distribution

capabilities — During 2015, Sundream theatrically released 20 films in Hong Kong and Macau

  • “Others” includes revenue for i-CABLE’s retail shops and unallocated revenue

— i-CABLE has closed its last retail shop at the end of 2015 given its low cost effectiveness

Revenue

15 20 31 31 28 12 16 22 33 27 14 17 15 6 2 (20) (21) (30) (35) (25) 21 32 37 35 32 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 (HK$m) iDL Sundream Others Inter-Segment Elimination

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Adjusted EBITDA

  • Adjusted EBITDA is calculated by adding amortisation of programming library and impairment

losses on programming library to Reported EBITDA

  • These adjustments mainly relate to

— Television EBITDA, which is adjusted by adding-back the abovementioned non-cash expenses from Programming / Content costs — EBITDA derived from Sundream, for which a small amount of non-cash expenses are added back to EBITDA from “Other & inter-segment elimination”

Total Segmental Breakdown

Reported Adjustment

(HK$m) 7.9% 3.5% 12.6% 12.5% 7.2% % of Total Revenue Television Internet & Multimedia Other & Inter- Segment Elimination

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

EBITDA 69 (30) 125 34 (46) Adjusted EBITDA 149 59 210 133 53 EBITDA 127 118 125 156 143 EBITDA (117) (110) (101) (103) (117) Adjusted EBITDA (110) (101) (92) (80) (88) 78 (22) 149 88 (19) 88 98 94 121 128 166 75 243 209 108 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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1,600 1,698 1,336 1,134 1,077 213 221 223 209 205 146 150 153 138 136 (16) (18) (24) (23) (16) 1,944 2,052 1,688 1,457 1,401 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 (HK$m)

Operating Expenses

  • Television operating expenses have gradually declined along with decline in television revenue
  • Internet & Multimedia operating expenses have remained relatively stable, but have gradually

declined as % of segment revenue due to disciplined cost management

  • For adjusted opex calculations, opex for Television and Sundream (under Others) are adjusted for

amortisation of programming library and impairment losses on programming library

By Business Segment

91.5% 62.8%

Television Opex as % of Segment Revenue I&M Opex as % of Segment Revenue

65.3% 64.0% 57.2% 58.9% 95.3% 89.5% 86.4% 96.7%

Before Adjustments After Adjustments

Television Internet & Multimedia Others Inter-Segment Elimination 96.1% 62.8% 65.3% 64.0% 57.2% 58.9% 97.3% 91.9% 104.0% 101.7% 1,680 1,787 1,421 1,232 1,176 213 221 223 209 205 156 162 166 167 168 (18) (20) (28) (30) (19) 2,031 2,149 1,782 1,578 1,530 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 (HK$m)

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Operating Expenses

  • Salaries & Benefits and Programming / Contents costs, which include amortisation of programming

library and impairment losses on programming library, account for the majority of expenses

  • Advertising & Promotion costs have been the lowest cost component at ~1% of total revenue
  • For adjusted opex calculation, Programming / Contents costs and Cost of Sales are adjusted for

amortisation of programming library and impairment losses on programming library

By Category

92.1%

Opex as % of Total Revenue

96.5% 87.4% 87.5% 92.8%

Before Adjustments After Adjustments

96.3% 92.3% 94.7% 709 719 714 699 697 852 949 599 404 359 26 18 19 15 15 123 121 113 119 116 192 181 183 170 175 (50) (46) (43) (50) (47) 92 110 103 99 85 1,944 2,052 1,688 1,457 1,401 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 (HK$m) 101.3% 101.0% 709 719 714 699 697 932 1,038 684 503 458 26 18 19 15 15 123 121 113 119 116 192 181 183 170 175 (50) (46) (43) (50) (47) 99 119 112 122 114 2,031 2,149 1,782 1,578 1,529 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 (HK$m)

May-2013: Cessation of Barclays Premier League broadcast rights

Salaries & Benefits Programming / Contents Advertising & Promotion Plant Operations General Administration Capitalised Cost Cost of Sales

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84 106 116 148 120 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 (HK$m)

Capex

  • Capex has remained relatively stable in the past few years, except in FY2013, when capex spend

dipped primarily due to the near completion of the HD STB / production investments by 2012 as well as a contraction of other capex spend, while the HD news upgrade started from 2014 onwards

  • Additions to programming library comprises mostly of acquisition costs relating to movie and

drama content — These costs exclude costs related to live sports content and self-produced shows, both of which are expensed

Capex Additions to Programming Library

% of Total Revenue

4.0% 8.0% 8.9% 6.0% 5.0% 10.6% 7.6% 11.3% 10.1% 13.1%

1 Includes capacity related, subscriber connections, cable modem, and Multichannel Multipoint Distribution System (MMDS)/ Headend / Test Equipment and other

capex.

