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Entertainment One has acquired North American rights to “Escape,” the Norwegian action-adventure directed by Roar Uthaug. Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Isabel Christine Andreasen and Milla Olin star in the story of a young woman taken hostage by a ruthless gang in the years after the Black Death and her desperate efforts to escape. Martin Sundland and Are Heidenstrøm of Fantefilm Fiksjon AS produced. TrustNordisk is repping the film at Cannes and has additionally sold rights to Rialto Distribution in Australia, Momentum in the UK, Koch Media in Germany, Aurum Producciones in Spain, Film Europe in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and Gulf Film in the Middle East. Nordisk Film will release the film in Norway in September. Entertainment One grabbed North American rights to David Cronenberg’s competition drama “Cosmpolis” just before the 2012 festival began. http://www.indiewire.com/article/cannes-entertainment-one-buys-north-american-rights-to-norwegian-actioner-escape

Nokia is burning cash like Sync burned through unprofitable acquisitions - i.e. at an alarming and unsustainable rate. No wonder they couldn't afford to remain tied to another struggling company when a better offer came along. They need to improve cash flow, not be giving flexible payment terms to another company with cash flow problems. How much better off is Myriad though? Has anyone been over the Myriad books? http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wire-news/worries-mount-as-nokia-burns-through-cash_706304.html By contrast, America Movil, always on the acquisition trail, has picked up Simple Mobile. One of T-Mobile's biggest virtual MNO's. http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120510-713623.html Wonder how Myriad negotiations with Am Mov are going. Does anyone have a current subscription to bnamericas.com? http://www.bnamericas.com/news/telecommunications/myriad-gains-america-movil-as-client-through-synchronica-acquisition I wonder what the Myriad board are going to be like as regards keeping their shareholders informed of how they are going to merge the two companies to best effect and what specific goals they have going forward.

I think GBO's current drop in SP was caused by a £9.5m placing in April, though can't say I've really been following it. As you say, everything's heading south at the moment and will be til the Eurozone get sorted, which could be a good while to come yet, unfortunately for us shareholders. I won't be getting into any more mobile phone messaging companies anyway, that's for sure, unless they are paying me to buy the shares - lol!

Apparently he has a new start up concept and is looking for venture funding. Anyone got some spare cash they don't ever want to see again?

“I would like to thank our shareholders for their support and collective efforts of Myriad’s staff and its advisors during this process" Wilkinson said. “We look forward to working closely with the Synchronica team as they become part of the Myriad Group.” The news of the deal comes at the same time as another development in the mobile-messaging market: Openwave has signed an agreement to sell its messaging and mediation business to Marlin Equity Partners and now will focus its business – renamed Unwired Planet – on its intellectual property, which comprises 200 patents plus an additional 75 applicants. It will continue to remain a publicly traded corporation. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. As it so happens, Openwave once sold a load of patents to Purple Labs, the specialist of mobile Linux, which now is owned by Myriad. The world of messaging services presently is evolving. One one hand, traditional SMS revenues have been declining for some time now, as increasing competition carriers have met added pressure from other services such as BBM on Blackberry devices, iMessage on the iPhone and WhatsApp. Ovum estimates that its carriers’ SMS revenues were down by $14 billion in 2011, but that will increase to $23 billion in 2012. On the flipside, companies such as Myriad are developing some innovative messaging that are bridging the next generation of mobile services centered around social media and smartphones, with the reality that there are still many people who still use basic devices, and who live in places without the network connectivity to take advantage of these smater handsets. For example, Myriad provides a method of accessing Facebook and other social media using USSD technology, which is built into even the most basic GSM devices. It doesn’t require being on a network to transmit data, but it does need the carrier to activate the capability to use it. In February, Myriad announced a deal with Orange to offer the service to access Facebook in Africa. It already has gained at least 400,000 users of the service as it rolls it out across its footprint. Last week, Myriad announced that it is extending the service across Asia, which on the whole, only has a 20-percent smartphone penetration. In this way, Myriad is making data services accessible to those with less sophisticated devices. Read full article here: http://www.seo-micrositez.co.uk/industry-news/tag/simon-wilkinson/

Good job we put some alternative arrangements in place. It's not like we got any warning. Wiped off the face of the earth. Hope everyone still in can find us! To anyone still in Sync/Myriad, say "hello" if you've found us. Just as a matter of interest, has anyone been keeping an eye on GBO. It's nearly halved in the last couple of months, though that was from a nice high of 30p.

