DCD Media plc The TV production & distribution powerhouse

DCD Media Plc formerly (Digital Classics plc) Europe's pre-eminent independent producer and distributor of arts, music and dramatic television programming.

The Now New DCD comprises of new acquisitions NBD TV, Box TV, Iambic Productions, Digital Classics DVD, and Done & Dusted.

Box TV A leading drama production company whose recent BBC production Sweeney Todd' Leading Roll Ray Winston received high public and critical acclaim.

Done & Dusted , Specialists in documentary, drama and music event specials respectively, offering an increased output of quality production, and a maker of rock concert videos.

NBD TV, A rock and pop music distributor.
http://www.nbdtv.com/

Iambic Productions Leading specialist producer of arts, music and entertainment programmes.

About DCD
DCD make's and delivers great programmes for clients enabling them to achieve high audience satisfaction and ratings. Delivering through the activities of subsidiary companies each of which is a recognisable and successful brand. Each of the subsidiaries is specialized but their activities are complementary and enable maximization of current and future intellectual property rights.

DCD's Vision is to become Europe's pre-eminent independent producer and distributor of arts, entertainment, music and drama audio-visual content for television and DVD.

The newly formed DCD is well positioned to return massive growth In the coming years in revenue and Share Price this from the Interim Results 200% increase in turnover to 3.7m against same period last year 21/03/06
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/20060320070000P4F9E.html
DCD Media PLC
http://www.dcdmedia.co.uk/

********Latest News********

Major New Drama Productions
27/04/2006
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/20060427070000P53DC.html

DCD MEDIA SHOWREEL 2006
http://www.dcdmedia.co.uk/showreels/DigitalClassicsShowreelWM9512Kbps.wmv

New DCD Download Site
http://www.digitalclassicsdvd.co.uk/index.php

Bought in today after reading the interims of the now newly formed DCD looking good for the future.

Hi Driver,
Thanks for the heads up call.
i got in this morning, following a brief read of the interims and, more importantly the Director dealings from this morning.
Normally directors selling is a bad thing but apparantly the sale was to satisfy institutional demand, which is very positive.
Dont see it being a shooter, but I like what I read very much and look forward to this making steady gains for the next 6 months to a set of very promising finals and perhaps beyond.
Cheers,
Alan

Al
I got in after receiving your email I was going to wait a bit longer but some times you just have to go for it, I agree a steady sp rise over the year would be nice dcd looks like they have a lot going on in all directions and the Sweeney Todd done it for me an excellent drama. Coincidently I got shot of ITV last year for ERT. Great minds I dont think.

20/03/06 The Independent - DCD ready to switch on to high-growth programme
DCD Media has transformed itself over the past three months and this process will be rounded off today when the TV programme producer and distributor tells the City that trading in the current year is well ahead of expectations.
The news will accompany interim results from DCD, formerly Digital Classics. These will boast a 50 per cent jump in gross profit to more than 1m, along with a 200 per cent rise in turnover to 3.7m. the performance of DCD should be more impressive during the second half of the year as the contribution from three recent acquisitions starts to kick in.
In December, the company bought Box TV, the production company behind BBCs recent Sweeney Todd dramatisation starring Ray Winstone, and NBD TV, a rock and pop music distributor. This was quickly followed by the reverse takeover of Done and Dusted, a maker of rock concert videos.
Analysts are expecting dramatic growth from DCD over the coming years. Research published by Evolution Securities earlier this month predicts that the group, chaired by former Channel 5 boss David Elstein, will be making profits of more than 3m by the end of 2007. At Fridays closing price of 1.09p, this leaves the company trading at a mere nine times forward earnings.

Now we know where the institutional demand came from;


DCD Media PLC
22 March 2006



DCD Media PLC ('DCD' or the 'Company')


Holding in Company


The Company received notification from Universities Superannuation Scheme
Limited ('USS') on 21 March 2006 that, following a recent purchase of shares,
USS UK Smaller Companies has an interest in 182,406,153 ordinary shares of 0.1p
('Ordinary Shares'), representing approximately 6.16 per cent. of the Company's
issued share capital (of 2,963,315,714 Ordinary Shares). These Ordinary Shares
are registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited (USS).

22 March 2006

Al
A good post from another board it explains it in simpler a term, thats always best for you and me.

Done and Dusted was acquired for 5,775,000 in cash and the issue of 721,875,000 Considerationn shares which were split equally between Simon Pizey, Hamish Hamilton and Ian Stewart (240,625,000 each). These shares cannot be sold for at least two years which takes us to early 2008.
Now this is the interesting bit. The cash element of the deal involved a placing of 928,344,230 new Ordinary shares at 0.65p.
42,307,692 of these shares were placed with each of Simon Pizey, Hamish Hamilton and Ian Stewart making 126,923,076 in total (about 825,000 worth). One way of looking at this would be that they effectively received (5,775,000-825,000) 4,950,000 in cash since they partly bought their own company.
A clever move by DTC really since it amounts to saying, we want to buy your company but can you give us some money so that we can?
It is these 126,923,076 shares that they have sold on to an institution(s)today, the Consideration shares are safely locked in until 2008.
Cheers.

Al
I take it you still have your itv up today on a bid truly ironic.

I aint got it on my watch list cos its always the same. The moment I sell any share it rockets.
Still, it will go the borson route and in the end will be back down so medium term I'm happier with these.
You think the explanation above is simple?????
I'm off to go check the dictionary definition, becuase if thats simple, I'm simple ;-)
Alan

Al
We must both be simple I thought you was going to explain it for me, any way it's ticked up a bit.

I like the look of this one but no spare cash at the moment as I'm holding ERT for the longer term. just added some MDY and a small dabble in HML.as they're rising at the moment.

mp
Keep an eye on this one, I like your confidence in mdy the chart looks good next step up 8 to 9p IMO.

The "satisfy institutional demand for shares" sell is holding the sp down but with the large buys that keep taking place it won't be long till they are all cleared into the market then we will see a steady rise.

This share is sorting its self out lots of volume today B and T trades and some nice buys looking good.

Yeah, I watched the strange trading pattern and waited for someone more informed and less ignorant than I to explain it.
Thanks Driver.
Alan

Al
An old link I picked up from another site. DCD is aiming to get a valuation of 25-50m within the next 12 months. M/Cap at the moment about 30m.

http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?area=1&article=24995

Looks the right man for the job.

Appointment of Director
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/20060410070000PA76A.html

DCD Deals going on behind the scenes.

http://www.worldscreen.com/newscurrent.php?filename=kultur41306.htm

Nice 5million buy gone through followed by a tiny tick up................

