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Dori Media Group - Growing Fast (DMG)     

PapalPower - 10 Aug 2007 03:38

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Web Site : http://www.dorimedia.com


Dori Media Group (DMG) is active in the international television market, specializing in the various business aspects of the Telenovela genre. The Group's business model focuses on a number of distinct but complementary businesses, each generating income independently: producing and distributing Telenovela; operating television channels; and selling related merchandise, thus creating a synergistic business group.


Broker Forecasts : DS

2007 EPS = 15.3p
2008 EPS = 22.13p


Major Shareholders (Shares in issue 20,403,727) :

Mapal Eden Telenobles Ltd. 7,770,161 (38.08%)
Miella Venture Partners inc. 4,261,303 (20.88%)
Mr. Yair Dori 3,245,000 (15.90%)
B.F Holdings GmbH 970,000 (4.75%)



PapalPower - 10 Aug 2007 03:38 - 6 of 28

GCI BUY rating earlier this year :

http://www.growthcompany.co.uk/recommendations/255250/dori-media-cleaning-up-in-soaps.thtml

Dori Media cleaning up in soaps - BUY

Companies: DMG

01/05/2007

Soaps (of the TV variety) are something you either love or hate. But if you think EastEnders is down-market, you should try the telenovelas popular with teenagers in Latin America. Fortunately for Dori Media, it looks as if much of Asia and Eastern Europe is catching the telenovela bug, too.




Dori is an Israeli company traded on AIM, which produces, distributes, broadcasts and merchandises telenovelas and has long operated its own soap channel in Israel. International sales, however, are the growth area. Last year, broadcasting and format rights sales doubled, and international sales accounted for nearly three-quarters of the total (up 46 per cent from the previous year).

Dori launched its own channel in Indonesia (Televiva Vision 2) and achieved breakthrough sales in Spain, Germany and Eastern Europe. With turnover now split roughly equally between Israel, Latin America and Europe, Dori can rightly claim that telenovelas have become a global market.

The stock market has woken up to Dori and the shares have been among the strongest performers on AIM over recent weeks but at the current 177.5p, there is certainly further to go with Dori still trading at a discount to the TV production sector when many would argue they should be trading at a premium.

Dori has a library of 3,500 hours of telenovelas and added around 800 hours in 2006. Reporting in dollars, it trebled profits last year to $5.1 million (2.75 million) and it looks like lifting the total by at least $2 million (1 million) in 2007 as launch losses in Indonesia fall away. That would throw up earnings of between 15p and 16p per share, valuing the business on a forward p/e of no more than 11.8 times earnings a substantial discount to competitors. The shares could add a further 50 per cent and still not look pricey in comparison with most of the other independent quoted TV production companies.

Dori is likely to expand its own broadcasting operations with the launch of new channels in Europe and Asia over the next couple of years. That will doubtless restrain profits growth. The Indonesian channel lost $1.5 million (750,000) in its first year but the City is likely to take that into account and look at the underlying numbers. Dori is an exceptional growth stock in an attractive sector and the shares are a buy.

PapalPower - 10 Aug 2007 03:39 - 7 of 28

Daniel Stewart comment on 16th July 07 :

Broker comment:-

Dori Media - BUY

Price: 153p Target price: 253p Code: DMG.L Analyst: James Hollins | 020 7776 6571

Significant contract win, target upgrade

* Dori Media has announced that it has set up a new subsidiary, Dori Media Spike, to operate TV channels for Israel�s largest multi-channel platform, HOT. This is a substantial contract win and we are upgrading our FY08 forecasts and increasing our target price from 230p to 253p (65% potential upside).
* Dori Media Spike is 75% owned by Dori Media (remainder owned by Spike 2 K Communications) and will produce and operate HOT�s premium movie channels as well as other new and existing channels. HOT has a c.64% market share in Israel and is the sole Israeli cable operator.
* This agreement should dramatically increase Dori�s profile, providing direct access to the Hollywood studios, as well as enhancing cross-sell opportunities, notably into Dori�s dubbing and subtitling subsidiary.
* The three-year agreement should drive estimated total sales of between $52.5m and $67.5m ($17.5-22.5m annually).
* The contract is scheduled to commence on 1 January 2008 and we are therefore increasing our FY08 group revenue forecast by 50% (+$20.0m) from $40.3m to $60.3m.
* The new business is lower margin, but is forecast to increase group PBT in FY08 by 18% ($11.2m vs $9.5m). We are increasing our FY08 earnings estimate from 37.7c to 44.5c (+18%).
* On this basis, the shares are standing at 10.0x FY07E and 6.9x FY08E. This materially undervalues the group�s existing operations, as well as the strength of the three-year contract win announced this morning.
* We are upgrading our price target from 230p to 253p (+10%, target multiple of 11.4x FY08E) and retain our Buy recommendation.

