ITV must now be a bargain. The current team clearly are an issue but you'd think the big American companies would recognise the bargain.

The yield is also high and can be reinvested. That really does limit the down side. You can even win here if it drops further!

got a stop loss at 231 , bought today @ 235

Netflix turned down a request from the BBC to co-produce The Crown, a £100 million drama on the life of the Queen, as the corporation sought to be involved with the high-profile project after being unable to afford the rights.
The BBC is in a race to catch-up with online streaming services, but a senior executive has said that it cannot compete with sites such as Netflix and Amazon that spend nine-figure sums on drama series

The X Factor' 2015: Ratings Down Two Million On Last Year, With Lowest Viewing Figures For A Launch Show In Nine Years

http://www.hotapplenews.com/article/apple-tv-wants-viewers-to-change-channel-31655926-361306.html

not a very pretty chart with sp dipping below 200 dma once again
however, the falls in this stock may be overdone and if we get a decent bounce on FTSE, which is perhaps overdue, then this could be a beneficiary

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/11872700/TV-must-push-back-against-Apple-and-Netflix-says-Discovery-boss.html

guess where the pain barrier was hit!

ITV to get boost from cable fees
Government looking at legislative options to remove Virgin Media's copyright exemption

ITV's main channel is currently free for Virgin Media Photo: ITV

By Christopher Williams, Technology, Media and Telecoms Editor7:29PM BST 19 Sep 2015 CommentsComment
ITV is in line for a windfall potentially worth tens of millions of pounds a year, as the Government prepares to ditch rules that allow Virgin Media to carry its main channel free.
Officials are preparing legislation to repeal a section of copyright law that gives cable operators special exemption from paying for public service channels, according to industry and Westminster sources.
The move, expected to be confirmed later this year, will allow ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 freedom to negotiate a fee from Virgin Media for their main channels.
The cable operator already pays to carry the broadcasters’ non-public service channels, such as ITV2 and E4, but they are likely to demand significantly higher payments for their most popular channels.
It is understood that the Government is examining its legislative options for bringing in the change at the earliest opportunity.
That moves are under way will surprise many, as over the summer Ofcom warned that disputes between broadcasters and Virgin Media could lead to channels going off air unless arrangements for “complicated and lengthy backstop regulatory determinations” were also put in place.
The regulator’s views were widely seen as a sign that the Government would choose not to act following its consultation on the issue.
John Whittingdale, the Culture Secretary, told television executives in a speech last week that his officials were still working on the consultation, but highlighted that “many respondents argued that the policy rationale behind exempting cable platforms from having to pay copyright fees for the content they are carrying is no longer relevant”.
He also hinted that protection for the prominence of public service broadcasters in channel menus could also be weakened, potentially posing a threat to ITV and others.
The moves in the background to press ahead with copyright changes will come as a blow to Virgin Media, which has campaigned to keep its exemption. The law was originally introduced to encourage investment in cable infrastructure.
However, its parent company, Liberty Global, is now ITV’s largest shareholder so stands to benefit at the other end as the new fees boost the profits. Channel 4 has said it will directly reinvest any extra revenues from cable fees in programming.
The prospect of more non-advertising income comes at a pivotal time for ITV, Britain’s biggest commercial broadcaster. It is relying on a strong performance from England in the Rugby World Cup, to which it has exclusive broadcasting rights, to bolster the flagging audiences that it depends on for advertising sales.
ITV, Virgin Media and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport declined to comment.

not uninteresting with sp judging nudging back through 25 dma

The Daily Mirror claimed the corporation had dropped the programme and that it could move to ITV.
A BBC statement said: "It is incorrect to say the BBC has axed The Voice.
"We are in discussions about its future, but we won't get into a bidding war." The fifth series of the show will start on BBC One in January.

The X factor and the Voice ? How will that work

i think the latter is even worse than the former

I get the impression, probably totally wrong. At the moment SP is fair value, speculation of a bid is just that speculation. Not at all sure ITV want that to happen. Stuck in a trading range between 240 and 250p. DYOR

Diary - 29/10 Ex Divi

10/11 Q3 2015 Trading Update.

The latter as always will determine progress of company and SP. Place your bets :0)

ITV to acquire UTV's television business

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ITV plc today announced that it has agreed to acquire 100% of UTV Ltd, which owns the television assets of UTV Media plc, for a total cash consideration of £100 million.

