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Can anyone direct me towards a statement by the Cornhill consortium which details their alternative plan. I am only able to locate objections to the PMG deal but no constructive alternatives. Thanks in advance
PRINT and marketing group Communisis said that trading during the first three months of 2013 is in line with management expectations. The group said its broad range of services is helping it to gain custom in the UK market and several of its most recently won contracts are now up and running. The international business is also expanding, particularly in the consumer goods sector, where it sees good long-term potential for growth. During the period, the group raised £20m in an oversubscribed equity placing. The proceeds have been earmarked for investment in new contracts, restructuring costs, small acquisitions and working capital. The firm said it will issue a detailed update on its progress in results in early August. Communisis recently won a three-year contract with Yorkshire Building Society to produce all of the lender’s direct mail. It will also manage the Yorkshire’s point of sale branch material and provide access to a marketing technology platform for future campaigns. Communisis, which has its registered office in Leeds, said the new contract will strengthen its presence in the mutual sector where it now works for all of the top ten UK building societies. The group also announced a three-year contract with Thames Water to produce a clearer bill which is being produced on the HP T400 high-speed colour digital platform at the group’s transactional centre of excellence in Liverpool.
I sold out at twice this price and lost money but certainly glad I did. The directors are either totally incompetent "or worse" - Just popped back to see if I made a mistake by selling Sorry to see you guys suffering so much but good luck. ATB
As this company deals internaiionally and mainly in dollars I am still strugling to understand the exchange rate losses - it should have been a positive. The whole deal smells dsitinctly fishy to me.
after 12 montths of feeling this share was underpriced - now this - Have sold all 12500 shares this and moving on this is just ridiculous, All the best guys, hope it bounces for you.
Just goes from positive to positive what an investment !!!
MIPCOM report out this morning http://uk.advfn.com/news/UKREG/2012/article/54585686
Hold your breath !!!
2013 will be the year of DQE. The amount of activity here is amazing. How it stays below the radar is a mystery. The progress is not going un noticed you can be absolutely sure, one day very soon this share will rocket. Don't be surprised if we finish 2013 at £1.50 per share. ATB
Please don`t tempt fate that a++++ole will be back making a nuisance of himself again !!! All the best
DQ Entertainment plc (AIM: DQE), the global entertainment, production and distribution group, is pleased to announce that it is continuing to deliver new productions and has signed several new licensing and merchandising deals during the quarter ended 30 September 2012. These are summarised in turn below. DQE has successfully delivered 5 new TV productions:
http://investors.dqentertainment.com/news-item?item=808263452989994 Broadcasting and distribution agreements Broadcaster Show Territory TeleQuebec Lassie Canada -------------------------- ------------------- TeleQuebec Jungle Book 2 Canada -------------------------- ------------------- Sun TV Little Prince 2 India & Sri Lanka -------------------------- ------------------- Sun TV Little Nick 2, India & Sri Lanka -------------------------- ------------------- Fatahallah Films Feluda TV feature & Series Middle East -------------------------- ------------------- Fatahallah Films Donkey Ollie Middle East -------------------------- ------------------- Fatahallah Films Iron Man 2 Middle East -------------------------- ------------------- ABC Australia Casper 2 Australia -------------------------- ------------------- TIGA Casper 2 Thailand -------------------------- ------------------- TIGA Iron Man 2 Thailand -------------------------- ------------------- Turner Omkar 3 Indian subcontinent -------------------------- ------------------- Disney USA Jungle Book USA -------------------------- -------------------
Should be some good news in about ten days the following came after last year's MIPCOM, MIPCOM 2011, Cannes Update DQ Entertainment plc (AIM:DQE), the global entertainment production and distribution group, today announces that it has successfully agreed a number of co-production and distribution deals at MIPCOM, Cannes, the world's annual entertainment and content market. TV Series '5 and IT': DQE are the lead producers of the 52 x 11 - 3D CGI animated TV series '5 and IT', aimed at children aged 6-10 years old. JCCTV and Nickelodeon India have acquired the broadcasting rights for the new series in 22 countries. The series will be co-produced by ZDF Enterprises, Germany, Canada based Yowza Digital Inc and Luxembourg based Fabrique D'Image. This completes the €8.6 million global budget funding to produce the series within 19 months for global release. Tapaas Chakravarti, Chairman and CEO of DQE commented: "This TV new series will be produced as a high quality 3D series and will appeal to kids worldwide. The new partnership with Yowza Digital and Fabrique D'Image will add significant production and creative expertise and the pan-European nature of this co-production agreement has created new horizons for our Group." Licensing and Distribution Deals: Strategic acquisition deals concluded with several broadcasters : · Acquisition deal concluded with Global TV, Indonesia to broadcast multiple properties including the 3D TV Series 5 and IT (52X11'), Iron Man season 2 (52X11') and