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76.75
The rats fell silent.
A wise man will understand, a fool may not probably (NOT FOR IDIOTS)
+2.4% ??
Ups... £74.80
Any discussion with Russian troll or any of its incarnations is pointless. Troll will be always only a troll.
As for myself it's my lucky day. I re-invested my divi at 72.8p which is much much better and lower price I was willing to pay. And now 304.3k ITV shares are in my pocket. No change in my predictions: £1.20- £1.50 at the end 2024, £2-3 at the end 2025.
Started: WimbledonTom, 17 May 2024 10:53
Last post: WimbledonTom, Today 12:57
Simon Cowell! He is reportedly making 10m this year. In his peak years he was making 60-100m when doing US shows.
Right now he has BGT and what else? So a fair proportion of that money is coming from ITV via Fremantle?
Is this kind of spend still viable? How much of the 100million that ITV spends on BGT and its many stars could go towards studio purchases where ITV can then be the ones selling shows to entertainment companies who have the revenue?
Dame should have ended BGT years ago along with the X factor and started producing talent shows in house with stars who are happy with 6 figure sums rather than millions. A reboot of C4's "The Word" with their talent show section called "The hopefuls".
Terry Christian and Amanda de Cadenet on Saturday night ITV. 20k a show each.
Sussex street in Rhyl. Highest crime stats of any street in Wales. I survived a week with posh public school accent. Mostly drug addicts.
The Pill in Newport is far scarier. That is all fights and women who will knife you if you go outside with them.
Anus1. I have no connection with Tom although he's been bang on most of the time. I can make my own decisions but its good to get an opinion now and again, hence I'm in BP. Yep I'm a downtrodden window cleaner operating in Rhyl. You are very welcome to join me for a pint in the local Wetherspoons but life expectancy for strangers is about 30 seconds.
GL with ITV and yes I'm still heavily underwater here thanks to the gormless Dame and Co.
Just telling it like it is. 100 million spend to a rival studio is a huge gamble at a time when revenues from free to air are falling and ITV are reporting losses on many of their most watched tv shows. Historically ITV could afford 100 million when viewing figures were 15-20 million. Now at 5 million?????
Somebody needs to pull the plug on BGT? Do Ant and Dec get a million each for just rocking up and chuckling at the acts from the wings of the stage? Could we not just get a couple of graduates fresh out of university to do that for the minimum wage?
100 million spend by a company that is only valued at 3 billion?
I think I would rather be the studio side of that transaction. Thames/ Fremantle are making an absolute fortune where as ITV can barely generate the advertising revenue to meet that studio fee.
BGT on Disney or Netflix would rake in far more revenue for the streamers.
Started: Winstanley, Today 07:29
Last post: Winstanley, Today 12:30
****womble tom, and your altered egos, everyone is laughing at you. seek help for goodness sake:
https://tinyurl.com/yckh2vc6
From another source:
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/tv/britains-talent-set-major-changes-32881863
Oh, silly me, I forgot that clowning is indeed a sophisticated art form. So, calling Tom a clown is really unfair to clowns. There are plenty of other, more fitting words one could have used to describe this buffoon.
Oh dear, it looks like Tom, the womble with a grudge, has burned his fingers yet again – it's truly amusing to witness his pointless ramblings.
Attention, new investors: Be cautious of WimbledonTom's intentions to hinder ITV's progress. His main strategy involves relentless criticism of the CEO, Carolyn McCall, with nearly every post containing negative remarks about her. He often uses different aliases. Don't listen to this clown.
...better audience data collection and targeted marketing.
Started: Winstanley, 9 May 2024 16:53
Last post: Winstanley, Today 07:40
Re: The Fortune Hotel.
Following the success of the show by viewers’ reaction on social media, a source has claimed season two could be in the works.
https://metro.co.uk/2024/05/23/a-season-2-itvs-fortune-hotel-20801245/?ito=newsnow-feed
Can't see why advertisers wouldn't want to secure slots.
Tuesday’s episode of The Fortune Hotel was declared the ‘best ever’ by many fans on X – with several even stating it had changed their opinion of the show.
https://metro.co.uk/2024/05/21/itv-viewers-hail-best-episode-ever-new-show-tensions-escalate-20801273/?ito=newsnow-feed
New drama should be a big hit, especially as the brilliant Sheridan Smith is to play the protagonist.
