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| Further, we will be much better positioned to accelerate revenue growth and operating leverage in 2025 and beyond |
| Our progress in 2023 gives us increased confidence in our ability to achieve these targets exiting 2025 |
| In addition to improved profitability, we had strong operating cash flow of $21 million in the quarter and ended the year at breakeven for operating cash flow |
| These results represent a significant milestone for Xperi as we reached new quarterly highs for revenue, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin |
| This demonstrates the progress of our business transformation efforts and positions us well for the future |
| Consistent with the strategy outlined at our separation in the fall of 2022 and despite some economic and geopolitical uncertainties, we are pleased to have delivered on our goal of mid single-digit revenue growth and improved profitability in 2023 |
| And I think the good news is the entertainment market is showing signs of recovery |
| Our belief was that the market would meaningfully developed by 2025 and present an attractive margin and growth opportunity for Xperi |
| And so as you see more incremental volume come into the network, you can deliver that at ever better incremental margin |
| But I think we have our eyes on, I think a subset that I think we had said a couple of years ago as we got to somewhere between 5 and 7, we felt very good that we could achieve our objective of at least 7 million units or more in terms of installed base |
| But as we sit here now, I think the team continues to do an outstanding job at executing and the feedback has been good |
| But I think it broadly fits under the heading of our continued growth within IPTV and that we have a – I think a strong offering for our partners in that space |
| On a strategic level, as we drive the business units to deliver the specific key growth milestones outlined earlier in the call, we expect that to set us up for accelerated revenue growth and increased operating leverage in 2025 and beyond |
| At a high level, my expectations for Xperi are to continue the business transformation initiatives we began several years ago to streamline and optimize the organization, which will be measured by the significantly improved profitability and positive cash flow outlined in our ‘24 outlook |
| We continue to strengthen our position in each market and are increasingly well positioned to grow our revenue as these markets expand |
| By delivering on these key growth initiatives, coupled with continued business transformation efforts, we expect improved profitability and cash flow in 2024 |
| The expected increase in adjusted EBITDA yield compared to 2023 is due to expanded gross margin from profitable revenue growth and cost reductions associated with our ongoing transformation initiatives |
| We’re excited about our continued strategic momentum and solid operating performance |
| At the end of 2023, even considering the AutoSense divestiture, we are pleased to report that the current level of committed connected car business grew over 10% to greater than $300 million |
| Overall, it was a great quarter of execution for an independent media platform strategy and for driving our long-term growth prospects |
| Our connected car business also saw continued positive momentum during the quarter |
| This strong growth occurred in the prior year as well as video-over-broadband business more than doubled between 2021 and 2022 to $44 million |
| As Jon mentioned earlier, our cash flow from operations in the quarter was $21 million due to strong management of working capital, resulting in breakeven operating cash flow for the full year |
| Within the Pay TV business, video-over-broadband or IPTV solution continues to make steady progress, generating $60 million in revenue in 2023 |
| Video-over-broadband grew by 38% over the past year to $60 million |
| We continue to make progress on both our strategic priorities and profitability during the quarter, while delivering solid financial results for the full year |
| The highlight was BMW’s rapid deployment of DTS AutoStage video service powered by TiVo across select new cars in production and certain late model vehicles already on the road through an over-the-air update |
| For the full year of 2023, overall Pay TV was down less than 2% supported by the strong growth in video-over-broadband |
| Within the markets we serve, we expect continued growth in media platform, video-over-broadband and connected car |
| So, this is an extension on what we have been doing more broadly in IPTV and we are pleased to have the recent announcements, but I – and I think we’ll continue to build momentum as there is quite a bit of interest |
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| Second, the increasingly competitive environment has negatively impacted pricing compared to our original projections |
| Media platform is down 34% due to a decline in revenue relating to a prior year minimum guarantee contract for our smart TV middleware solutions as well as year-over-year declines and monetization from the writers and actor strikes that pushed fall premieres into 2024 |
| Core Pay TV products, including classic guides, discovery and consumer hardware and subscriptions, finished the year at $185 million, a decline of 10%, which is in line with industry trends |
| Pay TV, our largest revenue category was down less than 1% |
| As a result, the timeline for achieving attractive returns on our investment in this business was pushed out beyond what we had anticipated |
| For connected car, I am challenging the business to deliver 3 additional AutoStage wins with at least 1 including video and exit 2024 with an installed base of 7 million vehicles |
| And then the last question I had was regarding your TV monetization, why did the strike have an impact in Q4 and not the rest of the year as far as revenue is concerned? Jon Kirchner I don’t know that it would be fair to characterize that it didn’t have an impact prior there, too, but certainly, there oftentimes from a seasonality perspective, there are things that tend to happen in Q4 in entertainment that obviously the market was softer as people were shifting certain things into ‘24 |
| While we have been very successful at winning new customers, there have been two important changes over the past 18 months that have impacted the long-term opportunity for this business within Xperi |
| Non-GAAP adjusted operating expense for the quarter was $98 million, down 6% from the prior year primarily due to cost optimization efforts |
| In 2024, CE is expected to be negatively impacted by the timing of certain multiyear minimum guarantee renewals in prior years for which we were required to recognize the revenue upfront under ASC 606, but for which we generally collect cash over time |
| Non-GAAP tax in the quarter was $2 million, which was lower than planned due to the one-time release of a valuation allowance in one of the company’s foreign subsidiaries |
| During the quarter, we saw modest declines in our core Pay TV business, partially offset by strong growth in our video-over-broadband IPTV solutions |
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