Growth focus:

Production Box, Done and Dusted to contribute significant turnover and profit Synergies between production units and with distributor Iambic expanding further into entertainment genres Distribution Economies of scale in consolidation of DCDL, NBD DCDL client base to take advantage of NBD programmes Synergies with production divisions NBD to increase activity in internet and mobile media DCDL has signed pan-European cable video on demand deal and is set to expand further DVD Label Expanding into popular music and comedy Launching internationally Also selling by website, direct response, etc. Education Increase market penetration Internet Emerging delivery systems from Google video to iTunes Business and Development We continue to actively seek opportunities to achieve further growth and critical mass by organic development and acquisition Outlook.

http://www.digitalclassics.co.uk/pdf/April%2006%20Intro%20and%20%20interims%20pres%201.pdf

I like todays RNS.
I like the bit that says we will not make anything until we have a buyer for it and a definite profit.
How refreshing.

Al
Yes good news this is what dcd needs news flow I think we are going to see plenty of it in the coming months.

Major New Drama Production
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/20060427070000P53DC.html

I'm well down today so this should cheer us up.

Major ITV Commission

http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/20060515070000PCE9D.html

The Independent. 15/05/2006

Small Talk: DCD Media boosted by new music show contract for ITV
By Michael Jivkov
Published: 15 May 2006

ITV has commissioned an AIM-listed media company to produce its Saturday morning music television slot. DCD Media has won the commission from the broadcaster to make the programme that will replace the long-running CD:UK. The news will be unveiled today and is expected to boost shares in the AIM group.

Done and Dusted, the company's music production unit, secured the contract after fending off competition from six other UK rivals. DCD, which is chaired by David Elstein, the former head of Channel 5, bought the business in February. In the past it has filmed rock concerts by the likes of Robbie Williams, Madonna, Britney Spears and Norah Jones.

The win is a significant endorsement of Done and Dusted, which will produce 15 one-hour shows for ITV. If the yet-to-be-named format proves successful, it could run for many years. The deal should be good for DCD earnings as each show is forecast to be profitable. It should also raise the media company's profile.

On any other day, Driver, this RNS would have seen a fairly sharp rise, as it gives details of a major new project win and refers to the directors confidence in next year!
Alan

Al
I agree, when the market picks up so will DCD

Al
I would say that they were all buys today including the 10m

Nice to see a bit of blue in a sea of red.

A Done and Dusted Production for Sky One

http://www.electricsky.com/catalogue_detail.aspx?program=951

"Nice RNS this morning", said Badger.
"Wont do my portfolio any harm", replied Toad.

"Nice RNS this morning", said Badger.
"Wont do my portfolio any harm", replied Toad.

"I heard you the first time" said Toad! Yes, nice RNS. "Should help me to drive the share price higher" said Toad.

In the header.
14 June 2006 The Wind in the Willows

"I see we have made the inside pages on The Independant", said ratty, as he tucked into another sausage for breakfast at Toad Hall.

"Worth a flutter eh"? mumbled Badger through a mouthful of toast. "What we need is a Mole in the camp to give us some inside info"

"I wonder if DCD are willing to make a "Wind in the Willows 2", featuring those wonderful scriptwriters, Kim & Alan", said Mole, through a mouthfull of worms.

"it's a possibility" said Ratty, but there is always a danger that it could become subtitled "2 farts with a cricket bat"!

A BUY in todays Independant

DCD Media

Our view: Worth a flutter

Share price: 1.2p (unch)

The Television production company DCD Media, under the stewardship of former Channel 5 boss David Elstein, has raised the scale of its operations dramatically over the past six months.
On the way, it has secured a number of commissions to make various programmes and the latest was unveiled yesterday. It will see DCD produce for the BBC a major new adaptation of The Wind in the Willows, featuring Bob Hoskins as Badger and Matt Lucas, of Little Britain fame, as Toad.

The agreement should generate more than 3m in turnover for the group and is expected to be aired on BBC1 towards the end of the year. Filming has already started in Romania.

The deal is the latest coup for DCD. Last month it won a commission from ITV to make the new Saturday morning music slot that will replace the long-running CD:UK. The company is producing 15 one-hour shows and if the yet-to-be-named format proves successful it will become a permanent feature on ITV1.

DCD shares have doubled on the back of all the positive news since the start of the year and yesterday closed at 1.2p. Although the company is a true penny stock it is by no means a minnow - its market capitalisation tops 50m. And despite the strong rise its shares still offer good value. Analysts expect DCD to make a pre-tax profit of 3m for the year ending 30 June 2007. That leaves it trading at just 12 times earnings. If it continues to win commissions at the current rate these forecasts will prove to be too conservative. That makes DCD worth a flutter.

Begbies Traynor

Our view: Buy

Robbie Williams in HD
Done and Dusted, who will be directing the show.

http://www.hdtvuk.tv/2006/06/robbie_williams.html

By heck Driver, you are on form today! Another nice find. The future looks more than orange for this share in my opinion.

It would be nice to see DCD getting behind a documentary on Alan's cricket team, now that would make a cracking show!?! I hung my finely honed piece of willow up many years ago due to a complete lack of any sort of skill other than being able to hammer the stumps into the ground with it!!
kim

Star line-up announced for The Wind in the Willows

Bob Hoskins leads an all star cast in a lavish adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's children's classic The Wind in the Willows, commissioned for BBC ONE from independent Box TV.

Hoskins stars as Badger with Matt Lucas as Toad, Mark Gatiss as Rat, Lee Ingleby as Mole, Imelda Staunton as the Barge Lady, Jim Carter as the Engine Driver and Anna Maxwell Martin as the Gaoler's Daughter.

Adapted from the much-loved book by Lee Hall, writer of the Oscar-nominated and multi-award winning film Billy Elliot, the drama will be transmitted later this year on BBC ONE.

Iconic locations such as the Riverbank, the Wild Wood, Toad Hall and the Open Road are brought vividly to life as Mole is introduced to the countryside outside his hole, encountering industrious Ratty, gruff Badger and the irrepressible Mr Toad.

Filming takes place in and around Bucharest from 12 June until 28 July.

Gub Neal says: "I have a long-standing fascination with the story of The Wind in the Willows and believe our version is a first for TV in terms of scale and ambition. Lee Hall's translation is utterly faithful to Kenneth Grahame's book and the glorious locations outside Bucharest are perfectly suited to achieving the unspoilt rural world described in the original text.

"Rather than using heavy prosthetics, I think it is both appropriate and natural to play the characters as largely human. The costumes and make-up will effect subtle transformations, but these are intended to inspire the audience's imagination into seeing how close the performances are to the characters' animal personae.

"We are delighted to attract such a high-calibre cast to the drama and believe they will inhabit their characters perfectly."

