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Lots of stupid discussions about Dame... like before, one multiple accounts russian troll.

Pogo001....What a statement, Russian Trolls, conspiracies, fairies at the bottom of the garden, what a joke you are. Why not just let people think you are a numpty instead of posting about Russian trolls and cementing their view. You post like a person who hasn't a clue about too much so why not get over to Facebook and tell them about the Russian trolls posting on LSE about ITV. Very sad that these idiots are allowed to post, POGO your technical observations are not technical, they are your opinion and nothing more than any idiot could post about any share here or any stockmarket on the globe.

JedClampit...I was firmly behind Dame McCall for a long time and I was ready to support her through these bad times. However one cannot keep supporting a CEO who has made so many bad decisions and one who hasn't shown any enthusiasm to keep us informed on everything. Sadly she can be compared to Paula Vennels the Post Office CEO, who strangely was blind to 'seeing the wood for the trees' and she has alienated the City and all of us who hold stock in this once FTSE 100 company. Scandals, Gaffs, Ultra Wokeness have all gone toward Dame McCall's place as one of the most unpopular CEO's in the FTSE 250. Geez, just think of any FTSE company where a senior board member sells their entire shareholding prior to the sp falling 25%. Anyone not seen what Netflix management has achieved in the last 18 months, their sp is heading back to it's pre-pandemic highs so McCall will not be able to refer to them if things are worse!

Only a miracle can save McCall, that miracle being an update to say things are much better than they expected and a positively terrific report in March. If that were to happen, she may regain my backing, but atm the sp suggests that ain't gonna happen.

Cont123, are you serious no one would want the TV side? I would advise you to trawl ITV and ITVx and do the same with all the others. ITV Studios are worth more than today's Mkt Cap £2.4bn as many experts say the studios are worth £3bn.

The TV side is equally valuable, maybe more so, the production and a back catalogue of 1,000's of hours of proven comedy and drama are worth a fortune if they were for sale. So we go on to Britbox with BBC's fine addition all those programmes have never been exploited by ITV....anyone here know that reruns of US shows such as 'Seinfeld' 'Hawai Five O' 'Starsky and Hutch' turn in millions today as they go out all over the world. ITV have a treasure chest but not one bright person doing anything about it. No sir! ITV as a whole and as a going concern with all of it's undervalued goodwill and assets would be snapped up in a minute by Netflix, Amazon, Apple and a bunch of European entities. What you don't seem to understand is an ITV takeover would have to have Government approval and that stops a lot of action happening.

Remember that Murdoch was blocked and at the time he had access by agreement from funds to a majority of the shares. Today I agree it may be slightly different for a predator, but you had better believe the company at £2.4 billion Mkt Cap could go for £10 billion if it was just a case of buying it.

Yes, it's time for a boardroom cull, a shakeout, a spring clean. Lots of investors have lost lots of dough and still the whiners haven't caught on. McCall has to go, she is bad luck, bad news and bad business. There is no hope with her at wheel, she has driven it into the ground. Oh Solley it's spelled 'difference' no A in it, nor on your spelling mark!

ITV shareholders have had enough of Dame McCall, how many chances has she had since 2018. Over 5 years of mismanagement, gaffs, zero communication, board members selling huge shareholdings, scandals and last but not least a share price that has seen the company firmly in the penny share dept. And still we have the defenders and enablers ready to ignore a tenure that has been a disaster. All I can say, if you think McCall has done ok, you should pack up investing your money in shares as you haven't got a clue!

Forgot to add, Good Morning Britain's viewers went from over a million to 400k in a fortnight, the City looked at that and were appalled and then she carried on making more gaffs......Mr Bates has given her a bit of kudos but one swallow doesn't make a summer and from my TV contacts Mr Bates was a pure fluke and certainly not down to Mccall's nous in commissioning drama!