PapalPower - 10 Aug 2007 03:52 - 8 of 28

HY end is June 30th.
FY end is Dec 31st.

Interims will be due before Sept 30th, and if the past is a reference to future, Interims were last year on August 15th, so potentially the same again this year ?

PapalPower - 11 Aug 2007 03:53 - 9 of 28

http://www.accoladecompetition.org/PDF_Press/Accolade_06_10_07.pdf


Best of Show Winners - Television

Carlos Florez, Paramount, music video, is a surrealistic representation of revolution to overcome political and social oppression. Hip hop music framed against a minimalist cityscape with smoke, factories and industries representing oppression and domination unable to defy the desire of
freedom to arise. Shot entirely in green screen and composed with 2D and 3D in post-production. (2007)

Dori Media Group (Israel), The Shelter (El Refugio), television drama series, is a youth oriented soap opera set in Argentina. Its the highly energetic story of five teenagers with different personalities and from different backgrounds who meet to save an abandoned theatre as they advance their passion for music. Its slated to have 143 episodes. (2007)

PapalPower - 13 Aug 2007 09:17 - 10 of 28

Looks like they are going to walk it back up, after walking it down.


Better description of DMG as below :


Dori Media Group (DMG) operates in the international media and television market, producing and distributing TV series focusing on telenovelas, owning and operating television channels, and selling related merchandise.

DMG produces telenovelas in Latin America and in Israel, distributes its telenovelas in more than 50 countries, owns and operates three TV channels dedicated to telenovelas two in Israel and one in Indonesia and creates merchandising and ancillary business for telenovela series. In addition, DMG owns a growing library of telenovela series, totaling over 3,500 TV hours.

The telenovela is a serialized, fictional melodrama format for television, generally between 120 to 320 episodes of six to 15 months duration before reaching a climactic close. Although part of Latin American television culture, the telenovela format is successfully exported to many countries and is very popular with local audiences. The genre is particularly popular with children and youth audiences and provides many opportunities for merchandising and other complementary business.

DMG operates from offices in Israel, Switzerland, Argentina, the Philippines and Singapore.

Israel : VIVA, DMG's main television channel in Israel, is the fifth most popular television channel in Israel, according to actual viewing audience share and total rating. According to the same criteria, it is also the second most popular among all cable and satellite channels available in Israel. Viva's weekend supplement pay channel, "Viva Platina," is enjoying growing popularity as part of cable and satellite entertainment packages.

Darset (50%-held) produces locally originated telenovela and drama series sold to Israeli television channels and to an Israeli television channel in the US. Darset produces only presold telenovelas. Darset's telenovelas are distributed worldwide by Dori Media Distribution GmbH, DMG's distribution arm.

Worldwide : DMG produces telenovelas and purchases worldwide rights to two main categories of telenovelas from a number of Argentinian-based production houses: those aimed at mixed audiences and those aimed at youth and children audiences. To date, DMG has acquired rights to 17 telenovela titles, comprising approximately 2,700 episodes that have been sold to TV stations in 50 countries worldwide. Broadcasting rights are sold by DMG separately to free-to-air and to subscription-based television services. In addition, DMG owns and operates Televiva Vision2, a telenovela dedicated TV channel in Indonesia via Indovisions DBS platform. In April 2006, DMG began broadcasting Baby TV Vision 3 on Indovision.

In June 2006, Dori Media launched its 100%-owned international distribution arm, Dori Media Distribution GmbH (DMD), giving the company complete global control over its sales chain.