Jane Tranter, BBC Controller of Drama Commissioning, says: "The Wind in the Willows is one of the favourite children's books of all time and this new adaptation fits perfectly within BBC ONE's remit to produce high quality, popular drama for a wide audience.

"Lee Hall has delivered a charming, evocative and memorable script and we expect his writing, combined with the cre of British acting talent and stunning production values to be a big draw with viewers."

The Wind in the Willows is a UK/Canada/Romania co-production between Box TV, Muse Entertainment and MediaPro Pictures for the BBC in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. DCD Media are set to distribute the film outside Canada.

The director is Rachel Talalay (Band of Gold, The Borrowers, Ally McBeal), and the director of photography is David Franco (Desperate Housewives).

The executive producers are Justin Thomson-Glover and Patrick Irwin for Box TV. Executive in BBC Drama commissioning is Polly Hill.

Matt Lucas is best known for Little Britain and his other credits include Shooting Stars and Casanova. Mark Gatiss wrote and starred in The League of Gentlemen as well as appearing in Nighty Night and Funland. Lee Ingleby was recently seen in The Street and Life on Mars and his other credits include Nature Boy and The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Bob Hoskins' illustrious career includes such films as Mrs Henderson Presents, Mona Lisa and The Long Good Friday, with TV work including The Lost World.

Anna Maxwell Martin played Esther Summerson in the BBC's Bleak House and has also appeared in Doctor Who and North & South. Jim Carter's many credits include Pompeii: The Last Day, Bright Young Things, The Way We Live Now and Brassed Off. Imelda Staunton won a Bafta and an Oscar nomination for her starring role in Vera Drake and appeared recently in Fingersmith, Nanny McPhee and My Family and Other Animals.

DCD MEDIA SHOWREEL 2006 (New In The Header)
http://www.dcdmedia.co.uk/showreels/DigitalClassicsShowreelWM9512Kbps.wmv

Insights
http://www.dcdmedia.co.uk/pdf/DCD%20Media%20-%20Corporate%20Profile%20-%20May%202006%20V4%20_3_.pdf

Most of the trades today looked like buys about 10m surprising the sp didnt move.

NBDtv hires for sales drive

It was snapped up by David Elstein's DCD Media last December. Now UK distributor NBDtv has appointed a new sales team, hiring execs from rivals 3DD Entertainment and Zonemedia.

Danielle Davies, formerly sales manager at music event and telefilm vendor 3DD, and before that at Action Time and RDF Media, has been taken on to head the newly created southern and eastern hemisphere sales department. She will focus on the Middle East, Far East, Latin America, Canada and Australasia.

Rick Barker, formerly head of television sales at another DCD Media subsidiary, Digital Classics Distribution, has the newly created position of head of sales for continental Europe at NBDtv. Lauren Marriott has also joined from his eastern European sales position at Zonemedia to become sales exec at NBD, reporting to Barker.

Traditionally specialising in music-related programming, NBDtv now distributes a more diverse slate, said CEO Nicky Davies Williams, including drama, kids and factual programming supplied by DCD Medias wholly owned production companies: Done & Dusted, Box TV and Iambic Productions.

DCD Media paid 1.46m (US$2.73m) for 21-year-old NBDtv last year as part of an ongoing acquisitions spree that also saw it pay a total of 6.12m for Box TV, the drama prodco set up six years ago by Channel 4's entire drama department, led by ex-commissioning editor Gub Neal.


31 Jul 2006
C21 Media 2006

Edited version of todays trading update;
"hey guys, we're doing a bit better than we thought. This is pretty good".

Al
Looking good.

June 2006 will moderately exceed expectations, and are comfortable with the
outlook.

Trading Update & Announcement of New Projects
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/20060802070000PD25C.html

FT

Hitting the V spot
By Clay Harris

Published: August 2 2006 03:00 | Last updated: August 2 2006 03:00

Done and Dusted, part of Aim-listed DCD Media, has won two new contracts.

It will produce and direct the MTV Video Music Awards next month and devise and stage this year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show for CBS. The latter show, the acceptable face of lingerie in the prudish US broadcasting culture, is expected to contribute $5m (3.7m) to turnover against $2m last year when D&D only televised it.


ADVERTISEMENT
Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2006


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LONDON (AFX) - DCD Media PLC said it is 'comfortable' with its outlook, and expects pretax earnings for the full year to June to 'moderately exceed expectations'.

In a trading update, the company said its recently acquired subsidiaries Done and Dusted (DandD) and Box TV have been integrated smoothly, and that it is seeking further growth opportunities.

'We believe that significant further growth can be achieved through both internal expansion and acquisition, so long as they enhance shareholder value, and we are actively seeking such opportunities', said chief executive Chris Hunt.

newsdesk@afxnews.com

Holding in Company

The Company was informed today by Richard Price, a non-executive director of the
Company, that RPTA Limited, a company controlled by him, had purchased 1,700,000
ordinary shares of 0.1p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares'). The purchase
price for these shares was 1.19 pence.

Mr Price's total holding of Ordinary Shares now totals 9,337,095 Ordinary
Shares, representing approximately 0.31 per cent. of the issued share capital of
the Company.

2 August 2006

looking good, not surprise as everybody wants a piece of this juicy company.
this top banana is for long term investor.
fish can fly.

From the Daily Mail

Former five boss david Elstein's DCD Media boogied 0.05p ahead to 1.175p after it won a contract to produce the MTV video awards in August.
The company has undergone something of a transformation but the shares have yet to respond.
After the hefty price Permira paid earlier this week for privately-owned all3Media maker of midsummer murders, listed TV producers surely deserve closer examination.

NBDtv rides the Underground with Ernie

UK independent distributor NBDtv will be taking new children's animation series Underground Ernie to Mipcom next month, CEO Nicky Davies Williams has announced.

The 26x12' childrens CGI animation series is based on the names of the London Underground tube lines, and is being produced for UK diginet CBeebies by Joella Productions. Former England football ace Gary Lineker provides the main voiceover.

"The programming we now represent internationally is now extremely diverse," added Davies Williams. "I am sure that Mipcom Junior buyers will enjoy Underground Ernie as a must-have entertaining series for three- to eight-year-old boys and girls around the world and see the huge licensing and merchandising potential."



5 Sep 2006
C21 Media 2006

DRIVER

THANKS FOR THE POSTING AND the beautiful picture. DCD another beautiful little fish. Nice one with a capital of 37million at the little price of 1.14p but profitable and ahead of market expectation. PE should be improving as earning is growing non-stop. You wonder why they all want a piece of it. well, everybody is welcome though if they want to join.

Psst, driver.
Whats happened with this one this morning????