Maybe as big as 'Mr Bates vs the Post Office'
https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/sheridan-smith-to-star-in-itvs-i-fought-the-law/
Started: Winstanley, 23 May 2024 19:46
Last post: Winstanley, 23 May 2024 19:46
As expected on Divi day - but everything is normal.
SAS
Progressive news:
https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/itv-relies-on-sas-to-deliver-personalized-ads-to-40m-users-of-itvx
Started: robs60, 23 May 2024 17:31
Last post: robs60, 23 May 2024 17:31
So on a day with dividend reinvestment and share buybacks propping this share up it still falls.
Womble. pay attention to the trades, low volumes tend to happen when there is little selling. I don't like McCall but rely on the people behind the success of ITVx to make ITV fly again. ITV isn't overvalued, it's certainly not a value trap, this will break soon, the economy is getting better and advertisers are returning, ITV is one company that you need to be long in.
Started: BigEgo, 23 May 2024 15:13
Last post: BigEgo, 23 May 2024 15:13
Started: BigEgo, 22 May 2024 13:54
Last post: rhinocol, 22 May 2024 19:58
Can't say I'm impressed with Purple Bricks. A failed company rescued by Strike. Strike in turn not very active in my neck of the woods (west Yorks).An investment that doesn't fill me with great confidence !!
I'm sharing this from ADVFN - incase anyone notices the ITV RNS today about Strike/Purplebricks and doesn't fully understand what is going on. :)
I find "ITV Adventures Invest" is an exciting addition to the ITV portfolio of assets.
Describing it simplistically - they are playing Dragon's Den - offering early stage companies advertising airtime in exchange for equity stakes.
The portfolio is already quite diverse (see link below for more details) and I am more than happy for ITV to inject more diversity into their future income.
They only have to get lucky and get a stake in the next Reggae Reggae Sauce or Ring Doorbell for this part of the business to hit the bigtime and be yet another 'down the sofa' asset not priced in (just like the Britbox stake was)...
I hope they keep it up and build a huge investment portfolio!
ITV currently own stakes in:
Flarin
PitPat
Resi
carwow
Feel
ismybillfair
SPOKE
what3words (you might have used this yourself?!)
THIS
Strike/Purplebricks
hxxps://www.itvmedia.co.uk/new-to-tv/itvadventures/itv-adventures-invest
Started: LedZepper, 22 May 2024 10:50
Last post: LedZepper, 22 May 2024 10:50
Tom, you posted on 10 May that you had sold your ITV holding (c.72p) and were planning to buy back in when the SP tumbles back down to the low 60s
If you were actually telling the truth, why are you still spending so much time posting here? You probably were not. Nonetheless, I enjoy reading your largely ill-informed rants against the Dame, and your lack of real understanding of the commercial television business model, but your saving grace is that you are well-written and humorous. Keep up the good work for those of who haven’t filtered you yet!
Started: jedclampit, 22 May 2024 10:21
Last post: jedclampit, 22 May 2024 10:41
Typical , a broker up-dates comes out higher and the SP goes down a little.
First broker raise for a long time , up to 90p now but just how long will it take to get there.
Started: BigEgo, 21 May 2024 17:45
Last post: Winstanley, 21 May 2024 21:55
Not a shame, Tom. It's comon sense really - we all should do the same.
BigEgo has rapidly become the best contributor to this board. No waffle, no filler, no spin. Just hard facts.
Shame he/she has me on filter :(
And off we go again...
https://ibb.co/X7tnZRj
Started: BigEgo, 21 May 2024 09:52
Last post: BigEgo, 21 May 2024 09:52
Finally a reason to update this!
https://ibb.co/ZGz56xG
Started: jedclampit, 20 May 2024 08:09
Last post: WimbledonTom, 20 May 2024 11:59
AGM vote??? Boeing shareholders recently voted to keep their CEO despite the disastrous performance of the company and despite the fact that he has already said he is going.
McCall took a 20% pay cut. Who orchestrated that?
6 years she has diverted money from studio aquisitions back to productions that predominantly are for free to air in the UK and make no money. Wrong decision. She cannot resurrect the ITV of the 20th century. Media and entertainment has changed.
Get the old dinosaur out. New and much younger CEO needed with global outlook. No more lining the pockets of chums, sychophants and directors mistresses
P.S. I draw your attention to resolution 14 literally voted through just a few weeks ago.