In November, 2006, driven by the growing need to adapt video content to local languages, Dori Media established a joint venture with OT studios, an audio and video translation, dubbing, subtitling and duplication company. The jointly owned company, DMO (51%-held), focuses on the synchronizing, subtitling and duplication activities of DMG and other clients both locally and worldwide.

PapalPower - 16 Aug 2007 10:37 - 11 of 28

DORI MEDIA GROUP

DORI MEDIA LAUNCHES FIRST YOUTUBE BRANDED TELENOVELA CHANNELS

Dori Media Group ('DMG' or 'the Group'), the international media company active in the field of television, with a focus on production, distribution, broadcasting and merchandising of Telenovela, announces that it has partnered with YouTube to launch three branded channels on the popular video-sharing website and make some of its exclusive content available for the YouTube community. Dori Media International GmbH, fully owned subsidiary of DMG islaunching

http://www.youtube.com/telenovela,

http://www.youtube.com/rebelde

and

http://www.youtube.com/nataliaoreiro

which are the first channels dedicated to telenovela on YouTube.

With its library of over 4,000 hours of telenovela content and as a leading international distributor of telenovela series such as 'Rebelde Way' (sold to over 50 countries) and 'Sos Mi Vida' (sold to 40 countries in less than six months), Dori Media Group has exclusive materials which are now available online for all fans of telenovelas worldwide including trailers, most memorable scenes, unseen footage of concerts, both on-screen and behind-the-scene footage, special interviews with telenovela stars, out-takes and other videos.

Dori Media Group will provide new content for the sites, which will be updated every day. The Group joins other broadcasters such as NBC, CBS, Warner Bros. and BBC who have also added their content on the popular site.

YouTube users have the ability to comment on Dori Media's videos, rate them, recommend them to friends and post their own video responses to communicate with other viewers. The new branded channels also include links to Dori Media's official website.

Nadav Palti, President and CEO of Dori Media Group, commented: 'Dori Media Group is pleased to be the first to launch three telenovela channels in partnership with YouTube. By providing our content online, we are able to reach telenovela fans wherever they are and promote our TV series to an even larger number of viewers, in particular to our significant teenage audience. This fits in well with our strategy to use new media platforms to grow our offering and bring our audiences together and put in direct contact with our shows.'

*T
For further information on Dori Media Group, please visit our website on

http://www.dorimedia.com

or contact:

Dori Media Group Ltd. Shared Value Limited
Nadav Palti, CEO & President Nicolas Duperrier,
Tel: +972 3 7684000 / +972 54 4236828 Investor & Media relations
info@dorimedia.com
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7321 5010
dmg@sharedvalue.net

Daniel Stewart & Company Plc Lindsay Mair
Nominated Adviser and Broker
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7776 6550 *T

Dori Media Group is an international entertainment group active in the production, distribution and broadcasting of Telenovela. The group owns and sells high-loyalty TV content and branded merchandise attracting a wide variety of audiences in over 45 countries. In Israel, Dori Media Group owns and operates the 'Viva' dedicated TV channels and 'Darset Productions Ltd' production company. Dori Media Group also operates the 'Televiva Vision 2' TV channel in Indonesia. Dori Media Group is controlled by Mapal Communications Ltd, one of Israel's largest communications company. Dori Media Group is publicly traded on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange. The Company's ticker symbol is 'DMG'.

PapalPower - 17 Aug 2007 07:07 - 12 of 28

More good news :

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=20070817070000Z9605

DORI MEDIA GROUP


DORI MEDIA OPENS NEW SUBSIDIARY
IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND APPOINTS JOSE ESCALANTE AS ITS CEO AND AS
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER OF DORI MEDIA
DISTRIBUTION

Dori Media Group ('DMG' or 'the Group'), the international media company active in the field of television, with a focus on production, distribution, broadcasting and merchandising of Telenovela, today announces the opening of a new subsidiary called Dori Media America Inc. (DMA), located in Miami (USA), as part of its strategy to grow Telenovela sales and in response to increasing demand for Telenovela in America, and specifically in the US market. DMA will focus on marketing and distributing DMG's library of Telenovelas to US media partners, including major broadcasters who have recently shown a growing interest in the Telenovela TV genre.