Looks like the buy recommend in this months red-hot penny shares did the trick. Results out in November I think.

These's are all buys today so far, 1.16 to buy at the moment.

The volumes building on DCD ahead of the results by the look of it.

10/10/2006 - New appointment for Box TV

Box TV, the drama subsidiary of DCD Media, has hired Adrian Bate to further expand development and production alongside the companys founding producer, Gub Neal.

Gub and Adrian will work together overseeing the company's existing commissions as well as developing a wide range of new work for both the UK and international markets.

Adrian, who was Head of Film & Drama at Zenith Entertainment and has been responsible for over 40 hours of prime time UK drama (Two Thousand Acres of Sky, 55 Degrees North, Class of 76 and Cider with Rosie), will also be bringing the Zenith drama slate with him.

Justin Thomson-Glover, MD of Box TV and a director of DCD Media, said: We are delighted that Adrian is joining Box TV. He is a fantastic producer and has a hugely successful track-record in making long running series as well as ambitious events.

With Sweeney Todd, Wind in the Willows, and Bon Voyage all kicking off for us in the last 12 months and an ambitious range of new series and events coming through, Adrian is perfectly placed to help Box TVs growing slate.

Adrians specific strength in popular series will give Box TV a significant advantage in building a reputation in a broader range of genre as well.

Adrian said: Working with Box is an exciting prospect - their ethos is geared to developing and producing quality drama. Im really impressed with the projects that already have been commissioned or developed its a company with real ambition, and it will be great working alongside Gub and his talented team."

At the same time Box TV have also appointed Julian Stevens as Head of Development to manage the expansion of work, including the additional developments brought in from Zenith by Adrian.

many thanks driver and best luck to DCD

Box TV, production

Tues 24th and Wed 25th Oct at 9pm, ITV1

During this two-part thriller, Neil and Elizabeth take their children David and Rachel on a camping holiday in rural France.

Oddly, they find themselves continuingly bumping into over friendly couple Simon and Linda who claim to be camping with their own children.

Elizabeth finds the couple creepy, a fear which is compounded when they begin to spot Simon and Linda's camper van in their rear view mirror. Are the couple following them or is it mere coincidence?

Later, when a young boy goes missing, Elizabeth and Neil begin to suspect the oddball couple are more dangerous than creepy.

To their horror, the same boy runs screaming from the woods into the path of their car. As they look for help, stranded in the isolated forest of the Pyrenees, they see the camper van appearing out of the darkness.

When Neil and Elizabeth go to investigate, Simon and Linda have gone. And when they return to their own car, so have David and Rachel.

And now look! You can even take a sneaky peak at Bon Voyage with our fantastic clip.

http://mfile.akamai.com/12621/wmv/carlton1.download.akamai.com/12621/bonvoyage_hi.wmv

23 October 2006

DCD Media plc

Notice of Final Results

DCD Media plc, a leading independent TV producer and distributor of arts,
entertainment, music and drama programming, is pleased to notify that final
results for the year ended 30 June 2006 will be published on Tuesday 31
October.

Are we looking forward to tomorrow, Driver???
Alan

Al
I just ask some one on the other side when the results where out (Im getting so lazy) I take it its tomorrow.

Al
I just noticed it's on the post above, what am I like.

Decent results - bullish outlook.
No complaints here.
alan

Al, agree good results should see a bit of blue today.

Financial Highlights

* Turnover increased to 13.3m (2005:
3.1m)

* Gross profit increased to 3.1m
(2005:1.6m)

* EBITDA 1 increased to 2.3m (2005:
34,000)

Chairman, David Elstein, commented,

"Sales in FY2006 outperformed expectations and our group outlook for the
current year shows continued growth and exceeds revenue expectations. Each
division is now benefiting from being part of this larger production and
distribution entity and we look forward to strengthening our position as the
sector consolidates."
http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/20061031070000P0DAD.html

Everything looks set for next time and I'm still waiting for that maiden post-tax profit.

Alfa.

alfalfa
The enlarge group is working well and rapidly expanding they are making excellent programs.
DCD will get there in the end a future sleeping giant.

Agreed, driver. I've been with these since 2001 so there's no rush on my part !

CORRECTION DCD Media FY sales exceed expectations, sees continued growth
AFX

(corrects to show sales up by 10.16 mln stg, recasts)

LONDON (AFX) - DCD Media PLC, a television production company, reported a widened pretax loss of 1.17 mln stg for the year to end June, compared with a loss of 564,000 stg, but saw its sales exceed expectations and said it is confident of continued growth.

Sales during the period increased to by 10.16 mln stg to 13.3 mln, following three acquisitions made by the company. The company had expected the figure to come in at around 9.8 mln stg.

EBITDA rose to 2.3 mln stg, an increase of over 2.2 mln stg on the 34,000 stg achieved in 2005.

The one-off costs hitting pretax profit included group reorganisation of 437,000 stg, and set up costs of DVD and Education divisions of 131,000 stg.

DCD Media said the acquisitions during the period led to successful merger of distribution libraries and made inroads into the US markets.

Chairman David Elstein said: 'Sales in FY2006 outperformed expectations and our group outlook for the current year shows continued growth and exceeds revenue expectations.

'Each division is now benefiting from being part of this larger production and distribution entity and we look forward to strengthening our position as the sector consolidates.'

newsdesk@afxnews.com

Out at the moment may return before the next results or if there is some new deals on the horizon.

You may be out Driver, but me and this director are still in;

9 November 2006

DCD Media plc

("DCD" or the "Company")

Director Shareholding

DCD was informed on 8 November 2006 that Richard Price, a Director of the
Company, acquired 512,905 ordinary shares of 0.01p each in DCD ("Shares") on 8
November 2006 at a price of 0.91 pence per Share. Mr Price is now the
beneficial owner of 9,850,000 Shares, representing 0.33% of the total issued
share capital of the Company.

DCD Media plc, the arts, entertainment and drama television production and
distribution group, is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary,
Iambic Productions Limited, has commenced two new projects, both of which are
expected to air on television in the Christmas season, bringing the number of
Iambic programmes being premiered on television over the next two months to
four.

The first, `Abba - Thank You For The Music', is a new feature-length
documentary about the Swedish pop group. Initial sales have been to ITV1 and
Network Seven Australia. The second, initially for BBC One, is a documentary
about the new Cirque du Soleil show and associated forthcoming Beatles CD
`Love'.

Current pre-sale revenues for these two projects exceed 500,000. Additionally,
the Company expects to generate significant further sales from overseas
distribution. Iambic's previous Abba documentaries have exceeded a further
200,000 in foreign and other media sales. The `Love' programme is also expected
to generate further revenues for the group over and above its initial BBC One
pre-sale.

