Independent Media Distribution Share Discussion Threads

[veryniceperson] 16/5/2006 17:32

This does seem to be very overdone in my eyes. Perhaps I am missing something.

[larousse] 16/5/2006 10:28

It's only a bad day if you have to sell, and a good day if you can afford to buy more :)

Every cloud...

One of the promised regular trading statements would soon stop the rot.

[veryniceperson] 16/5/2006 10:06

Looks like becoming another bad day. Minus 3 no trades as yet.

[larousse] 15/5/2006 14:44

3 trades

60.7 146
58.0 3950
55.39 500

The last two look like sells, but IMD does this. Small & thinly traded.

I would guess that a couple of people read about the market worries over the weekend and decided to take what was on offer.

[veryniceperson] 15/5/2006 13:45

I hope this is just down to a jittery market. Minus 3 so far, a bit heavy methinks.

[games] 12/5/2006 09:33

I see A Poulter's 1,000,000 options were cancelled.

ta for the updates everyone......back to the boat.

[larousse] 12/5/2006 09:27

Thanks for that, I'll be downloading later

[chasser] 12/5/2006 03:33

The 2005 Annual report is now available on the IMD website.

[larousse] 08/5/2006 13:42

Nice to see a premium member on the board. I'll start using a dictionary now.

As for what all this means, time will tell (as they say).

[white russian] 08/5/2006 13:29

the guy who owns getty ( i presume mr.getty) is one of the forbes top 50 rich
if not top 10 - seriously world class rich - i think!! from memory. cant be bothered to google it though

btw. i dont hold, and i cant remember why this is on my favs, but will do some research - i must have added it for a reason!

[veryniceperson] 08/5/2006 13:15

Very, Very interesting!

[larousse] 08/5/2006 11:55

Well, maybe there is something in it

About Getty Images
Getty Images is the world's leading imagery company, creating and distributing the largest and most relevant collection of still and moving images to communication professionals around the globe and supporting their work with asset management services. From news and sports photography to contemporary and archival imagery, Getty Images' products are found each day in newspapers, magazines, advertising, films, television, books and Web sites. Gettyimages.com is the first place customers turn to search, purchase, download and manage powerful imagery. Seattle-headquartered Getty Images is a global company with customers in more than 100 countries. Visit the Getty Images site at

[larousse] 08/5/2006 11:47

Go on, I give up. Why is it very interesting?

Isn't this just a new guy in Poulter's old job, or is there a connection to GI that I'm missing?

[veryniceperson] 08/5/2006 08:13

Very Interesting

[hastings] 08/5/2006 08:08

Interesting.

[veryniceperson] 08/5/2006 08:02

Independent Media Distribution Plc ("IMD"), the independent
provider of digital delivery services for transmission quality radio and TV
commercials, music and music video to broadcasters of every type, today
announces that Simon Cox has been appointed as Chief Executive with immediate
effect. He will join IMD's Board of Directors on 31 May 2006.

Simon, aged 43, was previously Chief Executive of imagenet Limited, a digital
distribution service for publicity materials, which he developed into a global
business, before negotiating its sale to Getty Images in 2004. Subsequently,
Simon became Vice President of Getty Images' Media Management Services. Earlier
in his career, Simon was Director of Finance and Business Development at Warner
Brothers International Television and held executive board positions at the
Zenith Group of television and film production companies and Euromoney
Institutional Investor plc.

Commenting on Simon Cox's appointment, David Haynes, Chairman of IMD said: "The
experience Simon has gained during his career, most recently at imagenet, along
with his proven ability in developing and executing a focussed business
strategy, will be a huge benefit to the Company as we move forward."

Simon Cox added: "I am delighted to be joining the IMD team and look forward to
helping develop and drive its pioneering activities especially in television and video."

[larousse] 29/4/2006 22:47

As per post 19, Digital look forecasts read:

Forecasts
Year End Revenue Pre-tax EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. D/Yld
31-Dec-06 6.14 2.04 4.23p 12.3 n/a n/a 1.50p 2.8%
31-Dec-07 38.58 1.50 12.21p 4.3 0.0 +188% .70p 5.1%

Covering analysts: Corporate Synergy

Just changed to:

Year End Revenue Pre-tax EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. D/Yld
31-Dec-06 5.52 1.31 2.96p 19.7 n/a n/a 1.50p 2.8%
31-Dec-07 6.69 2.03 4.15p 14.1 0.4 +40% 1.70p 3.2%

Covering analysts: Bridgewell Securities, Corporate Synergy


So, since Bridgewell came out with that "overweight" rating, they've knocked 0.5m off the forecast for this year. Year ending Dec 07 looks like it must have been a typo (tragic).

Current 1 week ago 1 month ago 3 months ago 6 months ago 1 year ago
Revenue (£m)
31-Dec-2006 6 5 6 6 6 6
31-Dec-2007 7 7 39 n/a n/a n/a

Earnings
31-Dec-2006 2.96p 1.69p 4.23p 3.84p 3.65p 4.23p
31-Dec-2007 4.15p 4.15p 12.21p n/a n/a n/a

Dividend
31-Dec-2006 1.50p 1.50p 1.50p 1.50p 1.50p 2.11p
31-Dec-2007 1.70p 1.70p 2.70p n/a n/a n/a

All this and we had a 5% rise on the back of it.