Mr. Jose Escalante, a well-known figure in the global Telenovela and media industry, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of DMA and President / General Manager of Dori Media Distribution GmbH (DMD), the subsidiary of DMG responsible for the global Telenovela distribution of DMG, with immediate effect. In addition to DMD's existing worldwide sales personnel, Mr. Jose Escalante will be assisted at DMA's offices in Miami by a team of approximately 10 executives with significant experience in Telenovela sales.

Mr. Escalante himself has over 20 years' experience selling Telenovela formats and series to broadcasters around the world, and was previously Vice-President and General Manager of RCTV International, the distribution agent of Venezuela's No.1 programming producer and network RCTV and Channel 13 from Chile.. Mr. Escalante also has a successful track record introducing the Telenovela genre in new territories.

As CEO of DMA, Mr. Escalante's role will include marketing the Group's Telenovelas to US broadcasters and partners, developing strategic partnerships for the distribution of Telenovelas and formats, as well as developing cooperative agreements with large broadcasters and merchandising companies to increase sales of Telenovela-branded products such as music CDs, DVDs and videos. As President and General Manager of DMD, Mr. Escalante will also supervise the management of the worldwide distribution of Telenovelas.

Nadav Palti, President and CEO of Dori Media Group, commented: 'We are delighted to welcome Jose Escalante to Dori Media Group and to launch our new subsidiary DMA in Miami. This strategic opening in the US, coupled with the invaluable experience brought by Jose and his team, will enable us to enhance our distribution scale and strategic network in the US market. The power of Telenovelas and the loyalty they generate are very strong in the US both in the Hispanic and non-Hispanic markets, in many cases generating higher prime-time ratings than other programs on US TV channels. This is an exciting opportunity for Dori Media to establish itself as a partner of choice for US broadcasters.

-0-
*T
For further information on Dori Media Group, please visit our website on www.dorimedia.com or contact:

Dori Media Group Ltd.
Nadav Palti, CEO & President
Tel: +972 3 7684000 / +972 54 4236828
info@dorimedia.com

Shared Value Limited,
Nicolas Duperrier,
Investor & Media relations,
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7321 5010
dmg@sharedvalue.net

Daniel Stewart & Company Plc
Lindsay Mair
Nominated Adviser and Broker
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7776 6550
*T

Dori Media Group is an international entertainment group active in the production, distribution and broadcasting of Telenovela. The group owns and sells high-loyalty TV content and branded merchandise attracting a wide variety of audiences in over 45 countries. In Israel, Dori Media Group owns and operates the 'Viva' dedicated TV channels and 'Darset Productions Ltd' production company. Dori Media Group also operates the 'Televiva Vision 2' TV channel in Indonesia. Dori Media Group is controlled by Mapal Communications Ltd, one of Israel's largest communications company. Dori Media Group is publicly traded on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange. The Company's ticker symbol is 'DMG'.

PapalPower - 17 Aug 2007 16:38 - 13 of 28

Should be results next week, so the market will have some hard data to chew on then.

jimmy b - 17 Aug 2007 16:46 - 14 of 28

PP ,this was top rec in Quantum Leap tip sheet a few months ago.

PapalPower - 17 Aug 2007 19:29 - 15 of 28

Thanks for the info jimmy.

I would estimate results around the 21st, so perhaps that will trigger a rerating.

PapalPower - 21 Aug 2007 07:41 - 16 of 28

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=20070821070000Z9805

DORI MEDIA GROUP


INTERIM RESULTS FOR THE 6 MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2007

Dori Media Group ('DMG' or 'Dori Media'), the international media company active in the field of television, with a focus on production, distribution, broadcasting and merchandising of Telenovela, today announced its interim results in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the first half of 2007.