International sales of both productions will be undertaken by DCD Media's
in-house distributor NBD Television.

DCD Media Chief Executive Chris Hunt said, "These are two very major projects
for Iambic, which is cementing its reputation as the country's leading producer
of high quality popular culture programmes. Our Abba films have, over the
years, been Iambic's most profitable, and we see no reason for this one to be
an exception, while `Love' is a breakthrough for the company on BBC One. Iambic
is currently extremely busy, and has a pipeline of other major projects
awaiting production. Iambic routinely generates margins far higher than its
sector average, and these new programmes will go a long way to ensure that the
current year is no exception."


Abba AND The Beatles! May be time for Driver to get back in!
kim

Make that a director, Kim and me!!!!

Enough to make a documentary; cameraman, soundman and reporter! DCD have not exactly been flavour of the month recently Alan but the company seem to be doing all the right things.
kim

Bought in today - looks like an interesting company.

Does anyone know what price DCD closed at today as I have visited a few sites and I'm getting a conflicting SP e.g. 0.94 +0.06 from the Barclays site and also by visiting Hoodless & Brennan and yet this site and LSE is showing 0.88???

Iankn73 - It closed at 0.88.

Hi Prodman,

Thanks for the prompt response but... have you any idea why some of the other sites are showing 0.94?

Rgds,

Iankn73

Hi Ian - Have no idea why the other sites are showing various closing prices, but just checked again and can't see any movement in the price all day, total shares traded 847802 with a closing price of 0.88.

ps: All trades today were at 0.87p

Hi prodamn,

Thanks for clarifying as I'm still learning. Just noticed that myself!

just like to say i've bought in bigtime...looking foward to the trading statement soon

I'm seriously considering topping up. I may need to get rid of Torex in order to fund it though, as this one has been a roller coaster ride that I dont think I want as part of my 2007 portfolio! decisions....decisons....

Just bought in today-can't understand the lack of interest in this one. It looks a potential star to me-thanks Driver I hope 2007 is the year for dcd.

I'm in it, MP, but I thought Driver was out??
Alan

Al
I am out but may get back in. If mp bought in today then they must be all buys not sells as showing.

I assume the results will be out in March and if they are continuing to do well the sp should pick up nicely. Hope so anyway-I bought 143946 ish today just like pcm days!!

MP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What ya done to my lovely holding?????????
Jeez, I thought I was unlucky with my timing.........
;-)
Alan

OUCH! Thought the last lot of figures looked promising-hope the next lot are good and this doesn't mean bad news! Check out CCH-doing well today and I think will bring large rewards to the long term holders also I have bought a chunk of CFE-coffee republic as they are rebranding to upmarket deli style etc and are rolling out lots of franchises--one to hold IMO.

mp
"just like pcm days!!" the new pcm (RETV) is up 9% today.

Ditched those after holding forever it seemed-nursing my losses! Have you come across lemming investor driver? It's a research site well worth joining -the best 60 I've spent. lots of investigation done into each company by a chap who posts as scrutable on the other side I have him to thank for picking some cracking shares lately. no he didn't do dcd!!

mp
Yes looked at lemming investor to expensive for me.

made my money back in less than a year-many many times over. It works out at 1.19p a week. against that RHPS has lost me money.

Up 5% this morning.............MP must have sold back out ;-)
Alan

Good-still here!! Could be the dealers were shaking a few out as there might be good results on the way-due soon I think.

one of the top shares traded today--203 million nearly a record and some very large sizes. it makes me think maybe I've joined the party at the right time!

There has been quite a bit of institutional buying over the last few days, so perhaps you have, MP.
Alan

nice rise...topped up at 0.77p

wow! 7.5m buy...someone knows something

.

Al
.?

I wrote something and then for the first time ever I realsied what an ass I would look, cos it was ssssssoooooooooooo stoopid.
Normally I "publish and be damned (ridiculed)" but thought better of it this time!!!
Alan

Al
Your loosing it, I nearly bought back in today but it was 1631hrs closed properly change my mind tomorrow.

I lost it years ago, mate.
Between you, me and that mauve elephant that just went by on a tartan unicycle, I think I need more of the tablets.
Alan

Heres hoping they spend more time producing quality media than they do watching it on their recent IPTV setup at their new offices in London! LOL...


Netvue completes IPTV project for DCD Media

Installation provides choice of Freeview and satellite channels and a DVD feed to the distribution company
Laura Hailstone, CRN, 02 Jan 2007

IPTV integrator Netvue has completed an IPTV project for TV production and distribution company DCD Media, using IPTV networking vendor Exteritys products.

The installation has provided a choice of Freeview channels, satellite channels and a DVD feed, all distributed using Exteritys equipment on DCDs LAN.

Colin Farquhar, chief executive of Exterity, said: Netvue has used our technology to expand its existing broadcast-based marketplace to include corporates, delivering high-quality distributed TV anywhere, at anytime, which is ideally suited to DCD Medias industry.

Derek Nelson, interim chief operating officer at DCD Media, said: We are a television business, so it makes sense to have television in our offices. Netvues system gave us the advantage of television on our computer desktops and the ability to put display screens anywhere in the building without the need for extra cabling.

DCD Media PLC
30 January 2007


DCD Media plc ('DCD' or the 'Company')

Director Shareholding

The Company has been informed that a number of its directors have acquired
ordinary shares of 0.01p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') as follows:

David Elstein, Chairman of the Company, acquired 525,000 Ordinary Shares on 29
January 2007 at a price of 0.925 pence per Ordinary Share. Mr Elstein is now the
beneficial owner of 17,155,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.567% of the total
issued share capital of the Company.

Chris Hunt, CEO of the Company, acquired 530,000 Ordinary Shares on 30 January
2007 at a price of 0.93 pence per Ordinary Share. Mr Hunt is now the beneficial
owner of 114,944,137 Ordinary Shares, representing 3.796% of the total issued
share capital of the Company.

Michael Barton, Finance Director of the Company, acquired 525,000 Ordinary
Shares on 29 January 2007 at a price of 0.925 pence per Share. Mr Barton is now
the beneficial owner of 3,683,728 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.122% of the
total issued share capital of the Company.

Tarik Wildman, a director of the Company, acquired 500,000 Ordinary Shares on 29
January 2007 at a price of 0.925 pence per Ordinary Share. Mr Wildman is now the
beneficial owner of 2,928,571 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.097% of the total
issued share capital of the Company.

Simon Pizey, a director of the Company, acquired 520,211 Ordinary Shares on 29
January 2007 at a price of 0.92 pence per Ordinary Share. Mr Pizey is now the
beneficial owner of 241,145,211 Ordinary Shares, representing 7.98% of the total
issued share capital of the Company.

