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Should be an interesting day ahead: Date: 11 November 2010 On behalf of: Entertainment One Ltd. ("eOne", "the Company" or "the Group") Embargoed until: 0700hrs Entertainment One Ltd. US broadcast deal for Peppa Pig signed with Nick Jr. Entertainment One Ltd. (LSE:ETO), the international entertainment group, is pleased to announce that it has signed a three year US broadcasting deal for Peppa Pig ("Peppa"), its two time BAFTA award winning pre-school kids property, with Nick Jr. This represents a significant step as eOne introduces Peppa to the world's largest licensing and merchandising market in partnership with the most watched children's TV channel in the US. Peppa Pig is expected to make its US premiere early 2011 on Nick Jr., Nickelodeon's 24-hour commercial-free, educational pre-school network as a scheduled half hour format. Peppa has been broadcast on Nick Jr. and Channel Five's Milkshake in the UK since 2004 and is currently the top rated pre-school show on both channels. The series is currently broadcast in more than 180 countries with a catalogue of 156 episodes and an additional 52 commissioned and in production for delivery over the next two years. The popularity of the television series has supported the development of a significant merchandising program that has seen rapid growth over the last three years. Total merchandise sales, excluding DVD sales, are valued at over £150m per annum. Following the US launch eOne will seek to develop a full branded licensing and merchandising programme specific to North America, a market that is estimated to be worth over US$92bn. The US launch will also help grow sales in the wider international market extending the licensing and merchandising programmes already in place in UK, France, Poland and Australia. Commenting on the deal Darren Throop, CEO of Entertainment One, said: "The agreement with Nick Jr. has the potential to be a transformational step forward for the Peppa Pig franchise and for eOne's Family operations which continue to be a major strategic growth platform for our company. We are confident that Peppa will be as popular with children and families in the U.S. as she is in the UK and look forward to leveraging Peppa's expanded fan base to grow the franchise around the world." Along with Peppa Pig, eOne's portfolio of Family programming includes such popular titles as Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom, Tractor Tom and Humf. Darren Throop and Giles Willits, Chief Financial Officer, of eOne will be chairing a conference call to discuss the U.S. deal in further detail today, 11 November, at 1100hrs. If you would like to dial in please contact ls@redleafpr.com to register your interest.

Interim due out next Monday. Hopefully it will push this back through 100 and keep it there.

My target's 115p on this and with the way the price of gold's going it could reach that sooner than we think. Above 80p soon after opening today.

John Cahill of Norseman Gold has increased his investment in the company. He purchased 101,000 ordinary shares which takes his total investment in the mining company to just over 5.3m shares. http://www.ukcitymedia.co.uk/news/fullstory.php?id=1117 Can't find much else to explain this sudden rise this morning. Anybody?

Interim statement out week after next on 17/11. Let's hope it includes an update on the US contract and not the swine flu epsiode.

Looks like out patience is being rewarded. I can see this back at 285p within months and, after that?

Roll on the 23rd and announcement of results. This has taken off quite dramatically recently and it's hard not to take some profit but I think that there is much better to come.

In my book the drop is grossly overdone. Topped up here for the bounce. May take a few months but worth the wait.

NT doesn't often call it wrong. Unlike alot of so called experts (both on here and in the papers) he calls it in advance rather than claim to have invested in something that has already risen. Nice guy too. Got a lot of time for him. Everyone should be made to read his book before they're let loose on the markets. Maybe not actually. We need losers so that the rest of us can profit.

....According to Oliver Dumont, head of Entertainment One’s children’s division, Peppa is “the biggest pre-school girl licensed property in the UK. It’s worth £150 million retail. The US in theory has the potential to be ten to fourteen times that number.” Consider the SP of ETO prior to any hint that there was potentially a deal with Nickelodoen and talk of 130p a share appears ludicrous. If it takes off across the pond the merchandising alone would be worth upwards of £1.5 billion allegedly. I'll have some of that!

Without doubt, based on the Six Flags results alone the LOQ results for last year alone will justify and increased SP. The Q-text system can only add to the profit potential of the Company. The big gains will come from the Theme Parks that they can add to their list of satisfied Customers. Friends of mine have just returned from a visit to Legoland in Windsor and were full of praise for the system and the time they saved by not having to queue. Whether it's the LOQ system or another, this is the way of things for the future.

What's happened here in the last hour? Been a dog for months. Surely one large find can't account for this increase.

And when the deal gets signed with the States he'll be buying more and raising the target - so will I!

Another decent surge forward. Ant guesses as to what we can expect once the Nickelodeon sign off the Peppa Pig contract?

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/Blogs/Business/?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&userId=663e03b7-da9f-4d52-8a90-7f301ad79148&plckPostId=Blog%3a663e03b7-da9f-4d52-8a90-7f301ad79148Post%3af751db8e-a81d-4869-afa1-6f657a49b196&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&postNo=3 Speculation that a large chunk of BG could be sold to the Chinese with shareholders receiving a special dividend.

I reckon that 1.9m 'sell' was a late reported buy. Anyone able to confirm?

120 looks pretty good to me. Been worth the wait so far.

Can't find anywhere that says when they are due to release any more news. I know that they changed their y/end to October but can anyone tell me when we can expect further news out?

No wonder there's interest http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201010290700072113V

Good to see that this has finally managed to breach the 60p barrier and stay there for a while. If this is kept up then onwards past 80p within a few months and breaking the 100p within a year IMHO