First Half 2007 - demonstrating consistent revenue growth

-- Group Revenue up 32% to US$12.7 million (US$9.65 million)

-- Gross Profit up 36% to US$9.2 million (US$6.75 million)

-- EBITDA up 8% to US$4.4 (US$4.06)

-- Operating Profit up 9% and reached US$2.5 million (US$2.3 million)

-- Profit before taxes on income increased by 12% to US$2.4 million (US$2.1 million)

-- Total Equity stands at US$23.9 million

-- Net Cash inflow from operating activities up 37% to US$2.28 million (US$1.67 million)

Operating Highlights

-- Merchandising, Video and music CD ancillary business nearly doubled from US$2.6 million to US$5.0 million;

-- Telenovela broadcasting and format right sales up 5% to US$5.27 million (US$5.0 million);

-- International sales accounted for 73% of total sales in H1 2007 while representing 68% of total revenues in H1 2006;

-- Sales of US$2.6 Million of Telenovelas at MIPTV audiovisual content market in Cannes (France) with an additional US$3.68 Million in contractual options;

-- Increased its stake in Darset Productions, Israel's largest and most successful Telenovela production house, to 50% following the acquisition of 24.83% of Serendipity Content and Holdings' shares in Darset - reinforcing DMG's control of the Telenovela market in Israel;

-- Extension of agreement with 'HOT', the biggest multi channel platform in Israel, for extended carriage of its two Telenovela channels: VIVA and VIVA Platina;

Recent Developments

-- Dori Media Spike awarded a 3-year contract of between US$17.5 million to US$22.5 million a year commencing 1 January 2008, totaling US$52.5 million to US$67.5 million for 3 years, to run the Movie and General Entertainment Channels on 'HOT', a leading cable platform boasting subscriptions with the majority of Israeli households;

-- Launch and marketing of new Telenovela, 'Lalola', in Argentina, which has already been sold to 10 broadcasters and producers from France, Russia, Mexico, Albania, Chile and Ecuador;

-- Launch of the first online Telenovela channels in partnership with Google's YouTube. DMG launched three branded channels on the popular video-sharing website and make some of its exclusive content available for the YouTube community;

-- DMG opened a new subsidiary in the United States of America in Miami called Dori Media America (DMA) with Jose Escalante appointed as CEO;

Outlook

-- Favorable outlook for full year 2007, with anticipated revenue growth from the opening of DMA, the Group's new subsidiary in the USA, and the launch of new shows including 'Lalola' in the second half of the year.

PapalPower - 21 Aug 2007 08:33 - 17 of 28

Daniel Stewart Comment Today :

Dori Media - BUY
Price: 164p Target price: 253p Code: DMG.L Analyst: James Hollins | 020 7776 6571

Positive interims

Dori has reported H1 sales growth of 32% ($12.7m vs $9.7m), driven largely by a 92.8% rise in merchandise sales relating to the broadcast of its hugely popular Rebelde Telenovela in the US, Mexico and Brazil.

An improved gross margin (72.5% vs 69.9%) was offset by higher merchandise commissions. However, group EBITDA rose from $4.1m to $4.4m (+8%), with PBT up from $2.1m to $2.4m.

Dori has carried out a number of important strategic initiatives over the past six months that should drive exceptional long-term growth.
One, it has announced a partnership with YouTube for the delivery of three branded Telenovela channels. Two, it has set up a new subsidiary to operate TV channels for Israels largest multi-channel platform. Three, it has established a US subsidiary to monetise the fast-growing interest in its content in the US.

We are currently forecasting FY07E EBITDA growth of 29.4% (to $11.2m), driven by lower merchandise commission costs relative to H1, and higher sales of broadcasting rights. We are leaving our FY07E EPS estimate unchanged (28.84c) and, based on a current P/E of just 11.4x (7.9x FY08E), we retain our Buy stance and 253p price target.

silverfern - 21 Aug 2007 11:15 - 18 of 28

No volume- I hope some of the tipsheets pick up on this. The company will see revenues step up by a huge amount in the next year and with the extra business and profile will come more opportunities.

PapalPower - 04 Sep 2007 10:19 - 19 of 28

http://www.worldscreen.com/interviewscurrent.php?filename=palti0607.htm

Interviews

Dori Media Groups Palti June 2007

Through its varied subsidiaries, Dori Media Group (DMG) produces novelas in................

