Constantin Medien AG announced preliminary earnings results for the full year of fiscal 2017. Group earnings of the company for the 2017 financial year exceed the last forecast from November 2017. The decisive factor here were the positive business development in the Segment Sports in the fourth quarter of 2017 and the lower than expected legal and consulting costs. As a result, the group earnings attributable to shareholders amounted to EUR 27.8 million. According to preliminary figures based on IFRS, the company reported group sales of EUR 263.8 million for the 2017 financial year.