ERT have been surging forward on the reincarnation of Basil Brush, good performance of Barbie,more promised from fireman sam and little red tractor. Kids stuff you might say (lol)It was only a couple of weeks ago that they pulled back ffrom a bid for Chorion who own Basil's mate Noddy.No bad news , favourable figures expectd for year end sales as there must be a lot that is "Christmas related" in their products.... So why a 21% reduction in share price? in 2 weeks?? Any one know?

Further reduction in the price today seems strange , especially for ERT as they have been very good at communicating news and devlopments to the city and shareholders.Anyone know anything?

Promising news announced today. I expect a good run now this week initially to at least the 13p level.



RNS Number:2211W
Entertainment Rights PLC
08 March 2004

For immediate release 07.00 8 March 2004


Entertainment Rights Secures

Pan-European Deal for Duel Masters


Entertainment Rights plc ("Entertainment Rights") is pleased to announce that it
has secured a significant pan-European broadcast distribution contract with
Turner Broadcasting System Europe, a Time Warner Company, for its Duel Masters
animated series, for which it owns the international distribution rights.

The contract will see the Duel Masters series broadcast across Europe on the
Continent's main cartoon channels: Cartoon Network, Toonami and Boomerang
reaching at least 30 million homes.

Duel Masters - aimed atthe 7 - 11 boys market - started life as a Manga comic,
where it has gained a large following in Japan. The television series is a
combination of 2D animation with stunning visual computer generated imaging
effects by Shogakukan's highly regarded production arm, Shopro, which also
produced the hit shows Pokemon and Hamtaro.

Entertainment Rights believes that Duel Masters has significant global appeal
and that this sale will enhance its worldwide marketing potential. The Company
also believesthat securing this valuable contract is testament to Entertainment
Rights' leading position as a global media group and is a valuable addition to
its strong brand portfolio, which continues to demonstrate significant benefits
from being actively exploited.

Jane Smith, Group Commercial Director, said: "This is an important broadcast
platform deal for Entertainment Rights and is testament to the global appeal of
Duel Masters, this new television show is already causing a stir among
international broadcasters. We believe it has the potential to be the most
talked about kids' TV show of 2004.

"Cartoon Network, Toonami and Boomerang make up the number one group of
dedicated kids animation channels in Europe and this sale is a major coup in
securing the best possible broadcast platform for launching this phenomenal new
show to its target demographic. The new Duel Masters series has the potential to
be the hottest new property out of Japan since Pokemon."

-Ends-



For further information contact: -

Entertainment Rights:
Julie King or Ross Kester on 0208 762 6268/60

Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial:
David Rydell or Sarah Landgrebe on 0207 861 3232


Note to Editors

About Entertainment Rights:-

*Entertainment Rights Plc ("ER") is one of the UK's leading specialist
media groups focussed on the ownership of high quality children's and family
programming, characters and brands.

*ER owns the rights to several classic characters including Basil Brush,
Postman Pat and Little Red Tractor.

*ER has grown rapidly. Annual revenues have grown from #1.8m in 1999 to
#25.6m in 2002, the last reported financial year.

*Since 1999, when ER owned rights to just 50 hours of programming, ER's
library has grown to over 1,200 hours of high quality children's and family
programming. This includes rights to global brands such as Mattel's Barbie&
trade;, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Hasbro's Transformers, Casper the Friendly
Ghost and Felix the Cat.

About Cartoon Network:-

*Cartoon Network was 10 years old in 2003 and is celebrating an unbroken
record as the UK's number one cartoon channel. Cartoon Network is the home
of the cartoon stars and the best place for comedy, gaming and fun. On TV it
offers the best entertainment 24 hour a day from its own major hit shows
including Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo and Ed, Edd
n Eddy to top new animation The Cramp Twins and playground sensation,
Beyblade. The Cartoon Network experience is also available on its
multi-award winning website, with games on digital cable and satellite, on
mobiles via SMS and from its best selling comics.

*Since launching as a pan-European channel in 1993 Cartoon Network now has
localised services throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 11
languages, where it is available in over 33 million homes. Worldwide it is
available in 18 languages in 145 countries in more than 158 million homes
also making it the most widely distributed kids' animation channel in the
world. Channels are operated by Turner Broadcasting System Europe Limited, a
Time Warner Company.


This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END
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Took a long position in these last week.

Quite speculative, but chart looks quite nice now and has today broken up. I'm not much of a fundie, but growth forecasts are astonishing and recent newsflow simply seems to add to the story.

It is a pure punt and should be treated as such. My first target is hopefully to 18-20p area and then we'll see.

I'm a trader more than an investor so if anyone wishes to add, detract, praise or slate my decision feel free.

Al
;-)

Oh, and for God's sake DYOR!!

Should in fact be alomg the mark of 100p. I am definitely not exagerating. Compared to similar companies in this market 100p is cheap! look at Chorion. Another good news just see this one grow.

ERT is definitely going places. I'm in for a wedge first thing Monday. Been on my watch list too long. Strange to see the buys so heavily outweighing sells the last couple of days but no movement!?!

TIPPED BY SCSW THIS WEEKEND,LOTS OF BUYS TODAY,PRICE HEADING NORTH

Phenomenal buying for last little while, this has got to start motoring. Bought in twice today at 22.75p and 21.72p. That tip should add fuel to the fire.

What is SCSW?

small company share watch, very reputable tip sheet

apparently ERT has not been higher that 20p since 2001(this weeks Shares magazine)... not geting the credit it deserves I suppose. This year it has promised to have a very successful 2005. Now that it has crossed the hurdle(20p mark)I am definitely patient with this one. I also think it will do very well this year. Lets see what happens....this week perhaps.

Results due out 14th March - interesting to see if earlier IC & Share Mag recoomendations are backed up...

A whole year since this thread began. Happy Birthday! ;-)

Looking for re-entry.

Tipped by Shares Mag.Recent news sounds very positive for Monday's results.Has to reach 30p IMO.Is'nt this also a possible takeover target with such a good stable of characters aimed at young children.Look at the success of Bright Things...aimed at very young children.A captive market (the mothers,I mean!)...
The sp has'nt done much for a year,time for a breakout in an upwards direction,I hope.
Ethel

This has held up well whilst others have dropped the last few days. Today the buys exceed the sells by 4 to 1 and yet it has slipped back 3 % or so.
What am I missing?

This has stormed up today following the 2nd bidder coming in for HIT Entertainment - possible bid speculation must be impacting this heavily too

& the buys keep coming in - up about 12%

If you compare the sp of Hit,Chorion and Entertainment Rights there seems to be a discrepancy.Surely,ERT should have an sp of at least 40p,more like 60p or am I missing something?
Whatever,today's rise is a pleasant surprise that might only be a one day wonder seeing the panic mode of the market.Should I sell and make a modest profit or wait to see IF there is a takeover brewing.Chorion has dropped today,so traders don't consider it a target.Must say that a combined Hit-Entertainment Rights would have a wonderful stable of characters.

ethel
Don't sell you are right and the Sunday Mail agrees with you the sp should and will be 40p to 60p or may be a 100p were it use to be, that's why I bought in today.

This seems to be one of those companies that does'nt elicit much enthusiasm from the followers of this BB.Why not.It is undervalued and does'nt harm the environment!!
The sp has been going up nicely since Monday,nothing too dramatic,mainly small investors...target 50p?A quick profit to be made for the fearless!
The bid for Hit Entertainment can only help to keep the interest in this type of share bubbling along for the short term.

ethel
I'm with you on this and I only got in on Monday like you said the bid for Hit Entertainment makes this share look very cheap.