PapalPower - 05 Oct 2007 07:06 - 20 of 28

DORI MEDIA GROUP 5th October 2007


Dori Media Group ('DMG' or 'the Group'), the international media company active
in the field of television, with a focus on production, distribution,
broadcasting and merchandising of Telenovela, today announced that the Company
has signed two deals amounting to a combined US$2.2 million, with additional
contractual options potentially increasing the value of the deals to US$4.3
million to broadcast 'LaLola' and Patito Feo ('Ugly Duckling').

The deals were completed by DMG's fully owned Swiss subsidiaries, Dori Media
International GmbH ('DMI') and Dori Media Distribution GmbH ('DMD'). 'LaLola', a Dori Media Group production, has been sold as a format to a major TV network in Spain, for it to be locally produced and aired. 'LaLola' was recently aired in Argentina for the first time, where the show is already a hit having been
declared the most highly rated show on Channel 'America', even raising the
channel's overall average rating (Source: IBOPE). 'Lalola' has also been
launched in Chile where its audience rating has once again been extremely high.
Over 1,522 hours of 'LaLola' has so far been sold to more than 11 broadcasters
and producers from France, Russia, Mexico, Panama, Uruguay, Chile and others. In addition to this, rights to broadcast 'Patito Feo', the new teen Telenovela,
have been sold to a French TV broadcaster. The show will appear in its original
format, but will be dubbed into French. Further contractual options are
available to the network that will give it the rights to broadcast a greater
number of episodes and additionally to produce and air the local French version
in France, which will raise the combined amount of these two deals to US$4.3
million.

Nadav Palti, President and CEO of Dori Media Group, commented: 'We are delighted to announce these two very important agreements. These deals provide further evidence of both the growing appetite for Telenovelas among the more
sophisticated European TV audience and the strength of Dori Media's telenovela
programming. We firmly believe that Telenovela is a truly global phenomenon and
we remain focused on producing shows that local audiences from around the world
will be able to enjoy'.

PapalPower - 18 Oct 2007 13:46 - 21 of 28

Daniel Stewart comment today :

Dori Media - BUY

Price: 170p Target price: 278p Code: DMG.L Analyst: James Hollins | 020 7776 6571

Immense success of Youtube partnership

Dori Media has announced the launch of a fourth telenovela-dedicated site on Youtube. This follows the immense success of its first three pioneering partner channels on Youtube.

Dori was the first media company to offer telenovela channels in partnership with Youtube (launching www.youtube.com/telenovela,www.youtube.com/rebelde and www.youtube.com/nataliaoreiro in August 2007) and is now offering unique content via its fourth channel, www.youtube.com/elrefugio.

We concur with the managements view that these have been immensely successful. The sites have attracted >5m viewings since launch, with a reported 100k additional viewing every day.

As highlighted in our recent note (Delivering Material Growth, 166p, Buy, target price 278p), the strength of Doris owned content and ability to attract consumers to its content via the internet validates its strategy and investment in targeting multi-platform content delivery. It is clearly building substantial momentum and a broad database of consumers seeking telenovela content.

We expect the group to fully monetise the strength of demand witnessed on the Youtube sites (currently not revenue-generating) in FY08E and beyond.
Dori has an exceptional opportunity to drive substantial demand and earnings from its global telenovela production and distribution platform.

Following todays announcement we retain our profit forecasts (PBT $7.7m FY07E, $11.1m FY08E), but edge back our EPS estimates to reflect the share placing announced yesterday (4.2m raising, partly to fund its burgeoning internet strategy).

The shares are currently trading at just 12.0x FY07E (28.41c) and 9.2x FY08E (36.97c) and we retain our Buy recommendation and 278p price target.


PapalPower - 29 Oct 2007 08:18 - 22 of 28

News today :


DORI MEDIA GROUP


Dori Media Acquires a 50% Stake in Central Park Productions S.A. and its T.V.
Production Studios in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Dori Media Group ('DMG' or 'the Company'), the international media company
active in the field of television, with a focus on production, distribution,
broadcasting and merchandising of Telenovela, announces today that Dori Media
International GmbH, a fully owned subsidiary of DMG, has finalized an agreement
to acquire, for the sum of US$1.1 million in cash, a 50% stake in Central Park
Productions S.A. ('CPP'), an Argentinean T.V. production company specializing in TV productions and providing production services, who has owned production
facilities and TV studios in Buenos Aires, Argentina, since 1997. CPP has USD
3.1 .million of debt giving the company an enterprise value of USD5.3 million.
DMG has also provided a loan to CPP for approximately US$1.8 million which
decreases CPP's current liabilities to US$1.3 million; this loan may be off-set
against future productions filmed at CPP's studios for Dori Media Contenidos
S.A. ('DMC'), DMI's wholly owned Argentinean production house.

