UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 20-F

(Mark One)

o		REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

þ		ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.

o		TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from  _____  to  _____ 

o		SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of event requiring this shell company report                     

AIRMEDIA GROUP INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

N/A
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

Cayman Islands
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

17/F, Sky Plaza
No. 46 Dongzhimenwai Street
Dongcheng District, Beijing 100027
People’s Republic of China
(Address of principal executive offices)

Xiaoya Zhang
AirMedia Group Inc.
17/F, Sky Plaza
No. 46 Dongzhimenwai Street
Dongcheng District, Beijing 10027
People’s Republic of China
Phone: +86 10 8438 6868
Email: xiaoyazhang@airmedia.net.cn
(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)

Title of each class		Name of exchange on which each class is to be registered
Ordinary shares, par value $0.001 per share*		The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
American Depositary Shares, each representing two ordinary		(The NASDAQ Global Market)
shares, par value $0.001 per share

None
(Title of Class)

None
(Title of Class)

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the Issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report. 131,179,487 ordinary shares, par value US$0.001 per share, as of December 31, 2009.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o No þ

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes o No þ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes o No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer o		Accelerated filer þ		Non-accelerated filer o

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

U.S. GAAP þ		International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board o		Other o

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow. Item 17 o Item 18 o

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ

(APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. Yes o No o

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Page
INTRODUCTION			1
PART I.			2
ITEM 1. IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS			2
ITEM 2. OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE			2
ITEM 3. KEY INFORMATION			2
ITEM 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY			27
ITEM 4A. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS			43
ITEM 5. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS			43
ITEM 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES			63
ITEM 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS			70
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL INFORMATION			72
ITEM 9. THE OFFER AND LISTING			73
ITEM 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION			74
ITEM 11. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK			82
ITEM 12. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES			82
PART II.			84
ITEM 13. DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES			84
ITEM 14. MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS			84
ITEM 15. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES			84
ITEM 16A. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT			86
ITEM 16B. CODE OF ETHICS			86
ITEM 16C. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES			86
ITEM 16D. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES			87
ITEM 16E. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS			87
ITEM 16F. CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT			87
ITEM 16G. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE			87
PART III.			88
ITEM 17. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS			88
ITEM 18. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS			88
ITEM 19. EXHIBITS			88
Exhibit 4.45
Exhibit 4.46
Exhibit 8.1
Exhibit 12.1
Exhibit 12.2
Exhibit 13.1
Exhibit 13.2
Exhibit 15.1
Exhibit 15.2
Exhibit 15.3

INTRODUCTION

In this annual report, unless otherwise indicated and except where the context otherwise requires:

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“ADSs” refers to our American depositary shares, each of which represents two ordinary shares;

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“China” or the “PRC” refers to the People’s Republic of China, excluding, for the purpose of this annual report only, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan;

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“ordinary shares” refers to our ordinary shares, par value US$0.001 per share;

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“preferred shares” refers to our Series A redeemable convertible preferred shares and Series B redeemable convertible preferred shares, all of which were converted into our ordinary shares upon the completion of our initial public offering on November 13, 2007;

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references to “RMB” and “Renminbi” are to the legal currency of China;

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references to “US$,” “U.S. dollars,” “$,” and “dollars” are to the legal currency of the United States; and

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“we,” “us,” “our company,” “our,” and “AirMedia” refer to AirMedia Group Inc., its subsidiaries and consolidated variable interest entities and their subsidiaries.

Although AirMedia does not directly or indirectly own any equity interests in its consolidated variable interest entities or their subsidiaries, AirMedia is the primary beneficiary of and effectively controls these entities through a series of contractual arrangements with these entities and their record owners. We have consolidated the financial results of these variable interest entities and their subsidiaries in our consolidated financial statements in accordance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles of the U.S., or U.S. GAAP. See “Item 4. Information on the Company—C. Organizational Structure,” “Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—B. Related Party Transactions” and “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors” for further information on our contractual arrangements with these parties.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This annual report on Form 20-F contains statements of a forward-looking nature. These statements are made under the “safe harbor provisions” of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

You can identify these forward-looking statements by words or phrases such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “aim,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “likely to” or other similar expressions. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. These forward-looking statements include but are not limited to:

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our growth strategies;

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our future business development, results of operations and financial condition;

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our plans to expand our air travel advertising network into additional locations, airports and airlines;

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our plans to expand our advertising network into other out-of-home advertising platforms such as billboards and light boxes located at gas stations;

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competition in the advertising industry and the air travel advertising industry in China;

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the expected growth in consumer spending, average income levels and advertising spending levels;

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the growth of the air travel sector in China; and

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PRC governmental policies relating to the advertising industry.

You should thoroughly read this annual report and the documents to which we refer with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from and/or worse than our expectations. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements with these cautionary statements. Other sections of this annual report include additional factors that could adversely affect our business and financial performance.

You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.

PART I.

ITEM 1. IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS

Not Applicable.

ITEM 2. OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE

Not Applicable.

ITEM 3. KEY INFORMATION

A. Selected Financial Data

Selected Consolidated Financial Data

The following table represents our selected consolidated financial information. The selected consolidated statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2008 and 2009 have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements, which are included in this annual report. The selected consolidated statement of operations data for the period from August 7, 2005 to December 31, 2005 and for the year ended December 31, 2006 have been derived from our audited financial statements for the relevant periods, which are not included in this annual report. The selected consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007 have been derived from our audited financial statements for the relevant periods, which are not included in this annual report. Our consolidated financial statements are prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

In the following table, the “billboards on gate bridges in airports” category and part of the original “other displays” category traditionally used in our revenue presentation in our annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2008 were combined and reclassified as one category, “traditional media in airports,” which includes revenues from all traditional forms of media in airports, such as billboards, light boxes and gate bridge in airport advertising. The remaining part of the original “Other displays” category, mainly consisting of revenues from advertising displays on digital TV screens on airport shuttle buses and logos for various display equipment in airports, is now reclassified as the “other revenues in air travel” category. Revenues now also include a new “gas station media network” category, which consists of advertising platforms such as billboards and light boxes located in some Sinopec gas stations. The revenues from the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

These selected consolidated financial data below should be read in conjunction with, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this annual report and “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects” below. Our historical results do not necessarily indicate results expected for any future periods.

		Period from
		August 7, 2005
		to December 31,				Year ended December 31,
		2005				2006				2007				2008				2009
		(in thousands, except share, per share and per ADS data)
Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:
Revenues:
Air Travel Media Network
Digital frames in airports		US$	—			US$	—			US$	1,263			US$	45,011			US$	66,255
Digital TV screens in airports			887				10,502				26,921				47,591				37,260
Digital TV screens on airplanes			405				4,868				11,093				19,227				17,082
Traditional media in airports			7				2,055				1,872				6,490				27,192
Other revenues in air travel			51				1,471				2,462				7,221				4,639
Gas station Media Network			—				—				—				—				102
Total revenues			1,350				18,896				43,611				125,540				152,530
Business tax and other sales tax			(2	)			(961	)			(1,983	)			(6,107	)			(3,102	)
Net revenues			1,348				17,935				41,628				119,433				149,428
Cost of revenues			(3,189	)			(10,040	)			(21,365	)			(70,995	)			(147,541	)
Gross profit/(loss)			(1,841	)			7,895				20,263				48,438				1,887
Operating expenses:
Selling and marketing (including share-based compensation of nil, nil, $274, $1,158 and $1,540 in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively)			(461	)			(2,751	)			(4,813	)			(10,171	)			(13,439	)
General and administrative (including share-based compensation of nil, nil, $18,831, $3,805 and $4,226 in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively)			(376	)			(1,293	)			(21,982	)			(14,374	)			(34,936	)
Total operating expenses			(837	)			(4,044	)			(26,795	)			(24,545	)			(48,375	)
Income/(loss) from operations			(2,678	)			3,851				(6,532	)			23,893				(46,488	)
Interest income			3				17				1,745				5,379				2,025
Other income, net			—				—				—				1,135				1,239
Income/(loss) before income taxes			(2,675	)			3,868				(4,787	)			30,407				(43,224	)
Income tax benefits			273				197				195				498				6,032
Net income/(loss) before share of income/(loss) on equity method investments			(2,402	)			4,065				(4,592	)			30,905				(37,192	)
Share of income/(loss) on equity method investments			—				—				(520	)			(325	)			164
Net income/(loss)			(2,402	)			4,065				(5,112	)			30,580				(37,028	)
Less: Net income/(loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests			—				(1	)			(2	)			382				211
Net income/(loss) attributable to AirMedia Group Inc.’s shareholders		US$	(2,402	)		US$	4,066			US$	(5,110	)		US$	30,198				(37,239	)
Net income/(loss) attributable to AirMedia Group Inc.’s shareholders per ordinary share—basic		US$	(0.04	)		US$	0.03			US$	(0.12	)		US$	0.23			US$	(0.28	)

		Period from
		August 7, 2005
		to December 31,				Year ended December 31,
		2005				2006				2007				2008				2009
		(in thousands, except share, per share and per ADS data)
Net income/(loss) attributable to AirMedia Group Inc.’s shareholders per ordinary share —diluted		US$	(0.04	)		US$	0.03			US$	(0.12	)		US$	0.22			US$	(0.28	)
Net income/ (loss) attributable to AirMedia Inc.’s shareholders per ADS —basic(1)		US$	(0.08	)		US$	0.06			US$	(0.23	)		US$	0.45			US$	(0.57	)
Net income/ (loss) attributable to AirMedia Inc.’s shareholders per ADS —diluted(1)		US$	(0.08	)		US$	0.06			US$	(0.23	)		US$	0.44			US$	(0.57	)
Weighted average shares used in calculating net income/(loss) per ordinary share—basic			62,400,000				62,400,000				73,469,589				133,603,419				131,320,730
Weighted average shares used in calculating net income/(loss) per ordinary share—diluted			62,400,000				62,400,000				73,469,589				137,782,135				131,320,730

We adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, Topic 810-10-65, Transition Related to FASB Statement No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements — an amendment of ARB No. 51, or ASC 810-10-65, on January 1, 2009 retrospectively.

The following table presents a summary of our consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009:

		As of December 31,
		2005				2006				2007				2008				2009
		(in thousands)
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
Cash		US$	2,952			US$	2,086			US$	210,915			US$	161,534			US$	123,754
Total assets			6,371				20,547				266,859				329,891				316,651
Total liabilities			2,765				9,511				9,257				28,208				50,372
Series A convertible redeemable preferred shares			12,296				13,736				—				—				—
Series B convertible redeemable preferred shares			—				—				—				—				—
Total AirMedia Group Inc.’s shareholders’ equity			(2,690	)			221				257,605				300,730				263,042
Noncontrolling interests			—				(1	)			(3	)			953				3,237
Total equity			(2,690	)			220				257,602				301,683				266,279

We adopted ASC 810-10-65 (formerly FASB Statement No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests) on January 1, 2009, retrospectively.

Exchange Rate Information

Our reporting and financial statements are expressed in the U.S. dollar, which is our reporting and functional currency. However, substantially all of the revenues and expenses of our consolidated operating subsidiaries and variable interest entities are denominated in Renminbi. This annual report contains translations of Renminbi amounts into U.S. dollars at specific rates solely for the convenience of the reader. The conversion of Renminbi into U.S. dollars in this annual report is based on the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers of Renminbi as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Unless otherwise noted, all translations from Renminbi to U.S. dollars and from U.S. dollars to Renminbi in this annual report were made at a rate of RMB6.8259 to US$1.00, the noon buying rate in effect as of December 31, 2009. We make no representation that any Renminbi or U.S. dollar amounts could have been, or could be, converted into U.S. dollars or Renminbi, as the case may be, at any particular rate, the rates stated below, or at all. The Chinese government imposes control over its foreign currency reserves in part through direct regulation of the conversion of Renminbi into foreign exchange. On May 21, 2010, the noon buying rate was RMB6.8262 to US$1.00.

The following table sets forth information concerning exchange rates between the Renminbi and the U.S. dollar for the periods indicated. These rates are provided solely for your convenience and are not necessarily the exchange rates that we used in this annual report or will use in the preparation of our periodic reports or any other information to be provided to you. The source of these rates is the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

		Noon Buying Rate
Period		Period End				Average(1)				Low				High
		(RMB per US$1.00)
2004			8.2765				8.2768				8.2774				8.2764
2005			8.0702				8.1826				8.2765				8.0702
2006			7.8041				7.9579				8.0702				7.8041
2007			7.2946				7.5806				7.8127				7.2946
2008			6.8225				6.9459				7.2946				6.3879
2009			6.8259				6.8307				6.8470				6.8176
October			6.8281				6.8267				6.8292				6.8254
November			6.8272				6.8267				6.8300				6.8255
December			6.8282				6.8275				6.8299				6.8244
2010
January			6.8270				6.8269				6.8295				6.8258
February			6.8269				6.8285				6.8330				6.8258
March			6.8258				6.8262				6.8270				6.8254
April			6.8247				6.8256				6.8275				6.8229
May (through May 21)			6.8262				6.8267				6.8285				6.8245

B. Capitalization and Indebtedness

Not Applicable.

C. Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds

Not Applicable.

D. Risk Factors

Risks Related to Our Business

We have a limited operating history, which may make it difficult for you to evaluate our business and prospects.

We began our business operations in August 2005. Our limited operating history may not provide a meaningful basis for you to evaluate our business, financial performance and prospects. It is also difficult to evaluate the viability of our air travel advertising network because we do not have sufficient experience to address the risks frequently encountered by early stage companies using new forms of advertising media and entering new and rapidly evolving markets. Certain members of our senior management team have worked together for only a relatively short period of time and it may be difficult for you to evaluate their effectiveness, on an individual or collective basis, and ability to address future challenges to our business. Because of our limited operating history, we may not be able to:

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preserve our market position in the air travel advertising market in China;

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manage our relationships with airports and airlines to retain existing concession rights contracts and obtain new concession rights contracts on commercially advantageous terms or at all;

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retain existing and acquire new advertisers and third party content providers;

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secure a sufficient number of low-cost digital frames and digital TV screens from our suppliers;

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manage our expanding operations, including effectively integrating acquired businesses;

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successfully expand into other advertising media platforms, including traditional media platforms in airports, gas station media platforms and outdoor media platforms;

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respond to competitive market conditions;

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respond to changes in the PRC regulatory regime;

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maintain adequate control of our costs and expenses; or

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attract, train, motivate and retain qualified personnel.

If advertisers or the viewing public do not accept, or lose interest in, our air travel advertising network, we may be unable to generate sufficient cash flow from our operating activities and our business and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

The market for air travel advertising network in China is relatively new and its potential is uncertain. We compete for advertising spending with many forms of more established advertising media such as television, print media, Internet and other types of out-of-home advertising. Our success depends on the acceptance of our air travel advertising network by advertisers and their interest in this medium as a part of their advertising strategies. In this annual report, the term “advertisers” refer to the ultimate brand-owners whose brands and products are being publicized by our advertisements, including both advertisers that purchase advertisements directly from us and advertisers that do so through third-party advertising agencies. Our advertisers may elect not to use our services if they believe that consumers are not receptive to our media network or that our network is not a sufficiently effective advertising medium. If consumers find our network to be disruptive or intrusive, airports and airplane companies may refuse to allow us to operate our air travel advertising network in airports or to place our programs on airplanes, and our advertisers may reduce spending on our network.

Air travel advertising is a relatively new concept in China and in the advertising industry generally. If we are not able to adequately track air traveler responses to our programs, in particular track the demographics of air travelers most receptive to air travel advertising, we will not be able to provide sufficient feedback and data to existing and potential advertisers to help us generate demand and determine pricing. Without improved market research, advertisers may reduce their use of air travel advertising and instead turn to more traditional forms of advertising that have more established and proven methods of tracking the effectiveness of advertisements.

Demand for our advertising services and the resulting advertising spending by our advertisers may fluctuate from time to time, and our advertisers may reduce the money they spend to advertise on our network for any number of reasons. If a substantial number of our advertisers lose interest in advertising on our media network for these or other reasons or become unwilling to purchase advertising time slots or locations on our network, we will be unable to generate sufficient revenues and cash flow to operate our business, and our business and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

The recent global economic recession has had and may continue to have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

The effect of the recent global financial crisis has persisted, with most of the world’s major economies remaining in recession in 2009 and into 2010. Although the Chinese government has implemented various stimulus plans and other measures, China may not be able to avoid future economic slowdown in the face of a severe and prolonged global economic recession. Since we derive most of our revenues from advertisers in China, any prolonged slowdown in the Chinese economy may negatively impact our business and operating results in many ways. Many of our advertisers were adversely affected by the economic downturn in 2009. We have made bad debts provision of approximately US$14.8 million as of December 31, 2009, among which US$13.6 million was charged into our consolidated statement of operations in 2009. However, if the effects of the recent global financial crisis persists, there may be an increasing number of doubtful accounts that we may need to write off in the future, which would materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

The global financial crisis may also impair our ability to raise funds through capital market transactions or enter into other financial arrangements if and when we need additional funds for our operations. We have limited ability to reduce our costs to offset the results of a prolonged or severe economic downturn because the concession fee costs associated with our operations are fixed according to the relevant concession rights contracts. Therefore, the global economic and financial market crisis could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations. We cannot assure you that market conditions will improve in the near future or that our business and result of operations will not continue to be so materially and adversely affected.

We derive a significant portion of our revenues from the provision of air travel advertising services. Recent slowdown in the air travel advertising industry in China may materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

Substantially all of our historical revenues have been and a significant portion of our expected future revenues will be generated from the provision of air travel advertising services, in particular through the display of advertisements on digital frames located in airports and digital TV screens located in airports and on airplanes. Most of our traditional advertising media platforms, such as billboards and painted advertisement on gate bridges and light boxes, and other displays, such as logo displays and shuttle bus displays, are located in or near airports. We plan to expand into additional media platforms with a focus on increasing our market share in traditional media in the air travel sector. As the air travel advertising industry in China has been adversely affected by the recent economic slowdown, our business and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

If we are unable to carry out our operations as specified in existing concession rights contracts, retain or renew existing concession rights contracts or obtain new concession rights contracts on commercially advantageous terms, we may be unable to maintain or expand our network coverage and our costs may increase significantly in the future.

Our ability to generate revenues from advertising sales depends largely upon our ability to provide a large air travel advertising network for the display of advertisements. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to carry out our operations as specified in our concession rights contracts, and any failure to perform may damage our relationships with advertisers and advertising agencies and materially and negatively affect our business.

We may also be unable to retain or renew concession rights contracts when they expire. Most of our concession rights contracts to operate advertising media in airports and on airlines have terms ranging from three to five years, with no automatic renewal provisions. We cannot assure you that we will be able to renew any or all of these contracts when they expire, and the terms of any renewal may not be commercially advantageous to us. The concession fees that we incur under our concession rights contracts comprise a significant portion of our cost of revenues, but airports and airlines tend to increase concession fees over time, so as some of our concession rights contracts terminate, we may experience a significant increase in our costs of revenues when we renew these contracts. If we cannot pass increased concession costs onto our advertisers through rate increases, our earnings and our results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. In addition, most of our concession rights contracts to operate in airports and on airlines contain provisions granting us certain exclusive concession rights. We cannot assure you that we will be able to retain these exclusivity provisions when we renew these contracts. If we were to lose exclusivity, our advertisers may decide to advertise with our competitors or otherwise reduce their spending on our network and we may lose market share.

Certain concession rights contracts allow the airports to terminate the contracts unilaterally without any compensation in certain circumstances. We cannot assure you that our concession rights contracts will not be terminated, whether with or without justification. In addition, most of our concession rights contracts were entered into with the advertising companies operated by or advertising agencies hired by airports or airline companies, and not with the airports or airline companies directly. Although these advertising companies and agents have generally assured us in writing that they have the rights to operate advertising media in airports or on airplanes and all of them have performed their contractual obligations, we cannot assure you that airports or airline companies will not challenge or revoke the contractual concession rights granted to us by their advertising companies or agents; if such challenges or revocations occur, our revenues and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

If we fail to perform under existing concession rights contracts, retain existing concession rights contracts or obtain new concession rights contracts on commercially advantageous terms, we may be unable to maintain or expand our network coverage and our costs may increase significantly in the future.

A significant portion of our revenues has been derived from the five largest airports and three largest airlines in China. If any of these airports or airlines experiences a material business disruption, we would likely incur substantial losses of revenues.

We derived a significant portion of our total revenues in 2009 from the five largest airports in China: Beijing Capital International Airport, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Shanghai Hongqiao Airport and Shenzhen International Airport. A material business disruption, major construction or renovation or natural disaster affecting any of the airports in our network could negatively affect our advertising media in such airport or materially limit where we can place our advertising media.

In addition, we derived a significant portion of our advertising revenues in 2009 from the three largest domestic airlines in China. If any of these airlines loses market share and we are not able to add other airlines or increase the revenues generated from existing airlines in our network, our advertisers may decide to spend less on our advertising network.

We expect these five airports and three airlines to continue to contribute a significant portion of our revenues in the foreseeable future. If there were a material business disruption in any of these airports or airlines, we would likely lose a substantial amount of revenues.

We depend on third-party program producers to provide the non-advertising content that we include in our programs. Failure to obtain high-quality content on commercially reasonable terms could materially reduce the attractiveness of our network, harm our reputation and materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

The programs on the majority of our digital TV screens include both advertising and non-advertising content. Third-party content providers such as China International TV Corporation, Shanghai Media Group and various local television stations and television production companies provide substantially all of the non-advertising content played over our network.

There is no assurance that we will be able to renew these contracts or obtain non-advertising content on satisfactory terms, or at all. In addition, some of the third-party content providers that currently do not charge us for their content may do so in the future. To make our programs more attractive, we must continue to secure contracts with these and other third-party content providers. If we fail to obtain a sufficient amount of high-quality content on a cost-effective basis, advertisers may find advertising on our network unattractive and may not wish to purchase advertising time slots or locations on our network, which would materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

If we are unable to attract advertisers to purchase advertising time on our advertising network, we will be unable to maintain or increase our advertising fees, which could materially and adversely affect our ability to grow our profits.

We believe our advertisers choose to advertise on our network in part based on the size of our network, the desirability of the locations where we have placed our digital frames, digital TV screens, light boxes and billboards and the attractiveness of our network content. The fees we charge for advertisements on our network depend on the size and quality of our network and advertiser demand. If we fail to maintain or increase the number of our displays, solidify our brand name and reputation as a quality air travel advertising provider, or obtain high-quality non-advertising content at commercially reasonable prices, advertisers may be unwilling to purchase time on our network or to pay the levels of advertising fees we require to grow our profits.

We have incurred net losses in the past and may incur losses in the future.

We have incurred net losses for certain periods in the past. We pay concession fees to airports for placing and operating our digital displays, to airlines for placing our programs on their digital TV screens and to airports and gas stations for placing and operating our advertisements on traditional media platforms such as light boxes and billboards. These fees constitute a significant part of our cost of revenues and are mostly fixed under the concession rights contracts with an escalation clause; payments are usually due three or six months in advance. However, our revenues may fluctuate significantly from period to period for various reasons. For instance, when new concession rights contracts are signed during a period, additional concession fees are incurred immediately, but it may take some time for us to create revenues from these concession rights contracts because it takes time to find advertisers for the time slots and locations made available under these new contracts. If our revenues decrease in a given period, we may be unable to reduce our cost of revenues as a significant part of our cost of revenues is fixed, which could materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations and lead to a net loss for that period.

When our current advertising network of digital frames, digital TV screens, light boxes, billboards and gate bridges becomes saturated in the major airports, airlines and other locations where we operate, we may be unable to offer additional time slots or locations to satisfy all of our advertisers’ needs, which could hamper our ability to generate higher levels of revenues and profitability over time.

When our network of digital frames, digital TV screens, light boxes, billboards and gate bridges becomes saturated in any particular airport, airline and other locations where we operate, we may be unable to offer additional advertising time slots or locations to satisfy all of our advertisers’ needs. We would need to increase our advertising rates for advertising in such airports, airlines or other locations to increase our revenues. However, advertisers may be unwilling to accept rate increases, which could hamper our ability to generate higher levels of revenues over time. In particular, the utilization rates of our advertising time slots and locations in the five largest airports and on the three largest airlines in China are higher than those in other network airports or on other airlines, and saturation or oversaturation of digital frames and digital TV screens in these airports or airlines could have a material adverse effect on our growth prospects.

Our strategy of expanding our advertising network by building new air travel media platforms and expanding into traditional media may not succeed, and our failure to do so could materially reduce the attractiveness of our network and harm our business, reputation and results of operations.

Our air travel advertising network primarily consists of standard digital frames and digital TV screens. Our growth strategy includes broadening our service offerings by continuing to increase our digital media network coverage and expanding into traditional media to become a comprehensive air travel advertising provider in China.

We have significantly expanded our digital frame platform in airports by upgrading our light box displays to digital frames and installing new digital frames. We intend to continue significantly increasing the number of our digital frames in the near future. We could incur significant costs in installing new digital frames or in continuing to upgrade some of our existing light box displays to digital frame displays. Our growth strategy also includes expanding into the traditional media advertising market to provide a broader range of advertising opportunities to our advertisers and to become a one-stop provider for advertising. We could also incur significant costs in installing new billboards or light boxes or maintaining existing ones.

The majority of our concession rights contracts containing exclusive concession rights only grants us exclusivity with respect to digital frames and digital TV screens. By entering and expanding into traditional advertising media platforms inside airports, we may face competition from other companies that are already in these areas. We also have limited experience working in these areas. It is uncertain how these businesses will perform. Our failure to expand our air travel advertising network to introduce new platforms and into new areas could materially reduce the attractiveness of our network and materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

If we do not succeed in our expansion into the business of outdoor media advertising, our future results of operations and growth prospects may be materially and adversely affected.

Our growth strategy also includes expansion into other traditional media outside of airports. In April 2009, we entered into an exclusive concession rights contract with China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, or Sinopec, which allows us to operate media platforms in Sinopec gas stations throughout China. We now hold Beijing AirMedia City Outdoor Advertising Ltd., or AM Outdoor, which operates out-of-home advertising media in urban locations in Beijing. We also now hold 75% equity interest in Beijing Dongding Gongyi Advertising Media Ltd., or Dongding, a company that has exclusive rights to build and operate, in locations throughout Beijing such as mall parking lots, schools and residential communities, outdoor billboards that display both public service content and commercial advertising throughout Beijing.

As we are new in the gas station media advertising and outdoor media advertising market, it may take us an extended period of time to obtain advertisers and market acceptance and to ramp up revenue from this new business. However, under all of our existing concession rights agreements regarding our gas station and outdoor media displays, we are required to pay periodic, fixed concession fees for the media platforms regardless of whether or not such platforms are used by advertisers.