Contacts:

Chris Hunt, Chief Executive
DCD Media plc
Tel: 020 7297 8000

Ben Simons/Adam Reynolds
Hansard Group
Tel: 020 7245 1100

30 January 2007

I'm in good company--I also added today! Read a good analyst report posted on the other side so I'm hoping the only way is up when the next results are out.

I am new to this game, forgive me if this is a silly question. I bought in yesterday so can somone explain why the trade was logged as a sell and not a buy?

No trade is ever logged as a buy or sell. It is just a guess based on whether the executed price was higher or lower than the mid price.
After all, every trade is both a buy and a sell!!!
Alan

Good news out today. Hope this rise continues and the company is rerated.

It deserves a look at the rating based purely on the quality it is producing.
Repeat and overseas sales should provide a good longer term income.
Alan

Looking good, updated the header
New TV Production 'The Last Enemy' Major New TV Production 5/02/2007

I nearly got back in the other week but went for ERT instead also doing well.

can some one tell me what this means in english (cynic)
DCD Media PLC
22 February 2007


Date: 22 February 2007


BLOCK LISTING SIX MONTHLY RETURN


Pursuant with Rule 29 and Schedule Eight of the AIM Rules DCD Media plc makes
the following notification of a block admission:

+---------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
|Name of applicant: |DCD Media plc |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
|Name of scheme: |Loan Note Conversion Scheme |
+-----------------------------+---------+-----------------+------+-----------------+
|Period of return: |From: |22 August 2006 |To: |22 February 2007 |
+-----------------------------+---------+-----------------+------+-----------------+
|Balance under scheme from previous |468,347,436 ordinary shares of 0.1p each |
|return: |("Ordinary Shares") |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
|The amount by which the block scheme |none |
|has been increased, if the scheme has | |
|been increased since the date of the | |
|last return: | |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
|Number of securities issued/allotted | |
|under scheme during period: |31,461,538 Ordinary Shares |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
|Balance under scheme not yet issued/ | |
|allotted at end of period |436,885,898 Ordinary Shares |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
|Number and class of securities |512,820,513 Ordinary Shares (22 February |
|originally listed and the date of |2006) |
|admission | |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
|Total number of securities in issue at |3,039,250,329 Ordinary Shares |
|the end of the period | |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
|Name of contact: |John Bottomley |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
|Address of contact: |Sprecher Grier Halberstam LLP, 30 |
| |Farringdon Street, London EC4A 4HJ |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
|Telephone number of contact: |020 7544 5555 |
+-----------------------------+---------+-----------------+------+-----------------+



SIGNED BY : John Bottomley


Company Secretary, for and on behalf of DCD Media plc

I was about to ask the same question!

ok i no this dose not look very good but there been some good right ups on this going from strength to strenght and with several business opportunities open up now could be a good time to invest.i leave the rest to you.

Tipped as a good time to invest by Shares mag. So.....................doomed to failure? ;o)

FWIW I hope to top up when I have funds free.

I'm holding and added when the directors bought in heavily. Hope there's good news soon.

Or a good programme to watch while we wait.................

.

there is money to be made on this one

Company DCD Media PLC
TIDM DCD
Headline Holding(s) in Company
Released 10:47 19-Mar-07
Number 1929T



RNS Number:1929T
DCD Media PLC
19 March 2007



TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):

DCD Media plc

2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No): ( )

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( )
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( )
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )
Other (please specify) : ( Yes )
Notification of holding as at 20/01/2007 as required by Companies Act 2006

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):

n/a

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different) (v):

n/a

6. Date on which issuer notified:

15 March 2007

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

n/a

8. Notified details:


A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)
if possible using
the ISIN CODE
Number of shares Number of voting Rights (viii)
GB0009369892 245,908,153 245,908,153


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)
Class/type of shares Number of shares Number of voting % of voting
if possible using rights (ix) rights
the ISIN CODE
Direct Direct (x) Indirect Direct Indirect
(xi)
GB0009369892 245,908,153 245,908,153 8.18%


B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)
Type of Expiration Date Exercise/Conversion Number of voting % of voting
financial (xiii) Period/Date (xiv) rights that may be rights
instrument acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/
converted.


N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A


Total (A+B)


Number of voting rights % of voting rights


245,908,153 8.18%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):

n/a


Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

n/a.

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

n/a

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

n/a

13. Additional information:

n/a

14. Contact name:

Philip Brayne

14. Contact name:

0151 227 4711




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

END

results today look very positive so I'm disappointed to see very little market reaction--I think maybe I've bought in too early a common mistake of mine! This time I shall tuck away and add when I've got some spare. Anyone else looked at the figures?

I had a look and was a tad disappointed.
Like you, I think the future is bright and I will hold anyway.
We will have to wait a while for the blue touchpaper to be lit, but media is a fashion concious industry and the danger is DCD go out of fashion before they even get in to fashion!!
Alan

DCD gets a mention in the IC. Stating that they are finally in profit albeit small and rates them as a buy!

Iank73

DCD Media plc

("DCD Media" or the "Company")

Major New TV Production

DCD Media plc, the arts, entertainment and drama television production and
distribution group, is delighted to announce that Iambic Productions, a wholly
owned subsidiary, has completed an agreement with ITV for the production of a
new two-part Saturday night prime time entertainment series.

This is the biggest commission for Iambic Productions to date and is likely to
generate among its highest turnover from a single project, after exploitation
of the international distribution rights.

The 2 x 1 hour programmes, created by Iambic and provisionally entitled "The
Truth About Boy Bands," are tentatively scheduled for screening on ITV 1 in
June and chart the rise and fall of boy bands over the last forty years. From
the early examples of The Monkees, The Jacksons and The Osmonds, through to the
recent eras of Boyzone, NSYNC, New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys and the
revival of Take That, Iambic's new series lifts the veil on the gritty reality
of these, and other, iconic all male groups over the last four decades. "The
Truth About Boy Bands" features new interviews and commentary from over twenty
industry moguls and artists themselves.

It was initially anticipated that this project would consist of only one
programme, however it has subsequently increased in size with the addition of a
further episode.

For further information please contact,

Chris Hunt, Chief Executive

DCD Media Plc

Tel. 020 7297 8000

Ben Simons

Hansard Group

Another piece of good news, although I was hoping the SP would have had a better response today. Oh well what do I know!

DCD Media plc
("DCD Media" or the "Company")
Trading Update - Distribution Division


DCD Media plc, the arts, entertainment and drama television production and distribution group, is pleased to announce that its distribution subsidiary, NBD TV, made its highest ever sales at the world's biggest television market, MIP TV, in Cannes, France in April.