From the posts on this ITV thread and feedback from ITV investors there are hundreds of us who want Dame McCall to go asap, she did a Liz Truss in March 2022 which saw a 50% loss in the share price. The City and fund managers don't like ITV and they do not like the CEO, she has proved in by her gaffs, scandals and lack of acumen that she is an overpaid failure who should have gone 18 months ago. It was on the cards when she let Morgan because she received a phone call from the modern day Wallace Simpson that Piers had called her a liar......yes folks this dimwit let Morgan go on the demands of a z rate ham actor who without doubt handles the truth awkwardly as the Queen commented. Can shareholders organize a petition, I am advised the press would be interested.

Oh yes, forgot to add the profit on the Radcliffe share sale was possibly far more than any of you ordinary mortals will ever make on a share trade, because I would wager that those shares were free and came without even stamp duty as the gift of shares is exempt from stamp duty.

When you clowns on here stop the petty arguments and see the seriousness of ITV's head of streaming selling his stake in the company before the share price goes into a dive, you might prioritise your concerns with ITV. Shareholders on other blogs and major city players followed Radcliffe's action and sold this dog too. When ITV touched a low of 58.17p on the 17th January Radcliffe could have bought back in making 17p a share profit. And all you clowns can crow about is woke and misogyny. Woke means awake which not many of you clowns are, apologies tom the few who did e-mail ITV, but the rest of you seem not to care much about seriously shady sharedealings going on at the top of ITV.

McCall should resign with immediate effect, reward for failure is rife at ITV and that is why the share price is down by 60% since 2022. Questions concerning Radcliffe should be directed by the FCA.

It was not inside trading. It probably does speak to the idea that RR was not happy with the direction of travel at that time - a view shared by many here IMO - but I would not make such a statement unless I was sure of such things. Then I would address it through proper channels, not on a chat board.

LWHL...So Radcliffe isn't happy and sells his entire shareholding of ITV the company that pays his huge salary. What isn't Rufus Radcliffe happy about that makes this man sell his stake inn the company. How would he explain his actions to the FCA regarding a transaction so large as to have tongues wagging in the City. Although you may accept this type of behaviour from a a member of ITV's Board of Directors, he should resign his position immediately or explain how he thought that such an action was good for the market and the company. For any of you who think like me and agree that ITV should issue a statement, read the following from the FCA.

I e-mailed Dame McCall with my concerns about the company, I also e-mailed Investor Relations, no response from either

and that alone shows that McCall has no interest in ITV's small investors. Either she or Radcliffe should resign, but these fat cats live in the world of their own. McCall is taking the accolades for 'Mr Bates v Post Office' while sitting inn the chair of a company many would say is as corrupt as the Post Office and has contempt for the thousands of small shareholders who have seen their ITV investment crash. Please Dame McCall, resign asap, it's the only hope we have.

Https://www.handbook.fca.org.uk/handbook/MAR/1/3.html

ITV head of streaming Mr Rufus Radcliffe held near a million ITV shares. Last August Mr Rufus Radcliffe sold his entire holding at 75p a share, or 25% plus more than they stood at close today. Yet not one of you on this LSE thread has ever made a post on the subject. So a board member who answers to Dame Wokey Mccall jumps ship selling out hasn't registered with you lot. Sure ITV is a dog, it's not on a lead waiting to run, it's an old dog grey on the muzzle that is currently having the longest kip inn history. Insider trader for a start might spark some of you nursing huge losses, but not a peep...stop whining and send e-mails to those in charge, are you all frightened to speak up!

59.80p to end a week when they got 12 million viewers and had all the papers saying Bates v the PO was the best drama in years. Had the whole country talking and what did we hear from ITV......silence as per usual! The art of self promotion is dead...................had Mr Bates been on the BBC, they would have been shouting from the rooftops what great value the licence fee is and how great is the Beeb.

WimTom, thought you might be a Trumpanzee, your posts are dumb enough to be MAGA...God help the world if the dumbest of the dumb yanks vote in that orange blether of lard Trump. Say bye to NATO and hello to Russia and China being let loose...Ukraine, Estonia, Taiwan and the end of the world. Those of us who value Europe pray in 2024 Trump is in a suit to match his face...ORANGE!!!