We may also incur significant costs in maintaining and upgrading the gas station and outdoor traditional media platforms such as billboards, which are more vulnerable to weather and other accidental damages than indoor displays.

For the gas station media platforms we are allowed to operate under the Sinopec concession rights contract, there are approvals required from various levels of local governments for the operation of each outdoor media platform and not all existing platforms at the Sinopec gas stations are in full compliance with these requirements. Although we are using our best efforts to comply with all relevant laws and regulations and obtain all necessary certificates, registrations and approvals for the platforms we operate, due to the complexity of local laws and regulations governing these media platforms, there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain or have all of the necessary approvals for which we do not currently hold all requisite approvals obtained or renewed in a timely manner, or at all. Any delay or failure in obtaining the necessary approvals may materially and adversely affect our business and prospects. Similarly, we face the same risks for the operation of outdoor media platforms through AM Outdoor and Dongding.

Our concession rights contract with Sinopec also sets forth a schedule which states that we must develop and begin operating a set number of gas station media platforms by certain dates, subject to various carveouts and exemptions. We cannot assure you that we can fulfill this schedule as anticipated under this concession rights agreement, and failure to fulfill the schedule may lead to termination of the relevant concession rights agreement by the other party.

For each new business into which we enter, we face competition from existing leading providers in that business; the same applies in the cases of gas station media advertising and outdoor media advertising markets. If we cannot successfully address the foregoing new challenges and compete effectively against the existing leading players in the field of gas station and outdoor media advertising, we may not be able to develop a sufficiently large advertiser base, recover costs incurred for developing and marketing our new business, and eventually achieve profitability from these businesses, and our future results of operations and growth prospects may be materially and adversely affected.

If advertising registration certificates are not obtained for our airport advertising operations where such registration certificates are deemed to be required, we may be subject to administrative sanctions, including the discontinuation of our advertisements at airports where the required advertising registration is not obtained.

Applicable PRC regulations promulgated by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, or the SAIC, specify that advertisements placed inside or outside of the “departure halls” of airports are considered outdoor advertisements and must be registered with the local SAIC by “advertising distributors.” However, the terms “advertising distributors” and “departure halls” are not defined under any PRC laws and regulations. To ensure that our airport operations comply with the applicable laws and regulations, we have contacted the local SAICs in the cities where we have operations or intend to operate to see whether we need to apply for an advertising registration certificate. However, the local SAICs we consulted have expressed different views on whether the advertisements shown on our digital frames and digital TV screens would be regarded as outdoor advertisements and how to register those advertisements. As of the date of this annual report, only the Shanghai and Beijing SAICs have accepted our application and issued outdoor advertising registration certificates. Some local SAICs need more time to consider, while others do not require us to make such registrations.

We intend to register with the relevant SAICs if we are required to do so, but we cannot assure you that we will obtain any applicable registration certificates in compliance with the outdoor advertisement provisions, or at all. If a required registration is not obtained, the relevant local SAICs may require us to forfeit our relevant advertising income, impose administrative fines of up to RMB30,000 and/or require us to discontinue advertisements at airports where the required advertising registration is not obtained. Any of these government measures could materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

If we fail to obtain approvals for the inclusion of non-advertising content in our programs, we may be unable to continue to include such non-advertising content in our programs, which may cause our revenues to decline and our business and prospects to deteriorate.

Most of the digital frames and digital TV screens in our network include programs that consist of both advertising content and non-advertising content. The State Administration of Radio, Film or Television, or the SARFT, issued a circular which stated that displaying audio-video programs such as television news, films and television shows, sports, technology and entertainment through public audio-video systems located in automobiles, buildings, airports, bus or train stations, shops and other outdoor public systems must be approved by the SARFT.

The relevant authority in China has not promulgated any implementation rules on the procedure of applying for the requisite approval pursuant to this circular. We intend to obtain such approval for our non-advertising content, but we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain such approval in compliance with this circular, or at all. If the requisite approval is not obtained, we will be required to eliminate non-advertising content from the programs displayed on our digital TV screens and advertisers may find our network less attractive and be unwilling to purchase advertising time slots and locations on our network, which may in turn cause our revenues to decline and our business and prospects to deteriorate.

Because we rely on third-party advertising agencies to help obtain advertisers, if we fail to maintain favorable relation with key third-party agencies or attract additional agencies on favorable terms, our business and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

We engage third-party advertising agencies to help obtain advertisers from time to time. We do not have long-term or exclusive agreements with these advertising agencies, including our key third-party advertising agencies, and cannot assure you that we will continue to maintain favorable relations with them. Furthermore, the fees we pay to these third-party advertising agencies constitute a significant portion of our cost of revenues. If we fail to retain key third-party advertising agencies or attract additional advertising agencies, we may not be able to retain existing advertisers or attract new advertisers or advertising agencies. If we fail to maintain favorable relations with these advertising agencies, the fees we pay them may significantly increase. If any of the above happens, our business and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

A limited number of advertisers historically accounted for a significant portion of our revenues and this dependence may reoccur in the future, which would make us more vulnerable to the loss of major advertisers or delays in payments from these advertisers.

A limited number of advertisers historically accounted for a significant portion of our revenues. Our top five advertisers collectively accounted for approximately 25.2%, 21.7% and 21.3% of our total revenues in the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively. Our largest advertisers have changed from year to year primarily because of our limited operating history and rapid growth, broadened advertiser base and increased sales. However, given our limited operating history and the rapid growth of our industry, we cannot assure you that we will not be dependent on a small number of advertisers in the future.

If we fail to sell our services to one or more of our major advertisers in any particular period, or if a major advertiser purchases fewer of our services, fails to purchase additional advertising time on our network, or cancels some or all of its purchase orders with us, our revenues could decline and our operating results could be adversely affected. The dependence on a small number of advertisers could leave us more vulnerable to payment delays from these advertisers. We are required under some of our concession rights contracts to make prepayments and although we do receive some prepayments from advertisers, there is typically a lag between the time of our prepayment of concession fees and the time that we receive payments from our advertisers. As our business expands and revenues grow, we have experienced and may continue to experience an increase in our accounts receivable. If any of our major advertisers are significantly delinquent with its payments, our liquidity and financial conditions may be materially and adversely affected.

If we are unable to adapt to changing advertising trends and the technology needs of advertisers and consumers, we will not be able to compete effectively and we will be unable to increase or maintain our revenues, which may materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

The market for air travel advertising requires us to continuously identify new advertising trends and the technological needs of both advertisers and consumers, which may require us to develop new formats, features and enhancements for our advertising network. We currently play advertisements on digital frames through wireless networks, on digital TV screens in our network airports through closed-circuit television systems and on digital TV screens on our network airplanes mostly through video tapes. We may be required to incur development and acquisition costs to keep pace with new technology needs, but we may not have the financial resources necessary to fund and implement future technological innovations or to replace obsolete technology. We may also fail to respond to changing technology needs altogether.

We must be able to quickly and cost-effectively expand into additional advertising media and platforms beyond digital frames and digital TV screens if advertisers find these additional media and platforms to be more attractive and cost-effective. In addition, as the advertising industry is highly competitive and fragmented with many advertising agencies exiting and emerging, we must closely monitor the trends in the advertising agency community. We must maintain strong relationships with leading advertising agencies to ensure that we are reaching the leading advertisers and are responsive to the needs of both the advertising agencies and the advertisers.

If we fail to define, develop and introduce new formats, features and technologies on a timely and cost-effective basis, advertising demand for our advertising network may decrease and we may not be able to compete effectively or attract advertisers, which may materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

We face significant competition in the PRC advertising industry, and if we do not compete successfully against new and existing competitors, we may lose our market share, and our profits may be reduced.

We face significant competition in the PRC advertising industry. We compete for advertisers primarily on the basis of network size and coverage, location, price, program quality, the range of services offered and brand recognition. We compete for advertising dollars spent in the air travel advertising industry. We also compete for overall advertising spending with other alternative advertising media, such as Internet, street furniture, billboard and public transport advertising, and with traditional advertising media such as newspapers, television, magazines and radio. While we enjoy a large share of the market of the digital frames and digital TV screens located in airports and airplanes, we compete and will continue to compete with other media advertising platforms for which we do not have exclusivity, including billboards and light boxes. We may also face competition from new entrants into air travel advertising in the future.

Significant competition could reduce our operating margins and profitability and lead to a loss of market share. Some of our existing and potential competitors may have competitive advantages such as significantly greater brand recognition and financial, marketing or other resources, and may be able to mimic and adopt our business model. In addition, several of our competitors have significantly larger advertising networks than we do, which gives them an ability to reach a larger number of overall potential consumers and which may make them less susceptible than we are to downturns in particular advertising sectors, such as air travel. Moreover, significant competition will provide advertisers with a wider range of media and advertising service alternatives, which could lead to lower prices and decreased revenues, gross margins and profits focus. We cannot assure you that we will be able to successfully compete against new or existing competitors, and failure to compete may reduce for existing market share and profits.

Our results of operations are subject to fluctuations in the demand for air travel. A decrease in the demand for air travel may make it difficult for us to sell our advertising time slots and locations.

Our results of operations are directly linked to the demand for air travel, which fluctuates greatly from period to period, and is subject to seasonality due to holiday travel and weather conditions as well as the following factors:

	•		Downturns in the economy. Business travel is one of the primary drivers of the air travel industry; it tends to increase in times of economic growth and decrease in times of economic slowdown. The recent economic downturn has led to an overall lower number of air passengers in China, which may in turn lead to lower advertiser spending on our air travel advertising network.
	•		Terrorist attacks or fear of such attacks. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in the U.S. involving commercial aircraft severely and adversely affected the air travel industry throughout the world. Additional terrorist attacks or fear of such attacks, even if not made directly on the air travel industry, may negatively affect the air travel industry and reduce the demand for air travel.
	•		Additional security measures regarding air travel. Terrorist attacks have lead to significantly increased security costs and associated passenger inconvenience. Since September 11, 2001, relevant authorities in the U.S., China and other countries have implemented numerous security measures that affect airport and airline operations and costs. These increasingly stringent security measures have lead to higher costs for airports and airlines and may cause some air travelers to consider other travel options, which may in turn lead to higher concession fees and reduced advertising demand for us.
	•		Plane crashes or other accidents. An aircraft crash or other accident could create a public perception that air travel is not safe or reliable, which could result in air travelers being reluctant to fly. Significant aircraft delays due to capacity constraints, weather conditions or mechanical problems could also reduce demand for air travel, especially for shorter domestic flights.

If the demand for air travel decreases for any of these or other reasons, advertisers may be reluctant to advertise on our network and we may be unable to sell our advertising time slots or locations or charge premium prices.

If we fail to manage our growth effectively, we may not be able to take advantage of market opportunities, execute our expansion strategies or meet the demands of our advertisers.

We have experienced a period of rapid growth and expansion that has placed, and continues to place, significant strain on our management personnel, systems and resources. We must continue to expand our operations to meet the demands of advertisers for broader and more diverse network coverage. To accommodate our growth, we anticipate that we will need to implement a variety of new and upgraded operational and financial systems, procedures and controls, including the improvement of our accounting and other internal management systems, all of which require substantial management efforts.

We will also need to continue to expand, train, manage and motivate our workforce as well as manage our relationships with airports, airlines, gas stations and other locations where we have concession rights to displays and third-party non-advertising content providers. We must add sales and marketing offices and personnel to service relationships with new airports, gas stations and other locations that we aim to add as part of our network. As we add new digital frames, digital TV screens and other media platforms, we will incur greater maintenance costs to maintain our equipment.

All of these endeavors will require substantial managerial efforts and skill, and incur additional expenditures. We cannot assure you that we will be able to manage our growth effectively, and we may not be able to take advantage of market opportunities, execute our expansion strategies or meet the demands of our advertisers.

Past and future acquisitions may have an adverse effect on our ability to manage our business.

We have acquired and plan to continue to acquire businesses, technologies, services or products which are complementary to our core air travel advertising network business. Past and future acquisitions may expose us to potential risks, including risks associated with:

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the integration of new operations, services and personnel;

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unforeseen or hidden liabilities;

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the diversion of resources from our existing business and technology; or

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failure to achieve the intended objectives of our acquisitions.

Any of these potential risks could have a material and adverse effect on our ability to manage our business, our revenues and net income.

We may need to raise additional debt or sell additional equity securities to make future acquisitions. The raising of additional debt funding by us, if required, would increase debt service obligations and may lead to additional operating and financing covenants, or liens on our assets, that would restrict our operations. The sale of additional equity securities could cause additional dilution to our shareholders.

We do not expect to sustain our recent rates of growth in revenue or the numbers of airports or digital frames in our network, and the number of our digital TV screens in airports may decline in the future.

We have experienced significant growth in revenues in recent years. Our net revenues and the number of our network airports and the number of digital frames in these airports increased from 2007 to 2009. We cannot assure you that we can continue to achieve similar rates of growth in revenues or the number of airports or digital frames in our network in the future. In addition, the number of our digital TV screens in airports increased from 2007 to 2008 but experienced a decline in 2009. We cannot assure you that there will not be declines in the number of our digital TV screens in airports in the future.

Our quarterly and annual operating results are difficult to predict and have fluctuated and may continue to fluctuate significantly from period to period.

Our quarterly and annual operating results are difficult to predict and have fluctuated and may continue to fluctuate significantly from period to period based on the seasonality of air travel, consumer spending and corresponding advertising trends in China. Air travel and advertising spending in China generally tend to increase during major national holidays in October and tend to decrease during the first quarter of each year. Air travel and advertising spending in China is also affected by certain special events such as the 2010 World Exposition in Shanghai and related government measures. As a result, you may not be able to rely on period-to-period comparisons of our operating results as an indication of our future performance. Other factors that may cause our operating results to fluctuate include a deterioration of economic conditions in China and potential changes to the regulation of the advertising industry in China. If our revenues for a particular quarter are lower than we expect, we may be unable to reduce our operating costs and expenses for that quarter by a corresponding amount, and it would harm our operating results for that quarter relative to our operating results for other quarters.

Our business depends substantially on the continuing efforts of our senior executives and other key employees, and our business may be severely disrupted if we lose their services.

Our future success heavily depends upon the continued services of our senior executives and other key employees. We rely on their industry expertise, their experience in business operations and sales and marketing, and their working relationships with our advertisers, airports and airlines, and relevant government authorities.

If one or more of our senior executives and other key employees were unable or unwilling to continue in their present positions, we might not be able to replace them easily or at all. If any of our senior executives and other key employees joins a competitor or forms a competing company, we may lose advertisers, suppliers, key professionals and staff members. Each of our executive officers and other key employees has entered into an employment agreement with us which contains non-competition provisions. However, if any dispute arises between any of our executive officers and other key employees and us, we cannot assure you the extent to which any of these agreements could be enforced in China, where most of these executive officers and other key employees reside, in light of the uncertainties with China’s legal system. See “—Risks Related to Doing Business in China—Uncertainties with respect to the PRC legal system could limit the legal protections available to us or result in substantial costs and the diversion of resources and management attention.”

Failure to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting could have a material and adverse effect on the trading price of our ADSs.

We are subject to reporting obligations under the U.S. securities law. The Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, adopted rules requiring every public company to include a management report on such company’s internal control over financial reporting in its annual report, which must also contain management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting. In addition, an independent registered public accounting firm must attest to the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Our management has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2009. Our independent registered public accounting firm has issued an audit report, which is included elsewhere in this annual report, that has concluded that we maintained, in all material aspects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009. However, if we fail to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting in the future, our management and our independent registered public accounting firm may not be able to conclude that we have effective internal control over financial reporting at a reasonable assurance level. This could negatively affect the reliability of our financial information and reduce investors’ confidence in our reported financial information, which in turn could result in lawsuits being filed against us by our shareholders, otherwise harm our reputation or negatively impact the trading price of our ADSs. Furthermore, we have incurred and anticipate that we will continue to incur considerable costs and use significant management time and other resources in an effort to comply with Section 404 and other requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

We may need additional capital which, if obtained, could result in dilution or significant debt service obligations. We may not be able to obtain additional capital on commercially reasonable terms, which could adversely affect our liquidity and financial position.

We may require additional cash resources due to changed business conditions or other future developments. If our current resources are insufficient to satisfy our cash requirements, we may seek to sell additional equity or debt securities or obtain a credit facility. The sale of convertible debt securities or additional equity securities could result in additional dilution to our shareholders. The incurrence of indebtedness would result in increased debt service obligations and could result in operating and financing covenants that would restrict our operations and liquidity.

In addition, our ability to obtain additional capital on acceptable terms is subject to a variety of uncertainties, including:

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investors’ perception of, and demand for, securities of alternative advertising media companies;

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conditions of the market;

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our future results of operations, financial condition and cash flows; and

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PRC governmental regulation of foreign investment in advertising services companies in China.

We cannot assure you that financing will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all. Any failure to raise additional funds on favorable terms could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and financial condition.

Compliance with PRC advertising laws and regulations may be difficult and could be costly, and failure to comply could subject us to government sanctions.

As an air travel advertising service provider, we are obligated under PRC laws and regulations to monitor the advertising content shown on our network for compliance with applicable law. Violation of these laws or regulations may result in penalties, including fines, confiscation of advertising fees, orders to cease dissemination of the offending advertisements and orders to publish advertisements correcting the misleading information. In case of serious violations, the PRC authorities may revoke our license for advertising business operations. In general, the advertisements shown on our network have previously been broadcast over public television networks and have been subjected to internal review and verification by such networks, but we are still required to independently review and verify these advertisements for content compliance before displaying them. In addition, if a special government review is required for certain product advertisements before they are shown to the public, we are required to confirm that such review has been performed and approval obtained. For advertising content related to certain types of products and services, such as food products, alcohol, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and medical procedures, we are required to confirm that the advertisers have obtained requisite government approvals, including review of operating qualifications, proof of quality inspection of the advertised products, government pre-approval of the contents of the advertisement and filing with local authorities.

We endeavor to comply with such requirements through means such as requesting relevant documents from the advertisers. However, we cannot assure you that each advertisement that a advertiser provides to us and which we include in our network programs is in full compliance with all relevant PRC advertising laws and regulations or that such supporting documentation and government approvals provided to us are complete. Although we employ qualified advertising inspectors who are trained to review advertising content for compliance with relevant PRC laws and regulations, the content standards in the PRC are less certain and less clear than those in more developed countries such as the U.S. and we cannot assure you that we will always be able to properly review all advertising content to comply with the PRC standards imposed on us with certainty.

We may be subject to, and may expend significant resources in defending against government actions and civil suits based on the content we provide through our advertising network.

Because of the nature and content of the information displayed on our network, civil claims may be filed against us for fraud, defamation, subversion, negligence, copyright or trademark infringement or other violations. Offensive and objectionable content and legal standards for defamation and fraud in China are less defined than in other more developed countries and we may not be able to properly screen out unlawful content. If consumers find the content displayed on our network to be offensive, airports, airlines or gas stations where we have our media may seek to hold us responsible for any consumer claims or may terminate their relationships with us.

In addition, if the security of our content management system is breached and unauthorized images, text or audio sounds are displayed on our network, viewers or the PRC government may find these images, text or audio sounds to be offensive, which may subject us to civil liability or government censure despite our efforts to ensure the security of our content management system. Any such event may also damage our reputation. If our advertising viewers do not believe our content is reliable or accurate, our business model may become less appealing to viewers in China and our advertisers may be less willing to place advertisements on our network.

We may be subject to intellectual property infringement claims, which may force us to incur substantial legal expenses and, if determined adversely against us, may materially and adversely affect our business.

Our commercial success depends to a large extent on our ability to operate without infringing the intellectual property rights of third parties. We cannot assure you that our displays or other aspects of our business do not or will not infringe patents, copyrights or other intellectual property rights held by third parties. We may become subject to legal proceedings and claims from time to time relating to the intellectual property of others in the ordinary course of our business. If we are found to have violated the intellectual property rights of others, we may be enjoined from using such intellectual property, incur licensing fees or be forced to develop alternatives. In addition, we may incur substantial expenses and diversion of management time in defending against these third-party infringement claims, regardless of their merit. Successful infringement or licensing claims against us may result in substantial monetary liabilities, which may materially and adversely affect our business.

We have limited insurance coverage in China, and any business disruption or litigation we experience may result in our incurring substantial costs and the diversion of resources.

Insurance companies in China offer limited business insurance products and do not, to our knowledge, offer business liability insurance. While business disruption insurance is available to a limited extent in China, we have determined that the risks of disruption, cost of such insurance and the difficulties associated with acquiring such insurance on commercially reasonable terms make it impractical for us to have such insurance. As a result, except for fire insurance and our liability insurance for directors and officers, we do not have any business liability, disruption or litigation insurance coverage for our operations in China. Any business disruption or litigation may result in our incurring substantial costs and the diversion of resources.

We face risks related to health epidemics, which could materially and adversely affect air travel and result in reduced demand for our advertising services or disrupt our operations.

Our business could be materially and adversely affected by an epidemic or outbreak in China such as the ones for severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, or avian flu. Such epidemics or outbreaks tend to negatively impact air travel. For example, the SARS outbreak in 2003 and 2004 alarmed air travelers around the world, raising issues pertaining to health and travel and significantly deterred air travel, materially and adversely affecting the air travel industry. From 2005 to 2009, there have been reports on the occurrence of avian flu in various parts of China, including a few confirmed human cases and deaths. More recently, human cases of swine flu virus infection have been identified internationally. In April 2009, a new strain of influenza A virus subtype H1N1, commonly referred to as “swine flu,” was first discovered in North America and quickly spread to other parts of the world, including China. In early June 2009, the World Health Organization declared the swine flu outbreak to be a pandemic, while noting that most of the illnesses were of moderate severity. The PRC Ministry of Health has reported several hundred deaths caused by swine flue.

A new outbreak of SARS, increased outbreaks of avian flu or swine flu or the occurrence of other epidemics may resulting a significant drop in demand for air travel and/or cause health or other government authorities to require us to close our offices or businesses, including airports and airline operations which comprise the primary locations where we provide our advertising services. Any of these events could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

If one or more of our PRC subsidiaries fails to maintain or obtain qualifications to receive PRC preferential tax treatments, we will be required to pay more taxes, which may have a material adverse effect on our result of operations.

The PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law, or the EIT Law, which became effective on January 1, 2008, imposes an uniform income tax rate of 25% on most domestic enterprises and foreign investment enterprises. Under this law, entities that qualify as “high and new technology enterprises strongly supported by the state” are entitled to the preferential income tax rate of 15%. A company’s status as a “high and new technology enterprise strongly supported by the state” is valid for three years, after which the company must re-apply for such qualification in order to continue to enjoy the preferential income tax rate. In addition, according to relevant guidelines, “new software enterprises” can enjoy an income tax exemption for two years beginning with their first profitable year and a 50% tax reduction to a rate of 12.5% for the subsequent three years.

AirMedia Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., or AM Technology, was recognized as a “high and new technology enterprise supported by the state,” or HNTE, under the new rules and therefore, it is entitled to enjoy a preferential Enterprise Income Tax, or EIT, rate of 15%. It was also eligible for a 50% tax reduction from 2009 to 2011 under the applicable tax laws and regulations that were in effect before January 1, 2008 , the date the EIT Law came into effect. As a result, AM Technology was subject to the effective tax rate of 7.5% in 2009.

On April 21, 2010, the State Administration of Taxation issued the Circular “In respect of Further Clarifying the Implementation Scope of Preferential EIT Rate during Transition Periods,” which gives further guidance on the appropriate tax rate that an entity enjoys as a HNTE in addition to guidance on other preferential treatment. Uncertainties as to the interpretation of the Circular exist. Consequently, the tax rate to which AM Technology may ultimately be subject to for 2010 and 2011 could be higher than 7.5%, but not more than 15%. From 2012 onward, AM Technology may be subject to a preferential EIT at the rate of 15% as long as it maintains its status as a HNTE.

Xi’an AirMedia Chuangyi Technology Co., Ltd., or Xi’an AM, qualified as a “software enterprise” in August 2008 by the Technology Information Bureau of Shaanxi Province and has received a written approval from Xi’an local tax bureau that it is granted a two-year exemption from EIT commencing on its first profitable year and a 50% reduction of the 25% EIT rate for the succeeding three years. Shenzhen AirMedia Information Technology Co., Ltd., or Shenzhen AM, was subject to a 15% preferential tax EIT rate in 2007 as it is located in Shenzhen and then was subject to EIT on its taxable income from 2008 at the gradual rate as set out in Circular 39. Since Shenzhen AM is also qualified as a “manufacturing foreign-invested enterprise” incorporated prior to the effectiveness of the EIT Law, it is further entitled to a two-year exemption from EIT for years 2008 and 2009 and preferential rates of 11%, 12% and 12.5% for the year 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively. Hainan Jinhui Guangming Media Advertising Co., Ltd., or Hainan Jinhui, is subject to EIT on the taxable income at the gradual rate, which was 18% in 2008 and 20% in 2009, and will be 22% in 2010, 24% in 2011 and 25% in 2012 at the gradual rate as set out in Circular 39.

We cannot assure you that our PRC subsidiaries will be able to maintain or obtain qualifications to receive the above preferential tax treatments; we will be required to pay more taxes if they fail to become or continue to be eligible to receive PRC tax benefits, which may materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

Dividends payable to us by our wholly-owned operating subsidiaries may be subject to PRC withholding taxes, or we may be subject to PRC taxation on our worldwide income, and dividends distributed to our investors may be subject to more PRC withholding taxes under new PRC tax law.

Under the EIT Law and related regulations, dividends payable by a foreign-invested enterprise in China to its foreign investors who are non-resident enterprises are subject to a 10% withholding tax, unless any such foreign investor’s jurisdiction of incorporation has a tax treaty with China that provides for a different withholding arrangement. The British Virgin Islands, or BVI, where our wholly owned subsidiary and the 100% shareholder of Shenzhen AM is incorporated, does not have such a tax treaty with China. Air Media (China) Limited, the 100% shareholder of AM Technology, is incorporated in Hong Kong. According to the Mainland and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Arrangement on Avoiding Double Taxation or Evasion of Taxation on Income between China and Hong Kong and the relevant rules, dividends paid by a foreign-invested enterprise in China to its direct holding company in Hong Kong will be subject to withholding tax at a rate of 5% (if the foreign investor owns directly at least 25% of the shares of the foreign-invested enterprise). However, under recently implemented PRC regulations, now our Hong Kong subsidiary must obtain approval from the competent local branch of the State Administration of Taxation in accordance with the double-taxation agreement among the PRC and Hong Kong in order to enjoy the 5% preferential withholding tax rate. In February 2009, the State Administration of Taxation issued a new notice, or Notice No. 81. According to Notice No. 81, in order to enjoy the preferential treatment on dividend withholding tax rates, an enterprise must be the “beneficial owner” of the relevant dividend income, and no enterprise is entitled to enjoy preferential treatment pursuant to any tax treaties if such enterprise qualifies for such preferential tax rates through any transaction or arrangement, the major purpose of which is to obtain such preferential tax treatment. The tax authority in charge has the right to make adjustments to the applicable tax rates, if it determines that any taxpayer has enjoyed preferential treatment under tax treaties as a result of such transaction or arrangement. In October 2009, the State Administration of Taxation issued another notice on this matter, or Notice

No. 601, to provide guidance on the criteria to determine whether an enterprise qualifies as the “beneficial owner” of the PRC sourced income for the purpose of obtaining preferential treatment under tax treaties. Pursuant to Notice No. 601, the PRC tax authorities will review and grant tax preferential treatment on a case-by-case basis and adopt the “substance over form” principle in the review. Notice 601 specifies that a beneficial owner should generally carry out substantial business activities and own and have control over the income, the assets or other rights generating the income. Therefore, an agent or a conduit company will not be regarded as a beneficial owner of such income. Since the two notices were issued, it has remained unclear how the PRC tax authorities will implement them in practice and to what extent they will affect the dividend withholding tax rates for dividends distributed by our subsidiaries in China to our Hong Kong subsidiary. If the relevant tax authority determines that our Hong Kong subsidiary is a conduit company and does not qualify as the “beneficial owner” of the dividend income it receives from our PRC subsidiaries, the higher 10% withholding tax rate may apply to such dividends.

