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And something else you won't see in the Telegraph :-

https://www.thedrum.com/news/2021/08/26/which-sponsors-won-love-island

Remember this time last year when we had those mad uncrossing trades in ITV, 285m shares alone on this Friday before the bank holiday weekend. No doubt we'll probably see a bit more action later on today and after hours.

Another very quiet trading day this morning as we move out of the holiday month but just looking at the FTSE heat map this morning, take a look at two stocks that have made it in the 'worst performers' list again this morning, BT & ITV !!!!

https://www.hl.co.uk/shares/stock-market-summary/ftse-100/heat-map

And you won't see this in the Telegraph either :-

https://www.televisual.com/news/itv-adds-youth-skewing-factual-for-itv2-hub/

With the news yesterday that 'I'm a Celebrity' will return to Romania for a new series, here is the latest territory to sign up :-

https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/im-celebrityget-me-out-here-travels-russia

This won't please the Love Island researcher at the Telegraph :-

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/love-island-season-7-audience-1235047629/

Should have read, 'soon to be worthless paper bills '.

We've seen this so many times this year, only a few weeks back we saw similar price action only to find out that Blackrock later increased their ITV holding by 0.49% or 20m shares. I think those sellers now realise that they've been had!

Our market is a plaything for the US, I did post at the beginning of the year that I expected the US to go shopping in the UK with their free QE money after shorting the UK market for the last five years and I doubt if they've finished yet as the dollar printing press is still churning out worthless paper bills !

A BT/ITV merger of some sorts would be ideal in my books, a new behemoth company to take on the US streamers and best of all, it will still remain in UK hands !!!

Bring on the Crozier !

I don't believe it, I've just been told its in the Telegraph today !!!

Nice article Nige, where did you find it ?

So after the announcement this lunchtime and The telegraph's latest nonsense on Sunday, its worth reminding ourselves once again what the Telegraph really thinks of ITV and to question what their motives really are ?? Here is just some of their outstanding contributions this year :-

- Their article the weekend before the results on the 9th March and nothing was written before the record half year numbers last month ! :-

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/03/06/hedge-fund-chaired-gb-news-investor-shorting-itv/

- Then we had the departure of Piers Morgan :-

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/itv-doesnt-know-exists/

- And for the ratings winner and the cash cow that is Love Island, here are just a few of their contributions :-

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/love-island-2021-review-summer-has-finally-started-itvs-stomach/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/beauty/news/love-islands-homogenised-image-beauty-wrong-now/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/yet-itv-deflecting-blame-love-island-failings-onto-viewers/

- And finally they even had a pop at ITV's Come Dine with Me which is being sold out to the US currently !

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2021/08/04/come-dine-toe-curling-reality-tv-steaks-come-stakes/

Who knows, maybe Spitting Image or the new dating show starting in September will be next in line, either way there still doesn't seem to be anyone selling ITV stock !!!

Oh dear, perhaps try harder next time !

The official news release from the Government :-

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/future-of-channels-such-as-itv2-and-dave-secured-as-freeview-licences-renewed-for-another-decade

Just out :-

https://news.stv.tv/entertainment/channels-including-itv2-and-e4-to-remain-on-freeview-until-2034?top

Here's the article in full on the Proactive Investors website ;-

http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/957745/itv-to-adapt-more-formats-to-us-audiences-after-love-island-success-957745.html

Thank you for your backhanded compliment Alboum but as I mentioned a few days back and will repeat it again on here, if there is anyone including you that dispels my 'theories' then all you have to do is post an up to date ITV shareholder list on here (including source) for everyone to see for themselves.

None of the naysayers replied last time, which doesn't come as any surprise but the offer is open again to them as well.

And I'll tell you what, if an up to date shareholder list is posted on here, I will walk away and not post on here anymore.

How's that ?

Well, we were all told just last week by the board at ITV how advertising will be uncertain going into H2 of this year, which by the way historically (apart from last year) has been the best half of the trading year for ITV, now take a look at the interims delivered by WPP this morning !

Here is the opening paragraph from Mike read (Chief Exec) :-

"I'm delighted with our performance in the first six months of the year, at a
time when COVID continues to take a toll on many countries. The like-for-like
revenue less pass-through costs growth rate of 19.3% in the second quarter is
our highest on record, as clients reinvest in marketing, particularly in
digital media, ecommerce and marketing technology. We have returned to 2019
levels in 2021, a year ahead of our plan, with good momentum into 2022."

Its worth reading the whole statement to just compare it to the forecasts delivered by the board at ITV last week, not that I want to mislead anyone on here of course !

That should have been 1,793,548 @113.05

Its no bother at all and with regards to my earlier post about trying to get the stock down, its obviously to fill today's orders as two decent buys went through late in the day, 1,793,548 @ 133.05 (15:50) and 2,444,740 @ 114.05 (17:04).

Mates rates at its finest !

Solley, totally agree with your comments but ITV has also taking a bashing by all the so-called experts whom were absent before the interim figures and are now after the numbers, are picking on everything from Love Island to the end of the X-factor which is all old news, good grief !!!

To me it seems that there is a concerted effort to get the stock lower regardless of market conditions and even today if you haven't seen it, the Investors Chronicle have written an article 'ITV versus Google' !!!

Not sure what the point of this is and more importantly why now , its like comparing the valuations of UK Oil and Gas with Royal Dutch Petroleum !

Anyway, here's the article :-

https://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/news/2021/08/04/itv-vs-google-a-tale-of-two-marketing-budgets/

Hi Bielsa,

The funds which you mentioned are the specific funds holding ITV shares but are attributed to the main institutional holders of ITV , so whilst listed in a separate column you will see the the same names, i.e Capital Group, Vanguard, Goldmans etc. also listed as the main holders.

In addition, I have often said on this forum that all these on-line websites should just be taken at face value as most are financed by American Banks including the Morning Star website and have no governance in place.

And with regards to Liberty's 9.9% holding in ITV, if you look around the internet, some websites list the holding whilst others don't.

Its all part of the larger game play by the American Banks.

Apart from the holder or indeed holders of these missing shares, there is only one person or a group of persons that can possibly know the whereabouts of these shares..................the board at ITV !!

We all know about the orchestrated shorting of ITV by GS and the involvement of Liberty and Marshalls since 2016 until 2020 and obviously so do the board at ITV, so much so that if the board did declare an interim dividend of lets say 2.5p (£100m) then at least £50m would have gone straight into the pockets of GS and their conspirators holding 51% of ITV shares.

If anyone doubts any of the above by all means just post an up to date shareholder list and source on this forum so we can all see for ourselves.

5eights