Foremost were pre-sales of the major drama series `The Last Enemy', which is in production by another of DCD Media's subsidiaries, Box TV, and is due to complete shooting on 7th June. It had already added a pre-sale to American public television station WGBH to its commission from the BBC, but, at MIP TV, it added a commitment from Universal Pictures for UK DVD rights and sales to TV stations in Australia and Finland. These, plus further sales in negotiation, have now led NBD to revise upwards its sales expectations for the series.

Other Box TV projects also sold well: TV and DVD rights to the Ray Winstone drama, `Sweeney Todd', were sold for France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Latin America, while BBC America acquired both Box TV's Bon Voyage and Amnesty International's The Secret Policeman's Ball for the USA.

Music projects were also well received - for example Glastonbury 2007, Pink: Live From Wembley Arena, and David Gilmour Live at the Albert Hall all sold to multiple territories with further deals in negotiation. Packages of classical music programmes were also confirmed for a number of territories including the USA.

DCD Media Chief Executive, Chris Hunt commented,

"We are delighted with NBD's sales at MIP, which clearly demonstrate the synergies between the group's companies and underline the strength of our business model.

After a period of consolidation this performance by NBD indicates how added value is actively being created for our shareholders."

For further information please contact,

Chris Hunt, Chief Executive

DCD Media plc

Tel. 020 7297 8000

Ben Simons

Hansard Group

Tel. 020 7245 1100


END

The Times also recommends this stock!

This article seems to give a more indepth break down of distribution divisions than the RNS released on the 17th May and I must say it looks impressive for a small media company and this news is only from 1 of 5 companies within DCD Media and the price is currently trading @ 0.915??


NBDtv finds friends for Last Enemy

UK independent distributor NBDtv, a subsidiary of DCD Media, has sold titles including political thriller The Last Enemy to a range of international broadcasters.

The new deal includes programming from its drama and comedy slate as well as a number contemporary and classical music titles.

Box TV's five-part serial The Last Enemy, starring Robert Carlyle (28 Weeks Later) and Max Beesley (Hotel Babylon), has been acquired by Universal Pictures UK for DVD distribution, with further pre-sales to be announced shortly

Two other Box TV productions have also met with success. The 1x90' drama Sweeney Todd, starring Ray Winstone, has been picked up by America Film for France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Latin America; TV4 for Sweden and Orient for DVD release in Japan; and VRT in Belgium.
BBC America has acquired Box TV's Bon Voyage, the 2x70' thriller set in the forests of France.

BBC America has also acquired The Secret Policeman's Ball, a 1x75' HD production featuring top comedians performing for Amnesty International at London's Royal Albert Hall.

Continuing the comedy theme, TV4 Sweden has picked up 15 episodes of All New Comedy Store, featuring a host of well know international comics at the London stand-up venue.

NBDtv has also sold programming from its music catalogue to TVP Poland; Axess TV Sweden and Ovation in the USA. Pre-sales were signed with Rave in the US, C4 New Zealand and Premiere in Germany for the televised UK rock festival Glastonbury 2007.

Finally, the BBC has acquired David Gilmour, Live at the Royal Albert Hall (1x60' /1x90'), a new HD concert featuring the voice and guitar of rock legends Pink Floyd.

Antony Reeve-Crook
18 May 2007

Guys,

Just came across this and it looks to me like an infant Youtube equivalent future site for a niche market.


DCD launches VoD classical music site
Susan Thompson and Susan Thompson
24 May
DCD Media is launching a global video-on-demand broadband site for performing arts and classical music enthusiasts.

The unnamed site, which will launch in the second half of this year, will offer several hundred hours of content, including documentaries, renditions of ballets such as The Nutcracker and Swan Lake and operas such as Mozart's The Magic Flute.

There will also be occasional live coverage of concerts and content will be refreshed every week. DCD's classical library has about 2,000 hours of programming in total. Users will be able to stream or download content but will not be able to keep it permanently.

The site will be ad-funded and will have a soft launch in all territories apart from the US, where DCD is in talks with a major broadcaster to cross-promote the site. Early stage talks to strike a similar deal in the UK are also understood to have started.

DCD chief executive Chris Hunt said low set-up costs meant the site could quickly move into profit. He added its well-defined niche would be attractive to advertisers. Money will be made through banner ads and pre-roll ads, which run for about 15 seconds before the programmes.

Hunt chose the ad-supported model because US research pointed to the paid-for video download TV market already being at a dead-end.

Forrester Research principal analyst James McQuivey has predicted that the paid-for video download market in its current state will soon become extinct, despite the fast growth and the millions being spent today.

"Networks will shift the bulk of paid downloading to ad-supported streams where they have control of ads and effective audience measurement," he said.

DCD is listed on the AIM market and chaired by David Elstein.

lankn73,
We seem to get a steady dribble of good news for this company, but the markets are very slow to notice.
I think it will take a very good set of results (which will come) before they sit up and take notice.
Meanwhile I will sit tight and wait because I also believe them to be well undervalued.
Alan

this is a good time to buy... there is only oneway this can go and that is up like you say hew a steady dribble of good news.the market will notice this.. meanwhile i may top up.

Agreed guys! I plan to top up as soon as I can free some readies.

This para from the RNS is significant well to me anyway as I work in the IT industry and with Broadband being the norm in most countries the adveritising revenue alone could become substantial especially with the addition of the US mirror site!!

"When we piloted a similar site previously, over three quarters of a million people streamed our content in a month; this can now be leveraged into significant revenues from advertisers,' said chief executive Chris Hunt."

Have a good weekend all.

Ian

Nice RNS this morning for any of us with the patience still to be in...........

You bet, Alan. Still here after 4 years and counting ....

The cannon is getting loaded more tightly each month it seems.

Just in case anyone missed it, there is to be a 1 for 100 consolidation, subject to shareholder approval at EGM on 6 August, effective date expected to be 7 August.

great write up in shares mag... BUY!

The full Shares article is now on the DCD website.

http://www.dcdmedia.co.uk/product.asp?ProductID=1093

Alfa.

Been waiting for anyone elses thoughts on todays RNS, but here goes mine;
I hope it is a well planned strategy and the management are capable of delivering the cost savings and economies they rely on. They have institutional support, so one imagines the institutions have satisfied themselves that the savings and the management are in place and able. If this is os, watch 'em go!
I fear that it is too much at once and that DCD's eye may well be taken off the ball. If this is so, watch 'em drop!
Either way it is a very interesting play, but not for widows and orphans.
Alan

And now an RNS that the PDMR's have been buying up today. 136500 shares in total. They are confident they can deliver.
Alan

Alan - As you know, I've been with these for over 4 years and am still waiting patiently.