Casper season 2 (52X11') in Indonesia over a period of 4 years. Global TV has approximately 30 transmission sites encompassing some 200 cities and towns across Indonesia. · TV licensing deal with ATV Turkey for the acquisition of Lassie & Friends (52 x11') and the new season of 3D Galactik Football (26x22) for broadcast in Turkey. ATV is part of Turkuvaz Media Group, and distributes content to more than 70 countries worldwide. · Home distribution deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment Films, India ("SPE") for The Jungle Book and Iron Man and Indian TV features Feluda, Ravan, Balkand and Omkar. SPE will distribute the animations [for home video] in India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Tibet. The revenue share will be split 50:50. · Exclusive broadcasting agreement with Sun TV Network Ltd for two of DQE's 3D TV Series: The Little Prince (26X22") and Little Nick (52X11'). · Bimnambom, an Israeli based promotions company has obtained the rights to use the Jungle Book trademark and logo for promotion at festivals and shows in Israel while DuMont Kalenderverlag GmbH & Co, Germany has acquired a 3 year right to manufacture and sell calendars in the region of Germany, Austria, Switzerland. · Publishing rights under a 3 year agreement with the B. Jain group of companies,
It must surely be time for some movement in anticipation of the results due an a couple of months - or are we so under the radar we will go un notced until the results are released. Perhaps an update next couple of weeks in relation to this year's Cannes festival will set the ball rolling. Very frustrating this share - glad to be in MAGP as well or would probably have died of boredom by now. lol.
This guy tieah is a nuisance, he is adding nothing but tripe to this board, can we just start to ignore him - this is discouraging serious posters. We all know where tis share is heading we have no need for this type of inane wind up merchant. Best regards as always
"The demand for our services remains strong and we continue to develop an extremely healthy pipeline for our services across production, licensing and distribution activities. Therefore we are confident that the Group remains on track to meet market expectations for the current financial year. We look forward to updating the market on our continued progress later in the year." This is born out with , Burger King, Disney, SMC Entertainment Group, all great rns.
Distribution and licensing revenues increased 120% from US$4.9m to US$10.8m due to substantial Jungle Book related revenues of US$4.2m (2011: US$0.7m) as well as broadcast sales of our Indian IP "Feluda" and is in line with our core strategies described above. This growth is further evidence that the Board's strategy to co-produce IPs and develop its own content for commercialisation was correct. However production revenues declined by $3.9m during the period as a result of delays in commissioning of some of the new projects and deliberate stoppage of production activity in order to recover overdue payments from the customers. The Group's order book remains healthy, at US$168.2m, a 50% increase compared with the US$112m at 31 March 2011. Against this robust performance, the Board are comfortable that revenue growth from co-productions, service orders, own IP and licensing and distribution sales will be maintained in the next financial year. The increase in profits was due to higher margins earned from increased distribution revenues and reduced cost of outsourcing as all projects were produced in-house, whereas in previous years, some of the production work had to be outsourced for want of capacity.
During the year, we have successfully concluded and delivered 11 TV series and television features, which are already being broadcast in prominent networks and territories worldwide. In addition, we have commenced productions of 7 new international television series which are being co-produced with our global partners and broadcasters. Our local presence has been further consolidated with a third season of Omkar with Turner (Cartoon Networks )- Asia, a second season of Keymon TV series and Keymon TV Feature with Nickelodeon, India. During the year, DQE has signed 5 new international production / co-production deals. The Jungle Book has continued to gain traction with merchandisers across the globe and we have entered into 26 new Jungle Book merchandising agreements during the year. In addition, we have also entered into more than 25 new broadcasting deals for several of our IPs including The Jungle Book, Peter Pan, Iron Man, Charlie Chaplin and Little Nick.
Pictet are an asset manager and have their own agenda - at the time of the previously mentioned announcement they were in the process of setting up a new division in the middle east and many changes were being made. The movement of investment in no way reflected on the performance of DQE. Latest Results from Annual Report 31/03/12 31/03/11 Turnover (£m) 2011 - 28.25m 2012 - 29.57m Pre-tax Profit (£m) 2011 - 5 .54m 2012 - 6.14m EPS (Norm Dil.) ( p) 2011 - 7 .61p 2012 - 11.4p DQE are moving ahead at a speed and quality rarely seen in AIM companies, we are keenly looking forward to the next financial statements in little over 60 days from now. There will possibly be a further update on the company perfomance about mid September in relation to this year's Cannes. Nothing but good news here. I suggest every one takes a refresher look at recent rns in relation to Burger King, Disney and especially at the full accounts of DQE · EBITDA up 30.7% at US$ 22.4 m (2011: US$ 17.2 m)* · Order book currently at US$ 168.2(2011: US $ 112m)** · Cash and cash equivalents of US$ 12.4 m Best regards to all
P.S. My average is 39 so not ramping either - very happy and waiting. Regards