Under the EIT Law and related regulations, an enterprise established outside of the PRC with “de facto management bodies” within the PRC is considered a PRC resident enterprise and is subject to the EIT at the rate of 25% on its worldwide income. The related regulations define the term “de facto management bodies” as “establishments that carry out substantial and overall management and control over the manufacturing and business operations, personnel, accounting, properties, etc. of an enterprise.” The State Administration of Taxation issued the Notice Regarding the Determination of Chinese-Controlled Overseas Incorporated Enterprises as PRC Tax Resident Enterprises on the Basis of De Facto Management Bodies, or SAT Circular 82, on April 22, 2009. SAT Circular 82 provides certain specific criteria for determining whether the “de facto management body” of a Chinese-controlled overseas-incorporated enterprise is located in China. Although SAT Circular 82 applies only to overseas registered enterprises controlled by PRC enterprises, not to those controlled by PRC individuals, the determining criteria set forth in Circular 82 may reflect the State Administration of Taxation’s general position on how the “de facto management body” test should be applied in determining the tax resident status of offshore enterprises, regardless of whether or not they are controlled by PRC enterprises or individuals. If we are deemed a PRC resident enterprise, we may be subject to the EIT at 25% on our global income, except that the dividends we receive from our PRC subsidiaries may be exempt from the EIT to the extent such dividends are deemed as “dividends among qualified PRC resident enterprises.” If we are considered a resident enterprise and earn income other than dividends from our PRC subsidiaries, a 25% EIT on our global income could significantly increase our tax burden and materially and adversely affect our cash flow and profitability.

With the 10% PRC dividend withholding tax, we will incur an incremental PRC tax cost when we distribute our PRC profits to our ultimate shareholders if we are deemed not to be a PRC resident enterprise. On the other hand, if we are determined to be a PRC resident enterprise under the EIT Law and receive income other than dividends, our profitability and cash flow would be adversely impacted due to our worldwide income being taxed in China under the EIT Law.

Moreover, under the EIT Law, foreign ADS holders may be subject to a 10% withholding tax upon dividends payable by us and gains realized on the sale or other disposition of ADSs or ordinary shares, if we are classified as a PRC resident enterprise and such income is deemed to be sourced from within the PRC. Although we are incorporated in the Cayman Islands, it is unclear whether the dividends payable by us or the gains our foreign ADS holders may realize on disposition will be regarded as income from sources within the PRC if we are classified as a PRC resident enterprise. Any such tax on our dividend payments will reduce the returns of your investment.

Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure

If the PRC government finds that the agreements that establish the structure for operating our China business do not comply with PRC governmental restrictions on foreign investment in the advertising industry and in the operating of non-advertising content, our business could be materially and adversely affected.

Substantially all of our operations are conducted through contractual arrangements with our consolidated variable interest entities in China, Beijing AirMedia Advertising Co., Ltd., or AM Advertising, Beijing Shengshi Lianhe Advertising Co., Ltd., or Shengshi Lianhe, Beijing AirMedia UC Advertising Co., Ltd., or AirMedia UC, and Beijing Yuehang Digital Media Advertising Co., Ltd., or AM Yuehang. Although PRC regulations currently permit 100% foreign ownership of companies that provide advertising services, any foreign entities that invest in the advertising services industry are required to have at least three years of direct operations in the advertising industry outside of China. In addition, PRC regulations currently prohibit foreign investment in the production and operation of any non-advertising content. We do not currently directly operate an advertising business outside of China and thus cannot qualify under PRC regulations until three years after we commence any such operations outside of China or until we acquire a company that has directly operated an advertising business outside of China for the required period of time. Accordingly, our three subsidiaries, AM Technology, Shenzhen AM and Xi’an AM are currently ineligible to apply for the required licenses for providing advertising services in China.

Our advertising business is primarily provided through our contractual arrangements with our four consolidated variable interest entities in China. These entities directly operate our advertising network, enter into concession rights contracts and sell advertising time slots and locations to our advertisers. We have contractual arrangements with these variable interest entities pursuant to which we, through AM Technology, provide technical support and consulting services to these entities. We also have agreements with our variable interest entities and each of their shareholders that provide us with the substantial ability to control these entities. For a description of these contractual arrangements, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—C. Organizational Structure” and “Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—B. Related Party Transactions.”

Each shareholder of our variable interest entities has pledged relevant equity interests in our variable interest entities to AM Technology under equity pledge agreements. This pledge was duly created by recording the pledge on AM Technology’s register of shareholders in accordance with the PRC Security Law, which governed the validity of such pledge prior to the effectiveness of the PRC Property Rights Law. According to the PRC Property Rights Law and relevant registration rules, such pledge will be effective upon registration with the relevant administration for industry and commerce. AM Technology is in the process of applying for such registration with the local administration for industry and commerce. Before the completion of such registration procedure, we cannot assure you that the effectiveness of such pledge can be recognized in PRC courts if disputes arise on certain pledged equity interest or that AM Technology’s interests as pledgee will prevail over those of third parties.

If we or any of our variable interest entities are found to be in violation of any existing or future PRC laws or regulations or fail to obtain or maintain any of the required permits or approvals, the relevant PRC regulatory authorities would have broad discretion in dealing with such violations, including:

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revoking the business and operating licenses of our PRC subsidiaries and affiliates;

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discontinuing or restricting our PRC subsidiaries’ and affiliates’ operations;

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imposing conditions or requirements with which we or our PRC subsidiaries and affiliates may not be able to comply; or

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requiring us or our PRC subsidiaries and affiliates to restructure the relevant ownership structure or operations.

The imposition of any penalties may result in a material and adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business.

We rely on contractual arrangements with our consolidated variable interest entities and their shareholders for a substantial portion of our China operations, which may not be as effective as direct ownership in providing operational control.

We rely on contractual arrangements with AM Advertising, Shengshi Lianhe, AirMedia UC and AM Yuehang to operate our advertising business. For a description of these arrangements, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—C. Organizational Structure” and “Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—B. Related Party Transactions.” These contractual arrangements may not be as effective as direct ownership in providing control over our variable interest entities. Under these contractual arrangements, if our variable interest entities or their shareholders fail to perform their respective obligations, we may have to incur substantial costs and resources to enforce such arrangements and rely on legal remedies under PRC law, including seeking specific performance or injunctive relief and claiming damages, which we cannot assure you will be effective.

Many of these contractual arrangements are governed by PRC law and provide for disputes to be resolved through arbitration or litigation in the PRC. The legal environment in the PRC is not as developed as in other jurisdictions such as the United States. As a result, uncertainties in the PRC legal system could limit our ability to enforce these contractual arrangements, which may make it difficult to exert effective control over our variable interest entities, and our ability to conduct our business may be negatively affected.

Contractual arrangements we have entered into among our subsidiaries and variable interest entities may be subject to scrutiny by the PRC tax authorities and a finding that we owe additional taxes could substantially increase our taxes owed and reduce our net income and the value of your investment.

Under PRC law, arrangements and transactions among related parties may be audited or challenged by the PRC tax authorities. If any transactions we have entered into among AM Technology and our variable interest entities are found not to be on an arm’s length basis, or to result in an unreasonable reduction in tax under PRC law, the PRC tax authorities have the authority to disallow our tax savings, adjust the profits and losses of our respective PRC entities and assess late payment interest and penalties. A finding by the PRC tax authorities that we are ineligible for the tax savings we achieved would substantially increase our taxes owed and reduce our net income and the value of your investment.

We may rely principally on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our wholly-owned operating subsidiaries to fund any cash and financing requirements we may have, and any limitation on the ability of our operating subsidiaries to pay dividends to us could have a material adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business.

We are a holding company, and we may rely principally on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by AM Technology, Shenzhen AM and Xi’an AM for our cash requirements, including the funds necessary to service any debt we may incur. If AM Technology, Shenzhen AM or Xi’an AM incurs debt on its own behalf in the future, the instruments governing the debt may restrict the ability of these entities to pay dividends or make other distributions to us. In addition, the PRC tax authorities may require us to adjust our taxable income under the contractual arrangements AM Technology currently has in place with our variable interest entities in a manner that would materially and adversely affect AM Technology’s ability to pay dividends and other distributions to us.

Furthermore, relevant PRC laws and regulations permit payments of dividends by AM Technology, Shenzhen AM and Xi’an AM only out of their retained earnings, if any, determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. Under PRC laws and regulations, AM Technology, Shenzhen AM and Xi’an AM are also required to set aside a portion of net income each year to fund certain reserve funds. These reserves are not distributable as cash dividends. In addition, subject to certain cumulative limits, the statutory general reserve fund requires annual appropriations of at least 10% of after-tax income to be set aside prior to payment of dividends until such reserve fund is equal to at least 50% of the respective registered capital of AM Technology, Shenzhen AM or Xi’an AM. As a result of these PRC laws and regulations, our PRC subsidiaries and our PRC variable interest entities have limited ability to transfer a portion of their net assets to us in the form of dividends, loans or advances.

Although none of Shenzhen AM, Xi’an AM or AM Technology has any present plan to pay any cash dividends to us in the foreseeable future, any limitation on the ability of AM Technology, Shenzhen AM or Xi’an AM to pay dividends or make other distributions to us could materially and adversely limit our ability to grow, make investments or acquisitions that could be beneficial to our business, or otherwise fund and conduct our business.

Risks Related to Doing Business in China

Adverse changes in the political and economic policies of the PRC government could have a material adverse effect on the overall economic growth of China, which could reduce the demand for our services and have a material adverse effect on our competitive position.

Substantially all of our assets are located in China and substantially all of our revenues are derived from our operations in China. Accordingly, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects are affected significantly by China’s economic, political and legal developments. The Chinese economy differs from the economies of most developed countries in many respects, including the level of government involvement and the level and growth rate of economic development.

While the Chinese economy has experienced significant growth in the past decades, growth has been uneven both geographically and among various sectors of the economy. The PRC government has implemented various measures to encourage economic growth and guide the allocation of resources. Some of these measures may benefit the overall Chinese economy, but may also have a negative effect on us. We cannot predict the future direction of political or economic reforms or the effects such measures may have on our business, financial position or results of operations. Any adverse change in the political or economic conditions in China, including changes in the policies of the PRC government or in laws and regulations in China, could have a material adverse effect on the overall economic growth of China and in the air travel advertising industry. Such developments could have a material adverse effect on our business, lead to a reduction in demand for our services and materially and adversely affect our competitive position.

Uncertainties with respect to the PRC legal system could limit the legal protections available to us or result in substantial costs and the diversion of resources and management attention.

We conduct our business primarily through AM Technology, Shenzhen AM and Xi’an AM, which are subject to PRC laws and regulations applicable to foreign investment in China and, in particular, laws applicable to wholly-foreign owned companies. The PRC legal system is based on written statutes. Prior court decisions may be cited for reference but have limited precedential value. PRC legislation and regulations afford significant protections to various forms of foreign investments in China, but since these laws and regulations are relatively new and the PRC legal system continues to rapidly evolve, the interpretations of many laws, regulations and rules are not always uniform and the enforcement of these laws, regulations and rules involve uncertainties, which may limit the legal protections available to us. In addition, any litigation in China may be protracted and result in substantial costs and the diversion of resources and management attention.

Fluctuations in the value of the Renminbi may have a material adverse effect on your investment.

The value of the Renminbi against the U.S. dollar and other currencies is affected by, among other things, changes in China’s political and economic conditions and China’s foreign exchange policies. The PRC government has permitted the Renminbi to fluctuate within a narrow and managed band against a basket of certain foreign currencies. Since reaching a high against the U.S. dollar in July 2008, the Renminbi has traded within a narrow band against the U.S. dollar. As a consequence, the Renminbi has also fluctuated sharply since July 2008 against other freely traded currencies, in tandem with the U.S. dollar.

The reporting and functional currency of our Cayman Islands parent company is the U.S. dollar. However, substantially all of the revenues and expenses of our consolidated operating subsidiaries and affiliate entities are denominated in Renminbi. Substantially all of our sales contracts were denominated in Renminbi and substantially all of our costs and expenses is denominated in Renminbi. To the extent that we need to convert U.S. dollars into Renminbi for our operations, depreciation of the Renminbi against the U.S. dollar would have an adverse effect on the Renminbi amount we receive from the conversion. Conversely, if we decide to convert our Renminbi into U.S. dollars for the purpose of dividend distribution or for other business purposes, depreciation of the U.S. dollar against the Renminbi would have a negative effect on the U.S. dollar amount available to us. Fluctuations in the exchange rate will also affect the relative value of any dividend we issue which will be exchanged into U.S. dollars and earnings from and the value of any U.S. dollar-denominated investments we make in the future.

Very limited hedging transactions are available in China to reduce our exposure to exchange rate fluctuations. To date, we have not entered into any hedging transactions in an effort to reduce our exposure to foreign currency exchange risk. While we may decide to enter into hedging transactions in the future, the availability and effectiveness of these hedges may be limited so that we may not be able to successfully hedge our exposure at all. In addition, our currency exchange losses may be magnified by PRC exchange control regulations that restrict our ability to convert Renminbi into foreign currency. As a result, fluctuations in exchange rates may have a material adverse effect on your investment.

Restrictions on currency exchange may limit our ability to receive and use our revenues or financing effectively.

Substantially all of our revenues and expenses are denominated in Renminbi. We may need to convert a portion of our revenues into other currencies to meet our foreign currency obligations, including, among others, payments of dividends declared, if any, in respect of our ordinary shares or ADSs. Under China’s existing foreign exchange regulations, AM Technology, Shenzhen AM and Xi’an AM are able to pay dividends in foreign currencies, without prior approval from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, or the SAFE, by complying with certain procedural requirements. However, we cannot assure you that the PRC government will not take measures in the future to restrict access to foreign currencies for current account transactions.

Foreign exchange transactions by our subsidiaries and variable interest entities in China under capital accounts continue to be subject to significant foreign exchange controls and require the approval of, or registration with, PRC governmental authorities. In particular, if we or other foreign lenders make foreign currency loans to our subsidiaries or variable interest entities in China, these loans must be registered with the SAFE, and if we finance them by means of additional capital contributions, these capital contributions must be approved by or registered with certain government authorities including the SAFE, the Ministry of Commerce or their local counterparts. These limitations could affect the ability our subsidiaries and variable interest entities in China to obtain foreign exchange through debt or equity financing, and could affect our business and financial condition.

PRC regulations relating to the establishment of offshore special purpose companies by PRC residents and registration requirements for employee stock ownership plans or share option plans may subject our PRC resident beneficial owners or the plan participants to personal liability, limit our ability to inject capital into our PRC subsidiaries, limit our subsidiaries’ ability to increase their registered capital or distribute profits to us, or may otherwise adversely affect us.

Regulations promulgated by the SAFE require PRC residents and PRC corporate entities to register with local branches of the SAFE in connection with their direct or indirect offshore investment activities. These regulations apply to our shareholders who are PRC residents and may apply to any offshore acquisitions that we make in the future.

Under the SAFE regulations, PRC residents who make, or have previously made, direct or indirect investments in offshore companies, will be required to register those investments. In addition, any PRC resident who is a direct or indirect shareholder of an offshore company is required to file or update the registration with the local branch of the SAFE, with respect to that offshore company, any material change involving its round-trip investment, capital variation. The PRC subsidiaries of that offshore company are required to urge the PRC resident shareholders to make such updates. If any PRC shareholder fails to make the required SAFE registration or file or update the registration, the PRC subsidiaries of that offshore parent company may be prohibited from distributing their profits and the proceeds from any reduction in capital, share transfer or liquidation, to their offshore parent company, and the offshore parent company may also be prohibited from injecting additional capital into their PRC subsidiaries. Moreover, failure to comply with the various SAFE registration requirements described above could result in liability under PRC laws for evasion of applicable foreign exchange restrictions, such as restrictions on distributing dividend to our offshore entities or monetary penalties against us.

We cannot assure you that all of our shareholders who are PRC residents will make or obtain any applicable registrations or approvals required by these SAFE regulations. The failure or inability of our PRC resident shareholders to comply with these SAFE registration procedures may subject us to fines and legal sanctions, restrict our cross-border investment activities, or limit our PRC subsidiaries’ ability to distribute dividends to or obtain foreign-exchange-dominated loans from our company.

As it is uncertain how the SAFE regulations will be interpreted or implemented, we cannot predict how these regulations will affect our business operations or future strategy. For example, we may be subject to more stringent review and approval process with respect to our foreign exchange activities, such as remittance of dividends and foreign-currency-denominated borrowings, which may adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition. In addition, if we decide to acquire a PRC domestic company, we cannot assure you that we or the owners of such company, as the case may be, will be able to obtain the necessary approvals or complete the necessary filings and registrations required by the SAFE regulations. This may restrict our ability to implement our acquisition strategy and could adversely affect our business and prospects.

Certain measures promulgated by the People’s Bank of China on foreign exchange for individuals set forth the respective requirements for foreign exchange transactions by PRC individuals under either the current account or the capital account. Implementing rules for these measures were promulgated by the SAFE which, among other things, specified approval requirements for certain capital account transactions such as a PRC citizen’s participation in the employee stock ownership plans or stock option plans of an overseas publicly-listed company. The SAFE also promulgated rules under which PRC citizens who are granted stock options by an overseas publicly-listed company are required, through a PRC agent or PRC subsidiary of such overseas publicly-listed company, to register with the SAFE and complete certain other procedures. We and our PRC employees who have been granted stock options are subject to these rules. If we or our PRC optionees fail to comply with these regulations, we or our PRC optionees may be subject to fines and legal sanctions. See “Item 4. Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Regulation—SAFE Regulations on Offshore Investment by PRC Residents and Employee Stock Options.”

The M&A Rule sets forth complex procedures for acquisitions conducted by foreign investors which could make it more difficult to pursue growth through acquisitions.

The PRC Regulations on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors, or the M&A Rule, sets forth complex procedures and requirements that could make merger and acquisition activities by foreign investors more time-consuming and complex. Part of our growth strategy includes acquiring complementary businesses or assets. Complying with the requirements of the M&A Rule to complete such transactions could be time-consuming, and any required approval processes, including obtaining approval from the Ministry of Commerce, may delay or inhibit the completion of such transactions, which could affect our ability to expand our business or maintain our market share. In addition, if any of our acquisitions were subject to the M&A Rule and were found not to be in compliance with the requirements of the M&A Rule in the future, relevant PRC regulatory agencies may impose fines and penalties on our operations in the PRC, limit our operating privileges in the PRC, or take other actions that could materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

Changes in laws and regulations governing air travel advertising or otherwise affecting our business in China may result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and may materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

There are no existing PRC laws or regulations that specifically define or regulate air travel advertising. It has been reported that the relevant PRC government authorities are currently considering adopting new regulations governing air travel advertising. We cannot predict the timing and effects of such new regulations. Changes in laws and regulations governing the content of air travel advertising and our business licenses or otherwise affecting our business in China may result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and may materially and adversely affect our business prospects and results of operations.

Risks Related to Our ADSs

The trading price of our ADSs has been and may continue to be volatile.

The trading price of our ADSs has been and may continue to be subject to wide fluctuations. During the year of 2009, the trading prices of our ADSs on The Nasdaq Global Market, or Nasdaq, ranged from US$3.80 to US$9.26 per ADS and the closing sale price on May 27, 2010 was US$4.14 per ADS. The price of our ADSs may fluctuate in response to a number of events and factors including: changes in the economic performance or market valuations of other advertising companies, conditions in the air travel advertising industry and the sales or perceived potential sales of additional ordinary shares or ADSs.

In addition, the securities market has from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. These market fluctuations may also have a material adverse effect on the market price of our ADSs.

Additional sales of our ordinary shares in the public market, or the perception that these sales could occur, could also cause the market price of our ADSs to decline.

You may not have the same voting rights as the holders of our ordinary shares and may not receive voting materials in time to be able to exercise your right to vote.

Except as described in this annual report and in the deposit agreement, holders of our ADSs will not be able to exercise voting rights attaching to the shares evidenced by our ADSs on an individual basis. Holders of our ADSs will appoint the depositary or its nominee as their representative to exercise the voting rights attaching to the shares represented by the ADSs. You may not receive voting materials in time to instruct the depositary to vote, and it is possible that you, or persons who hold their ADSs through brokers, dealers or other third parties, will not have the opportunity to exercise a right to vote.

Your right to participate in any future rights offerings may be limited, which may cause dilution to your holdings and you may not receive cash dividends if it is impractical to make them available to you.

We may from time to time distribute rights to our shareholders, including rights to acquire our securities. However, we cannot make rights available to you in the United States unless we register both the rights and the securities to which the rights relate under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, or an exemption from the registration requirements is available. Under the deposit agreement, the depositary bank will not make rights available to you unless both the rights and the underlying securities to be distributed to ADS holders are either registered under the Securities Act or exempt from registration under the Securities Act. We are under no obligation to file a registration statement with respect to any such rights or securities or to endeavor to cause such a registration statement to be declared effective and we may not be able to establish a necessary exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Accordingly, you may be unable to participate in our rights offerings and may experience dilution in your holdings.

The depositary of our ADSs has agreed to pay to you the cash dividends or other distributions it or the custodian receives on our ordinary shares or other deposited securities after deducting its fees and expenses. You will receive these distributions in proportion to the number of ordinary shares your ADSs represent. However, the depositary may, at its discretion, decide that it is inequitable or impractical to make a distribution available to any holders of ADSs. For example, the depositary may determine that it is not practicable to distribute certain property through the mail, or that the value of certain distributions may be less than the cost of mailing them. In these cases, the depositary may decide not to distribute such property to you.

You may be subject to limitations on transfer of your ADSs.

Your ADSs are transferable on the books of the depositary. However, the depositary may close its transfer books at any time or from time to time when it deems expedient in connection with the performance of its duties.

In addition, the depositary may refuse to deliver, transfer or register transfers of ADSs generally when our books or the books of the depositary are closed, or at any time if we or the depositary deem it advisable to do so because of any requirement of law or of any government or governmental body, or under any provision of the deposit agreement, or for any other reason.

You may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your ability to protect your rights through the U.S. federal courts may be limited, because we are incorporated under Cayman Islands law, conduct substantially all of our operations in China and all of our directors and officers reside outside the United States.

We are incorporated in the Cayman Islands, and conduct substantially all of our operations in China through our subsidiaries and variable interest entities. All of our directors and officers reside outside the United States and a substantial portion of their assets are located outside of the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for you to effect service of process within the United States and bring an action against us or against these individuals in a U.S. court if you believe that your rights have been infringed under the securities laws or otherwise. Even if you are successful in bringing an action of this kind, the laws of the Cayman Islands and of China may render you unable to enforce a judgment against our assets or the assets of our directors and officers. There is no statutory recognition in the Cayman Islands of judgments obtained in the United States, although the courts of the Cayman Islands will generally recognize and enforce a non-penal judgment of a foreign court of competent jurisdiction without retrial on the merits.

Our corporate affairs are governed by our memorandum and articles of association, as amended and restated from time to time, and by the Companies Law (2009 Revision) and common law of the Cayman Islands. The rights of shareholders to take legal action against us and our directors, actions by minority shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors are to a large extent governed by the common law of the Cayman Islands. The rights of our shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors under Cayman Islands law are not as clearly established as they would be under statutes or judicial precedents in the United States. In particular, the Cayman Islands has a less developed body of securities laws than the United States and provides significantly less protection to investors. In addition, Cayman Islands companies may not have standing to initiate a shareholder derivative action in U.S. federal courts.

As a result, our public shareholders may have more difficulty in protecting their interests through actions against us, our management, our directors or our major shareholders than would shareholders of a corporation incorporated in a jurisdiction in the United States.

Our memorandum and articles of association contain anti-takeover provisions that could adversely affect the rights of holders of our ordinary shares and ADSs.

We have included certain provisions in our memorandum and articles of association that could limit the ability of others to acquire control of our company and deprive our shareholders of the opportunity to sell their shares at a premium over the prevailing market price by discouraging third parties from seeking to obtain control of our company in a tender offer or similar transactions. The following provisions in our articles may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of our company:

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Our board of directors has the authority to establish from time to time one or more series of preferred shares without action by our shareholders and to determine, with respect to any series of preferred shares, the terms and rights of that series, including the designation of the series, the number of shares of the series, the dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights, and the rights and terms of redemption and liquidation preferences.

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Subject to applicable regulatory requirements, our board of directors may issue additional ordinary shares or rights to acquire ordinary shares without action by our shareholders to the extent of available authorized but unissued shares.

Our corporate actions are substantially controlled by our principal shareholders who could exert significant influence over important corporate matters, which may reduce the price of our ADSs and deprive you of an opportunity to receive a premium for your shares.

As of April 30, 2010, our principal shareholder, Herman Man Guo, beneficially owned approximately 29.9% of our outstanding ordinary shares. In addition, as of December 31, 2009, Global Gateway Investments Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CDH China Growth Capital Management Company Limited, or CDH, beneficially owned approximately 19.9% of our outstanding ordinary shares. These shareholders, if acting together, could exert substantial influence over matters such as electing directors and approving material mergers, acquisitions or other business combination transactions. This concentration of ownership may also discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company, which could have the dual effect of depriving our shareholders of an opportunity to receive a premium for their shares as part of a sale of our company and reducing the price of our ADSs. These actions may be taken even if they are opposed by our other shareholders. In addition, these persons could divert business opportunities from us to themselves or others.

We may be classified as a passive foreign investment company, which could result in adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. Holders.