72 44 54 87 71 35 36 24 46 67 115 136 69 55 59 223 215 147 188 197 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 (HK$m) Fibre & Coaxial Network TV Production Equipment Others¹

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Summary Financials

(in HK$ m) FYE Dec 2011A 2012A 2013A 2014A 2015A Total Revenue 2,110 2,127 1,932 1,666 1,510 Growth (%) 1% (9)% (14)% (9)% Reported EBITDA 78 (22) 149 88 (19) Margin (%) 3.7% (1.0)% 7.7% 5.3% (1.3)% Adjusted EBITDA 166 75 243 209 108 Margin (%) 7.9% 3.5% 12.6% 12.5% 7.2% Loss from Operations (180) (275) (88) (139) (242) Margin (%) (8.5)% (12.9)% (4.5)% (8.3)% (16.0)% Loss for the Year (179) (278) (93) (139) (233) Margin (%) (8.5)% (13.1)% (4.8)% (8.4)% (15.4)% Capex 223 215 147 188 197 Margin (%) 10.6% 10.1% 7.6% 11.3% 13.1% Additions to Programming Library 84 106 116 148 120 Margin (%) 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% 8.9% 8.0% Adjusted EBITDA Less Capex Less Additions to Programming Library (141) (245) (20) (127) (209) Margin (%) (6.7)% (11.5)% (1.0)% (7.6)% (13.8)%

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Business Transformation Initiatives

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Challenges & Strategic Focus

  • Service image suffering from legacy anecdotal and isolated incidences
  • Under-investment in brand image

— In terms of re-building of image and word-of-mouth creation effort

  • Under-investment in online sales / marketing and service portals

— Resulting in over-reliance on limited sales manpower which has driven up sales cost — Lagging behind competitors in terms of promoting the online platforms for customer service, customer communication, sales and renewals

Brand Image / Marketing Broadband Experience Content Experience

  • Under-investment in customer experience

— Aging of set-top boxes – Less competitive functions compared to new OTT boxes – Affected performance and stability — Insufficient HD initiatives including capacity, news, & channel line-up — Insufficient focus on multi-screen potential – Full subscription value not realised

  • Broadband image suffering from insufficient market education

— Market pre-empted by competitors’ efforts to promote Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH), which undervalues HFC broadband — Market further affected by previous experiences of instability and speed limitations relating to HFC infrastructure

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Brand Image / Marketing

i-CABLE Brand Proposition

Status Initiatives

“We are the missing piece to complete your entertainment (and broadband) experience”

  • Build confidence in and correct misperception
  • f i-CABLE’s brand, products and services via

mass communications

  • Launch of a truly total multi-entertainment

platform, supplemented by a service- guaranteed programme to address any skepticism

  • Enhance i-CABLE’s experience as the

innovative pioneer bringing PayTV to the local market, introducing around-the-clock news coverage, and producing groundbreaking entertainment programmes

“ Retake the throne and reclaim the lost avenues of brand equity ! ”

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 Increase annual advertising and promotion budget from ~1% to ~3 - 4%

  • f revenue

 Correct inferior quality perception relating to brand and products via mass communications, supplemented by tactical promotions

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 ISO certifications obtained in Q1 2016 — ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System — ISO 10002:2014 Customer Complaint Management System  Continue to correct market misperceptions  Formalise & continuously improve all processes, procedures and policies as a company-wide commitment  Closely monitor progress and improvement as reflected in the independent Annual Customer Satisfaction Surveys  Actively communicate ISO certifications and quality to customers via above-the- line and below-the-line marketing strategies

  • i-CABLE’s service quality has progressively

improved in the last two years

  • Consistently exceeding broadband service

pledges and performance targets

After-Sales Operations Service Operations

Brand Image / Marketing

Service Image

Status Initiatives

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Service Pledge Service Delivery Standard Service Perf. Target 2015 Actual Performance Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Network Available Time N/A 99% 100% 100% 100% 100% Service Restoration 1 working day 95% 100% 100% 100% 100% CS Hotline Call Answer Time 1 minute 90% 97% 89% 93% 92% Handling of Customer Complaints 7 working days 90% 99% 99% 99% 99%

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Brand Image / Marketing

Online Service & Sales Portals

Status

  • Revamp of i-cable.com with an increased focus
  • n generating new sales and leveraging it to

become a key renewal platform — Target to progressively migrate new sales and renewal activities to the online portal, reaching ~30% by 2020 — Attainability of targets ascertained through benchmarking of competitors’ experience and proof of concept in 2015

  • New online service portals launched in 2015

— Continuous growth in number of visits to the portals — Improvement of service quality through a reduction of human errors

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Content Experience

Current Content Offering

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Portfolio

Sources: CSM Media Research (2011-2012); Nielson (2013-2015) for All Day All Time viewership (individuals aged 4+)

1 Excluded 8 TVBNV channels via Now TV platform in top 50 channel list only in 2013 and 2014; excluded all TVBNV channels via Now TV STB in 2015. 2 Included 8 TVBNV channels via Now TV platform in top 50 channel list only in 2013 and 2014; included all TVBNV channels via Now TV STB in 2015.

