Category Archives for "Broadcasters"

Shrek gazumps Mickey & Murdoch

Perhaps the cunning plan was to absorb Sky while still carrying a hefty risk premium ahead of the all important Premier League (PL) football rights negotiations and then reap the benefit when these were renewed for what turned out to be -14%/-£199m pa reduction. Unfortunately, with 21st Century Fox’s (21CF) bid stranded with the UK […]

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Wazzup – 27 July 2017 – a results palooza!

A results deluge today as companies report Q2 numbers ahead of the August holidays.  Updates from RELX, ITV, DMGT, Sky, A3M, S&P Global, Amazon, Comcast, Nielsen, Solocal, Barrick, Dow Chemical, Fiat Chrysler, Eastman Chemical, BASF, Air Products, Danone and VW, to name a few.     RELX  – H1 FY17 results.   Fortunately, another steady […]

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Wazzup today in the markets – 11th May 2017

  BT Group (bt_a_l) – Q4 & FY17 results:  Markets seem finally to get the message        . Vivendi  (viv_pa) – Q1 FY17 results:  + Offer for Havas – a compliance red flag!        . NIBE Industrier AB (nibe-b_st) – Q1 FY17 results: A rebound in organic sales, but…..     […]

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Wazzup today in the markets – 10th May 2017

  ITV (itv_l) – Q FY17 IMS:   Mid-year 2017 inflection point or just wishful thinking ahead of Brexit negotiations?      . Wolters Kluwer (wkl_as) – Q1 FY17 IMS: No fireworks, but a >5% OpFCF yield = a NIRP bolt-hole Compass Group (cpg_l) – H1 FY17 results: Solid value & improving momentum .    Muted start to […]

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Wazzup? – today in the markets 27th April 2017

  Televisa (tv) – Q1 FY17 results:  Still happy to stand back and let the price come back to me          . WPP (wpp_l) – Q1 FY17 IMS (sales): Muted start to the year from US & China AMAZON.COM (amzn) – Q1 FY17 results: Q1 FY17: Markets chasing growth, albeit perhaps under-estimating […]

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Wazzup? -today in the markets 26th April 2017

  Atresmedia (a3m_mc) – Q1 FY17 results:  The cost of audience recovery.          . Daimler (dai_de) – Q1 FY17 results:  Has Daimler waited until the cyclical peak to start pumping up expectations?     . S&P Global (spgi): Q1 FY17 results:  The benefits of operational leverage on a rebounding high yield issuance […]

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Bollore parks tanks on Berlusconi’s lawn

Embroiled in litigation and a war of words over Mediaset Premium, Bollore’s has parked his proverbial tank on Berlusconi’s lawn by announcing a 2o% stake in Mediaset on the 14th December (http://www.vivendi.com/en/press/press-releases/vivendi-reached-the-20-threshold-of-mediaset/) and if he didn’t get the message, a further announcement yesterday (19th December) of his intention to take Vivendi’s stake up to 30% […]

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