Depending upon the value of our assets based on the market value of our ordinary shares and ADSs and the nature of our assets and income over time, we could be classified as a passive foreign investment company or PFIC, for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Based on the market price of our ADSs and ordinary shares and the composition of our income and assets, we believe that we were not a “passive foreign investment company,” or PFIC, for U.S. federal income tax purposes for our taxable year ended December 31, 2009. However, we believe that there is a significant risk that we will be a PFIC for our taxable year ending December 31, 2010.

Although the law in this regard is unclear, we treat the consolidated variable interest entities and their subsidiaries as being owned by us for U.S. federal income tax purposes, because we control their management decisions but also because we are entitled to substantially all of the economic benefits associated with these entities, and, as a result, we consolidate these entities’ operating results in our consolidated financial statements. If it were determined, however, that we are not the owner of the consolidated variable interest entities and their subsidiaries for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we would likely be treated as a PFIC for our taxable year ending on December 31, 2010 and any subsequent taxable year. Because the application of the PFIC rules is subject to ambiguity in several respects and, in addition, we must make a separate determination each year as to whether we are a PFIC (after the close of each taxable year), we cannot assure you that we will not be a PFIC for our current taxable year ending December 31, 2010 or any future taxable year. In particular, we believe that there is a significant risk that we will be a PFIC for our taxable year ending December 31, 2010 unless the market price of our ADSs increases and/or we invest a substantial amount of the cash and other passive assets we hold in assets that produce active income. A non-U.S. corporation will be considered a PFIC for any taxable year if either (1) at least 75% of its gross income is passive income or (2) at least 50% of the value of its assets (based on an average of the quarterly values of the assets during a taxable year) is attributable to assets that produce or are held for the production of passive income. The value of our assets will be determined based on the market price of our ADSs, which is likely to fluctuate. In addition, the composition of our income and assets will be affected by how, and how quickly, we utilize the cash (or other passive assets or investments) we have on hand or raise in any offering.

If we were treated as a PFIC for any taxable year during which a U.S. Holder (as defined in “Item 10. Additional Information—E. Taxation— United States Federal Income Taxation”) held our ADS, or ordinary shares, certain adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences could apply to the U.S. Holder. For example, if we are a PFIC, U.S. Holders will become subject to increased tax liabilities under U.S. tax laws and regulations with respect to any gain recognized or the sale of our ADSs or ordinary shares and certain distributions, and will become subject to burdensome reporting requirements. Further, if we were a PFIC for any year during which a U.S. Holder held our ADSs or ordinary shares, we generally would continue to be treated as a PFIC for all succeeding years during which such U.S. Holder held our ADSs or ordinary shares. See “Item 10. Additional Information—E. Taxation—United States Federal Income Taxation—Passive Foreign Investment Company.”

ITEM 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY

A. History and Development of the Company

We are a Cayman Islands incorporated holding company that conducts operations through our subsidiaries, consolidated variable interest entities and the variable interest entities’ subsidiaries in China. We commenced operations in August 2005 in China through Shengshi Lianhe, a consolidated variable interest entity of our principal subsidiary, AM Technology. Later, we established additional PRC consolidated variable interest entities to conduct our operations in China. Substantially all of our current operations are conducted through contractual arrangements with these entities.

On November 7, 2007, we listed our ADSs on the Nasdaq under the symbol “AMCN.” We and certain of our then shareholders completed the initial public offering of 17,250,000 ADSs, representing 34,500,000 of our ordinary shares, on November 13, 2007.

In 2008, we acquired an airport gate bridge advertising business through purchasing 80% equity interest in Flying Dragon Media Advertising Co., Ltd., or Flying Dragon, and all of the equity interest in Excel Lead International Limited, or Excel Lead. Part of the consideration for the Excel Lead acquisition is a contingent consideration to be determined based on the performance of Excel Lead through 2010, in an aggregate amount of up to US$27.3 million in cash and 1,530,950 of our ordinary shares, or up to US$40.3 million in cash only at the sellers’ option.

In 2009 and the first quarter of 2010, we also added various additional media resources to our advertising network, including outdoors media in gas stations and urban locations. During 2009, we acquired 100% equity interests in each of Dominant City Ltd. and Beijing Union of Friendship Advertising Media Co. Ltd., which operate media resources in a number of airports including Guangzhou and Hangzhou airports, for a total consideration of US$7.8 million. In 2009, we also entered into an exclusive concession rights contract under which we will develop and operate outdoor advertising platforms such as billboards at gas stations belonging to Sinopec. In January 2010, we acquired 100% of the equity interest in Easy Shop Ltd. and 90% of the equity interest in AM Outdoor for a total consideration of US$13.9 million. We held 10% equity interest of AM Outdoor prior to the transaction. As a result of these transactions, we now hold 100% equity interest in AM Outdoor and operate unipole signs and other outdoor media across Beijing. In February 2010, we acquired 45% equity interest in Dongding, which has exclusive rights to build and operate billboards that display both public service content and commercial advertising throughout Beijing in locations such as shopping malls and parking lots. We held 30% equity interest of Dongding prior to the transaction. As a result of these transactions, we now hold 75% equity interest in Dongding.

Our principal executive offices are located at 17/F, Sky Plaza, No. 46 Dongzhimenwai Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100027, People’s Republic of China. Our telephone number at this address is +86-10-8438-6868 and our fax number is +86-10-8460-8658. Our registered office in the Cayman Islands is PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands.

B. Business Overview

Overview

We operate the largest digital media network in China dedicated to air travel advertising. We believe we have the largest market share of digital frames in airports, digital TV screens in airports and digital TV screens on airplanes in China. As of April 30, 2010, we operated digital frames in 33 airports in China and digital TV screens in 37 airports, including the 26 largest airports in China, which include the largest five airports in China: Beijing Capital International Airport, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport and Shenzhen International Airport. In addition, we had contractual concession rights to place our programs on the routes operated by eight airlines, including the three largest airlines in China, Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines.

In July 2008, we expanded into the traditional air travel advertising market. We currently hold contractual concession rights to place advertisements on gate bridges located in seven major airports in China; these advertisements include billboard advertisements and painted advertisements on the interior and exterior walls of gate bridges. In addition, we currently hold contractual concession rights to operate light boxes and billboards in Beijing Capital International Airport, Shenzhen International Airport and Wenzhou Yongqiang Airport.

We also hold concession rights to operate various traditional advertising media including billboards, light boxes and other media platforms out of the air travel sector. In addition to holding exclusive concession rights to develop and operate advertising media platforms at China’s leading network of gas stations owned by Sinopec, we also hold rights to build and operate billboards that display both public service content and commercial advertising, and the right to operate unipole signs and other outdoor media across Beijing.

Air travel advertising in China has grown significantly in recent years because of growth in China’s advertising market and air travel sector. By focusing on air travel advertising, we enable our advertisers to target air travelers in China, whom we believe are an attractive demographic for advertisers due to the fact that they have higher-than-average disposable income compared to the rest of China’s population. We strategically place our digital frames, digital TV screens and traditional media displays in high-traffic locations inside airports, particularly in areas where there tend to be significant waiting time, such as departure halls, security check areas, boarding gates, baggage claim areas and arrival halls. The digital TV screens on our network airplanes are located in highly visible locations in passenger compartments and on the backs of passenger seats. Furthermore, gate bridges on which we have coverage connect terminal gates with airplanes and are the areas through which every air passenger must pass before and after he or she boards airplanes. Our combined coverage in airports and on airplanes enables our programs to attract air travelers at multiple points during their travel experience, from check-in, boarding, flight time, to arrival.

We combine advertising contents with non-advertising content, such as weather, sports and comedy clips, in our digital TV screen programs. We have contracts with many Chinese TV stations such as Dragon TV, the Travel Channel and CCTV-5, to show video clips of their programs in airports and on airplanes. We also obtain TV programs such as documentaries and “hidden camera” type reality shows from other third-party content providers. We believe non-advertising program contents make air travelers more receptive to the advertisements included in our programs and ultimately make our programs more effective for our advertisers. Our standard programs in airports currently include 25 minutes of advertising content during each hour of programming and are shown for approximately 16 hours per day. The length of our in-flight programs typically ranges from approximately 45 minutes to an hour per flight, approximately five to 13 minutes of which consist of advertising content.

We derive revenues principally by selling advertising time slots and locations on our network to our advertisers, including both direct advertisers and advertising agencies. In the short term, we will focus on selling our current media resources and improve the utilization rates of our existing product lines. Before we obtain a higher level of profitability in our operations, we expect that we would not obtain significantly more media resources either inside or outside the air travel advertising sector. In the long term, however, we will continue to acquire new media platforms to provide a broader range of advertising services for our advertisers and to become a one-stop provider for air travel as well as other forms of advertising.

Advertising Network and Services

We primarily generate revenues from advertising services at the following platforms: digital frames in airports, digital TV screens in airports and on airplanes, traditional media in airports such as light boxes, billboards and painted advertisements and gas station media displays and other outdoor media displays outside of the air travel advertising sector.

Digital Frames in Airports

We operate a network of digital frames, strategically placed in areas of airports such as departure halls, terminals and arrival halls, where most of the air travelers congregate and spend significant time waiting. Our digital frames are high-definition liquid crystal display, or LCD, screens that change digital picture displays approximately every 5 to 15 seconds, varying from airport to airport. Our digital frames include standalone digital frames and TV-attached digital frames. Standalone digital frames display advertisements on vertical or horizontal display panels range in sizes from 42 to 108 inches. TV-attached digital frames consist of a vertical digital frame beneath a digital TV screen and are in sizes ranging from 47 to 55 inches. In response to advertiser advertising needs, we also own and operate digital frames of a much larger size in the airports of Beijing and Guangzhou. In both international and domestic arrival halls of Terminals 2 and 3 of the Beijing International Airport, we operate 44 108-inch LCD screens that measure four square meters (or 43.1 square feet) each; we also operate 12 108-inch LCD screens in departure halls, security checkpoints, luggage pickup and subway entrance areas inside Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. In Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport we have three large-size LED screens, each measuring 76.0 square meters (or 818.4 square feet), above all of the domestic security check areas in Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, forming a leading security checkpoint digital media display platform in China in terms of screen size. As of April 30, 2010, we operated 3,324 digital frames in 33 airports, 1,225 of which were standalone digital frames, including the 108-inch LCD display screens and large-size LED screens, and 2,099 of which were TV-attached digital frames. These 33 airports accounted for approximately 86% of the total air travelers in China in 2009, according to the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China. Our digital frames play advertising content repeatedly mainly in ten-minute cycles.

We believe digital frames provide an effective advertising platform to our advertisers. We sell our advertisements on digital frames in one-week units which affords scheduling flexibility and cost-effectiveness to our advertisers. In addition, as our digital frames are located in both domestic and international terminals in a number of airports, our advertisers can choose to place their advertisements in domestic terminals only, international terminals only or a mix of domestic and international terminals. This flexibility in terms of location selection provides our advertisers with the ability to tailor their advertisement packages to effectively attract their target audiences. We also continue to diversify the arrangement and placement of our digital frames to offer enhanced visual effects. For example, in Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, we have some digital frames in sets of two or three screens together as a group, and In Shenzhen International Airport we put five screens together as a group. An advertisement can be displayed in one picture on multiple screens to better attract air travelers’ attention.

Digital TV Screens in Airports

We strategically place our digital TV screens in high-traffic areas of airports such as departure halls, security check areas, boarding gates, baggage claim areas and arrival halls, where there tend to be significant waiting time. A majority of our standard digital TV screens are 42-inch or 46-inchplasma display panels or LCDs. As of April 30, 2010, we operated 2,195 digital TV screens in 37 airports in China under various concession rights contracts. These 37 airports accounted for approximately 90% of the total air travelers in China in 2009, according to the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China.

Our airport programs consist of advertising and non-advertising content and are played for approximately 16 hours per day. Our non-advertising content is played in two-hour cycles, during which our advertising content is repeated hourly. During each hour, 25 minutes of the program consists of advertising content provided to us by our advertisers and the rest of the program consists of non-advertising content such as sports and entertainment content provided by third-party content providers. In addition to separate advertising messages or videos, which are updated weekly, we promote the brand names of our advertisers by naming our programs after their brand names. The non-advertising content consists of humor clips such as hidden camera shows and funny home videos, sports clips such as soccer, snooker and extreme sports, movie previews and interviews with celebrities, as well as the latest world fashion shows. These programs are generally updated monthly, with the programs in Shanghai Pudong and Hongqiao airports updated weekly.

Digital TV Screens on Airplanes

As of April 30, 2010, our programs were placed on digital TV screens on routes operated by eight airlines. The displays on our network airplanes, which have been installed by aircraft manufacturers, are located at the top of passenger compartments and on the back of passenger seats. The digital TV screens at the top of passenger compartments typically range from 9 inches to 50 inches in size, while the display screens on the back of passenger seats typically range from seven inches to nine inches in size. There are approximately 10 to 280 on an airplane. The TV system installed on each plane differs from one another according to the requirements of each specific airline. For instance, if the airline chooses to implement audio-video on demand, or AVOD, systems and personal TV, or PTV, systems, then it would have to install TV screens on the back of each and every seat on the airplane.

Our airplane display programs are played once for approximately 45 minutes to an hour per flight. Approximately five to 13 minutes of each program consist of advertising content provided to us by our advertisers and the rest of the program consists of non-advertising content. The non-advertising content on these planes includes travel shows, documentaries, sports and other content similar to that shown on our airport programs. We also promote brand names of our advertisers through our programs by naming our programs after their brand names or displaying their logos on the corner of the screens during the programs. We have obtained rights to play popular films on airplanes in our network. As most of the airplanes on which our programs are played use video tape or DVD players to play video messages and most of these airplanes only have one video tape or DVD player, passengers are not typically given a selection of channels and thus viewership of our programs is generally high.

Traditional Media in Airports

Our traditional media in airports currently includes light boxes and billboards in airports and billboards and painted advertisements on gate bridges in airports. As of April 30, 2010, we operated 525 light boxes and billboards mainly in three airports, including Beijing Capital International Airport and Shenzhen International Airport. As of April 30, 2010, we operated 114 billboard advertisements and 46 painted advertisements on the gate bridges mainly located in seven airports, including Beijing Capital International Airport and Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport.

Light box advertisements are static poster advertisements illuminated with back lighting and billboard advertisements are only static poster advertisements. The advertisements on gate bridges in airports include billboard and painted advertisements on interior or exterior walls of gate bridges.

In March 2010, we renegotiated contracts for a number of unprofitable traditional medias in an effort to improve our profitability and reduced our traditional media locations to 216 locations in Beijing Capital International Airport, which will reduce our concession fees by approximately US$10.3 million in 2010.

Other Media in Air Travel

We have logos for various display equipment in airports prominently displayed on these equipments, for which logos we charge advertising fees. Currently, we also operate 98 17-inch crystal TV screens on shuttle buses in Shanghai Pudong International and Shanghai Hongqiao airports.

Gas Station Media Network

In April 2009, we entered into an exclusive contract with Sinopec under which we obtained the concession right to develop and operate outdoor advertising platforms at all Sinopec gas stations located throughout China until December 31, 2014, with limited exceptions. This network consists of outdoor advertising platforms strategically placed in Sinopec gas stations where there is high visibility and significant waiting time. These outdoor advertising platforms consist of traditional advertising formats such as light boxes and billboards, and display advertising content in month-long slots. As of April 30, 2010, we had installed scrolling light boxes and billboards in a total of 939 Sinopec gas stations, of which 215 are located in Beijing, 280 in Shanghai, 99 in Shenzhen and the remaining 345 in 12 other cities across China.

Other Media Network

We have access to build and operate billboards that display both public service content and commercial advertising throughout Beijing in locations such as shopping malls and parking lots. We also currently operate approximately 36 unipole signs and other outdoor media in locations throughout Beijing.

We believe our recently developed outdoor media network provides an alternative advertising platform to our advertisers in addition to our existing air travel media network. We generally sell advertisements on outdoor media platforms in units of approximately one month long. We currently plan to focus on improving the utilization rates of our existing outdoor media network resources.

Our Sales Contracts

We offer advertisers 5-, 7.5-, 10-, 12- or 15-second time slots of advertising on our digital frames and 5-, 15- or 30-second time slots of advertising on our digital TV screens. Sales are made pursuant to written contracts with commitments ranging from one week to one and a half years. These digital frames and digital TV screens sales contracts typically fix the duration, time and frequency of advertisements. For billboards and light boxes, we offer advertisers spaces on a month-basis or a year-long basis; sales are made pursuant to written contracts with commitments ranging from a minimum of one month. These billboards and light boxes sales contracts typically fix the commencement date and duration of such advertisements.

Payments under certain sales contracts are subject to our advertisers’ receipt of monitoring reports which verify the proper display of the advertisements and payment terms mutually agreed by both parties. We generally require our advertisers to submit advertising content at least 10 working days for digital media and 14 working days for traditional media prior to the campaign start date, and reserve the right to refuse to display advertisements not in compliance with content requirements under PRC laws and regulations.

Our Concession Rights Contracts

Airports

As of April 30, 2010, we had 115 concession rights contracts to operate our digital frames, digital TV screens, other displays in our air travel network and traditional medias in 39 airports, including substantially 26 of the major airports in China; 49 of these concession rights contracts contained provisions granting us exclusive concession rights. The scope of the exclusivity, however, varies from contract to contract. Most of these exclusivity provisions limit the exclusivity to certain areas of an airport. For example, our contract with Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport granted us the exclusive right to operate all the closed-circuit displays located in the domestic and international arrival and departure areas. From March 2009, we have a concession rights contract with Beijing Capital International Airport to operate traditional advertising formats including billboards, light boxes and other formats at Terminals 1, 2, and 3 of Beijing Capital International Airport from April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2012. We also entered into a concession rights contract with Shenzhen International Airport to operate the light boxes in the arrival walkways of Terminals A and B of Shenzhen International Airport from April 1, 2009 to December 31, 2011. AirMedia began operating these traditional media on April 1, 2009. In the same contract, we also obtained concession rights to operate digital frames in the baggage claim areas in all of the three terminals from April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2012.

Most concession fees are fixed under our concession rights contracts with escalation clauses attached, meaning the fees undergo fixed levels of increases over each year of the agreement. Payments under concession rights contracts are usually due three months in advance, but payments under a few material concession rights contracts are due six months or one year in advance. The concession fees that we pay for our networks in each airport vary by each airport’s passenger volume and depend on the city where the airport is located. A majority of our concession rights contracts for our digital frames, digital TV screens and traditional media in airports have terms ranging from three to five years without any automatic renewal provisions. However, we can opt to renew the agreements three or five months before the expiration of certain concession rights contracts, on the condition that if another third party offers to enter into concession rights contracts in relation to the same media platforms, we shall have first right of refusal to renew our existing concession rights contracts on similar terms as those proposed by such third party. As of April 30, 2010, 26 out of 115 of our concession rights contracts to operate in airports would be subject to renewal by the end of 2010. The number of displays and placement locations are explicitly specified in the majority of our concession rights contracts.

In March 2010, we renegotiated contracts for a number of unprofitable traditional medias in an effort to improve our profitability and reduced our traditional media locations to 216 locations in Beijing Capital International Airport, which will reduce our concession fees by approximately US$10.3 million in 2010.

Airlines

Our programs are currently placed on digital TV screens located on routes operated by the following eight airlines:

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China Southern Airlines;

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China Eastern Airlines;

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Air China;

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Shanghai Airlines;

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Shenzhen Airlines;

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Air Macau;

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Xiamen Airlines; and

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Chengdu Airlines.

As of April 30, 2010, we had eight concession rights contracts to place our programs on these network airlines, all of which contained provisions granting us exclusive concession rights. The scope of the exclusivity, however, varies from contract to contract. Most of these exclusivity provisions limit the exclusivity to certain types of programs played on airplanes. For example, our concession rights contract for our programs on Air China granted us the exclusive right to operate the Air Panorama program, including both advertising and non-advertising content, that is played on all routes operated by Air China. Most of the concession fees are fixed by escalation clauses under the relevant concession rights contracts, and their amounts vary by the number of routes and airplanes, type of aircraft and the departure and destination cities.

Some of the concession rights contracts set forth the number and model of airplanes on which our programs can be played. As of April 30, 2010, four out of eight of our concession rights contracts to operate on airlines are subject to renewal by the end of 2010.

We hold 49% of the equity interests in a joint venture, Beijing Eastern Media Corporation, Ltd., or BEMC. BEMC is formed in partnership with China Eastern Media Corporation, Ltd., a subsidiary of China Eastern Group and China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited operating the media resources of China Eastern Group, which holds 51% equity interests in BEMC. BEMC obtained concession rights of certain media resources from its shareholders, including the digital TV screens on airplanes of China Eastern Airlines, and paid concession fees to its shareholders as consideration. We believe this innovative strategic partnership further strengthened our relationship with China Eastern Group and helped to retain our contractual concession rights to operate our programs on China Eastern Airlines. As of April 30, 2010, BEMC also obtained media resources other than digital TV screens, including other existing media resources of China Eastern Airlines and new media resources to be developed through cooperative efforts by China Eastern Airlines and us.

Gas Station Media

We have a concession rights agreement with Sinopec under which we hold the right to exclusively operate all of the outdoor advertising media at Sinopec gas stations throughout China until December 31, 2014, except for those stations in a limited number of cities whose media platforms have previously been leased by Sinopec to third parties. For stations with existing media platform lease agreements with third parties, Sinopec will not renew the contracts with third parties when the contracts expire, and will deliver these media platforms to us within a reasonable period. Under this agreement, we must develop the outdoor advertising media, including scrolling light boxes and billboards, at Sinopec gas stations according to a plan of development that specifies we must be operating 3,500 locations by the third year and 8,000 locations by the sixth year of the date of the agreement. The concession fee is based on the actual number of developed gas stations and associated standard annual concession fee for each developed gas station. The concession rights agreement also includes fixed minimum concession fee payments for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Advertisers, Sales and Marketing

Our Advertisers

Our advertisers purchase advertising time slots and locations on our advertising network either directly from us or through advertising agencies. Many advertisers negotiate the terms of the advertising purchase agreements directly with us, but we also rely on advertising agencies for a significant portion of our sales. Through December 31, 2009, a total of 463 advertisers have purchased advertising time slots and locations on our network, 248 of which purchased advertisements on our network directly from us and 215 of which purchased advertisements through advertising agencies.

Our top fifteen advertisers for 2009 included, in alphabetical order, Agricultural Bank of China, Audi, Bank of Communications, ChangYu Wine, China Minsheng Bank, China Unicom, Dongfeng Nissan, Great Wall Wine, HSBC, Hyundai Motor, Mercedes-Benz, Ping An Insurance, Samsung, Septwolves and Toyota, which collectively accounted for 42.0% of our revenue in 2009.

We have a broad base of international and domestic advertisers in various industries. In 2009, the top three industries that advertise on our network were automobile, finance and high-end food and beverages, based on revenues derived from advertisers in these industries which accounted for approximately 26.1%, 20.8% and 12.4% of our total revenues in 2009, respectively. For our outdoors media network, top advertisers also include companies in the real estate industry.

No single customer accounted for more than 10% of our total revenues for 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Sales and Marketing

We provide a number of services in connection with each advertiser’s advertising campaign. We rely on our experienced sales team to assist advertisers in structuring advertising campaigns by analyzing advertisers’ target audiences and consumer products and services. We conduct market research, consumer surveys, demographic analysis and other advertising industry research for internal use to help our advertisers to create effective advertisements. We also purchase or commission studies containing relevant market study data from third-party market research firms from time to time, and at the same time hire such research firms to evaluate the effects of our advertising, so as to evaluate the effectiveness of our network for our advertisers and to illustrate to our advertisers our ability to reach targeted demographic groups effectively.

Our experienced advertising sales team is organized by region and city with presence in 21 cities. Our regional marketing managers have an average of seven years of experience in the advertising industry in China. The members of our current sales team have an average of four years of sales experience in the advertising industry. We provide in-house education and training to our sales force to ensure they provide our current and prospective advertisers with comprehensive information about our services, the advantages of using our air travel advertising network as a marketing channel, and relevant information regarding the advertising industry. Our performance-linked compensation structure and career-oriented training are key drivers that motivate our sales employees.

We actively attend various public relation events to promote our brand image and the value of air travel digital advertising. We market our advertising services by displaying our name and logo on all of our digital frames, digital TV screens, light boxes and billboards in airports and gas stations and by placing advertisements on third-party media from time to time, including China Central Television. We also engage third-party advertising agencies to help source advertisers. Agency fees are calculated based on a pre-set percentage of revenues generated from the advertisers introduced to us by the agencies.

Pricing

The listing prices of our air travel advertising services depend on the traffic flow of each airport, the GDP, average income level and average commercial advertising budgets of major companies in the city in which each airport is located, the customer flow of each airline, the needs of each airport and airline as well as the number of time slots and display locations purchased. The listing prices of our advertising network in Sinopec gas stations depend on economic conditions, GDP, average discretionary income, average income levels and advertising trends in the cities in which the gas stations are located, taking into account the mainstream media advertising pricing and costs (including local news stations, newspapers, bus stop light boxes and outdoor signs) in each city as well as our own display equipment and resource costs for setting up such advertising network. Similar considerations apply to our outdoor media platforms. Going forward, we intend to review our listing prices periodically and make adjustments as necessary in light of market conditions.

Prices for advertisements on our network are fixed under our sales contracts with advertisers or advertising agencies, typically at a discount to our listing prices.

Programming

Most of our digital frames in airports play advertising content repeatedly in ten-minute cycles throughout the day. We compile each cycle from 12-second advertisements that are provided to us by advertisers. We generally update the contents displayed on our digital frames on a weekly basis.

A majority of our digital TV screens in airports play programs in a two-hour cycle repeatedly throughout the day and our digital TV screens on our network airplanes play programs ranging from 45 minutes to one hour once per flight. We compile each cycle from advertisements of 5-, 15- or 30-seconds in length provided by advertisers to us and from non-advertising content provided by third-party content providers. We generally create a programming list on a weekly and monthly basis for programs played in airports and on airlines, respectively. We create this list by first fixing the schedule for advertising content according to the respective sales contracts with our advertisers to guarantee the agreed duration, time and frequency of advertisements for each advertiser, then adding the non-advertising content to achieve an optimal blend of advertising and non-advertising content.

Substantially all of the advertising content on our network is provided by our advertisers. All of the advertising content displayed on our advertising network is reviewed by us to ensure compliance with PRC laws and regulations. See “—Regulation—Regulation of Advertising Services—Advertising Content.” We update advertising content for our programs played on the digital frames and digital TV screens in our network airports and airplanes on a weekly and monthly basis, respectively. Substantially all of the non-advertising content played on our network is provided by third-party content providers such as Dragon TV, the Travel Channel and various satellite and cable television stations and television production companies.

Our programming team edits, compiles and records into digital format all of our network programs according to the programming list. Each programming list and pre-recorded program is carefully reviewed by the head of the execution team to ensure the accuracy of the order, duration and frequency as well as the appropriateness of the programming content.