Why aren't all these shareholders as unhappy with the CEO as you? It's a mystery...
https://www.itvplc.com/~/media/Files/I/ITV-PLC-V2/AGM/20240402%20AGM%20poll%20results%20FOR%20ITV%20WEBSITE.pdf
I'm going to filter you too - as frankly I'm bored to my back teeth with all the constant messages about the CEO of ITV.
I am perfectly happy to read peoples different opinions, that's normal we disagree on things, but honestly - if you search back through the messages here barely a day goes by without CEO bashing - we get it - we know your views - you've made your point - what benefit do you gain from repearing it over and over and over again.
Yawn.
Filtered. Not reading BS posts anymore.
BigEgo. Seen as you can't read Toms messages I'll confirm on your behalf. He's absolutely right about the dame and ITV. It was a huge error of judgment hiring her initially as she's way out of her depth. She and the board have milked the business to near death lining the pockets of 2nd hand presenters, crooks and entertainers along the way.
That is you and too many others. You do not want to have to adjust your thinking. ITV is not a FTSE100 company. It is not worth 10 billion. Its revenues in advertising are gone. Its has too many board members, too many overpaid presenters. Formats that no longer generate profit.
Rapid change is needed but the do nothing Dame has done precious little in 6 years to address the problems. Minimal changes and still handing out millions to the people around her, studio owners and showbiz pals. It is a broken business model and the parasite Dame and her cronies need to be moved on so that new leadership can move investment back to the areas of the business that have a future rather than lining pockets of chums.
Started: SeaHorse27, 17 May 2024 17:01
Last post: SeaHorse27, 17 May 2024 17:01
Where is the share buyback, no rns anymore, stopped?
Last post: WimbledonTom, 17 May 2024 15:25
ITV is not run like a FTSE 100 company. Very much FTSE250 with amateur CEO and Board who demand FTSE 100 salaries but otherwise are not the same caliber.
ITV fell out of the 100 top companies in 2022 and is unlikely to rejoin until McCall goes.
I am sorry BigEgo.
I didn't write about it assuming that at least some people on this forum don't have problems with counting.
To sum up: about £1.06 and ITV will be a part of FTSE100.
Approx market capitalisation required for automatic FTSE-100 re-entry at 90th position+ (£bn) : 4.225
Share price required for automatic FTSE-100 re-entry (based on Current Voting Rights) (p) : 105.43
The basic conclusion which follows from my earlier post:
An increase in the price of ITV shares to the level of £1 will result in speculative purchases of shares aimed at ITV's entry into the FTSE 100 index, and this will probably result in even stronger growth. Assuming a sharp improvement in results, further improvement in financial forecasts and the announcement of an interim dividend, which information should appear in the next monthly report on July 25, in my opinion it should be assumed that the market, anticipating the above, will reach this level at least minimum one - one and half month in advance. A possible reduction in interest rates and the already signaled improvement in the macroeconomic situation should only strengthen this trend.
For any interested investors of ITV.
The FTSE UK Index Series is reviewed on a quarterly basis in March, June, September and December. Any constituent changes will be implemented after the close of business on the third Friday of the review month (i.e. effective Monday).
The next FTSE 100 reshuffle (interesting from the point of view of ITV's potential entry into this index) will be implemented in September and December, based on figures from late August & November. After this, there will be a reshuffle in March 2024, and in June 2024.
Which companies move in and out of the FTSE 100 is based on their total market capitalisation at the end of the specified trading day. To avoid the same borderline companies dropping out and back in every reshuffle, a company must be in the top 90 by market cap to be promoted.
https://www.stockchallenge.co.uk/ftse.php
Started: jedclampit, 17 May 2024 11:37
Last post: WimbledonTom, 17 May 2024 12:32
200k shares sold at 78.70p and bought back at 70p.
£17,600 profit.
Excellent idea Pogo. That is how you make money. Not just sitting on shares and trying to ramp them on forums.
Jedclampit
Put 200k ITV shares on sale at 78.70 and then try to buy these shares back cheaper, you will understand what I mean.
Jedclampit
Wishful thinking
Looking to buy 70p or less.
Last post: WimbledonTom, 16 May 2024 11:33
More Pyongyang Pontification......
Labour now supports privatisation????
If a private individual wants to inject money into an otherwise failing business then good luck to them. Not sure what you hope to gain from blocking Czech national from buying into UK. We have already driven most foreign investors away with Brexit. Nobody is investing in UK shares anymore and everyone is taking UK money to invest overseas.