Celina Amadeo, who will be appointed as CEO of Central Park Productions and as
Vice President of Production at DMC, holds the remaining 50% stake of CPP. Mrs.
Amadeo has an extensive background in T.V. production Owning Studios Sonotex
(1990-2000) in Buenos Aires and having produced around 50 Telenovelas, including hits such as 'Chiquititas', 'Perla Negra' and 'El Refugio'.

Incorporated in 1997, Central Park Productions has produced more than 30 of its
own Telenovelas and has assisted many other production houses with their
productions, including several for DMG. CPP has 3 production studios that cover
a combined area of approximately 2,000 square meters and approximately 500
square meters of offices. The studios are fully equipped and have the capability to film outdoors, on location. The acquisition of this 50% stake in Central Park Productions gives Dori Media Contenidos S.A. guaranteed access to, and production time at the studios. DMG has previously used the studios to shoot hits such as 'El Refugio' and 'Collar de Esmeralda'

Central Park Productions is currently servicing DMG in its new worldwide hit
production, 'LaLola' (based on the original idea of Sebastian Ortega,
Underground Productions) and the production of 'Patito Feo' which is produced by Ideas del Sur from Argentina and the Mexican media giant Televisa (DMG owns the rights to and distributes 'Patito Feo' worldwide except to the American
continent, Spain Andorra, Italy, Greece and Portugal).

Nadav Palti, President and CEO of DMG, commented: 'We are delighted at having
completed this deal which will provide Dori Media with guaranteed production
time at these very important and extremely busy studios. In addition to this,
not only will Dori Media benefit from the obvious synergies and cost savings
generated by filming at what will be our own studios, this acquisition is also
very much part of our strategy to strengthen our production arm in Latin America to make us one of the major production houses in the region.'

For further information on Dori Media Group, please visit our website on
www.dorimedia.com or contact:

PapalPower - 13 Nov 2007 07:07 - 23 of 28

13th Nov 2007

DORI MEDIA GROUP

Dori Media Group ('DMG'), the international media company active in the field of television, with a focus on production, distribution, broadcasting and
merchandising of Telenovela, today announced that, only a month after its
participation in the MIPCOM audiovisual content market in Cannes (France), the
Company has sold over 2,301 hours of its Telenovela series and formats to
broadcasters from 11 countries. The deals, which were completed by DMG's fully
owned Swiss subsidiaries, Dori Media International GmbH ('DMI') and Dori Media
Distribution GmbH ('DMD'), are expected to generate total combined sales of
US$3.7 million with the potential total rising to US$6.6 million if further
options for the additional sale of more hours are exercised in the final
agreements. All of these deals have been closed at MIPCOM, however further sales are expected to be generated from the event following the conclusion of several on-going negotiations before the end of the year.

MIPCOM, an audiovisual content market event in Cannes, France, is one of the
world's largest television festivals for industry professionals from around the
globe. Dori Media once again participated in the event in October and was
provided with a unique opportunity to present to industry professionals its
4,000 TV hour library of Telenovelas.

Amongst others, Dori Media series sold at MIPCOM include: 'LaLola', 'Patito
Feo', 'Sos Mi Vida', 'Rebelde Way', 'Juanita, la Soltera' and 'The Champion'.

Nadav Palti, President and CEO of Dori Media Group, commented: 'The strength of
our Telenovela programming guaranteed another successful participation at
MIPCOM. There was high demand from TV buyers and producers from all continents
around the world for our Telenovelas at the show, with new hits like 'Lalola'
and 'Patito Feo' and more established ones such as 'Sos Mi Vida' and 'Rebelde
Way' continuing to sell very well, both in their original formats and in
flexible formats, for adaptation to local market places. Dori Media Group
continues to be an essential partner for TV channels looking to broadcast
Telenovelas and their formats on their own TV networks.'