Display Equipment Supplies and Maintenance

The primary hardware required for the operation of our network are the digital frames and digital TV screens that we use in our media network. Our digital frames are flat-panel LCD displays. The majority of our digital TV screens consist of plasma display panels and LCDs. Maintaining a steady supply of our display equipment is important to our operations and the growth of our network. The top five suppliers of our digital frames in 2009 were Samsung, SHARP, Haier, HPC and Hitachi, which collectively provided 93.1% of our total digital frames. The top five suppliers of our digital TV screens in 2009 were Hitachi, Haier, Philips, TCL and Konka, which collectively provided 83.6% of our total digital TV screens. Our digital frame suppliers typically provide us with one- to two-year warranties while our TV screen suppliers typically provide us with one-year warranties.

Our service team cleans, maintains and monitors digital frames, digital TV screens and other displays in our network airports on a daily basis. We have engaged two to four skilled maintenance staff for each network airport to make five scheduled inspections on our displays every day. They report any technical problems that they cannot solve on-site to our technicians in Beijing who strive to remotely analyze and fix problems within 12 hours.

For our traditional media platforms in airports, the primary hardware were already established when we purchased the traditional media from airports, and we do not incur significant maintenance costs in relation to these platforms. For our gas stations media network and outdoors media network, where the primary hardware consist of basic display equipments such as light boxes and billboards, such hardware were mostly established at the time of our entering into the relevant concession rights agreements; we incur insignificant construction and maintenance costs in relation to these equipment.

Customer Service

Our customer service team is responsible for contacting third-party research firms to compile evaluation reports based on selective sampling of the status of advertising on our network and providing advertisers with monthly monitoring reports once the relevant advertising campaign is launched on our network. At the same time, we also provide our advertisers with monthly reports prepared by third parties that verify the proper functioning of our displays and the proper dissemination of the advertisement; such reports are done through on-site evaluations and polls to analyze the effectiveness of and public reaction to the advertisements. In addition, our network airports and airlines as well as gas stations are also actively involved in the monitoring process.

Competition

We compete primarily with several different groups of competitors:

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advertising companies that operate airport advertising networks, such as JC Decaux;

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in-house advertising companies of airports and airlines that may operate their own advertising networks; and

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other advertising media companies for advertising budgets, such as Internet, street furniture displays, billboard and public transport advertising companies, and with traditional advertising media, such as newspapers, television, magazines and radio, some of which may advertise in the airports in which we have exclusive contract rights to operate digital TV screens and some of which may advertise in the gas stations and other areas where we have our displays.

We compete for advertisers primarily on the basis of network size and coverage, location, price, program quality, range of services offered and brand recognition. Many of our competitors have a variety of competitive advantages over us, such as larger resources. Many competitors have a longer history than us in the out-of-home advertising industry and may have a more extensive network that extends beyond the air travel sector and offers a more diversified portfolio. This may make their network more attractive to advertisers and less reliant on a particular advertising sector. In addition, we may also face competition from new entrants into the air travel advertising sector in the future.

Intellectual Property

To protect our brand and other intellectual property, we rely on a combination of trademark and trade secret laws as well as confidentiality agreements with our employees, sales agents, contractors and others. We have registered two trademarks in China, including “” and “”. We cannot be certain that our efforts to protect our intellectual property rights will be adequate or that third parties will not infringe or misappropriate these rights.

We have registered our domain name www.AirMedia.net.cn with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. We were granted one patent relating to Patent No. ZL2007 30288196.X in April 2009. We hold no copyrights.

Regulation

We operate our business in China under a legal regime consisting of the State Council, which is the highest authority of the executive branch of the National People’s Congress, and several ministries and agencies under its authority including the SAIC.

China’s Advertising Law was promulgated in 1994. In addition, the State Council, SAIC and other ministries and agencies have issued regulations that regulate our business, all of which are discussed below.

Limitations on Foreign Ownership in the Advertising Industry

The Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue, and relevant provisions provide that foreign investment projects are divided into four categories: encouraged, permitted, restricted and prohibited. The foreign investment projects that are encouraged, restricted and prohibited shall be listed in the Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue. The foreign investment projects that do not fall into the categories of encouraged, restricted or prohibited projects are considered permitted foreign investment projects and are not listed in the Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue. Applicable regulations and approval requirements vary based on the different categories. Investments in the PRC by foreign investors through wholly foreign-owned enterprises must be in compliance with the applicable regulations, and such foreign investors must obtain governmental approvals as required by these regulations. Since the advertising industry is not listed in the Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue, it falls into the permitted foreign investment category.

The Administrative Regulations on Foreign-invested Advertising Enterprises require foreign entities that directly invest in the advertising industry to have at least two years of direct operations in the advertising industry outside of China. Since December 10, 2005, foreign investors have been permitted to directly own a 100% interest in advertising companies in China, but such foreign investors are required to be a company with advertising as its main business and to have at least three years of direct operations in the advertising industry outside of China. PRC laws and regulations do not permit the transfer of any approvals, licenses or permits, including business licenses containing a scope of business that permits engaging in the advertising industry. In the event we are permitted to acquire the equity interests of our variable interest entities under the rules allowing for complete foreign ownership, our variable interest entities would continue to hold the required advertising licenses consistent with current regulatory requirements.

Since we have not been involved in advertising outside of China for the required number of years, our domestic PRC operating subsidiaries are currently ineligible to conduct advertising business in China. Currently, our advertising business is mainly conducted through contractual arrangements with our consolidated variable interest entities in China, including AM Advertising, Shengshi Lianhe, AirMedia UC and AM Yuehang. Our variable interest entities are the major companies through which we provide advertising services in China. Our subsidiary, AM Technology, has entered into a series of contractual arrangements with our PRC operating affiliates and their respective subsidiaries and shareholders under which:

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we are able to exert effective control over our PRC operating affiliates and their respective subsidiaries;

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a substantial portion of the economic benefits of our PRC operating affiliates and their respective subsidiaries are transferred to us; and

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we have an exclusive option to purchase all of the equity interests in our PRC operating affiliates in each case when and to the extent permitted by PRC law.

See “Item 4. Information on the Company—C. Organizational Structure” and “Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—B. Related Party Transactions.”

In the opinion of Commerce & Finance Law Offices, our PRC legal counsel:

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the respective ownership structures of AM Technology and our consolidated variable interest entities are in compliance with existing PRC laws and regulations;

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the contractual arrangements among AM Technology and our consolidated variable interest entities, in each case governed by PRC law, are valid, binding and enforceable, and will not result in any violation of PRC laws or regulations currently in effect; and

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except for the SAIC outdoor advertising registrations and the SARFT approval for our non-advertising content, the PRC business operations of our variable interest entities as described in this annual report are in compliance with existing PRC laws and regulations in all material respects.

We have been advised by our PRC legal counsel, however, that there are some uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of current and future PRC laws and regulations. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the PRC regulatory authorities, in particular the SAIC (which regulates advertising companies), will not in the future take a view that is contrary to the opinion of our PRC legal counsel. We have been further advised by our PRC counsel that if the PRC government determines that the agreements establishing the structure for operating our PRC advertising business do not comply with PRC government restrictions on foreign investment in the advertising industry, we could be subject to severe penalties. See “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Regulation of Our Business and to Our Structure—If the PRC government finds that the agreements that establish the structure for operating our China business do not comply with PRC governmental restrictions on foreign investment in the advertising industry and in the operating of non-advertising content, we could be subject to severe penalties.”

Regulation of Advertising Services

Business License for Advertising Companies

Under applicable regulations governing advertising businesses in China, companies that engage in advertising activities must obtain from the SAIC or its local branches a business license which specifically includes within its scope the operation of an advertising business. Companies conducting advertising activities without such a license may be subject to penalties, including fines, confiscation of advertising income and orders to cease advertising operations. The business license of an advertising company is valid for the duration of its existence, unless the license is suspended or revoked due to a violation of any relevant law or regulation. We do not expect to encounter any difficulties in maintaining our business licenses. Each of our variable interest entities has obtained such a business license from the local branches of the SAIC as required by existing PRC regulations.

Advertising Content

PRC advertising laws and regulations set forth certain content requirements for advertisements in China, which include prohibitions on, among other things, misleading content, superlative wording, socially destabilizing content or content involving obscenities, superstition, violence, discrimination or infringement of the public interest. Advertisements for anesthetic, psychotropic, toxic or radioactive drugs are prohibited. The dissemination of tobacco advertisements via media is also prohibited as well as the display of tobacco advertisements in public areas. There are also specific restrictions and requirements regarding advertisements that relate to matters such as patented products or processes, pharmaceuticals, medical instruments, agrochemicals, foodstuff, alcohol and cosmetics. In addition, all advertisements relating to pharmaceuticals, medical instruments, agrochemicals and veterinary pharmaceuticals advertised through any media, together with any other advertisements subject to censorship by administrative authorities under relevant laws and administrative regulations, must be submitted to the relevant administrative authorities for content approval prior to dissemination. We do not believe that advertisements containing content subject to restriction or censorship comprise a material portion of the advertisements displayed on our network.

Advertisers, advertising operators and advertising distributors are required by PRC advertising laws and regulations to ensure that the content of the advertisements they prepare or distribute are true and in full compliance with applicable law. In providing advertising services, advertising operators and advertising distributors must review the prescribed supporting documents provided by advertisers for advertisements and verify that the content of the advertisements comply with applicable PRC laws and regulations. In addition, prior to distributing advertisements for certain items which are subject to government censorship and approval, advertising distributors are obligated to ensure that such censorship has been performed and approval has been obtained. Violation of these regulations may result in penalties, including fines, confiscation of advertising income, orders to cease dissemination of the advertisements and orders to publish an advertisement correcting the misleading information. In circumstances involving serious violations, the SAIC or its local branches may revoke violators’ licenses or permits for advertising business operations. Furthermore, advertisers, advertising operators or advertising distributors may be subject to civil liability if they infringe the legal rights and interests of third parties in the course of their advertising business.

Outdoor Advertising

The PRC Advertising Law stipulates that the exhibition and display of outdoor advertisements must not:

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utilize traffic safety facilities and traffic signs;

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impede the use of public facilities, traffic safety facilities and traffic signs;

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obstruct commercial and public activities or create an unpleasant sight in urban areas;

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be placed in restrictive areas near government offices, cultural landmarks or historical or scenic sites; or

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be placed in areas prohibited by the local governments from having outdoor advertisements.

In addition to the Advertising Law, the SAIC promulgated the Outdoor Advertising Registration Administrative Regulations to govern the outdoor advertising industry in China. Outdoor advertisements in China must be registered with the local SAIC before dissemination. The advertising distributors are required to submit an application form and other supporting documents for registration. After review and examination, if an application complies with the requirements, the local SAIC will issue a certificate approving such advertisement. The content, format, specifications, periods and locations of dissemination of the outdoor advertisement must be filed with the local SAIC. See “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business—If advertising registration certificates are not obtained for our airport advertising operations where such registration certificates are deemed to be required, we may be subject to administrative sanctions, including the discontinuation of our advertisements at airports where the required advertising registration is not obtained.”

In addition, according to a relevant SARFT circular, displaying audio-video programs such as television news, films and television shows, sports, technology and entertainment through public audio-video systems located in automobiles, buildings, airports, bus or train stations, shops, banks and hospitals and other outdoor public systems must be approved by the SARFT. The relevant authority in China has not promulgated any implementation rules on the procedure of applying for the requisite approval pursuant to the SARFT circular. See “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business—If we fail to obtain approvals for including non-advertising content in our programs, we may be unable to continue to include such non-advertising content in our programs, which may cause our revenues to decline and our business and prospects to deteriorate.”

Regulations on Foreign Exchange

Under applicable PRC rules, the foreign exchange incomes of domestic entities and individuals can be remitted into China or deposited abroad, subject to the conditions and time limits to be issued by the SAFE. The Renminbi is convertible for current account items, including the distribution of dividends, interest payments, trade and service-related foreign exchange transactions. Conversion of Renminbi for capital account items, such as direct investment, loan, security investment and repatriation of investment, however, is still subject to the approval of the SAFE or its qualified local branches. Foreign-invested enterprises may only buy, sell and/or remit foreign currencies at those banks authorized to conduct foreign exchange business after providing valid commercial documents and, in the case of capital account item transactions, obtaining approval from the SAFE or its qualified local branches. Capital investments by foreign-invested enterprises outside of China are also subject to limitations, including approval by the Ministry of Commerce, the SAFE and the State Development and Reform Commission or their respective qualified local branches.

Regulations on Dividend Distribution

Under applicable PRC regulations, wholly foreign-owned companies in the PRC may pay dividends only out of their accumulated profits as determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. Additionally, these wholly foreign-owned companies are required to set aside at least 10% of their respective accumulated profits each year, if any, to fund certain reserve funds until their cumulative total reserve funds have reached 50% of the companies’ registered capitals. At the discretion of these wholly foreign-owned companies, they may allocate a portion of their after-tax profits based on PRC accounting standards to staff welfare and bonus funds. These reserve funds and staff welfare and bonus funds are not distributable as cash dividends except in the event of liquidation and cannot be used for working capital purposes.

In addition, under the EIT Law, dividends generated after January 1, 2008 and payable by a foreign-invested enterprise in China to its foreign investors who are non-resident enterprises will be subject to a 10% withholding tax unless any such foreign investor’s jurisdiction of incorporation has a tax treaty with China that provides for a different withholding arrangement. BVI, where our wholly owned subsidiary and the 100% shareholder of Shenzhen AM is incorporated, does not have such a tax treaty with China. Air Media (China) Limited, the 100% shareholder of AM Technology, is incorporated in Hong Kong. According to the Mainland and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Arrangement on Avoiding Double Taxation or Evasion of Taxation on Income agreed between China and Hong Kong in August 2006, dividends paid by a foreign-invested enterprise in China to its direct holding company in Hong Kong will be subject to withholding tax at a rate of 5% (if the foreign investor owns directly at least 25% of the shares of the foreign-invested enterprise). In August 2009, the State Administration of Taxation released the Administrative Measures for Non-Residents Enjoying Tax Treaty Benefits (Trial Implementation), which took effect on October 1, 2009. Under these measures, our Hong Kong subsidiary needs to obtain approval from the competent local branch of the State Administration of Taxation in order to enjoy the preferential withholding tax rate of 5% in accordance with the Double Taxation Arrangement. In February 2009, the State Administration of Taxation issued a new notice, or Notice No. 81. According to Notice No. 81, in order to enjoy the preferential treatment on dividend withholding tax rates, an enterprise must be the “beneficial owner” of the relevant dividend income, and no enterprise is entitled to enjoy preferential treatment pursuant to any tax treaties if such enterprise qualifies for such preferential tax rates through any transaction or arrangement, the major purpose of which is to obtain such preferential tax treatment. The tax authority in charge has the right to make adjustments to the applicable tax rates, if it determines that any taxpayer has enjoyed preferential treatment under tax treaties as a result of such transaction or arrangement. In October 2009, the State Administration of Taxation issued another notice on this matter, or Notice No. 601, to provide guidance on the criteria to determine whether an enterprise qualifies as the “beneficial owner” of the PRC sourced income for the purpose of obtaining preferential treatment under tax treaties. Pursuant to Notice No. 601, the PRC tax authorities will review and grant tax preferential treatment on a case-by-case basis and adopt the “substance over form” principle in the review. Notice 601 specifies that a beneficial owner should generally carry out substantial business activities and own and have control over the income, the assets or other rights generating the income. Therefore, an agent or a conduit company will not be regarded as a beneficial owner of such income. Since the two notices were issued, it has remained unclear how the PRC tax authorities will implement them in practice and to what extent they will affect the dividend withholding tax rates for dividends distributed by our subsidiaries in China to our Hong Kong subsidiary. If the relevant tax authority determines that our Hong Kong subsidiary is a conduit company and does not qualify as the “beneficial owner” of the dividend income it receives from our PRC subsidiaries, the higher 10% withholding tax rate may apply to such dividends.

The EIT Law provides, however, that dividends distributed between qualified resident enterprises are exempted from the withholding tax. According to the Implementation Regulations of the EIT Law, the qualified dividend and profit distribution from equity investment between resident enterprises shall refer to investment income derived by a resident enterprise from its direct investment in other resident enterprises, except the investment income from circulating stocks issued publicly by resident enterprises and traded on stock exchanges where the holding period is less than 12 months. As the term “resident enterprises” needs further clarification and interpretation, we cannot assure you that the dividends distributed by AM Technology, Shenzhen AM and Xi’an AM to their direct shareholders would be regarded as dividends distributed between qualified resident enterprises and be exempted from the withholding tax.

Under the EIT Law and related regulations, an enterprise established outside of the PRC with “de facto management bodies” within the PRC is considered a PRC resident enterprise and is subject to the EIT at the rate of 25% on its worldwide income. The related regulations define the term “de facto management bodies” as “establishments that carry out substantial and overall management and control over the manufacturing and business operations, personnel, accounting, properties, etc. of an enterprise.” The State Administration of Taxation issued the Notice Regarding the Determination of Chinese-Controlled Overseas Incorporated Enterprises as PRC Tax Resident Enterprises on the Basis of De Facto Management Bodies, or SAT Circular 82, on April 22, 2009. SAT Circular 82 provides certain specific criteria for determining whether the “de facto management body” of a Chinese-controlled overseas-incorporated enterprise is located in China. Although SAT Circular 82 applies only to overseas registered enterprises controlled by PRC enterprises, not to those controlled by PRC individuals, the determining criteria set forth in Circular 82 may reflect the State Administration of Taxation’s general position on how the “de facto management body” test should be applied in determining the tax resident status of offshore enterprises, regardless of whether or not they are controlled by PRC enterprises or individuals.

Moreover, under the EIT Law, if we are classified as a PRC resident enterprise and such income is deemed to be sourced from within the PRC, foreign ADS holders may be subject to a 10% withholding tax upon dividends payable by us and gains realized on the sale or other disposition of ADSs or ordinary shares.

See “Item 3. Key Information — D. Risk Factors —Risks Related to our Business—Dividends payable to us by our wholly-owned operating subsidiaries may be subject to PRC withholding taxes, or we may be subject to PRC taxation on our worldwide income and dividends distributed to our investors may be subject to PRC withholding taxes under the new PRC tax law.”

SAFE Regulations on Offshore Investment by PRC Residents and Employee Stock Options

In October 2005, the SAFE issued the Notice on Issues Relating to the Administration of Foreign Exchange in Fund-raising and Return Investment Activities of Domestic Residents Conducted via Offshore Special Purpose Companies, or SAFE Notice 75, which became effective as of November 1, 2005. SAFE Notice 75 suspends the implementation of two prior regulations promulgated in January and April of 2005 by the SAFE. SAFE Notice 75 states that PRC residents, whether natural or legal persons, must register with the relevant local SAFE branch prior to establishing or taking control of an offshore entity established for the purpose of overseas equity financing involving onshore assets or equity interests held by them. The term “PRC legal person residents” as used in SAFE Notice 75 refers to those entities with legal person status or other economic organizations established within the territory of the PRC. The term “PRC natural person residents” as used in SAFE Notice 75 includes all PRC citizens and all other natural persons, including foreigners, who habitually reside in the PRC for economic benefit. The SAFE implementation notice of November 24, 2005 further clarifies that the term “PRC natural person residents” as used under SAFE Notice 75 refers to those “PRC natural person residents” defined under the relevant PRC tax laws and those natural persons who hold any interests in domestic entities that are classified as “domestic-funding” interests.

PRC residents are required to complete amended registrations with the local SAFE branch upon: (i) injection of equity interests or assets of an onshore enterprise to the offshore entity, or (ii) subsequent overseas equity financing by such offshore entity. PRC residents are also required to complete amended registrations or filing with the local SAFE branch within 30 days of any material change in the shareholding or capital of the offshore entity, such as changes in share capital, share transfers, long-term equity or debt investments, and granting security interests. PRC residents who have already incorporated or gained control of offshore entities that have made onshore investment in the PRC before SAFE Notice 75 was promulgated must register their shareholding in the offshore entities with the local SAFE branch on or before March 31, 2006.

Under SAFE Notice 75, PRC residents are further required to repatriate into the PRC all of their dividends, profits or capital gains obtained from their shareholdings in the offshore entity within 180 days of their receipt of such dividends, profits or capital gains. The registration and filing procedures under SAFE Notice 75 are prerequisites for other approval and registration procedures necessary for capital inflow from the offshore entity, such as inbound investments or shareholders loans, or capital outflow to the offshore entity, such as the payment of profits or dividends, liquidating distributions, equity sale proceeds, or the return of funds upon a capital reduction.

In December 2006, the People’s Bank of China promulgated the Administrative Measures of Foreign Exchange Matters for Individuals, or the PBOC Regulation, setting forth the respective requirements for foreign exchange transactions by PRC individuals under either the current account or the capital account. In January 2007, the SAFE issued implementing rules for the PBOC Regulation, which, among other things, specified approval requirements for certain capital account transactions such as a PRC citizen’s participation in the employee stock ownership plans or stock option plans of an overseas publicly-listed company. On March 28, 2007, the SAFE promulgated the Application Procedure of Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Individuals Participating in Employee Stock Holding Plan or Stock Option Plan of Overseas Listed Company, or the Stock Option Rule. The purpose of the Stock Option Rule is to regulate foreign exchange administration of PRC domestic individuals who participate in employee stock holding plans and stock option plans of overseas listed companies.

According to the Stock Option Rule, if a PRC domestic individual participates in any employee stock holding plan or stock option plan of an overseas listed company, a PRC domestic agent or the PRC subsidiary of such overseas listed company shall, among others things, file, on behalf of such individual, an application with the SAFE to obtain approval for an annual allowance with respect to the purchase of foreign exchange in connection with stock holding or stock option exercises as PRC domestic individuals may not directly use overseas funds to purchase stock or exercise stock options. Concurrent with the filing of such application with the SAFE, the PRC subsidiary shall obtain approval from the SAFE to open a special foreign exchange account at a PRC domestic bank to hold the funds required in connection with the stock purchase or option exercise, any remitted principal or profits upon sales of stock, any dividends issued upon the stock and any other income or expenditures approved by the SAFE. The PRC subsidiary also is required to obtain approval from the SAFE to open an overseas special foreign exchange account at an overseas trust bank to hold overseas funds used in connection with any stock purchase.

All proceeds obtained by PRC domestic individuals from sales of stock shall be fully remitted back to China after relevant overseas expenses are deducted. The foreign exchange proceeds from these sales can be converted into Renminbi or transferred to such individual’s foreign exchange savings account after the proceeds have been remitted back to the special foreign exchange account opened at the PRC domestic bank. If the stock option is exercised in a cashless exercise, the PRC domestic individuals are required to remit the proceeds to the special foreign exchange account.

Although many issues relating to the Stock Option Rule still require further interpretation, we and our PRC employees who have been granted stock options are subject to the Stock Option Rule. If we or our PRC employees fail to comply with the Stock Option Rule, we and/or our PRC employees may face sanctions imposed by foreign exchange authority or any other PRC government authorities.

In addition, the State Administration of Taxation has issued a few circulars concerning employee stock options. Under these circulars, our employees working in China who exercise stock options will be subject to PRC individual income tax. Our PRC subsidiaries have obligations to file documents related to employee stock options with relevant tax authorities and withhold individual income taxes of those employees who exercise their stock options. If our employees fail to pay and we fail to withhold their income taxes, we may face sanctions imposed by tax authorities or any other PRC government authorities.

C. Organizational Structure

The following diagram illustrates our corporate structure as of April 30, 2010:

Notes:

(1)		Dotted line denotes contractual arrangements with variable interest entities and their respective shareholders.
(2)		Shengshi Lianhe is 79.86% owned by Herman Man Guo, our founder, chairman, chief executive officer and an ultimate owner of our ordinary shares, 11.94% owned by Qing Xu, our director and an ultimate owner of our ordinary shares and 8.2% owned by Xiaoya Zhang, our president, interim chief financial officer, director and an ultimate owner of our ordinary shares.
(3)		AM Advertising is 96.76% owned by Shengshi Lianhe, 2.833% owned by Herman Man Guo, 0.241% owned by Qing Xu and 0.166% owned by Xiaoya Zhang.
(4)		AirMedia UC is 98.75% owned by AM Advertising, 1.035% owned by Herman Man Guo and 0.215% owned by Qing Xu.
(5)		AM Yuehang is 80% owned by James Zhonghua Feng, our chief operating officer and 20% owned by Tao Hong.

D. Property, Plants and Equipment

Our headquarters are located in Beijing, China, where we lease approximately 4,356 square meters (approximately 46887.6 square feet) of office space. Our branch offices lease approximately 4,864 square meters (approximately 52355.7 square feet) of office space in approximately 20 other locations.

In addition, we own approximately 405 square meters (approximately 4359.4 square feet) of office space in China.

ITEM 4A. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

ITEM 5. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS

You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this annual report on Form 20-F. This discussion may contain forward-looking statements. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements because of various factors, including those set forth under “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors” or in other parts of this annual report on Form 20-F. See “Forward-looking Statements.”

A. Operating Results

Factors Affecting Our Results of Operations

Our operating results are substantially affected by the following factors and trends.

Demand for Our Advertising Time Slots and Locations

The demand for our advertising time slots and locations is directly related to the demand for air travel and advertising spending in China. The demand for air travel is in turn affected by general economic conditions, the affordability of air travel in China and certain special events that may attract air travelers into and within China. Advertising spending is also particularly sensitive to changes in general economic conditions. The increase or decrease in demand for air travel and advertising spending could affect the attractiveness of our network to advertisers, our ability to fill our advertising time slots and locations and the price we charge for our advertising time slots and locations.

Service Offerings

Currently, our advertising network primarily consists of standard digital frames, digital TV screens in airports, traditional media in airports such as billboards and light boxes, digital screens on airplanes and various traditional advertising formats in gas stations and other locations such as urban mall parking lots. We believe our current broad range of service offerings provides our advertisers with diverse choices in selecting and combining different air travel and other advertising platforms that best suit their advertising needs and preferences, maximizes the consumer reach of the advertisements shown on our network and allows us to cross-sell different advertising services. Ultimately, we believe our broad range of service offerings will increase and diversify the sources of revenue we can generate from our advertising network.

Number of Our Advertising Time Slots and Locations Available for Sale

The number of time slots available for our digital frames and digital TV screens in airports during the period presented is calculated by multiplying the time slots per week in a given airport by the number of weeks during the period presented when we had operations in such airport and then calculating the sum of all the time slots available for each of our network airports. The number of time slots available for our digital TV screens on airplanes during the period presented is calculated by multiplying the time slots per month for a given airline by the number of months during the period presented when we had operations on such airline and then calculating the sum of all the time slots for each of our network airlines. The number of locations available for sale in traditional media in airports is defined as the sum of (a) the number of light boxes and billboards in Beijing, Shenzhen, Wenzhou and certain other airports and (b) the number of gate bridges in airports where we have concession rights to place advertisement on gate bridges. The number of locations available for sale for our light boxes and billboards in gas stations and other outdoor locations is defined as the number of light boxes and billboards we currently operate in Sinopec gas stations and in various outdoor locations throughout Beijing.