News & Information (20 Channels) Entertainment (36 Channels) Movies (10 Channels) Sports (12 Channels) Kids (7 Channels) International (9 Channels) Adult (5 Channels) Documentaries (12 Channels)

Total 111 Channels (97SD + 14HD)

Programme offerings designed to bring the best tailor-made entertainment portfolio to individual families

Viewership Share Among Pay TV Operators

58% 60% 51% 57% 55% 30% 29% 25% 25% 26% 8% 7% 17% 16% 18% 4% 5% 7% 2% 1% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 CABLE TV Now TV¹ TVBNV² bbTV

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Content Experience

HD Upgrade and Offering

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News Sports Entertain- ment  Active upgrade of studio production facilities from SD to HD — First batch of HD channels rolled out in 2009 — Studio-1 News platform upgraded to HD at the end of 2015 — Finance programme and remaining news production facilities undergoing HD conversion in 2016 — Incremental capex of ~$100m over next 2 years combined to complete HD upgrade plan  Triple HD channels from 14 to 45 — Incremental capex of ~HK$20m over next 2 years combined  Upsell premium package with new HD channels at discounted prices to improve

  • verall penetration and ARPU

 Focus on local market flavor to bring distinct and premium content to our viewers

  • 5 production studios
  • Largest studio is HD Ready with

Live & Recording capabilities

  • 3 production studios
  • All 3 studios are HD Ready with

Live & Recording capabilities

  • 3 production studios
  • All 3 studios are HD Ready with

Recording and / or Live capabilities

Status Initiatives

Content Library

  • >30,000 hours in programs
  • >20 years of news footage
  • 25 film productions
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Content Experience

FanHub and i-CABLE App

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ONE Box – Replace ALL Others ONE App – Serves ALL Devices

FanHub + i-CABLE App – Reaches ALL Target Segments

 FanHub combines all features and functions into one, and includes all the popular content available in the market and enables customers to download apps of choice  i-CABLE App offers a multi-screen platform, enabling access to the same FanHub content across different devices, whenever, wherever

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Content Experience

FanHub

 Ability to raise ARPU  Enable new revenue models — Pay-per-view — Revenue share  Enrich HD channel portfolio  Two-way connectivity enabling comprehensive customer behaviour analysis — Strengthen marketing and selling effectiveness

  • A full featured, “video-on-demand”, open

platform and app-enabled HD set top box

  • Live channels and VOD content
  • Enabled to view all FTA channels, free to

download app from open source

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FTD Unlimited Apps FTA Channels Pre- installed Apps Cable TV Content

“ Join our enemies, stay in the game … and retake the throne ! ”

 Target: ~180k boxes by 2018  Budget: ~$90m investment over next 3 years combined  Cash Payback: ~1 year for FanHub box

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Content Experience

i-CABLE App

  • Device neutral and infrastructure

neutral

  • Single point of content management

for TV (FanHub), Web (i-cable.com), Mobile and tablet (app)

  • New applications for mobile and

tablets as subscription alternative

  • Target launch: Q3 2016

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“ Understand our customers, offer more than they can imagine … and grow our share of wallet ! ”

Platform TV Desktop/ Laptop Tablet/ Phone

Technology Enablement

STB Web App

Product Name

CABLE TV i-cable.com i-CABLE

Picture Quality

HD HD HD (live & VOD)

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Broadband Experience

New 200M Offer Answers Most Of The Market Needs

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 Unleashes the true value of existing, near-universal HFC infrastructure for broadband service  Incremental initiative targeted at customers who have issues with their existing modems  Genuine alternative to fibre broadband  Money-back guarantee offered to enhance customer take-up  Gradually upsell to existing low broadband speed customers to reduce churn and improve ARPU

  • High quality Hitron cable modem provides better

speed and better technology to improve service quality

  • Economical DOCSIS-based products that allows

for high-speed broadband access

  • Provide stability to speed over HFC network

Status Initiatives

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Broadband Experience

GPON to Fuel New Growth Momentum

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 Leapfrogging technology from HFC to GPON  Limited incremental costs given overlay

  • n HFC network

— Estimated ~HK$500m cumulatively between 2015-2020  Clear network upgrade plan — Commenced GPON upgrade in January 2015 — ~184k GPON-ready homes and subscriber base of ~2k as at FY2015 (1% penetration1) — Targeted to reach 1.2m GPON-ready homes and ~150k subscribers by FY2020 (12% penetration1)

