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"Because it isn't their fault. The UK market has been under attack for years, the market appears to group FTSE companies into the bargain basement bucket for their own reasons"What a load of rubbish! If that is the case how come some other stocks are rising like Aviva, Imperial Brands etc?It is obvious the failure of Nick Read and the Board who has done nothing for years whilst filling their pockets. To reduce the huge debt , the least they could have done would be sell 100% of Vantage (n0t 50%) as outstanding debt is out of control. No vander the activist investor CEVIAN has given up calling VOD too slow.
Abject performer,
"Acting like day trader junkies in here, getting shivers when you see a few pence drop."
A few pense drop, wake up, it is about 20% drop!
it is huge.
What makes you wake up 50% drop? unthinkable for a major blue chip company, all the red flags should be raised. BT is also a culprit when it comes to public relations and investor satisfaction
*.....should have been
No big sells,lol
Something must be brewing up as the Friday afternoon trades show heavy buying such as :
£355k for 100.000 shares
£355k for 2x50.000 shares
£887k for 250.000 shares
£350k for 2x50.000 shares
£142k for 40.000 shares
£179k for 50.000 shares
£1 m 68k for 2x150.000 shares
£2m for 500.000 shares
Total5 million buys and no bog sells.
Hmmmm
I would not expect too much from an CEO who said recently(April 2022)
"I am delighted with our performance in 2021 which was a true testament to the hard work of all our employees," said chair and interim chief executive officer Dr Roch Doliveux.
He must be blind not to see the share price which is indicative of the company's performance.
ProxxLDM,
"...... I truly believe the west actually are behind this too. "
You should not be watching too many conspiracy videos on Youtube or stop watching Hollywood thrillers altogether.
Yes, some remarks you made are logocal (like, this war will be forgotten like others , quite naturally as time evolves, )
The West have already got a reason to hide behind the economic situation, that is Covid pandemic and this has INDEED cost financial issues for not only the West but all countries around the world, therefore no country need to start an unexpected war to justify rising prices/inflation and other economic difficulties. So, let's not start another conspiracy theory like, fake moonlanding or 9/11 inside job.
The attack on Ukrania,IN THE WAY it has being done was not expected by the West at all. They expected Russia to invade Dunbass area and quickly move to Kyiv to replace the Government, not all out war on Ukrania, which I do not see succeeding even they take tha capital Kyiv. If they do, there will be even bigger issues for Russia.
booboobooboo, you are spot on imho.
my guess is Drahi will have enough vote and say in forcing OR to become a seperate company and will buy BT/EE. He knows that he will not be allowed to buy OR. In the meantime , DT CEO mentioned couple of months ago that there will be changes in regards to DT's BT share, they will supprt Drahi in his moves.
Pfen; For that change to happen, The Board must go!
They have been proven to be incompetent for years - Dividends will not save the day, capital loss is much bigger than dividends.
Every news is bad news for VOD, Looking back I do not remember a good one for months. In the meantiem, Boards memebers will carry on with their bonuses
https://www.ft.com/tour.
DAZN, the sports streaming service owned by billionaire Sir Leonard Blavatnik, is in advanced talks to buy BT’s sports business.
An agreement between the two companies could be struck within weeks, according to multiple people with direct knowledge of the talks. It would enable the telecoms company to exit sports broadcasting and focus on expanding its 5G and full-fibre networks and developing new connectivity services.
A deal would reshape the UK broadcasting landscape after nearly a decade of rampant competition between Sky and BT in both the sports and broadband markets. DAZN has proved to be an emerging threat and this year it outbid Sky Italia for the rights to broadcast Serie A games as part of a €2.5bn deal.
The streaming company would net high-profile English Premier League games to bolster its fledgling UK business as well as rugby union, some cricket rights and niche sports including Australian Rules Football if it takes over the BT unit.
Kevin Mayer, chair of DAZN, told a media conference last week that the streaming company would ultimately “love” to have rights to the Premier League and that it was “possibly” interested in acquiring BT Sport which he described as a “great business”.
There is no certainty a deal will be struck, however, with negotiations over a number of factors including price, which could be in the region of hundreds of millions of pounds, and a licensing agreement between the two companies still under way.
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From the archive: BT blows final whistle on sport as sale talks kick off
A sale is complicated by a cross-licensing deal that BT has with Sky, meaning the satellite broadcaster has to approve the deal. The two companies have held talks over a potential change in ownership.
BT could still opt to partner with another player on sports broadcasting or keep the business in-house.
Talks have been taking place with a number of interested parties for more than six months after the telecoms company appointed investment bank Lazard to explore options for the business.
BT and DAZN declined to comment on the talks.
BT proved to be the most formidable competitor to Sky in sports broadcasting after investing more than £2bn to take the fight to the media company. Its strategy was to build a viable sports business alongside its TV service but also to defend its core broadband base against Sky, which had been offering free broadband to its sports subscribers.
It has sought to reduce the financial burden of its sports operation in recent years and under Marc
Bruce Jameson;
Left wing government????
so, do you think what BAT is doing in S. Africa is acceptable? Watch the program and then decide. BAT got away previously due to lack of evidence which does not mean they are not guilty.
Any company -particularly multinationals- applying those methods should be penalise severly so that others do not try it.
We all like our investment to grow but ignoring these facts for the sake of money is GREED
Toff and Nige;
I think you both are missing the point Jones is making which is:
Once the 5G is up and running and communication satellites of Elon Musk in place(which are put in orbit mainly for faster internet and communication all around the world), this 11b worth of fiber investment that BT
is undertaking could be out of date and wasted effort.
It is funny that Main culprits are there "the BT Board " (except CEO Philip Jansen who is proven his worth previously, fairly new and did not have a chance to make major changes yet), yet we are trying to find the reasons for share price deterioration. I have not seen any member of the board resigned and they have been sitting on their a*ses with lucrative payslips. BT TV is money draining initiative(never made profit) , any board would have either sell it, disclose it or go into partnership with ITV, Disney,Deutsche Telecom etc. Institutional shareholders expresses their dissatisfaction with situation however their is no sound on the private shareholders side (BT has one of the highest private shareholder in UK)
In short, the BT Board is there to provide a good deal to investors and they have been failing for years yet they are still there.
Strange enough, this weeks's Investor Cronical mentions the offer price as 4.60???