My resolve remains strong due in part to the fact that the USS pension fund (among others) is also here.

Their growth/acquisition rate is beginning to look a little alarming but the PDMR purchases are a welcome sign.

Alfa.

I take it these are up a bit today after consolidation?

A tad - no more.

Director buying at 73 & 74p

Looks like EVO are taking a bullish view of these again, suggesting 120p target.

http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/04102007/336/broker-recommendations-thursday-4th-october-2007-09-32.html

Alfa.

DCD Media reports strongest sales performance to date at MIPCOM event
AFX


LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Entertainment production and distribution group DCD Media PLC reported its strongest sales performance to date at the MIPCOM international television festival in Cannes, France.

The company said its distribution arm, NBDTV, had particularly successful pre-sales talks for a forthcoming Stephen Fry project and that pre-sales in discussion at MIPCOM were estimated to be worth about 500,000 stg.

Box TV, another of DCD's production units which advanced talks on further sales, is expected to add 500,000 stg of foreign sales for 'Last Enemy', while its 'Bon Voyage' production might close significant sales in Europe and Latin America in the near future, DCD Media said.

TFN.newsdesk@thomson.com

tsm/jrr



COPYRIGHT

This is going the same way as ERT and ITV Media stocks seem to be out of favour at the moment.

Hunt must be kicking himself...now an all time low and results in 4 working days

Excellent results out today.
Wish all my holdings did this well on a bad day for the markets.
Alan

I wish my holdings did this well on a GOOD day for the markets! Yep, the results make good reading Alan, nice to get them "Done and Dusted"!

Header Updated.

Thank you, Driver.

A rare glimmer of hope that these will be worth the wait.

Alfa.

Chairman buying at 58.5p.
Not usually a bad sign...................

..... Gartmore also.

New DCD Download Site in the header.

http://www.digitalclassicsdvd.co.uk/index.php

From the other side.


Buy DCD Media at 36.5p

An exclusive tip from Scarlett Moore of Sharecrazy's Supermarket

Last week I covered the recruitment sector as one that I think could have significant upside if investors are willing to hold their stocks for the long term. Another such sector that is currently unloved by the market is media, where fears over advertisers cutting their budgets have worried investors that production companies will see fewer programme commissions should an economic downturn take hold.

My top pick in the sector is DCD Media.(DCD) The independent production company makes over 600 television programmes a year for a raft of broadcasters worldwide. Some of its most popular recent productions include Daily Cooks, starring celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson, for ITV, reality show Bridezilla's for channel Five and HIV and Me starring Stephen Fry for the BBC.

Within the DCD group there are 6 separate production companies which cover a range of genres including factual, entertainment, drama, music and arts. Complimenting the business model are also 2 distribution companies which has a large portfolio of drama, children's, rock/pop music, entertainment, and documentary programming. The catalogue also includes entertainment, film and arts documentaries as well as a large selection of classic feature films.

The sector has been experiencing a period of consolidation for some time now and DCD has been very active on this front. Recently DCD had to release an announcement to the stock exchange confirming rumours that it was in talks with the Welsh independent Boomerang Plus. This would almost be a merger of equals and I can see some great benefits for the group as a whole if any deal goes through.

While DCD would be exposed to an economic slowdown in some respects, it does have an incredibly wide range of both customers and programmes to offset this risk. The company has well over 200 broadcast clients around the world and is not dependent on any one for a major proportion of revenues. No single client accounted for more than 10% of turnover in the 2007 financial year. If any particular genre falls out of fashion the company has a broad range of others to fall back on.

DCD has grown its revenues by over 20 times in the past four years and I fully expect that strong growth to continue in the current financial year to 30th June 2008. Boosted by three recent acquisitions revenues for the period should amount to 53.1 million, with profits before tax, amortisation and exceptional items of 4.7 million creating earnings per share adjusted in the same way of 6.9p per share.

At 38p the shares trade on a lowly multiple of just 5.2 times. This seems to be more than pricing in the effects of an economic downturn and with DCD expected to continue growing rapidly over the coming years I recommend a BUY.
Key Data

EPIC: DCD
Market: AIM
Spread: 35p - 38p (7.8%)

I think you need PWC or someone to go through the results carefully, but at first reading DCD seem to be a much more stable company than the normal AIm stuff, and I feel happy to be holding.
Results look pretty good and there seems to be a fair amount of optimism here.
Alan

bought i today..bottom fishing

looks like we're on our way to fortune city!

pity Scarlett didnt wait abit longer...my 7.5p looks good

I feel this is the sector for recovery.

My two largest long term holds now are Dcd and Cltv, think both are well worth
the gamble, managed to get a 30k top up in DCD the other day at 7.25p.

Results are soon, hard to say how the shares will react on them but longer term
they should recover now that their debt and convertable loan mess has been sorted out.

When this seller clears this will have a fantastic blue day in the office :-))

Volume is massive compared with average and if those trades were believed
it's been all buys for 2 trading days running, i think the after close trades for
2 days now are the matching sales with commission for the market maker
instead of a cut on the spread.

Still the seller wont budge.

Almost 100% buys for one week and most hidden on plus.

Fustrating when poor stocks are flying and this quality one is
being held back but it's turn will come.

ramper supreme
watchout2 - 26 Mar'10 - 15:49 - 3546 of 3548

I was reading iii the other day and guess who was on there ramping it
a while back, a poster called avoint, incase you didnt know that is
knowings old advfn name :-))

I dont expect anybody to buy any now, i've been rambling on about DCD for
a while now and bought as you know to back up my facts but apart from francy
who also bought more nobody else is willing to take the gamble.

But that gives a greater chance of surprising and upside on results day if
the progress has continued, all that USA contract work announced (14 mil USD)
all at higher margins, 4.5 mil market cap, i have to be confident that this
will filter through some nice profits

LOW LIFE STILL LYING/RAMPINGwatchout2 - 28 Mar'10 - 02:43 - 3560 of 3560

I bet all these snippets still dont get any buyers on Monday if the results
are not out !

How many quiet hints on the website do they need before new investors buy in ?

nobody watching this baby..i bought in at 1.5p

maestro

Well done, may be some will get some of their losses back

i sold out at 8.5p... cant be too greedy...probably buy back abit lower

Well done. :-))

bought back in...full takeover must be just around the corner ... 24p take out price?

bought in this morning...anyone else stll in ?

No, but good luck

.

been told results tomoro...anyone confirm?

LIKE THIS BIT IN THE RNS

The company is also pleased to announce that it has secured a new commission with an expected gross revenue value of £4.25m.

Further details will be released in due course.