This is subject to regulatory and UTV Media plc shareholder approval. The transaction will be financed through existing cash and debt facilities. The deal further strengthens ITV's free to air business and enables it to run a more efficient network. On completion of the acquisition ITV will own 13 of the 15 regional licences for the Channel 3 network and the combined business will benefit from ITV's continued investment in content, its advertising sales team and broadcast infrastructure.

UTV is the market leading commercial broadcaster and the most watched channel in Northern Ireland, broadcasting ITV content alongside high quality local programming. UTV Ltd also owns 100% of UTV Ireland, which launched a new dedicated channel for the Republic of Ireland on 1 January 2015. UTV Ireland is already the second most watched channel in peak in Ireland and ITV intends to strengthen the channel further with high-quality ITV programming at its core. "We have a long-standing relationship with UTV, which has been the leading commercial broadcaster in Northern Ireland for many years thanks to its strong regional identity and blend of excellent local programming and strong network shows," said ITV Chief Executive Adam Crozier.



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A takeover of Sky would go a long way toward providing Vodafone with more pay-TV customers, but the company is expensive and the Murdoch family doesn’t seem all too keen on selling out. That leaves Vodafone in the position of needing to build and partner its way to a quadruple play offering. Its mobile networks alone aren't going to cut it.

ITV poaches hit talent show The Voice from BBC in blow to Corporation's weekend schedule

The BBC has refused to pay 'an inflated price' for the show amid a review of the way it spends licence-fee payers' money





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The Saturday night singing competition The Voice is leaving the BBC and heading for ITV.


Mark Linsey, acting director of BBC Television, confirmed today that the fifth series of the show, which starts in January will be the last one to be shown on the channel. The corporation did make a bid to retain the rights to the series, it is understood, but walked away from the process when ITV offered “substantially more” money.




Mr Linsey said: "The BBC is incredibly proud of The Voice, but the fifth series which starts in January will be our last. We always said we wouldn’t get into a bidding war or pay inflated prices to keep the show, and it’s testament to how the BBC has built the programme up - and established it into a mainstay of the Saturday night schedule - that another broadcaster has poached it."


The decision follows criticism from John Whittingdale, the culture secretary, who has held up The Voice as an example of the way the corporation squanders licence fee payers' money.


Referring to the BBC’s original purchase of the rights to the series for £20 million, he said: “The Voice has been very popular, but the fact it was contested between the BBC and ITV, the result was to force up the money paid for it." He has also described the series as, “way outside the definition of what I call public service broadcasting.”



The BBC’s royal charter is set to expire at the end of 2016 and Mr Whittingdale is currently heading a widespread review of the corporation’s size and scope, and its right to levy a licence fee.

A BBC source said: “We made a final bid for The Voice that we wouldn’t increase. We understand that ITV offered substantially more and we refused to compete. We have to be careful with licence fee money and we didn’t think it was in viewers’ interests to pay over the odds.

"The BBC is still committed to big entertainment shows on Saturday night on BBC One and we are working hard with our suppliers to develop new exciting entertainment formats for our audiences."

The source added: “We hope, however, that we can give the show the send-off it deserves with a brilliant final series next year.”

The new deal with ITV has not been finalised, but an announcement is expected imminently.

The fifth series began filming in September, with singers Boy George and Paloma Faith, replacing Tom Jones and Rita Ora on the judging panel. Although a ratings success in America, the show has not attracted quite as enthusiastic a following in this country. The ratings for the final show of the last series were the lowest ever for a finale.

However, the series still had a healthy average audience of 8.6million per episode, and it is thought ITV can add to that. Some reports have suggested that the commercial broadcaster may even launch a youth counterpart called The Voice Kids.

ITV has been worried about its viewing figures between January and April since dropping Dancing On Ice in 2014. It could now run The Voice in this period and follow it with Britain’s Got Talent, which traditionally starts in April. The X Factor then takes over in August and continues until the end of the year, helping ITV to dominate Saturday night TV all year round.

A spokesman for ITV said the broadcaster would not be commenting at this stage.

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How many shares does he still hold Stan any idea?

Looks like plenty from the blurb in the link CC, over a million.

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300,000

0.00745%
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259p

DATE: 10 November 2015
PLACE: London, United Kingdom
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11 November 2015