By increasing the number of airports, airlines and gas stations in our network, we can increase the number of advertising time slots and locations that we have available to sell. In addition, the length of our advertising cycle for our digital frames and digital TV screens can potentially be extended to longer durations depending on demand in each airport or airline. However, advertisers may be unwilling to accept placement of their advertisements on a longer time cycle which decreases the frequencies of their advertisements displayed each day. In addition, by increasing the number of light boxes, billboards and gate bridges in our network, we can increase the number of advertising spaces and locations that we have available to sell. See “Item 3. Key Information — D. Risk Factors — Risks Related to our Business — When our current advertising network of digital frames, digital TV screens, light boxes, billboards and gate bridges becomes saturated in the major airports, airlines and other locations where we operate, we may be unable to offer additional time slots or locations to satisfy all of our advertisers’ needs, which could hamper our ability to generate higher levels of revenues and profitability over time.”

Pricing

The average selling price for our advertising time slots is calculated by dividing our advertising revenue from these time slots by the number of 5-, 7.5- 10-, 12- or 15-second equivalent advertising time slots for digital frames in airports and 5-, 15- or 30-second equivalent advertising time slots for digital TV screens in airports and on airplanes sold during that period. The average selling price for our traditional media spaces and locations in airports is calculated by dividing the revenues derived from all the locations sold by the number of locations sold during the period presented, and we use a similar method to calculate average selling price for our gas station and outdoor media locations. The primary factors that affect the effective price we charge advertisers for time slots and locations on our network and our utilization rate include the attractiveness of our network to advertisers, which depends on the number of displays and locations, the number and scale of airports and airplanes in our network, the level of demand for time slots and locations, and the perceived effectiveness by advertisers of their advertising campaigns placed on our network. We may increase the selling prices of our advertising time slots and locations from time to time depending on the demand for our advertising time slots, spaces and locations.

A significant percentage of the programs played on our digital TV screens in airports and on airlines include non-advertising content such as TV programs or public service announcements. We do not directly generate revenue from non-advertising content, but instead obtain such content from third party content providers. We believe that the combination of non-advertising content with advertising content makes people more receptive to our programs, which in turn makes the advertising content more effective for our advertisers. We believe this in turn allows us to charge a higher price for each advertising time slot. We closely track the program blend and advertiser demand to optimize our ability to generate revenue for each program cycle.

Utilization Rate

The utilization rate of our advertising time slots is the total time slots sold as a percentage of total time slots available during the relevant period. In order to provide meaningful comparisons of the utilization rate of our advertising time slots, we normalize our time slots into 5-, 7.5-, 10-, 12- or 15-second units for digital frames in different airports and 5-, 15- or 30-second units for digital TV screens in airports and on airplanes, which we can then compare across network airports, airlines and periods to chart the normalized utilization rate of our network by airports and airlines and over time. The utilization rate of our advertising locations for traditional media in airports, gas stations and outdoor media is the total number of locations sold as a percentage of the total number of locations available during the relevant period. Our overall utilization rate is primarily affected by the demand for our advertising time slots and locations and our ability to increase the sales of our advertising time slots and locations, especially those advertising time slots and locations on our network airports and gas stations in second tier cities. We plan to strengthen our sales efforts in these cities by building local sales teams to increase our direct sales of advertising time slots and locations in these cities and ultimately improve our utilization rate.

Network Coverage and Concession Fees

The demand for our advertising time slots and locations and the effective price we charge advertisers for time slots and locations on our network depend on the attractiveness and effectiveness of our network as viewed by our advertisers which, in turn, is related to the breadth of our network coverage, including significant coverage in major airports and airlines that advertisers wish to reach. As a result, it has been, and will continue to be, important for us to secure and retain concession rights contracts to operate our digital frames, digital TV screens and traditional media in major airports and to place our programs on major airlines and to increase the number of displays which we operate in those airports and programs we place on those airlines. In addition, our future results of operations will also be affected by our network coverage beyond airports and airlines, including gas stations.

Concession fees constitute a significant portion of our cost of revenues. Concession fees tend to increase over time, and a significant increase in concession fees will increase our cost while our revenues may not increase proportionately, or at all. It will therefore be important to our results of operations that we secure and retain these concession rights contracts on commercially advantageous terms.

Revenues

We generate revenues from the sale of advertising time slots and locations on our advertising network. In the second quarter of 2009, we revised some of our existing revenue categories in order to more closely align our revenue presentation with our existing operating metrics. The “billboards on gate bridges in airports” category and part of the original “other displays” category traditionally used in our revenue presentation were combined and reclassified as one category, “traditional media in airports,” which includes revenues from all traditional forms of media in airports, such as billboards, light boxes and gate bridge advertising. The remaining part of the original “other displays” category, consisting of revenues from advertising displays on digital TV screens on airport shuttle buses and logos for various display equipment in airports, is now reclassified as the “other revenues in air travel” category. Revenues now also include a new “gas station media network” category, which consists of advertising platforms such as billboards and light boxes located in some Sinopec gas stations. The following table sets forth the revenues generated from each of our current advertising categories, both in absolute amounts and as percentages of total revenues for the periods indicated. The reclassified revenues from 2008 and 2007 are provided for purposes of year-to-year comparison.

		Year ended December 31,
		2007								2008								2009
		(in thousands, except percentages)
Air Travel Media Network
Digital frames in airports		US$	1,263				2.9	%		US$	45,011				35.9	%		US$	66,255				43.4	%
Digital TV screens in airports			26,921				61.7				47,591				37.9				37,260				24.4
Digital TV screens on airplanes			11,093				25.4				19,227				15.3				17,082				11.2
Traditional media in airports			1,872				4.3				6,490				5.2				27,192				17.8
Other revenues in air travel			2,462				5.7				7,221				5.7				4,639				3.1
Gas station Media Network			—				—				—				—				102				0.1
Total revenues			43,611				100.0				125,540				100.0				152,530				100.0
Business tax and other sales tax			(1,983	)			(4.5	)			(6,107	)			(4.9	)			(3,102	)			(2.0	)
Net revenues		US$	41,628				95.5	%		US$	119,433				95.1	%		US$	149,428				98.0	%

Revenues from Air Travel Media Network

Revenues from our digital frames in airports accounted for 2.9%, 35.9% and 43.4% of our total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively. We started generating revenues from digital frames located in Beijing Capital International Airport in December 2007. In 2008 and 2009, we significantly expanded the number of digital frames in our network. As of December 31, 2008, we operated 2,156 digital frames in 22 airports. As of December 31, 2009, we operated a total of 3,056 digital frames in 31 airports.

Revenues from our digital TV screens in airports accounted for 61.7%, 37.9% and 24.4% of our total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively. As of December 31, 2007, we operated 2,041 digital TV screens in 39 airports. As of December 31, 2008, we operated 2,854 digital TV screens in 41 airports. As of December 31, 2009, we operated 2,231 digital TV screens in 40 airports. The percentage decline from 2007 to 2009, in spite of an increase in the number of digital TV screens we operate in airports, was primarily due to an increase in the size of our total revenues and a decrease in revenues from digital TV screens in airports, the latter of which is attributable to the fact that our advertisers shifted their advertising budget allocations from our digital TV screens on airplanes to our other products.

Revenues from our digital TV screens on airplanes accounted for 25.4%, 15.3% and 11.2% of our total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively. Our network consisted of nine airlines as of each of December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009. The percentage decline from 2007 to 2009 was primarily due to the increase in the size of our total revenues and the fact that our advertisers shifted their advertising budget allocations from our digital TV screens on airplanes to our other products.

Revenues from traditional media in airports, consisting of billboards and light boxes in airports and billboards and painted advertisements on gate bridges, accounted for 4.3%, 5.2% and 17.8% of our total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively. The percentage increase from 2007 to 2009 was primarily due to our strategy of expanding our traditional media offerings in airports. We have offered light box displays since the commencement of our operations; we continued to diversify our display offerings and in 2009, we obtained concession rights to operate traditional media formats such as billboards, light boxes and other formats in Beijing Capital International Airport and Shenzhen International Airport. We believe that our ability to broaden our service offerings and increase and diversify our revenue sources will be increasingly important in the future. With the addition of certain traditional advertising formats in 2009 and improvement in the sales of our traditional media platforms in airports, we expect that revenues from these displays will continue to increase in 2010.

Other revenues in air travel, mainly generated from shuttle bus displays and equipment logos displayed on advertising equipment such as digital TV screens, accounted for 5.7%, 5.7% and 3.1% of our total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively.

Revenues from Gas Station Media Network

Our gas station media network was started during 2009, when we gained concession rights to develop and operate an outdoor advertising network in Sinopec gas stations throughout China. Revenues from our gas station media network, consisting of outdoor advertising platforms such as billboards and light boxes at Sinopec gas stations in China, accounted for 0.1% of our total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2009. Our gas station network is still new and faces a number of uncertainties. As a result, we do not expect revenues from the gas station network to increase significantly in 2010.

Business Tax and Other Sales Related Tax

Our PRC subsidiaries and consolidated variable interest entities are subject to PRC business tax and other sales related taxes at the rate of 8.5% on total revenues after deduction of certain costs of revenues permitted by the PRC tax laws. We deduct these business taxes and other sales taxes from revenues to arrive at net revenues.

Cost of Revenues

Our cost of revenues consists primarily of concession fees, agency fees and other costs, including digital frames and digital TV screen depreciation costs, digital frames and digital TV screen maintenance costs and non-advertising content costs. The following table sets forth the major components of our cost of revenues, both in absolute amounts and as percentages of net revenues for the periods indicated.

		Year ended December 31,
		2007								2008								2009
		(in thousands, except percentages)
Net revenues		US$	41,628				100.0	%		US$	119,433				100.0	%		US$	149,428				100.0	%
Cost of revenues
Concession fees			(11,992	)			(28.8	)			(45,704	)			(38.3	)			(110,075	)			(73.7	)
Agency fees			(7,172	)			(17.2	)			(18,164	)			(15.2	)			(21,356	)			(14.2	)
Others			(2,201	)			(5.3	)			(7,127	)			(6.0	)			(16,110	)			(10.8	)
Total cost of revenues		US$	(21,365	)			(51.3	)%		US$	(70,995	)			(59.4	)%		US$	(147,541	)			(98.7	)%

Concession Fees

We incur concession fees to airports for placing and/or operating our digital frames, digital TV screens and other traditional media displays, to airlines for placing our programs on their digital TV screens and to gas stations for operating our traditional media displays such as light boxes and billboards. These fees constitute a significant portion of our cost of revenues and equaled approximately 28.8%, 38.3% and 73.7% of our net revenues in years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively. Most of the concession fees paid to airports and airlines are fixed under the relevant concession rights contracts with escalation clauses, which require fixed fee increases over each year of the relevant contract, and payments are usually due three or six months in advance. The concession fees paid to Sinopec are based on the actual number of developed gas stations and associated standard annual concession fees for each developed gas station. The Sinopec concession rights agreement also includes fixed minimum concession fee payments for 2009, 2010 and 2011. Concession fees as a percentage of net revenues increased significantly from 2007 to 2009 because we significantly expanded our media resources with an additional number of concession rights contracts entered into over the years and, while concession fee payments under these additional concession rights contracts began almost immediately after signing and were paid on a fixed schedule, it took a while for us to ramp up sales of advertising time slots and locations and build up revenues from these newly signed concession rights contracts. The concession fees that we incur under concession rights contracts for our digital frames and digital TV screens in airports vary depending on the airport’s passenger flow, the city where the airport is located and the profiles of air passengers. The concession fees that we incur under concession rights contracts for our programs on airlines vary depending on the number of routes and airplanes, types of aircrafts and the departure and destination cities.

Concession fees tend to increase over time as growth in passenger volume increases demand for air travel advertising among advertisers; in addition, as we plan to develop more Sinopec gas stations, such additional gas stations would lead to increase in concession fees paid to Sinopec. Our concession fees have increased significantly due to the new concession rights contracts that we have entered into in 2008 and 2009, including the ones with digital frame network, traditional media in Beijing and Shenzhen airports and Sinopec gas stations. As some of our concession rights contracts are subject to renewal in the next several years, we may experience a significant increase in our concession fees in order to retain these concession rights contracts.

In March 2010, we renegotiated contracts for a number of unprofitable traditional medias in an effort to improve our profitability and reduced our traditional media locations to 216 locations in Beijing Capital International Airport, which will reduce our concession fees by approximately US$10.3 million in 2010.

Agency Fees

We engage third-party advertising agencies to help source advertisers from time to time. These third-party advertising agencies assist us in identifying and introducing advertisers to us. In return, we pay them fees if any of these advertisers generates advertising revenues for us. Fees that we pay to these third-party agencies are calculated based on a pre-set percentage of revenues generated from the advertisers introduced to us by the third-party agencies and are paid when payments are received from the advertisers. We record these agency fees as cost of revenues ratably over the period in which the related advertisements are displayed. Agency fees were equal to 17.2%, 15.2% and 14.2% of our net revenues for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively. We expect to continue using these third-party advertising agencies in the near future.

Others

Our other cost of revenues was equal to 5.3%, 6.0% and 10.8% of our net revenues for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively, and includes the following:

Display Equipment Depreciation. Generally, we capitalize the cost of our digital frames, digital TV screens, light boxes and billboards and constructions in the gas station media network and recognize depreciation costs on a straight-line basis over the term of their useful lives, which we estimate to be five years. The primary factors affecting our depreciation costs are the number of digital frames and digital TV screens in our network and the unit cost for those displays, as well as the remaining useful life of the displays.

Display Equipment Maintenance Cost. Our display maintenance cost consists of salaries for our network maintenance staff, travel expenses in relation to on-site visits and monitoring and costs for materials and maintenance in connection with the upkeep of our advertising network. The primary factor affecting our display equipment maintenance cost is the size of our network maintenance staff. As we add new digital frames and digital TV screens and other media platforms, we expect that our network maintenance staff, and associated costs, will increase.

Non-advertising Content Cost. The programs on the majority of our digital TV screens combine advertising content with non-advertising content, such as weather, sports and comedy clips. Our standard programs in airports currently include 35 minutes of non-advertising content during each hour of programming and are shown for approximately 16 hours per day. The length of our in-flight programs typically ranges from approximately 45 to 60 minutes per flight, approximately 40 to 47 minutes of which consist of non-advertising content.

The non-advertising program content makes air travelers more receptive to the advertisements included in our programs and ultimately make our program more effective for our advertisers. This in turn allows us to charge a higher price for each advertising time slot. We also promote the brand names of our advertisers through our program content by naming our programs after their brand names or displaying their logos on the corner of the digital TV screens during the programs.

We do not produce or create any of the non-advertising content shown on our network. The non-advertising content broadcasted on our network is provided by third-party content providers such as China International TV Corporation, Shanghai Media Group and various local television stations and television production companies. We pay a fixed price for some content. Other content is provided free to us and the provider of the content benefits by having its logo shown on the content in addition to experiencing greater exposure to a wider audience. These providers of free content receive no benefit from us and do not place advertising with us. We do not directly generate revenue from these non-exchange transactions. Some of the third-party content providers that currently do not charge us for their content may do so in the future and other third-party content providers may increase the prices for their programs over time. This may increase our cost of revenues in the future.

Operating Expenses

Our operating expenses consist of general and administrative expenses and selling and marketing expenses. The following table sets forth the two components of our operating expenses, both in absolute amount and as a percentage of net revenues for the periods indicated.

		Year ended December 31,
		2007								2008								2009
		(in thousands, except percentages)
Net revenues		US$	41,628				100.0	%		US$	119,433				100.0	%		US$	149,428				100.0	%
Operating expenses
General and administrative expenses			(21,982	)			(52.8	)			(14,374	)			(12.0	)			(34,936	)			(23.4	)
Selling and marketing expenses			(4,813	)			(11.6	)			(10,171	)			(8.5	)			(13,439	)			(9.0	)
Total operating expenses		US$	(26,795	)			(64.4	)%		US$	(24,545	)			(20.6	)%		US$	(48,375	)			(32.4	)%

We expect that our operating expenses will further increase in the future as we expand our network and operations and enhance our sales and marking activities.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses were equal to 52.8%, 12.0% and 23.4% of our net revenues for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively. Our general and administrative expenses included a one-time share-based compensation expense of US$17.5 million in 2007, share-based compensation expenses of US$3.8 million in 2008 and share-based compensation expenses of US$4.2 million in 2009. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of office and utility expenses, salaries and benefits for general management, finance and administrative personnel, depreciation of office equipment, public relations related expenses and other administration related expenses. We expect that our general and administrative expenses will increase in the near term as we incur additional costs in connection with the expansion of our business.

Selling and Marketing Expenses

Selling and marketing expenses accounted for 11.6%, 8.5% and 9.0% of our net revenues for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively. Our selling and marketing expenses consist primarily of salaries and benefits for our sales and marketing personnel, office and utility expenses related to our selling and marketing activities, travel expenses incurred by our sales personnel, expenses for the promotion, advertisement and sponsorship of media events, and other sales and marketing related expenses. We expect selling and marketing expenses to increase as we invest greater resources in sales and marketing of our advertising network.

Taxation

Under the current laws of the Cayman Islands, we are not subject to tax on our income or capital gains.

We did not record any Hong Kong profits tax for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009 on the basis that our Hong Kong subsidiaries did not have any assessable profits arising in or derived from Hong Kong for 2007, 2008 and 2009.

PRC Enterprise Income Tax

On March 16, 2007, the PRC National People’s Congress passed the EIT Law, which imposes an uniform income tax rate of 25% on most domestic enterprises and foreign investment enterprises. The EIT Law became effective on January 1, 2008. Under the EIT Law, entities that qualify as “high and new technology enterprises strongly supported by the state” are entitled to the preferential income tax rate of 15%. A company’s status as a “high and new technology enterprises strongly supported by the state” is valid for three years, after which the company must re-apply for such qualification in order to continue to enjoy the preferential income tax rate. In addition, according to the Administrative Regulations on the Recognition of High and New Technology Enterprises, the Guidelines for Recognition of High and New Technology Enterprises and the Notice of Favorable Enterprise Income Tax Policies jointly issued by the PRC Ministry of Science and Technology, the PRC Ministry of Finance and the PRC State Administration of Taxation in April 2008, July 2008 and February 2008, respectively, “new software enterprises” can enjoy an income tax exemption for two years beginning with their first profitable year and a 50% tax reduction to a rate of 12.5% for the subsequent three years.

On December 26, 2007, the PRC State Council issued Circular 39. Based on Circular 39, certain enterprises established before March 16, 2007 that were eligible for tax exemptions or reductions according to the then effective tax laws and regulations can continue to enjoy such exemption or reduction until it expires. Furthermore, according to Circular 39, enterprises that were eligible for preferential tax rates according to the then effective tax laws and regulations may be eligible for a gradual rate increase to 25% over the 5-year period beginning from January 1, 2008. Specifically, the applicable rates under such an arrangement for such enterprises that enjoyed a 15% tax rate prior to the effectiveness of the EIT Law are 18% in 2008, 20% in 2009, 22% in 2010, 24% in 2011 and 25% in 2012. However, according to the Notice on Prepayment of EIT issued by the State Administration of Taxation on January 30, 2008, the gradually increased EIT rate during the transition period is not applicable to entities that qualified for preferential rates as high and new technology enterprises alone and they would be subject to EIT at 25% from January 2008 if they cannot qualify as high and new technology enterprises under the EIT Law and related regulations.

AM Technology was recognized as a HNTE under the new rules and therefore, it is entitled to enjoy a preferential EIT rate of 15%. It was also eligible for a 50% tax reduction from 2009 to 2011 under the applicable tax laws and regulations that were in effect before January 1, 2008, the date the EIT Law came into effect. As a result, AM Technology was subject to the effective tax rate of 7.5% in 2009.

On April 21, 2010, the State Administration of Taxation issued the Circular “In respect of Further Clarifying the Implementation Scope of Preferential EIT Rate during Transition Periods,” which gives further guidance on the appropriate tax rate that an entity enjoys as a HNTE in addition to guidance on other preferential treatment. Uncertainties as to the interpretation of the Circular exist. Consequently, the tax rate to which AM Technology may ultimately be subject to for 2010 and 2011 could be higher than 7.5%, but not more than 15%. From 2012 onward, AM Technology may be subject to a preferential EIT at the rate of 15% as long as it maintains its status as a HNTE.

Xi’an AM was designated as a “software enterprise” in August 2008 by the Technology Information Bureau of Shaanxi Province and has received the written notice from Xi’an local tax bureau that it will be granted a two-year exemption from EIT commencing on its first profitable year and a 50% deduction of the 25% EIT rate for the succeeding three years. Shenzhen AM received written approval from local governments in May, 2009 that granted it a two-year exemption from EIT in 2008 and 2009, and preferential EIT at the rates of 11%, 12% and 12.5% for 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively. Hainan Jinhui is subject to EIT on the taxable income at the gradual rate, which is 18% in 2008, and 20% in 2009, will be 22% in 2010, 24% in 2011, 25% in 2012, respectively, according to Circular 39.

Furthermore, under the EIT Law, a “resident enterprise,” which includes an enterprise established outside of China with “de facto management bodies” located in China, are subject to PRC income tax. We do not believe we and our subsidiaries established outside of the PRC are PRC resident enterprises,. However, if the PRC tax authorities subsequently determine that we and our subsidiaries established outside of China should be deemed as a resident enterprise, we and our subsidiaries established outside of China will be subject to PRC income tax at a rate of 25%. In addition, under the new PRC enterprise income tax law, dividends generated after January 1, 2008 and payable by a foreign-invested enterprise in China to its foreign investors who are non-resident enterprises are subject to a 10% withholding tax, unless any such foreign investor’s jurisdiction of incorporation has a tax treaty with China that provides for a different withholding arrangement. BVI, where our wholly owned subsidiary and the 100% shareholder of Shenzhen AM is incorporated, does not have such a tax treaty with China. Air Media (China) Limited, the 100% shareholder of AM Technology, is incorporated in Hong Kong. According to the Mainland and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Arrangement on Avoiding Double Taxation or Evasion of Taxation on Income agreed between China and Hong Kong in August 2006, dividends paid by a foreign-invested enterprise in China to its direct holding company in Hong Kong will be subject to withholding tax at a rate of 5% (if the foreign investor owns directly at least 25% of the shares of the foreign-invested enterprise). However, if the Hong Kong company is not considered to be the beneficial owner of dividends paid to it by its PRC subsidiaries under a tax notice promulgated on October 27, 2009, such dividends would be subject to withholding tax at a rate of 10%. See “Item 3. Key Information — D. Risk Factors —Risks Related to our Business—Dividends payable to us by our wholly-owned operating subsidiaries may be subject to PRC withholding taxes, or we may be subject to PRC taxation on our worldwide income and dividends distributed to our investors may be subject to PRC withholding taxes under the new PRC tax law.”

Critical Accounting Policies

We prepare our financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP, which requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect our reporting of, among other things, assets and liabilities, contingent assets and liabilities and revenues and expenses. We continually evaluate these estimates and assumptions based on the most recently available information, our own historical experiences and other factors that we believe to be relevant under the circumstances. Since our financial reporting process inherently relies on the use of estimates and assumptions, our actual results could differ from our expectations. This is especially true with some accounting policies that require higher degrees of judgment than others in their application. We consider the policies discussed below to be critical to an understanding of our audited consolidated financial statements because they involve the greatest reliance on our management’s judgment.

Revenue Recognition

Our revenues are derived from selling advertising time slots on our advertising networks, primarily air travel advertising network. For the year ended December 31, 2009, our revenues were generated from digital frames in airports, digital TV screens in airports, digital TV screens on airlines, traditional media in airports, gas station media network and other media.

We typically sign standard contracts with our advertisers or through advertising agencies, who require us to run their advertisements on our network in specified locations for a period of time. We recognize advertising revenues ratably over the performance period for which the advertisements are displayed, so long as collection of the fees remains probable.

Deferred Revenue

Prepayments from advertisers for advertising service are deferred and recognized as revenue when the advertising services are rendered.

Non-monetary Exchanges

We periodically exchange advertising time slots with other entities for assets or services, such as digital screen network equipment and office rental. Such transactions are accounted for as nonmonetary exchange, and we recognize revenue and assets/expenses of the exchanges based on the fair value of the advertising provided, which can be determined based on our historical practice of receiving cash. The amounts of revenue recognized for nonmonetary transactions were $430,000, $1,049,000 and $739,000 for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively. No direct costs are attributable to the revenues.

Concession Fees

We enter into concession rights agreements with airports, airlines and Sinopec, under which we have the right to use the spaces or equipment of the airports and airlines to display the advertisements. Each such concession rights agreement is treated as an operating lease arrangement.

Fees under concession rights agreements with airports and airlines are usually due every three, six or twelve months. Payments made are recorded as current assets and current liabilities according to the respective payment terms. Most of the concession fees are fixed with escalation, which means fixed increase over each year of the agreement. The total concession fee under each concession rights agreement is charged to the consolidated statements of operations on a straight-line basis over the agreement periods, which is generally between three and five years.

The concession rights agreement with Sinopec has a fee structure which is based on the actual number of developed gas stations and associated standard annual concession fee for each developed gas station. Each gas station has its specific lease term and rental payments based on the month when it is actually put into operation and the standard annual city concession fee level where it is located. Accordingly, each gas station is treated as a separate lease and rental payments are recognized on a straight-line basis over its lease term. The concession rights agreement also includes fixed minimum payments and the annual concession fee to be paid is deemed the higher of a fixed minimum payment or the actual concession fee based on number and locations of the gas stations.

Agency Fees

We pay fees to advertising agencies based on certain percentage of revenue made through the advertising agencies upon receipt of payment from advertisers. The agency fees are charged to cost of revenues in the consolidated statement of operation ratably over the period in which the advertising is displayed. Prepaid and accrued agency fees are recorded as current assets and current liabilities according to relative timing of payments made and advertising service provided.

Consolidation of Variable Interest Entity

Under current PRC laws and regulations, foreign investors can only directly own 100% interest in advertising companies in China if such investors have at least three years of direct operations in the advertising industry outside of China. Because we have not been involved in advertising outside of China for the required number of years, we conduct substantially all of our activities through our variable interest entities Shengshi Lianhe, AM Advertising, AirMedia UC, AM Yuehang and their subsidiaries. We have entered into a series of contractual arrangements with Shengshi Lianhe, AM Advertising, AirMedia UC, AM Yuehang and their subsidiaries. Through these contractual arrangements, we have the ability to effectively control Shengshi Lianhe, AM Advertising, AirMedia UC, AM Yuehang and their subsidiaries and are considered the primary beneficiary of Shengshi Lianhe, AM Advertising, AirMedia UC, AM Yuehang and their subsidiaries. Accordingly, Shengshi Lianhe, AM Advertising, AirMedia UC, AM Yuehang and their subsidiaries are variable interest entities of our company under U.S. GAAP and we consolidate their results in our consolidated financial statements.