Well gang, looks like the SYNC bb has finally bitten the dust. For those who use the RSS feed whihc makes it easier to check for any new messages (which I also do) this SYNA page does still have the benefit of providing a RSS feed, which you can't get in the General Chat section. So the question is, do we post here for however long this SYNA bb continues to exist, or do we bite the bullet and go straight to posting in the General Chat section? To anyone who missed the link last time it was posted, it is here: http://www.lse.co.uk/general-chat-discussion.asp?TopCode=JX6XM3KY

some spare pennies to put my snout in the trough at these prices. Peppa Pig is pulling the crowds in even in the New Forest. The Eurozone is making a pig's ear out of share prices...unless someone knows something we don't. Published on Thursday 17 May 2012 10:33 While the New Forest might be known for ponies, it’s a certain celebrity pig that’s pulling in the younger crowds, writes Richard Mulligan. Deep in the forest, the sense of excitement was palpable - and it wasn’t the thought of ambling through the trees and exploring the playground of ancient kings of England. The wide eyes, wonder and waves of irrepressible anticipation breaking across the breakfast table pointed us in only one direction: these days, for four-year-olds at least, it’s all about Peppa Pig http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/lifestyle/weekend-life/days-out-travel/youngsters-enjoy-peppa-pig-world-at-the-new-forest-national-park-1-3850071

On the acquisition trail itself after holding abortive talks with prospective bidders, Peppa Pig distributor Entertainment One eased a penny to 156.5p on continuing fears that a fund raising operation could be on the cards. Broker Canaccord Genuity is a buyer and has a target price of 237p. It does not think that E1 is interested in acquiring Canadian film distributor Alliance, which is up for grabs. Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-2139644/MARKET-REPORT-Andrew-Bert-Black-carves-Hydrodec-stake.html#ixzz1uOLOYeKo

Count me in too. Nice one to stick in the ISA. Couple more snippets. FT quote 4 May: Media producer and distributor Entertainment One was in focus on Friday amid speculation it could bid for Alliance Films, a Canadian peer best known for co-producing The King’s Speech. The shares slipped 0.6 per cent to 156p on trade press reports that it was one of three bidders looking at Alliance Films, which is majority owned by Goldman Sachs. Final bidding would take place in two to four weeks, the reports said. Buyers would want at least $300m for Alliance Films against Entertainment One’s senior debt facility of $168m, so the difference would likely need to be made up with an equity issue, said Canaccord Genuity. “It would be an excellent strategic fit for Entertainment One, but structuring an earnings-enhancing deal would likely require substantial cost saving assumptions,” said the broker. Hollywood Reporter snippet from 3rd May: Entertainment One has acquired the U.S. and British distribution rights to David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis from Paris-based Kinology. That gives Toronto-based Entertainment One the North American rights to Cronenberg’s latest film, which is to screen in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The Canadian distributor earlier secured the Canadian rights to Cronenberg’s thriller, which is based on Don DeLillo’s novella of the same name. Cosmopolis stars Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche and Paul Giamatti, and portrays a hedge fund trader who is stalked while his fortune evaporates. Cosmopolis, a Canada-France co-production, is produced by Paulo Branco of Alfama Films and Martin Katz of Prospero Pictures, with Grégoire Melin of Kinology on board as a co-producer.

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Oh dear, we are all baffled by your ramblings, well that's what you hope for anyway, isn't it? Shall we rush out and sell our shares based on your jibberish? No. Tell you what, you sell yours Macaque. Oh, of course, you can't can you, because you're not invested here.

Macaque - you are not invested here - you are the agitator - and the only person you are impressing with that rubbish you post is yourself. Re your last question, the current share price is cr*p and hence requires no justifcation so you are just talking even more clueless drivel. What price did you short these shares at and what price are you hoping to buy them back for? I'm afraid you have missed the boat by about a year. The intelligent shorters made their money a year ago when these were changing hands at £7 a share. You are clueless trying to short them at this level then coming on this board and trying to bad mouth the company to drive the price down. I hope someone buys you a brain for Christmas.

Pursuit Dynamics , the fluid technology group, was in demand on rumours that it had finally signed a deal with Procter & Gamble. The stock closed up 12.2 per cent to 205p. A year ago, the two companies announced a deal to develop Pursuit’s technologies in its manufacturing facilities. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eb774e10-057e-11e1-8eaa-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1d7XTGV1W Traders said P&G wanted an exclusive agreement for Pursuit’s reactor technology but the UK company has been reluctant to a sign a deal unless there is a significant fee involved. It has been looking to agree on an annual licence fee for its technology.