Backing to yesterday's discussion
Accepting Kretinsky's offer will be a proverbial "shot in the foot" on IDS's part. It also calls into question the possibility of limiting the scope of mandatory services and the entire activity of Royal Mail. The new investor will suck valuable assets out of the company, leaving the rest at the mercy of the government. So in the future we will have to assume either the collapse of this remnant of Royal Mail or its costly re-nationalization and its future long-term deficits financed by taxpayers. On the other hand, IDS will introduce competition to the British courier services market, giving it access to both extensive infrastructure and, more importantly, to the database of the largest customers. And it's not just about domestic shipments within the UK, but also about the most profitable international shipments for the company. Well, probably as a result of this, in a few years IDS will disappear from the market and its most valuable content will be taken over by Mr. Kretinsky.
Personally, I hope that these threats as well as national security issues are recognized by the Government and Parliament by blocking this transaction. Even if the next owner of the office at 10 Downing Street will be the Labor Party, which supports re-privatization, it must be remembered that they will have to find funds to save the remains of Royal Mail, jobs, and long-term subsidies for its services. Today, the only reasonable option seems to be the option of limiting the scope of mandatory basic services and blocking the takeover of IDS, with the option of forcing Kretinsky to sell its shares or limiting the scope of his voting rights.
Started: jedclampit, 15 May 2024 15:36
Last post: jedclampit, 15 May 2024 15:36
To maybe 72p-75p and then time to top up.
Started: Bazzaman, 15 May 2024 13:58
Last post: Bazzaman, 15 May 2024 13:58
Gave ITV a buy rating at 9am this morning.
Their closing remarks were;
As the next chapter unfolds for ITV, we expect the shares to maintain their recent momentum, buoyed by the company’s solid digital performance and promising outlook. With a strategic focus on efficiency, innovation, and delivering value for shareholders, ITV is well-positioned to script a successful narrative in 2024.
GLA
Started: jedclampit, 14 May 2024 10:37
Last post: Pogo001, 15 May 2024 12:10
And now some of my speculations. It's 12 o'clock and we have over 5.5 million shares volume with up to + 0.5% price increase. If my intuition is correct, all this fun game from the last two weeks will generate a strong 2-3 session increase of 12-20% in the next few days. This is just speculation. Let's wait and see how wrong I am.
Winstanley
Another article confirming the facts and intended to build the basis for strong shares price growth.
We are competing and maintaining an upbeat focus:
https://www.ii.co.uk/analysis-commentary/ii-view-upbeat-itv-rewarding-income-seekers-ii531667
Share buy backs. Dividend reinvestment and improving results will keep this at decent levels.
A lot of people have been sitting on losses for years while this muppet has been running the show so any sniff of a profit and they're out, and who blames them. Hopefully it'll keep rising but once bitten stays in the mind.......I'm staying in cash for now.
Hi Pogo, you keep going on about posters selling their ITV holding and waiting for it to drop , but many/most of us haven't sold out and sitting on more cash to buy more when the SP drops.but if it doesn't fall we will be making money just like you.
Started: jackdog, 14 May 2024 20:00
Last post: Pogo001, 15 May 2024 11:56
The stock market anticipates the future.
You are wrong if you assume that FTSE100 index funds will start buying shares after the decision to return ITV to the index is announced and not anticipating such a situation in advance. If we look back, ITV's move from the FTSE 100 to the FTSE 250 generated at least a 15-20% drop in the share price.
We have currently a similar growth situation on the full share market of companies that will benefit from a drop in interest rates, those that pay regular dividends and those whose revenues are directly proportional to the economic growth generated by the UK economy. Please look at the behavior of shares price of companies in several sensitive sectors, as well as companies that meet the criteria of financial growth and are just not trying to survive on the market.
Hi Pogo, all that sounds great news but in reality it means diddly squat in the next few months.
I am sure if nothing else puts ITV off it's tracks then yes it could hit the highs but maybe in 2 years. No one knows.
If we look at the long-term chart of the ITV share price, the minimum growth range should reach at least the previous maximum of around £2.6. Assuming a rapid rebound potential, the level of £1.6 should be reached relatively quickly. All this technical growth coincides with my forecasts of an increase in generated revenues and profits, a decline in inflation combined with an increase in consumer spending, the size of the dividend, a return to the FTSE100 index and many others that I mentioned earlier (as well as the upward trend created on the charts). This creates a very good atmosphere for the share price to increase. Possible disruptions on the external market, independent of the company, may only slightly slow down this process.