Income Taxes

We recognize deferred income taxes for temporary differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the financial statements, net operating loss carry forwards and credits, by applying enacted statutory tax rates applicable to future years. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. We record current income taxes in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to us as enacted by the relevant tax authorities.

Significant management judgment is required in determining our provisions for income taxes, our deferred tax assets and liabilities and any valuation allowance recorded against our net deferred tax assets. In 2009, we recognized US$4.7 million of valuation allowance for the deferred tax assets based on our estimates of the future taxable income of the relevant entities for the next five years. In the event that actual results differ from these estimates or we adjust these estimates in future periods, we may need to establish an additional valuation allowance which could materially impact our financial position and results of operations.

The impact of an uncertain income tax position on the income tax return must be recognized at the largest amount that is more-likely-than not to be sustained upon audit by the relevant tax authority. An uncertain income tax position will not be recognized if it has less than a 50% likelihood of being sustained. Additionally, we classify interest and penalties, if any, as a component of our income tax provision.

Under the EIT Law and related regulations, an enterprise established outside of the PRC with “de facto management bodies” within the PRC is considered a PRC resident enterprise and is subject to the EIT at the rate of 25% on its worldwide income. Despite the present uncertainties resulting from the limited PRC tax guidance on the issue, we do not believe we and our subsidiaries established outside of the PRC should be treated as PRC resident enterprises for EIT Law purposes. If we are deemed a PRC resident enterprise, we may be subject to the EIT at 25% on our global income, except that the dividends we receive from our PRC subsidiaries may be exempt from the EIT to the extent such dividends are deemed as “dividends among qualified PRC resident enterprises.” If we are considered a PRC resident enterprise and earn income other than dividends from our PRC subsidiaries, a 25% EIT on our global income could significantly increase our tax burden and materially and adversely affect our cash flow and profitability. See “Item 3. Key Information — D. Risk Factors —Risks Related to our Business—Dividends payable to us by our wholly-owned operating subsidiaries may be subject to PRC withholding taxes, or we may be subject to PRC taxation on our worldwide income and dividends distributed to our investors may be subject to PRC withholding taxes under the new PRC tax law.”

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

We conduct credit evaluations of advertisers and generally do not require collateral or other security from our advertisers. We establish an allowance for doubtful accounts based upon estimates, historical experience and other factors surrounding the credit risk of specific advertisers. The amount of receivables ultimately not collected by us has generally been consistent with our expectations and the allowance established for doubtful accounts. In 2007, 2008 and 2009, the provision made for doubtful accounts was US$0.2 million, US$1.0 million and US$13.6 million, respectively. If the frequency and amount of advertiser defaults change due to our advertisers’ financial condition or general economic conditions, our allowance for uncollectible accounts may require adjustment. As a result, we continuously monitor outstanding receivables and adjust allowances for accounts where collection may be in doubt.

Share-based Compensation

For the options granted to our executive officers, directors and employees, we have accounted for these options to employees by recognizing compensation expenses based on the grant-date fair value over the period during which the grantee is required to provide service in exchange for the award. The compensation expenses relating to options granted to consultants have been recognized entirely in July and November 2007 at the time the options were granted.

The fair value of the option award was estimated on the date of grant or the date of modification using the Black-Scholes option pricing model that uses the assumptions including fair value of the ordinary shares underlying to the options, risk free interest rate, expected life, expected dividend yield and expected volatility. The Black-Scholes model is one of the most commonly used models that meet the criteria required by U.S. GAAP in estimating fair value of employee share options.

The risk-free rate for periods within the expected life of the option was based on the implied yield rates of China International Bond denominated in US dollars as of the grant date. The expected life of options represented the period of time the granted options were expected to be outstanding. As we did not have sufficient historical exercising pattern to follow in estimating the expected life, the expected life was estimated as the average of the contractual term and the vesting period. The employees that were granted the share options were expected to exhibit similar behavior. As we expected to grow the business with internally generated cash, we did not expect to pay dividend in the foreseeable future. The expected volatility was based on the historical volatilities of comparable publicly traded companies engaged in similar business because we did not have sufficient historic volatility data of our own ordinary shares, which, represented by ADSs, became publicly traded after our initial public offering in November 2007.

Our Results of Operations

The following table sets forth a summary of our consolidated results of operations for the periods indicated. This information should be read together with our consolidated financial statements, including the related notes, that appear elsewhere in this annual report. Our limited operating history makes it difficult to predict our future operating results. Therefore, our historical consolidated results of operations are not necessarily indicative of our results of operations you may expect for any future period.

		Year ended December 31,
		2007				2008				2009
		(in thousands, except share, per share and per ADS data)
Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:
Revenues:
Air Travel Media Network
Digital frames in airports		US$	1,263			US$	45,011			US$	66,255
Digital TV screens in airports			26,921				47,591				37,260
Digital TV screens on airplanes			11,093				19,227				17,082
Traditional media in airports			1,872				6,490				27,192
Other revenues in air travel			2,462				7,221				4,639
Gas Station Media Network			—				—				102
Total revenues			43,611				125,540				152,530
Business tax and other sales tax			(1,983	)			(6,107	)			(3,102	)
Net revenues			41,628				119,433				149,428
Cost of revenues			(21,365	)			(70,995	)			(147,541	)
Gross profit/(loss)			20,263				48,438				1,887
Operating expenses:
Selling and marketing (including share-based compensation of $274, $1,158 and $1,540 in 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively)			(4,813	)			(10,171	)			(13,439	)
General and administrative (including share-based compensation of $18,831, $3,805 and $4,226 in 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively)			(21,982	)			(14,374	)			(34,936	)

		Year ended December 31,
		2007				2008				2009
		(in thousands, except share, per share and per ADS data)
Total operating expenses			(26,795	)			(24,545	)			(48,375	)
Income/(loss) from operations			(6,532	)			23,893				(46,488	)
Interest income			1,745				5,379				2,025
Other income, net			—				1,135				1,239
Income tax benefits			195				498				6,032
Net income/(loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests			(2	)			382				211
Share of income/(loss) on equity method investments			(520	)			(325	)			164
Net income/(loss) attributable to AirMedia Group Inc.’s shareholders		US$	(5,110	)		US$	30,198			US$	(37,239	)

The following table presents selected operating data for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively.

		Year ended December 31,
		2007				2008				2009
Selected Operating Data:
Digital frames in airports
Number of airports in operation			1				22				31
Number of digital frames in our network airports as of year end			90				2,156				3,056
Number of time slots available for sale(1)			354				48,570				109,455
Number of time slots sold(2)			128				9,559				26,983
Utilization rate(3)			36.2	%			19.7	%			24.7	%
Average advertising revenue per time slot sold(4)		US$	9,841			US$	4,709			US$	2,455
Digital TV screens in airports
Number of airports in operation			39				41				40
Number of screens in our network airports as of year end			2,041				2,854				2,231
Number of time slots available for sale(5)			77,574				100,624				102,322
Number of time slots sold(2)			28,359				27,223				23,911
Utilization rate(3)			36.6	%			27.1	%			23.4	%
Average advertising revenue per time slot sold(4)		US$	949			US$	1,748			US$	1,558
Digital TV screens on airplanes
Number of airlines in operation			9				9				9
Number of time slots available for sale(5)			1,752				1,878				1,908
Number of time slots sold(2)			845				962				838
Utilization rate(3)			48.2	%			51.2	%			43.9	%
Average advertising revenue per time slot sold(4)		US$	13,132			US$	19,992			US$	20,384
Traditional media in airports
Numbers of locations available for sale(6)			—				—				3,564
Numbers of locations sold(7)			—				—				1,271
Utilization rate(8)			—				—				35.7	%
Average advertising revenue per location(9)			—				—			US$	21,394

Year Ended December 31, 2009 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2008

Net Revenues. Our net revenues increased by 25.1% from US$119.4 million in 2008 to US$149.4 million in 2009. The increase was primarily due to (1) a significant increase in revenues generated from the sale of advertising time slots of our digital frames in airports from US$45.0 million in 2008 to US$66.3 million in 2009 and (2) a significant increase in revenues generated from the sale of traditional media in airports from US$6.5 million in 2008 to US$27.2 million in 2009. These increases were partially offset by (1) a decrease in revenues generated from the sale of our digital TV screens in airports from US$47.6 million in 2008 to US$37.3 million in 2009 and (2) a decrease in revenues generated from the sale of the digital TV screens on airplanes from US$19.2 million in 2008 to US$17.1 million in 2009.

The increases in revenues generated from sale of our digital frames and sale of traditional media in airports were due in large part to (1) the expansion of our digital frames network, (2) the increase in time slots sold for digital frames in airports, partly offset by the decrease in average selling prices per time slot sold and (3) commencement of traditional media offerings in various airports during 2009. We expanded our digital frame network coverage from 22 airports as of December 31, 2008 to 31 airports as of December 31, 2009. As a result, the number of digital frames advertising time slots available for sale in airports increased by 125.4% from 48,570 in 2008 to 109,455 in 2009, and the number of time slots sold increased by 182.3% from 9,559 in 2008 to 26,983 in 2009 due to continued sales efforts and growing acceptance of our digital frames by advertisers. Our utilization rate for digital frames in airports increased from 19.7% in 2008 to 24.7% in 2009. The average selling price of digital frames, however, decreased by 47.9% from US$4,709 in 2008 to US$2,455 in 2009 due to changes in the mix of time slots sold as well as higher discounts offered in 2009 than in 2008. Beijing Capital International Airport, which has significantly higher average selling price of digital frames than other airports, accounted for a lower percentage of the total number of time slots sold in 2009 than in 2008. In 2009, our traditional media offering expanded significantly with 3,564 locations available in 2009, as the traditional media in Beijing and Shenzhen airports commenced operations in April 2009, and the traditional media in Wenzhou airport operated for the full year 2009.

The decreases in revenues generated from the sale of advertising time slots of our digital TV screens in airports and on airplanes were due in large part to (1) the decreases in time slots sold for digital TV screens in airports and on airplanes and (2) the decrease in average selling price per slot of digital TV screens in airports due to higher discounts offered during the year. The number of time slots sold for digital TV screens in airports decreased by 12.2% from 27,223 in 2008 to 23,911 in 2009 and for digital TV screens on airlines, decreased by 12.9% from 962 in 2008 to 838 in 2009. These decreases are primarily due to the advertisers shifting their budget allocations from our digital TV screens to our other products, particularly digital frames in airports. Primarily due to the decrease in number of time slots sold, our utilization rate decreased from 27.1% in 2008 to 23.4% in 2009 for digital TV screens in airports, and from 51.2% in 2008 to 43.9% in 2009 for digital TV screens on airplanes. Average selling price per time slot sold for digital TV screens in our network airports decreased by 10.9% from US$1,748 in 2008 to US$1,558 in 2009. The decrease was primarily due to higher discounts offered in 2009. For digital TV screens on airplanes, the average selling price per time slot sold increased by 2.0% from US$19,992 in 2008 to US$20,384 in 2009 primarily due to the changes in the mix of time slots sold as larger airlines, which have higher selling price per time slot, took up a slightly larger percentage of our sales in 2009 than in 2008.

Cost of Revenues. Our cost of revenues increased by 107.8% from US$71.0 million in 2008 to US$147.5 million in 2009. The increase was primarily due to the increases in concession fees and other components of cost of revenues. Our cost of revenues as a percentage of our total net revenues increased from 59.4% in 2008 to 98.7% in 2009.

Concession fees increased 140.8% from US$45.7 million in 2008 to US$110.1 million due to additional new concession contracts signed in 2009. Concession fees as a percentage of net revenues increased from 38.3% in 2008 to 73.7% in 2009 because concession fees were fixed once concession rights contracts were entered into while newly signed concession rights contracts generally take some time before generating significant amounts of revenues.

Operating Expenses. Our operating expenses increased by 97.1% from US$24.5 million in 2008 to US$48.4 million in 2009. Our total operating expenses in 2008 included share-based compensation expenses of US$5.0 million while our total operating expenses in 2009 included share-based compensation expenses of US$5.8 million.

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Selling and Marketing Expenses. Our selling and marketing expenses increased by 32.1% from US$10.2 million in 2008 to US$13.4 million in 2009. This increase was primarily due to the expansion of the direct sales force and increased share-based compensation expenses.

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General and Administrative Expenses. Our general and administrative expenses increased by 143.0% from US$14.4 million in 2008 to US$34.9 million in 2009, primarily due to higher bad-debt provisions, increased amortization of acquired intangible assets, headcount increase, increased expenses of office and utilities, and increased share-based compensation expenses. We recorded a US$13.6 million bad-debt provision in 2009, compared with US$1.0 million in 2008. In response to significant budget cuts by multinational corporation advertisers in 2009, we provided services to some new, smaller domestic advertising agencies and domestic as in 2009, which resulted in significant increase in our doubtful accounts.

Income/(Loss) from Operations. We recorded a loss from operations of US$46.5 million in 2009, as compared to US$23.9 million of income from operations in 2008 as a cumulative result of the above factors.

Income Taxes. We recorded US$6.0 million of income tax benefits in 2009 compared to income tax benefits of US$498,000 in 2008. This is primarily due to the preferential PRC enterprise income tax treatments enjoyed by our PRC subsidiaries. Our effective income tax rate significantly increased to 14% in 2009 from (1.6)% in 2008 as a result of three major drivers.

Firstly, various preferential tax treatments of our PRC entities are being reduced over time. AM Technology has qualified as a HNTE and is registered and operates in the Beijing New Technology Industry Development Zone. As a result, it was entitled to a three-year exemption from EIT from 2006 to 2008 and a preferential EIT at the rate of 7.5% in 2009 and a preferential EIT of 15% thereafter as long as it maintains its status as a HNTE. Xi’an AM was designated as a “software enterprise” in August 2008 by the Technology Information Bureau of Shaanxi Province and has received the written notice from Xi’an local tax bureau that it will be granted a two-year exemption from EIT commencing on its first profitable year and a 50% deduction of the 25% EIT rate for the succeeding three years. Shenzhen AM received written approval from local governments in May 2009 that granted it a two-year exemption from EIT in 2008 and 2009, and preferential EIT at the rates of 11%, 12% and 12.5% for 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively. Hainan Jinhui is subject to EIT on the taxable income at the gradual rate, which is 18% in 2008 and 20% in 2009, and will be 22% in 2010, 24% in 2011, 25% in 2012 according to Circular 39.

Secondly, a greater part of our net income/(loss) was in the entities subject to the full 25% income tax rate in 2009.

Finally, we did not fully recognize the tax benefits of our operating losses in 2009 because we recognized US$4.7 million of valuation allowance in 2009 against the deferred tax assets based our estimates of the future taxable income of relevant entities in the next five years.

Net Income/(Loss) of Equity Method Investments. We recorded US$164,000 in net income of equity method investments in 2009, as compared to US$325,000 in net loss of equity method investments in 2008. For most of 2008, we held a 51% equity interest in Beijing Aiyike Information Technology Ltd., or Beijing Aiyike, which was 49% owned by various minority equity owners that had substantive participating rights in making major operating decisions for Beijing Aiyike. Thus our 51% equity interest in Beijing Aiyike was accounted for under the equity method of accounting. We sold our equity interest in Beijing Aiyike in November 2008 to a third party and recorded a net loss of equity accounting investment for the year 2008. During 2009, our 49% holdings in BEMC, our joint venture with China Eastern Media Corporation, Ltd., generated more income during the year, resulting in net income of equity accounting investment for 2009.

Net Income/(Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests. We recorded US$211,000 in net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, as compared to US$382,000 net income to noncontrolling interests in 2008. The non-controlling interest primarily refers to minority equity interests in two of our subsidiaries, Flying Dragon and Beijing AirMedia Jinshi Advertising Co., Ltd.

Net Income/(Loss) Attributable to AirMedia’s Shareholders. As a result of the foregoing, we had net loss attributable to AirMedia’s shareholders of US$37.2 million in 2009, as compared to our net income of US$30.2 million in 2008.

Year Ended December 31, 2008 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2007

Net Revenues. Our net revenues increased by 186.9% from US$41.6 million in 2007 to US$119.4 million in 2008. The increase was primarily due to (1) a significant increase in revenues generated from the sale of advertising time slots of our digital frames in airports from US$1.3 million in 2007 to US$45.0 million in 2008, (2) an increase in revenues generated from the sale of advertising time slots of our digital TV screens in airports from US$26.9 million in 2007 to US$47.6 million in 2008, (3) an increase in revenues generated from the sale of advertising time slots of the digital TV screens on airplanes from US$11.1 million in 2007 to US$19.2 million in 2008, and (4) revenues of US$6.1 million generated from the sale of billboard advertising on gate bridges in airports in the second half of 2008.

The increases were due in large part to the expansion of our network, the increase in average selling prices per time slot sold and the increase in time slots sold for digital frames in airports and digital TV screens on airplanes. We expanded our digital frame network coverage from the one-month operation in Beijing Capital International Airport in 2007 to 22 airports as of December 31, 2008 and the expansion of our digital TV screen advertising network coverage from 39 airports as of December 31, 2007 to 41 airports as of December 31, 2008. As a result, the number of advertising time slots available for sale in airports increased from 354 in 2007 to 48,570 in 2008 for digital frames and from 77,574 in 2007 to 100,624 in 2008 for digital TV screens. The number of advertising time slots available for sale on airlines increased from 1,752 in 2007 to 1,878 in 2008.

The number of time slots sold for digital frames in airports increased from 128 in 2007 to 9,559 in 2008. The number of time slots sold for digital TV screens in airports decreased from 28,359 in 2007 to 27,223 in 2008. For airlines, the number of time slots sold increased from 845 in 2007 to 962 in 2008. The increases were due to (1) our continued sales efforts (2) the growing acceptance of the emerging air travel digital advertising, (3) our rapid build-up of our brand and reputation among advertisers, and (4) the increase in the number of network airports and airlines in which we operated. Primarily due to the increases in time slots available for sale, our utilization rates decreased from 36.2% to 19.7% for digital frames in airports, and from 36.6% to 27.1% for digital TV screens in airports from 2007 to 2008. Our utilization rate increased from 48.2% to 51.2% for digital TV screens on airlines from 2007 to 2008.

In addition, average selling prices per time slot sold increased for digital TV screens in airports and on airlines as we increased the listing prices for our advertising time slots of the digital TV screens in select airports and fewer discounts off the listing price were offered to our advertisers in 2008. The average selling price per time slot sold for digital TV screens in our network airports increased from US$949 in 2007 to US$1,748 in 2008. For network airlines, the average selling price per time slot sold increased from US$13,132 to US$19,992 for those periods. The average selling prices per time slot sold decreased for digital frames in airports from US$9,841 in 2007 to US$4,709 in 2008, as the listing prices of digital frames in the newly operated airports in 2008 were significantly lower than the listing price of digital frames in Beijing Capital International Airport, which was the only airport where we had operation of digital frames in the fourth quarter of 2007.

Cost of Revenues. Our cost of revenues increased by 232.3% from US$21.4 million in 2007 to US$71.0 million in 2008. The increase was primarily due to the increases in concession fees and other components of cost of revenues. Our cost of revenues as a percentage of our total net revenues increased from 51.3% in 2007 to 59.4% in 2008.

Concession fees for 2008 were US$45.7 million, representing an increase of 281.1% from US$12.0 million in 2007 due to additional new concession contracts. Concession fees as a percentage of net revenues in 2008 increased to 38.3% from 28.8% in 2007 because concession fees were fixed once concession rights contracts were entered into while revenues generated from newly signed concession rights contracts need time to ramp up.

Operating Expenses. Our operating expenses decreased by 8.4% from US$26.8 million in 2007 to US$24.5 million in 2008. Operating expenses as a percentage of our total net revenues decreased from 64.4% in 2007 to 20.6% in 2008. Our total operating expenses in 2008 included share-based compensation expenses of US$5.0 million while our total operating expenses in 2007 included a one-time share-based compensation expense of US$17.5 million resulting from a transfer of 5,000,000 ordinary shares from a principal shareholder to our CEO prior to our IPO.

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Selling and Marketing Expenses. Our selling and marketing expenses increased from US$4.8 million in 2007 to US$10.2 million in 2008. This increase was primarily due to the expansion of the direct sales force and higher marketing expenses.

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General and Administrative Expenses. Our general and administrative expenses decreased from US$22.0 million in 2007 to US$14.4 million in 2008. Our general and administrative expenses excluding share-based compensation expense increased from US$3.2 million in 2007 to US$10.5 million in 2008, primarily due to the increase in the number of our administrative staff in support of our growing operations and our compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Income/(Loss) from Operations. We recorded US$23.9 million of income from operations in 2008, as compared to our loss from operations of US$6.5 million in 2007 as a cumulative result of the above factors.

Income Taxes. We recorded US$498,000 income tax benefits in 2008 with an effective tax rate of negative 1.6% and we recorded US$195,000 income tax benefits in 2007 with an effective tax rate of negative 4.1%, due to the preferential PRC enterprise income tax treatments enjoyed by our PRC subsidiaries.

Net Income/(Loss) of Equity Method Investments. We recorded US$325,000 in net loss of equity method investments in 2008, as compared to US$520,000 in net loss of equity method investments in 2007.

Net Income/(Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests. We recorded US$382,000 in net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in 2008, as compared to US$2,000 in net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in 2007.

Net Income/(Loss) Attributable to AirMedia’s Shareholders. As a result of the foregoing, we had net income of US$30.2 million in 2008, as compared to our net loss of US$5.1 million in 2007.

Inflation

In recent years, China has not experienced significant inflation, and thus historically inflation has not had a significant effect on our business. According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China, the change in the Consumer Price Index in China was 4.8%, 5.9% and -0.7% in the years 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively.

Although inflation in China has not materially impacted our results of operations in the past, we can provide no assurance that we will not be affected in the future by potentially higher rates of inflation in China. For example, certain operating costs and expenses, such as employee compensation and office operating expenses, may increase as a result of higher inflation. Additionally, because a substantial portion of our assets consists of cash and short-term investments, high inflation could significantly reduce the value and purchasing power of these assets. We are not able to hedge our exposure to higher inflation in China.

B. Liquidity and Capital Resources

To date, we have financed our operations primarily through internally generated cash, the sale of preferred shares in private placements and the proceeds we received from our initial public offering. As of December 31, 2009, we had approximately US$123.8 million in cash. We generally deposit our excess cash in interest bearing bank accounts. Although we consolidate the results of our variable interest entities in our consolidated financial statements, we can only receive cash payments from them pursuant to our contractual arrangements with them and their shareholders. See “Item 4. Information on the Company — C. Organizational Structure.” Our accounts receivable as of December 31, 2009 included US$10.2 million billed receivable and US$29.9 million unbilled receivable. Unbilled receivable represents amounts earned under advertising contracts in progress but not billable as of December 31, 2009. We intend to maintain our current policies for collections of accounts receivable, which typically provide a credit period no longer than 100 days following the advertisement is displayed, and expect our accounts receivable to increase as a result of the increase in our advertising service revenues.

Our principal uses of cash primarily include capital expenditures, contractual concession fees, business acquisitions and other investments and, to a lesser extent, salaries and benefits for our employees and other operating expenses. We expect that these will remain our principal uses of cash in the foreseeable future. We may also use additional cash to fund strategic acquisitions.

Cash Flow

The following table shows our cash flows with respect to operating activities, investing activities and financing activities for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009:

		Year ended December 31,
		2007				2008				2009
		(in thousands)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		US$	(6,510	)		US$	3,586			US$	8,858
Net cash used in investing activities			(15,673	)			(56,692	)			(42,644	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities			229,989				789				(3,913	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash			1,023				2,936				(81	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash			208,829				(49,381	)			(37,780	)
Cash at the beginning of the period			2,086				210,915				161,534
Cash at the end of the period			210,915				161,534				123,754

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities was US$8.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2009. This was primarily attributable to (1) certain non-cash expenses that did not result in cash outflow, principally depreciation and amortization of US$16.5 million, allowance for doubtful accounts of US$13.6 million and share-based compensation of US$5.8 million, (2) a decrease of US$17.2 million in prepaid concession fees under our concession rights contracts with the airports and airlines, (3) an increase of US$14.2 million in accounts payable primarily consisting of the concession fees payable under our concession rights contracts due to the expansion of our network coverage and increased number of concession rights contracts, and (4) an increase of US$6.5 million in deferred revenue primarily due to the strengthening of controls for advances received before offering advertisements to our new and renewal advertisers. The foregoing was partly offset by (1) a net loss of US$37.0 million, (2) an increase of US$18.2 million in accounts receivable from our advertisers due to our increased sales, and (3) an increase of US$7.0 million in deferred tax assets (liabilities), net, which negatively affected operating cash flow.

Net cash provided by operating activities was US$3.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. This was primarily attributable to (1) our net income of US$30.6 million from the operation of our advertising networks and (2) an increase of US$10.6 million in accounts payable primarily consisting of the concession fees payable under our concession rights contracts for our digital frames, digital TV screens or programs due to the expansion of our network coverage and increased number of concession rights contracts. The foregoing was partly offset by (1) an increase of US$24.4 million in accounts receivable from our advertisers due to our increased sales, (2) an increase of US$15.9 million in prepaid concession fees under our concession rights contracts with the airports and airlines, and (3) an increase of US$8.9 million in long-term deposits primarily as security for office rental deposits.

Net cash used in operating activities was US$6.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2007. This was primarily attributable to (1) an increase of US$11.7 million in prepaid concession fees under our concession rights contracts with the airports and airlines, (2) an increase of US$7.8 million in accounts receivable from our advertisers due to our increased sales, (3) an increase of US$3.8 million in long term-deposits primarily as security for office rental deposits, and (4) our net loss of US$5.1 million from the operation of our advertising networks. The foregoing was partly offset by an increase of US$1.6 million in accounts payable primarily consisting of the concession fees payable under our concession rights contracts for our digital TV screens or programs due to the expansion of our network coverage and increased number of concession rights contracts.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2009 amounted to US$42.6 million, mainly as a result of (1) our purchases of equipment, primarily digital frames and digital TV screens for US$28.7 million, (2) US$6.2 million for business acquisition and purchase of intangible assets, (3) US$5.6 million for loan to AM Outdoor, in which we acquired 100% equity interest by the first quarter of 2010 and (4) US$1.4 million for investment restricted cash, which are payment deposits to banks as a condition for helping us guarantee our performance of maintenance tasks as required under our concession rights agreements with certain airports.

Net cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2008 amounted to US$56.7 million, mainly as a result of (1) our purchases of equipment, primarily digital frames and digital TV screens for US$50.4 million, and (2) US$6.3 million for the advance payment of contingent considerations in connection with our acquisition of the airport gate bridge advertising business.