"My money is on an announcement/report within the next two months that will have a serious impact on the share price." Is that an admission that he is shorting the stock or what?

Just read Macaque’s reply and decide for yourself if he seems like a straight-forward, honest person. He still refuses to answer the questions that were put to him and he still refuses to contact the company with his concerns and post the response on the forum. He is trying to baffle us with meaningless phrases: "There are some ideas which can be sold with a process license but they are generally multiple unit operations or extreme conditions.". Waffle! Do you think he is invested here? If so, what attracted him to the share if he doesn’t rate the technology or their business model? If he isn’t invested here, then obviously he has his own personal agenda for wanting to post here. He states the traditional cry of the de-ramper: “Forums like this should provide the opportunity for the merits and demerits of company claims to be discussed”. ONLY FOR THOSE THAT HAVE A GENUINE INTEREST IN UNBIASED & BALANCED VIEWS ON THE COMPANY. His views are not balanced. Every single one of his posts on PDX has been negative. I tried to engage him in discussion when he first came on the board and encouraged others to discuss the points he had raised. I even agreed with him that the company could probably do with concentrating on less lines of business, but it soon became clear to me he had a message he wanted to get across and wasn't interested in listening to other people's views. And let’s be clear, genuine investors do still come on these forums and discuss any genuine concerns they may have, without trying to trash the company – THAT is what the forum is for. Not for people who can’t think what to say next to de-ramp the stock. First it’s the technology; then it’s the business model; now it’s the website. Does that sound like a genuine investor to you? No, and did you read his excuse for this constant negativity - he "feels for them" – DON’T MAKE ME LAUGH! If he felt for them, he wouldn't be constantly putting them down. He is against the company – full stop! – and has his own agenda. That much is obvious to me and I am not going to waste any more time on him. Other people can make their own mind up and I'm sure they already have! I leave you with this quote from our "genuine poster" - "My money is on an announcement/report within the next two months that will have a serious impact on the share price." Go ahead, do your worst Macaque, you won't influence me with your BS. You're not quite so clever as you imagine you are.

You joined LSE on 3rd August of this year, just to post some negative comments about PDX. Why? You have only posted 5 times since joining and all have been to say negative things about PDX. Your concern in August appeared to be centred around “If PD have clear evidence that their shock wave theory has performance advantages that cannot be matched by mechanical mixing it would help if they would publish this on their website.” My reply to you was “I expect the bosses of these firms who have taken on the PDX technology are no mugs and will have looked into any alternatives” I suggested you contact Investor Relations and asked you to post their response on the forum. I also asked you if you were invested here and if so what attracted you to this share with the major concerns you were posting. You failed to answer my questions or to contact Investor Relations. In fact, when challenged, you simply disappeared for 3 months. Now you resurface repeating a false prediction you made on 13th August that there would be a negative RNS within 2 months. 3 months later we are still waiting, so why repeat something that you previously got wrong – do you think re-iterating it will give you another 2 months to get it right? You no longer seem concerned about the technology issue that was apparently bothering you so much before, now you have changed tack and have a problem with the website instead. Some of the website pages, you claim are ‘empty’. They are not in fact, at best you could say they don’t have a lot of information on them, but it’s hardly very tragic, or a cause for concern, is it? If that’s the worst you’ve got to say then frankly I wouldn’t bother posting it because it just makes you look like a very sad S&D player. If anyone here doesn’t know what Short & Distort is, it’s where internet investors short sell a stock and then spread negative rumours about the stock in an attempt to drive the stock down. People on this forum don’t just swallow any old tat that is posted. They will make a judgement for themselves as to your motives, so there’s no need to repeat old posts, we read it the first time – you got it wrong. Nothing happens fast in this political climate. We will await real news from PDX rather than listening to someone trying to influence our judgement. In the meantime Merchant Securities rate PDX a Buy.

.....is this offical yet...i.e. you know a friend of a friend....or just rumour coming from over the pond? Up 50% in a week! Hope you got in early!

That's tomorrow then? What else does your crystal ball impart? Do the yanks bring bags of gold?

I think the "renewed speculation" bit refers to when Smith US originally bought out the parent company (except Tanfield retained what was 49% at the time).