And one thing is worth emphasizing. We owe this to the current management of the company. Many people do not know or do not want to remember the financial condition of the current CEO when she joined the company. Where ITV was on a fast track to collapse and liquidation. Having an outdated financial structure, falling revenues and market shares, huge debt and a similarly huge deficit in the Pension Fund. The changes required painful cuts and the support of the largest shareholders. They have been conducted and they pass the exam. Therefore, you would have to be a real idiot not to understand the current position of the CEO in the company and the fact that it is the guarantor of the increase in the value of this business, and therefore the dividend paid to shareholders and the stable increase in the value of shares. And when the market notices this, the value of ITV shares will reach a valuation level adequate to both the value of its assets and future profits.
With the market at an all time high and to possibly go a little higher with ITV going maybe to 82p , I am just sitting tight now and not buying any more until the market drops.
We all know to keep pushing/buying higher and higher you get caught out when the drop comes.
Better to take any profits and to keep money / powder dry ready to buy more later.
Let me know why I am not suppressed.
Next technical stop should be in 88-95 area., but you're never know is it worth to try take a chance....
Not so happy to reinvest my divi over £0.85 but it's still make a sense if I look at my predictions. They are still same: £1.2-1.5 end of this year, £2-3 end of 2025., but will be not suppressed to see £2 this year.
I know what you mean I'm tempted to sell this sh*t show of a share. It's actually broken even for the first time in years. Seems wrong to hold a stock though for all these years and walk away even (except my divi in a bit). Looks like a few have sold already. Decisions decisions......
Enjoying the momentum behind ITV at the minute. 3% daily uplifts are closer to 5%/6% with the price I bought in at (64.5).
Hoping to achieve 90 to 95p and i will sell the lot.
Started: Winstanley, 13 May 2024 18:07
Last post: Winstanley, 14 May 2024 13:27
Looks like it's popular already!
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-fortune-hotel-critics-say-new-traitors-reality-tv_uk_664339afe4b0d915e0fb6de2
Trailers look interesting.
And good to see a big sponsor (Flutter Entertainment).
Definite potential!
Sky Vegas said: “The Fortune Hotel has the potential to be the next big TV hit, and we are incredibly excited that we are going to be a part of this new show with ITV.”
https://focusgn.com/sky-vegas-sponsors-itvs-the-fortune-hotel
Started: BigEgo, 14 May 2024 08:10
Last post: Pogo001, 14 May 2024 10:10
LWHL
Your money, your choice.
***
As I can see the troll with new multiple accounts are back again .....
I have closed out my position here, a little ahead of the 80p target I had cited.
Nice to leave some on the table for the next man.
Will be back if we return to the low 60's, but if this does not happen, then GLA and I hope you all get the targeted profits that you seek. Even you, Pogo :)
She's the wall preventing this from "breaking out" Well said.
Maybe it will when they dump McCall !
Long term (7 year weekly) ITV chart showing quadruple bottom support and sloping resistance - is ITV ready for a breakout finally?
https://i.postimg.cc/zBrbPKz0/IMG-0196.png
Started: jedclampit, 11 May 2024 14:35
Last post: omalley123, 13 May 2024 12:52
Thanks Spaghetti. Yes I've had a look and was thinking BP was possibly at the top of its range at the moment. Might have a look at Shell also but totally agree with your comment on the shift to green energy being "just around the corner" Oil is here to stay for a long while yet.
@omalley123
I’ve made plenty trading BP in the past , still hold quite a few it fact it was selling some at 5.55 late Oct that I bought my itv stake at 64. Oil is always a good investment long term and sometimes short term too and despite what green disciples say will be basis of world energy for decades to come . I think BP is at its mid range atm but more likely to go up than down imho from this point . I’ll look to off load at 5.75 and buy more at 4.75 subject to geopolitics
Thanks Tom. I'll take a look and get in before ex divi.
Pogo - Take a break will you.....
I've still got thousand's in ITV but no harm in having a look elsewhere.
Pogo you are a one share trader who has lost money for the majority of the last 12 months. That is the definition of stupid. To imagine you are more intelligent than me is just a demonstration of how deluded you are.
On the ITV shares market we have again "squeezing lemons" game, and on the forum multi account discussion. As you can see, the troll's belief that someone is stupider than him is still underestimated.