Ninshy, I am glad you ponder over my posts so much you count how many times I have used woke. Ironic isn't it!!

Sorry mate, but Nigel Farage is a clown, much as I want McCall and Lygo to sling their hooks, anyone who thinks Farage is some sort of Warren Buffett is as nutty as he is. As for Brexit, it's a disaster, let's cut out all the nonsense about remoaners v brexiteers or keep using the word 'woke' who nobody knows the meaning of. Get real, Farage is a blowhard, Brexit has been a disaster and ITV need a new BOD!

Let us all hope that 2024 sees the back of Farage, Trump, Putin, Netanyahu, Hamas and last but not least McCall and Lygo!

Merry Xmas

The UK sector have all outperformed ITV, can't see a share that has fallen over 60%. The US sector has recovered as Netflix fell to $1.75 in June last year and are today $4.60 and most of the others fell and have recovered....anyways there is little point in trying to criticise McCall to people on here, they seem happy with their lot. ITV is the worst performing share in my portfolio and you all should be calling for McCall to go. This share needs to rise 175% from here to get to where it was in 2018 when Dame Woke was appointed. I guarantee the sp would rise 15p on her resignation!

An interesting piece for 2024.

Https://features.alixpartners.com/media-entertainment-predictions-2024/

Hi tom, you keep coming out with the same old thing. Get rid of the Dame and the SP will be back at £1, why will it.???

Why will the sp rise if McCall is replaced. It's coming up six years and she hasn't achieved anything! ITV became a dud share due to the inaction of management, late to streaming, ultra woke, behind the times and seen as boring by younger people. In my opinion there are better media people out there, ITV needs new blood, Dame McCall is a boring, behind the times surrounded by a board who live in the past. It's not a question of 'if' it's now a question of 'when' will they get rid of her.....I have heard that behind the scenes things are unsettled and that her days are numbered!

What has the Dame done that is so very wrong?...apart from getting rid of Piers Morgan (good riddance I say), although I seem to remember that he walked out on the show & quit. wrote bald eagle

Bald eagle, what time are you due back on the planet from Cloud Cuckoo land? I am not going to list her gaffes and bad decisions, there are just too many. God only knows how she is still there...Radcliffe the ITV had of streaming sold his entire holding in late August at 75p, he could buy them back tomorrow for 25% less than the £600k he sold for. Are you getting the picture why this company has no fans. Maybe you just don't get it! but please don't post a defence of McCall, she doesn't give a hoot for the long suffering ITV loyalists like you.

ITV under the stewardship of Dame Carolyn McCall has been a disaster. When Dame McCall started as CEO of ITV the share price stood at £1.67 against Friday's close of a penny share pathetic 60.90p or a fall of nearly 70%. Or to put it into terms of what rise is required to put those who were long ITV in January 2018, ITV needs to rise 175% from the lowly 60.90p it stood at on Friday at 4.35pm.

Possibly ITV is one of the worst performing shares in the FTSE 250 and with McCall as boss we may well find ourselves in the FTSE 350. What a disgrace she has heaped on the company, when people named her 'Dame Woke' of Cloud Cuckoo Land, friend and brown nose of Megan Markle and Prince Ginger snaps, a woman who thinks ITV is her Woke platform to show how not to run a TV company. Dame, please go, nobody but your woke admirers will miss you.

McCall has done nothing in over 5 years except make ITV shrink to the minnow it is today in a shark filled pond. She has been a disaster, would McCall supporters feel the same way toward a bank, or a friend or business partner who had lost them over 60% of their investment. McCall was late to the parade with streaming, she has made ITV so woke many viewers are turned off. She let Piers Morgan walk because Megan Markle complained and that alone cost ITV 500k viewers, she slipped up badly with Schofield, she wiped 40% off the share price with the badly mistimed ITVx announcement in March 2022 and that's just a few of the gaffs this Jonah has made.

Gaff after gaff and still these loyal McCall followers resist getting shot of her, what planet are they on.