Status Initiatives

1 Penetration calculated as number of subscribers divided by the number of GPON-ready homes

Speed Description Limitations xDSL <100 Mbps Transmits over copper telephone lines at higher speeds than dial- up Subject to distance from the telephone exchange due to limitations of copper HFC <200 Mbps Combines optical fibre and coaxial cable to offer digital pay-TV and broadband services Requires all subscriptions to share the same pipe, limiting speed for concurrent users Metro Ethernet <1,000 Mbps FTTB con- figuration using Cat-5e for the last 100 metres Signals degrade after 100 metres GPON 500- 1,000 Mbps FTTH connection Relatively high cost

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Broadband Experience

Pricing Strategy

3

 Significant potential for ARPU uplift with the right product offering and marketing  Provide service guarantees to regain customer confidence  Develop differentiated strategy to address different target markets  Product offering: — DOCSIS 3.0 using Hitron cable modem for mass market (up to 200 Mbps) — GPON for data hungry segment (above 200 Mbps) at 20% premium  Targets to resume the growth trajectory of the broadband installed base — Double-digit annual growth rate — Regain market share at mid teens by 2018

Status Initiatives

  • i-CABLE’s ARPU still substantially below

competition across all product offerings

  • Current product offerings include:

— DOCSIS 2.0: up to 10Mps — DOCSIS 3.0: 100 / 130 / 200Mps — GPON: 500 / 1000Mps

  • Focused efforts to upsell DOCSIS 2.0

subscribers to DOCSIS 3.0 and GPON

  • Early stage success of converting

customers to higher speeds plans during contract renewal process

191 125 85 63 38 28 76 110 123 131 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 2.0 218 201 196 186 171 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Subscribers ('000) Docsis 2.0 Docsis 3.0 GPON

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Upside from FTA TV Roll-Out

  • Via Fantastic TV (affiliate)
  • Applied for a FTA license in January 2010
  • Received in-principle approval in October

2013 by Chief Executive-in-Council — License to be granted upon final approval by Chief Executive-in-Council

  • Incremental business leveraging on

i-CABLE business

Status Initiatives

 Target to launch in 2H 2016 at the earliest  Leverage on CABLE TV’s programming and network infrastructure and capabilities  Sharing costs with CABLE TV resulting in a more robust business model to achieve early-on breakeven  Committed to commence integrated 24 hours Cantonese and English channels within 12 months and 24 months respectively from the grant of license  Committed to invest over HK$1bn in the initial 6 years from the launch of FTA services, of which: — ~HK$40m on capex — ~HK$960m on programming

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i-CABLE Communications Limited (the “Company”) HKSE Stock Code: 1097.HK

Important Notice The information set out in this Management Update does not constitute a public offer or an offer to sell or solicitation of any offer to purchase any securities, or any recommendation in respect of such securities. Disclaimer All information and data included is solely for the use in this Management Update and certain information or data (including preliminary unaudited numbers and unaudited financial numbers derived from the Company’s management accounts) has not been independently verified and we will not take responsibility for the accuracy of such information or data. The financial information in this Management Update, unless stated otherwise, is not directly extracted from our audited consolidated financial statements and has been prepared based on management information and has not been audited or reviewed by our reporting accountants or other advisors. This Management Update contains certain projections, estimates, forecasts, targets and other forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations, financial position and business of the Company and its subsidiaries (“the Group”) (together, “forward- looking statements”). Forward-looking statements are statements about the future and are inherently uncertain and generally based on

  • assumptions. Such forward-looking statements are not a reliable indicator of future performance of the Group, as the assumptions and subjective

judgements involved in making them may or may not prove to be correct. There can be no assurance that any of the matters set out in forward- looking statements are attainable, or are complete or accurate. Actual results, performance or other future events may differ materially from those stated, implied and/or reflected in any forward-looking statements due to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors. Any such forward- looking statements are based on the beliefs, expectations and opinions of the Group at the date hereof, and the Group does not assume, and hereby disclaims, any duty to update them. This Management Update also contains extracts of certain pro forma financial information of the Group which have been prepared for additional information and illustrative purpose only (“unaudited financial information”). No reliance should be placed on, the fairness, accuracy, completeness or correctness of the information or opinions (including the forward-looking statements and unaudited financial information) presented or contained in this Management Update. Potential Investors and Shareholders should exercise caution when investing in or dealing in the securities of the Company. i-CABLE, its subsidiaries, affiliates, directors and employees hereby disclaim (i) all express, implied, & statutory warranties of any kind to user and/or any third party including warranties as to accuracy, timeliness, completeness, or fitness for any particular purpose; and (ii) any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the information and data contained herein.