Net cash used in investing activities amounted to US$15.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2007, mainly as a result of (1) our purchases of equipment, primarily digital TV screens, for US$13.0 million, and (2) the final US$1.3 million payment to acquire a 75% equity interest in AirTV United Media & Culture Co., Ltd, or AirTV United. The initial US$2.0 million payment of the total consideration of US$3.3 million for the 75% equity interest in AirTV United was paid in 2006. We also used US$1.3 million for a long-term investment in connection with our acquisition of a 51% equity interest in Beijing Aiyike.

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities amounted to US$3.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, as a result of (1) US$7.4 million for share repurchases, offset by (1) US$2.2 million in proceeds from capital contribution from noncontrolling interests in the incorporation of Beijing AirMedia Jinshi Advertising Co., Ltd. and (2) US$1.3 million in proceeds from stock option exercise.

Net cash provided by financing activities amounted to US$789,000 for the year ended December 31, 2008, as a result of the proceeds from stock option exercises.

Net cash provided by financing activities amounted to US$230.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2007, mainly as a result of (1) US$190.8 million of the proceeds from our initial public offering in November 2007, (2) the US$39.0 million of net proceeds from our Series B preferred share placement in June 2007, and (3) the final drawdown of US$2.9 million of the total US$12.0 million proceeds from our Series A preferred share placements.

Capital Expenditures

Our capital expenditures were made primarily to purchase digital TV screens, digital frames and associated equipment for our network, including network construction for our gas station media network. We also exchange advertising time slots with other entities for digital TV screens, other equipment and office rental through barter transactions during 2007 and 2008.

We expect to incur capital expenditures of approximately US$19.8 million in 2010 primarily to purchase additional digital frames and install more light boxes, billboards and construction in our gas station media network.

We believe that our current cash and anticipated cash flow from operations will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash needs, including our cash needs for capital expenditures for the next 12 months. We may, however, require additional cash due to changing business conditions or other future developments, including any investments or acquisitions we may decide to pursue. If our existing cash is insufficient to meet our requirements, we may seek to sell additional equity securities, debt securities or borrow from lending institutions.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In June 2009, the FASB issued an authoritative pronouncement that changes how a company determines whether an entity should be consolidated when such entity is insufficiently capitalized or is not controlled by the company through voting (or similar rights). The determination of whether a company is required to consolidate an entity is based on, among other things, the entity’s purpose and design and the company’s ability to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance. The pronouncement retains the scope of previously issued pronouncements but added entities previously considered qualifying special purpose entities, since the concept of these entities was eliminated by FASB. The pronouncement is effective as of the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2009. We do not expect the adoption of this pronouncement to have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In October 2009, the FASB issued an authoritative pronouncement regarding revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables. This pronouncement was issued in response to practice concerns related to accounting for revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables under the existing pronouncement. Although the new pronouncement retains the criteria from the existing pronouncement for when delivered items in a multiple-deliverable arrangement should be considered separate units of accounting, it removes the separation criterion under the existing pronouncement that objective and reliable evidence of the fair value of any undelivered items must exist for the delivered items to be considered a separate unit or separate units of accounting. The new pronouncement is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010. Entities can elect to apply this pronouncement prospectively to new or materially modified arrangements after the pronouncement’s effective date or retrospectively for all periods presented. Early application is permitted; however, if the entity elects prospective application and early adopts this pronouncement after its first interim reporting period, it must also retrospectively apply this pronouncement as of the beginning of that fiscal year and disclose the effect of the retrospective adjustments on the prior interim periods’ revenue, income before taxes, net income, and net income/(loss) per share. We are in the process of evaluating the effect of adoption of this pronouncement.

In January 2010, the FASB issued authoritative guidance to improve disclosures about fair value measurements. This guidance amends previous guidance on fair value measurements to add new requirements for disclosures about transfers into and out of Levels 1 and 2 and separate disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements relating to Level 3 measurement on a gross basis rather than on a net basis as currently required. This guidance also clarifies existing fair value disclosures about the level of disaggregation and about inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value. This guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the requirement to provide the Level 3 activities of purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements on a gross basis, which will be effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2010. Early application is permitted and, in the period of initial adoption, entities are not required to provide the amended disclosures for any previous periods presented for comparative purposes. We do not expect the adoption of this pronouncement to have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In April 2010, the FASB issued an authoritative pronouncement regarding milestone method of revenue recognition. The scope of this pronouncement is limited to arrangements that include milestones relating to research or development deliverables. The pronouncement specifies guidance that must be met for a vendor to recognize consideration that is contingent upon achievement of a substantive milestone in its entirety in the period in which the milestone is achieved. The guidance applies to milestones in arrangements within the scope of this pronouncement regardless of whether the arrangement is determined to have single or multiple deliverables or units of accounting. The pronouncement will be effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning on or after June 15, 2010. Early application is permitted. Companies can apply this guidance prospectively to milestones achieved after adoption. However, retrospective application to all prior periods is also permitted. We are in the process of evaluating the effect of adoption of this pronouncement.

In April 2010, FASB issued an authoritative pronouncement regarding the effect of denominating the exercise price of a share-based payment award in the currency of the market in which the underlying equity securities trades and that currency is different from (1) entity’s functional currency, (2) functional currency of the foreign operation for which the employee provides services, and (3) payroll currency of the employee. The guidance clarifies that an employee share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in the currency of a market in which a substantial portion of the entity’s equity securities trades should be considered an equity award assuming all other criteria for equity classification are met. The pronouncement will be effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2010, and will be applied prospectively. Affected entities will be required to record a cumulative catch-up adjustment for all awards outstanding as of the beginning of the annual period in which the guidance is adopted. We are in the process of evaluating the effect of adoption of this pronouncement.

C. Research and Development, Patents and Licenses, Etc.

None.

D. Trend Information

Other than as disclosed elsewhere in this annual report, we are not aware of any trends, uncertainties, demands, commitments or events since January 1, 2009 that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our net revenues, income, profitability, liquidity or capital resources, or that would cause the disclosed financial information to be not necessarily indicative of future operating results or financial conditions.

E. Off-balance Sheet Arrangements

We have not entered into any financial guarantees or other commitments to guarantee the payment obligations of any third parties. We have not entered into any derivative contracts that are indexed to our shares and classified as shareholder’s equity, or that are not reflected in our consolidated financial statements. Furthermore, we do not have any retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity that serves as credit, liquidity or market risk support to such entity. We do not have any variable interest in any unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit support to us or engages in leasing, hedging or research and development services with us.

F. Tabular Disclosure of Contractual Obligations

We have entered into operating lease agreements primarily for our office spaces in China. These leases expire through 2012 and are renewable upon negotiation. In addition, the contract terms of our concession rights contracts are usually three to five years. Most of these concession rights expire through 2015 and are renewable upon negotiation. The following table sets forth our contractual obligations and commercial commitments as of December 31, 2009:

		Payment Due by Period
																		2015 and
		Total				2010				2011-2012				2013-2014				thereafter
		(in thousands)
Operating lease agreements.		US$	3,805			US$	2,415			US$	1,390			US$	—			US$	—
Concession rights contracts			335,893				133,026				142,591				36,932				23,344
Total		US$	339,698			US$	135,441			US$	143,981			US$	36,932			US$	23,344

Other long-term liabilities, such as non-current deferred tax liabilities, have been excluded from the above table due to the uncertainty of the timing of payments. The above table also excludes the contingent consideration to be paid in connection with our acquisition of the gate bridge advertising business in 2008, and under the terms of the acquisition agreement, we may be required to pay an additional consideration of up to US$17.0 million to the selling shareholders, depending on the after-tax net profit performance of the advertising business on gate bridges in airports in 2010.

ITEM 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES

A. Directors and Senior Management

The following table sets forth information regarding our directors and executive officers as of the date of this annual report.

Directors and Executive Officers		Age				Position/Title
Herman Man Guo			47			Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Xiaoya Zhang			48			Director, President and Interim Chief Financial Officer
Qing Xu			49			Director
Shichong Shan			79			Independent Director
Donglin Xia			49			Independent Director
Junjie Ding			46			Independent Director
Songzuo Xiang			45			Independent Director
James Zhonghua Feng			39			Chief Operating Officer
Jacky Jian Li			53			President of Operations
Wei He			35			Chief Public Relations Officer

Mr. Herman Man Guo is our founder and has served as the chairman of our board of directors and our chief executive officer since our company’s inception. He was the general manager of Beijing Sunshine Media Co., Ltd. from 1997 to 2004. From 1991 to 1996, Mr. Guo served as the deputy general manager of Beijing Trade & Technology Development Company. Prior to that, he worked in China Civil Aviation Development Service Company from 1988 to 1990. Mr. Guo received his bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics from People’s Liberation Army Information Engineering University in China in 1983 and currently attends the Executive MBA program at Peking University in China.

Mr. Xiaoya Zhang has served as our director and president since our company’s inception and has been our interim chief financial officer since February 2010. From 1995 to 2004, Mr. Zhang was a department director of China Investment Engineering Consulting Company. Prior to that, he served as the deputy general manager of Dalian Zhongxing Industrial Company from 1992 to 1995. From 1989 to 1992, Mr. Zhang served as the program manager of China Agriculture Development Trust Investment Company. Mr. Zhang received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Shandong University in China in 1983 and his master’s degree in system engineering from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in China in 1989 and was awarded the senior engineer qualification by the State Development Planning Commission.

Mr. Qing Xu has served as our director since October 2005. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Xu served as a vice president of Zhongyuan Guoxin Investment Guarantee Co., Ltd. Prior to that, he served as a department director of China Haohua Group Co., Ltd. from 1997 to 2003 and as a department manager of Beijing Trade & Technology Development Company from 1991 to 1997. Mr. Xu was a secretary at the PRC State Council Secretary Bureau from 1984 to 1991. Mr. Xu received his associate’s degree in business and economics management from Beijing Normal University in 1996.

Mr. Shichong Shan has served as our independent director since July 2007. Mr. Shan has retired since 1996. Before he retired, Mr. Shan had held a number of senior executive positions in various government agencies and other organizations in the aviation industry in China, including the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China. Mr. Shan attended the college program at the Eastern China Military and Politics Institute in China.

Dr. Donglin Xia has served as our independent director since October 2007. Dr. Xia is an accounting professor of the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University. He is also an advisor to the Accounting Standard Committee of the Ministry of Finance in China and the deputy chairman of the Section of Basic Accounting Theory of the Accounting Society of China. He served as the head of the accounting department at the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University from 1998 to 2000. Dr. Xia currently serves on the board of Huaneng Power International, a power generation company in China that is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Shanghai Stock Exchange and Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Shantui Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., a construction equipment company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in China, and Xinxing Pipes Group, a company manufacturing ductile iron pipes and steel listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in China. Dr. Xia received his Ph.D. degree in economics from the Research Institute of Fiscal Science of the Ministry of Finance in China in 1994.

Dr. Junjie Ding has served as our independent director since November 2008. Dr. Ding is also an independent director of SinoMedia Holding Limited, a media advertising operator in China that is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Dr. Ding is a vice president of the Communication University of China and the deputy officer of the China Advertising Association of Commerce. With nearly 20 years of experience in the media and advertisement industry, Dr. Ding is the editor of various periodicals, such as International Advertising and the Annual Book of Chinese Advertising Works. He received his Ph.D. degree in communications in 2003 from the Communication University of China.

Dr. Songzuo Xiang has served as our independent director since November 2008. He currently serves on the board of Hurray Holding Co., Ltd., a Nasdaq-listed company providing music and music-related products to mobile users in China, and China Digital TV Co. Ltd., a NYSE-listed company providing conditional access systems to China’s digital television market. Dr. Songzuo Xiang previously served as the Deputy Director of the Fund Planning Department at the People’s Bank of China Shenzhen Branch and was an investment manager at Shenzhen Resources & Property Development Group. He was a visiting scholar at Columbia University from May 1999 to July 2000 and at Cambridge University from October 1998 to May 1999. Dr. Xiang received his bachelor’s degree in engineering in Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1986, his master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University in 1999, his master’s degree in management science in 1993 and his Ph.D. degree in economics in 1993 from Renmin University in China.

Mr. James Zhonghua Feng has served as our chief operating officer since October 2005. Before joining us in 2005, he served as the general manager of New Chang’an Media Advertising Company from 2004 to 2005. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Feng served as the deputy general manager of Beijing Tianzhi Creative Advertising Company. Prior to that, he was the general manager of the Beijing and Shanghai branches of Shenzhen Nantong Umbrella Industry Group Co., Ltd. Mr. Feng received his bachelor’s degree in Chinese literature from Sichuan Normal University in China in 1993 and currently attends the Executive MBA program at Peking University in China.

Mr. Jacky Jian Li has served as our president of operations since March 2010. Prior to this, he had been our vice president of operations since October 2005. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Li worked for ASDM International Advertising Co., Ltd. from 2003 to 2005, where he was a program director. From 2002 to 2003, he served as a program director of China Central Television. He was the deputy general manager of Super Star Reader Company from 2000 to 2002 after he served as the chief representative of Polyglot International in China from 1993 to 2000. Mr. Li received his bachelor’s degree in Chinese literature from Peking University in China in 1983.

Ms. Wei He has served as our chief public relations officer since May 2006. Prior to joining our company, she worked as the deputy general manager of Taixiang Investment Consulting Co. Ltd. from 2003 to 2006. Prior to this, she served as the director of the liaison department of Kelon Electrical Holdings Company Ltd. from 2000 to 2002. She served as the account manager of Hong Kong Pengli Group from 1999 to 2000. She received her bachelor’s degree from Qufu Normal University in China in 1998 and her MBA degree from the City University of Washington in 2006.

Employment Agreements

We have entered into employment agreements with all of our senior executive officers, namely Herman Man Guo, Xiaoya Zhang and James Zhonghua Feng. Under these employment agreements, each of our executive officers is employed for a specified time period, subject to automatic extension unless either we or the executive officer gives a one-month prior notice to terminate such employment. We have also entered into employment agreements with our other executive officers, including Jacky Jian Li and Wei He. Each of the contract terms was a period of two or three years. We may terminate the employment for cause, at any time, without notice or remuneration, for certain acts of the employee, including but not limited to a conviction or plea of guilty to certain crimes, negligence or dishonesty to our detriment and failure to perform the agreed-to duties after a reasonable opportunity to cure the failure. An executive officer may terminate his employment at any time without notice or penalty if there is a material reduction in his authority, duties and responsibilities or if there is a material reduction in his annual salary before the next annual salary review. Furthermore, either we or an executive officer may terminate the employment at any time without cause upon advance written notice to the other party. These agreements do not provide for any special termination benefits, nor do we have other arrangements with these executive officers for special termination benefits.

Each executive officer has agreed to hold, both during and after the employment agreement expires or is earlier terminated, in strict confidence and not to use, except as required in the performance of his duties in connection with the employment, any confidential information, trade secrets and know-how of our company or the confidential information of any third party, including our variable interest entities and our subsidiaries, received by us. In addition, each executive officer has agreed to be bound by non-competition restrictions set forth in his or her employment agreement. Specifically, each executive officer has agreed not to, for a period ranging from one to two years following the termination or expiration of the employment agreement, (i) carry on or be engaged or interested, directly or indirectly, as shareholder, director, employee, partner, agent or otherwise carry on any business in direct competition with our business; (ii) solicit or entice away from us, or attempt to solicit or entice away from us, any person or entity who has been our customer, client or our representative or agent or in the habit of dealing with us within two years prior to such executive officer’s termination of employment; (iii) solicit or entice away from us, or attempt to solicit or entice away from us, any person or entity who has been our officer, manager, consultant or employee within two years prior to such executive officer’s termination of employment; or (iv) use a name including the word “AirMedia” or any other words used by us in our name or in the name of any of our products or services, in such a way as to be capable of or likely to be confused with our name or the name of our products or services.

B. Compensation of Directors and Executive Officers

In 2009, the aggregate cash compensation to our executive officers was approximately US$764,000 and the aggregate cash compensation to our non-executive directors was approximately US$84,000.

Share Options

In July 2007, we adopted the 2007 Share Incentive Plan to attract and retain the best available personnel, provide additional incentives to employees, directors and consultants, and promote the success of our business. In December 2009, we amended the 2007 Share Incentive Plan by increasing the maximum aggregate number of shares issuable under the plan. As of the date of this annual report, our board of directors has authorized the issuance of up to 17,000,000 ordinary shares upon the exercise of awards granted under our plan. As of April 30, 2010, options to purchase a total of 15,829,500 of our ordinary shares have been granted and 14,515,652 options were outstanding. These options will vest on a straight-line basis over a three-year period, with one-twelfth of the options vesting each quarter from the date of grant.

The following table summarizes, as of April 30, 2010, the outstanding options granted to our executive officers, directors and to other individuals as a group under our 2007 Share Incentive Plan.

Ordinary

Shares

Exercise

Underlying

Price

Name

Options

(US$/Share)

Date of Grant

Date of Expiration

Herman Man Guo

2,000,000

2.00

July 2, 2007

July 2, 2017

Xiaoya Zhang

1,000,000

2.00

July 2, 2007

July 2, 2017

500,000

2.69

July 10, 2009

July 10, 2014

Shichong Shan

*

2.00

July 20, 2007

July 20, 2017

Donglin Xia

*

2.98

(1)

November 29, 2007

November 29, 2012

Junjie Ding

*

2.69

July 10, 2009

July 10, 2014

Songzuo Xiang

*

2.69

July 10, 2009

July 10, 2014

James Zhonghua Feng

625,514

2.00

July 2, 2007

July 2, 2017

150,000

2.00

July 20, 2007

July 20, 2017

110,000

2.98

(1)

November 29, 2007

November 29, 2012

840,000

2.69

July 10, 2009

July 10, 2014

Jacky Jian Li

*

2.00

July 20, 2007

July 20, 2017

*

2.69

July 10, 2009

July 10, 2014

Wei He

*

2.00

July 20, 2007

July 20, 2017

*

2.69

July 10, 2009

July 10, 2014

Other individuals as a group

2,720,484

2.00

July 20, 2007

July 20, 2017

Other individuals as a group

2,128,002

2.98

(1)

November 29, 2007

November 29, 2012

Other individuals as a group

3,893,500

2.69

July 10, 2009

July 10, 2014

The following paragraphs summarize the terms of our 2007 Share Incentive Plan as currently in effect.

Plan Administration. Our board of directors, or a committee designated by our board or directors, will administer the plan. The committee or the full board of directors, as appropriate, will determine the provisions and terms and conditions of each option grant.

Award Agreements. Options and stock purchase rights granted under our plan are evidenced by a stock option agreement or a stock purchase right agreement, as applicable, that sets forth the terms, conditions and limitations for each grant. In addition, the stock option agreement and the stock purchase right agreement also provide that securities granted are subject to a 180-day lock-up period following the effective date of a registration statement filed by us under the Security Act, if so requested by us or any representative of the underwriters in connection with any registration of the offering of any of our securities.

Eligibility. We may grant awards to our employees, directors and consultants or any of our related entities, which include our subsidiaries or any entities in which we hold a substantial ownership interest.

Acceleration of Options upon Corporate Transactions. The outstanding options will terminate and accelerate upon occurrence of a change-of-control corporate transaction where the successor entity does not assume our outstanding options under the plan. In such event, each outstanding option will become fully vested and immediately exercisable, and the transfer restrictions on the awards will be released and the repurchase or forfeiture rights will terminate immediately before the date of the change-of-control transaction provided that the grantee’s continuous service with us shall not be terminated before that date.

Exercise Price and Terms of the Options. The exercise price per share subject to an option may be amended or adjusted in the absolute discretion of the compensation committee, the determination of whch shall be final, binding and conclusive. To the extent not prohibited by applicable laws or exchange rules, a repricing of options mentioned in the preceding sentence shall be effective without the approval of our shareholders or the approval of the optionees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exercise price per share subject to an option shall not be increased without the approval of the affected optionees. If we grant an option to an individual who, at the date of grant, possesses more than ten percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of our shares, the exercise price cannot be less than 110% of the fair market value of our ordinary shares on the date of that grant. The compensation committee shall determine the time or times at which an option may be exercised in whole or in part, including exercise prior to vesting, and shall determine any conditions, if any, that must be satisfied before all or part of an option may be exercised. The term of each option grant shall be stated in the stock option agreement, provided that the term shall not exceed 10 years from the date of the grant.

Vesting Schedule. In general, the plan administrator determines, or the stock option agreement specifies, the vesting schedule.

Transfer Restrictions. Options to purchase our ordinary shares may not be transferred in any manner by the optionee other than by will or the laws of succession and may be exercised during the lifetime of the optionee only by the optionee.

Termination of the Plan. Unless terminated earlier, the plan will expire and no further awards may be granted after July 2017. Our board of directors has the authority to amend or terminate the plan subject to shareholder approval to the extent necessary to comply with applicable law. However, no such action may (i) impair the rights of any optionee unless agreed by the optionee and the plan administrator or (ii) affect the plan administrator’s ability to exercise the powers granted to it under our plan.

C. Board Practices

Our board of directors currently consists of seven directors. A director is not required to hold any shares in the company by way of qualification. A director may vote with respect to any contract, proposed contract or arrangement in which he is materially interested. A director may exercise all the powers of the company to borrow money, mortgage its undertaking, property and uncalled capital, and issue debentures or other securities whenever money is borrowed or as security for any obligation of the company or of any third party.

Committees of the Board of Directors

We have established two committees under the board of directors: the audit committee and the compensation committee. We currently do not plan to establish a nominating committee. The independent directors of our company will select and recommend to the board for nomination by the board such candidates as the independent directors, in the exercise of their judgment, have found to be well qualified and willing and available to serve as our directors prior to each annual meeting of our shareholders at which our directors are to be elected or re-elected. In addition, our board of directors has resolved that director nominations be approved by a majority of the board as well as a majority of the independent directors of the board. In compliance with Rule 5605(b)(1) of the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules, a majority of our board of directors are independent directors. We have adopted a charter for each of the board committees. Each committee’s members and responsibilities are described below.

In 2009, our board held meetings or passed resolutions by unanimous written consent 11 times.

Audit Committee. Our audit committee consists of Messrs. Songzuo Xiang, Shichong Shan and Donglin Xia. Our board of directors has determined that Messrs. Songzuo Xiang, Shichong Shan and Donglin Xia satisfy the “independence” requirements of Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, and Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules. The audit committee oversees our accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of the financial statements of our company. The audit committee is responsible for, among other things:

•

selecting the independent auditors and pre-approving all auditing and non-auditing services permitted to be performed by the independent auditors;

•

reviewing with the independent auditors any audit problems or difficulties and management’s response;

•

reviewing and approving all proposed related-party transactions on an ongoing basis;

•

discussing the annual audited financial statements with management and the independent auditors;

•

reviewing major issues as to the adequacy of our internal controls and any special audit steps adopted in light of material control deficiencies;

•

annually reviewing and reassessing the adequacy of our audit committee charter;

•

other matters specifically delegated to our audit committee by our board of directors from time to time;

•

meeting separately and periodically with management and the independent auditors; and

•

reporting regularly to the full board of directors.

In 2009, our audit committee held meetings or passed resolutions by unanimous written consent 5 times.

Compensation Committee. Our compensation committee consists of Messrs. Junjie Ding, Shichong Shan and Donglin Xia. Our board of directors has determined that Messrs. Junjie Ding, Shichong Shan and Donglin Xia satisfy the “independence” requirements of Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules. Our compensation committee assists the board in reviewing and approving the compensation structure of our directors and executive officers, including all forms of compensation to be provided to our directors and executive officers. Our chief executive officer may not be present at any committee meeting during which his compensation is deliberated. The compensation committee is responsible for, among other things:

•

reviewing and recommending to the board with respect to the total compensation package for our four most senior executives;

•

approving and overseeing the total compensation package for our executives other than the four most senior executives;

•

reviewing and making recommendations to the board with respect to the compensation of our directors; and

•

reviewing periodically and approving any long-term incentive compensation or equity plans, programs or similar arrangements, annual bonuses, employee pension and welfare benefit plans.

In 2009, our compensation committee held meetings or passed resolutions by unanimous written consent 11 times.

Duties of Directors

Under Cayman Islands law, our directors have a statutory duty of loyalty to act honestly in good faith with a view to our best interests. Our directors also have a duty to exercise the skill they actually possess and with such care and diligence that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances. In fulfilling their duty of care to us, our directors must ensure compliance with our memorandum and articles of association.

Terms of Directors and Officers

All directors hold office until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. A director may only be removed by the shareholders. Officers are elected by and serve at the discretion of the board of directors.

D. Employees

We had 451, 564 and 795 employees as of December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively. The following table sets forth the number of our employees by area of business as of December 31, 2009:

		Number of
		Employees				% of Total
Sales and Marketing Department			370				46.5	%
Quality Control and Technology Department			164				20.6
Programming Department			36				4.5
Resources Development Department			58				7.3
General Administrative and Accounting			167				21.1
Total			795				100.0	%

Generally we enter into standard employment contracts with our officers, managers and other employees. According to these contracts, all of our employees are prohibited from engaging in any other employment during the period of their employment with us. The employment contracts with officers and managers are subject to renewal every three years and the employment contracts with other employees are subject to renewal every year.

In addition, we enter into standard confidentiality agreements with all of our employees including officers and managers that prohibit any employee from disclosing confidential information obtained during their employment with us. Furthermore, the confidentiality agreements include a covenant that prohibits all employees from engaging in any activities that compete with our business up to two years after their employment with us terminates.

None of our employees is a member of a labor union and we consider our relationship with our employees to be good.

E. Share Ownership

The following table sets forth information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our ordinary shares, as of April 30, 2010, by:

•

each of our directors and executive officers; and

•

each person known to us to own beneficially more than 5.0% of our ordinary shares.

The calculations in the shareholder table below are based on 131,197,101 ordinary shares issued and outstanding as of April 30, 2010. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. In computing the number of shares beneficially owned by a person and the percentage ownership of that person, we have included shares that the person has the right to acquire within 60 days after April 30, 2010, including through the exercise of any option, or other right or the conversion of any other security. These shares, however, are not included in the computation of the percentage ownership of any other person.

		Shares Beneficially Owned
		Number				%
Directors and Executive Officers:
Herman Man Guo(1)		49,449,312				37.17%
Qing Xu(2)		6,550,560				4.99
Xiaoya Zhang(3)		1,329,524				1.01
Shichong Shan		*				*
Donglin Xia		*				*
Junjie Ding		*				*
Songzuo Xiang		*				*
James Zhonghua Feng		*				*
Jacky Jian Li		*				*
Wei He		*				*
Principal Shareholders:
Wealthy Environment Limited(4)		37,615,980				28.67%
Global Gateway Investments Limited(5)		26,100,000				19.9
Global Earning Pacific Limited (6)		10,000,000				7.62