PapalPower - 13 Nov 2007 11:01 - 24 of 28

Daniel Stewart update this morning :

Dori Media - BUY

Price: 169p Target price: 278p Code: DMG.L Analyst: James Hollins | 020 7776 6571

Extremely positive MIPCOM sales

Dori Media has announced exceptionally positive immediate sales from its participation at MIPCOM in Cannes (global audiovisual content market).
The group has reported the sale of >2,300 hours of its telenovela series and formats to worldwide producers and broadcasters from 11 countries.
This equates to initial revenue of $3.7m, although Dori estimates that this could increase to $6.6m if further options are taken up within the agreements.

These figures compare to sales of 1,760 hours at MIPCOM in 2006 (annual growth of 31%), resulting in initial sales growth of 88% ($3.7m vs $2.0m), suggesting higher yield per hour sold.

The figures announced this morning reflect a significant uplift from the same event last year, demonstrating the strength of Doris telenovela catalogue, as well as the industry excitement around its new titles (such as LaLola and Patito Feo).

Ongoing sales of series and formats from older telenovelas (Sos Mi Vida, Rebelde Way etc) reflect the growing international demand for telenovelas and highlight the attractive recurring and high margin revenues from Doris catalogue (currently >4,00 hours of telenovelas).

The initial sales ($3.7m) are broadly reflected in our existing forecasts (growth in FY08E TV rights revenue of 39.9%), although any additional sales may result in an increase to our estimates.

With risks on the upside, we retain our Buy recommendation and 278p price target (shares currently trading at 11.9x FY07E EPS, falling to 9.1x FY08E; EV/EBITDA to FY07E of 6.4x, FY08E 3.8x).

We also highlight our realistic bull case scenario that drives a target valuation of 400p (see note Driving Material Growth, 1 October 2007, Buy).

PapalPower - 23 Jan 2008 07:05 - 25 of 28

Nice update today :

DORI MEDIA GROUP


DORI MEDIA EXPECTS TO REPORT 2007 RESULTS ABOVE MARKET EXPECTATIONS ON THE BACK
OF STRONG SALES AND POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS

Dori Media Group ('Dori Media' or 'DMG'), the international media company active in the field of television, with a focus on production, distribution,
broadcasting and merchandising of Telenovela, is pleased to update the market on its performance for the year ended 31 December 2007, in advance of the
announcement of its preliminary results on February 21, 2008.

The Directors are expecting to report a strong set of preliminary results for
the year ended 31 December 2007, around 10% ahead of current market
expectations. Dori Media's revenues have been strengthened by a very successful
participation at the MIPCOM audiovisual content market in Cannes (France) where, as reported in December, DMG closed deals worth more than US$6.3 million with the potential total rising to US$9.9 million if further contractual options are exercised.

Other positive developments include Dori Media's acquisition of a 50% stake in
Dori Media Central Studios (formerly Central Park Productions) in Buenos Aires,
which guaranteed DMG precious production time at one of the busiest studios in
the city and enabled Dori Media Central Studios to secure a US$3.6 million three year deal to let one of their three television studios to Ideas Del Sur.

Dori Media would also like to report a very promising start to Dori Media
Spike's agreement with 'HOT', the biggest multi channel platform in Israel, to
run their movie and general entertainment channels. DMG won an RFP to run 'Hot'
in July 2007 with revenues expected to reach between US$52.5 million and US$67.5 million over the initial 3 year contract. The income generated from this agreement will not appear on DMG's 2007 preliminary results as the deal
commenced on January 1st 2008.

Nadav Palti, President and CEO of Dori Media Group, commented: '2007 was a very
successful year for Dori Media and our preliminary results will reflect this.
The launch of our latest Telenovela 'LaLola' was a particular highlight having
been sold to 24 countries in less than six months.

'We are very confident about the Group's prospects for 2008, particularly as
there is a growing appetite for Telenovelas among the Western European TV
audience. We also look forward to the contribution of Dori Media Paran and Dori
Media Darset to our success in 2008 following their promising start to the
year'.

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