[larousse] 28/4/2006 14:18

No idea, but I liked it until 11 (ish)

7 reported trades

57.45 3066 9:42:38
61.0 5000 9:57:27
56.0 10000 8:41:40
58.5 15000 9:42:07
61.0 17800 9:51:16
61.1 10000 10:58:49
62.0 10000 11:08:48

Then no more & the price dropped off a little. Maybe there's a sell yet to be reported, maybe the price jumped on unusual volume, now it's just settling, maybe there's some press comment that we haven't seen yet.

Either way I'm quite happy with that rise.

[veryniceperson] 28/4/2006 13:10

Very up and down trading day. What is or was going on?

[veryniceperson] 27/4/2006 17:10

Thanks larousse

These press releases all read very well. Seems the people at the tv stations like the system.

[larousse] 27/4/2006 15:53

Independent Media Key Irish TV Channels Use IMD
RNS Number:0815C
Independent Media Distribution PLC
27 April 2006

For immediate release: 27 April 2006

KEY IRISH TV BROADCASTERS ADOPT IMD'S SYSTEM

Independent Media Distribution Plc ("IMD"), the independent provider of digital
delivery services for transmission quality radio and TV commercials, music and
music video to broadcasters of every type, announces that a further three key
Irish TV broadcasters are now using IMD's digital delivery system to receive
commercials.

TG4 is a national television channel in Ireland, which began broadcasting on 31
October 1996. The channel attracts over 800,000 viewers each day and, with its
daily Irish language programme schedule as its core service, is considered one
of Ireland's major broadcasters. TG4 broadcasts over seven hours of innovative,
quality programming in Irish each day, which is supported by a wide range of
material in other languages. Each month the station receives over one hundred
commercials but being based 20 miles outside Galway, same day delivery of UK
produced commercials has proved virtually impossible.

However since the beginning of April, TG4 has been able to receive commercials
digitally from IMD without the need for a tape back up. IMD has written
dedicated software to integrate with TG4's commercial ingest system and to
enable the traffic team to manage the delivery of the digital commercials and
view review quality versions of adverts. IMD has provided a dedicated digital
connection to TG4, which enables commercials to be sent at any time and also
acts as a transmission back up for TG4.

As well as TG4, IMD has started to digitally deliver commercials to City Channel
and the recently launched Channel 6 which are both based in Dublin. Testing is
also underway with Setanta Sports, Ireland's only dedicated Sports channel, and
IMD hopes to be able to add them onto their digital network very shortly.

In Northern Ireland and Eire, IMD is now able to provide full digital delivery
of TV commercials to UTV, RTE, TV3, TG4, City Channel, Channel 6 and Channel 9.

Aoileann Ni Loingsigh, Head of Scheduling at TG4 commented: "The change over
from tape to digital has made life in traffic at TG4 significantly better.
Immense effort by staff from both IMD and TG4 has made the transition very
smooth. Given our location it is fantastic that we no longer have to wait for
the tapes to be delivered by courier. I am sure that having the digital copy fed
straight into our system will prove to be immensely beneficial for both TG4 and
advertisers alike".

- ends -


For further information please contact:

Ross Priestley, Director of Business Development John West / Paul Dulieu
IMD Plc Tavistock Communications
Tel: [phone] Tel: [phone]
[e-mail] [e-mail]
www.fastrax.co.uk
www.imdonline.co.uk


Notes to Editors

About IMD plc

IMD is an independent company providing a digital delivery service for
transmission quality radio and TV commercials, music and music video to
broadcasters of every type. With nine years of digital advertising distribution
experience, IMD was the first company to deliver digital, broadcast quality
commercials and music video to TV broadcasters in the UK and Eire. IMD is the
premier distributor of broadcast quality radio advertising to UK and Ireland
servicing 98% of all stations.

For more information visit www.imdplc.com





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

END
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[veryniceperson] 27/4/2006 13:16

RNS Didn't make it but AFX did. Onwards and Upwards


LONDON (AFX) - Independent Media Distribution PLC said a further three key Irish TV broadcasters are now using its digital delivery system to receive commercials.

The channels are TG4, Dublin's City Channel and Channel 6.

Testing is currently underway with Irish sports channel Setanta Sports.

[larousse] 25/4/2006 14:28

You have to wonder why they hide news like that article.

OK, I admit they release the odd RNS, but most stuff is either buried in their website, or simply found somwhere else.

I think small companies have a difficult enough time getting noticed as it is. Anyway, it's their choice.

Did you notice Bridgewell rating IMD as overweight? Another one that has me puzzled.

The shareprice is a little over half its previous high, the news from the biggest customer yet won is as good as could be hoped for and the predictions for the revenue over the next 18 months or so are excellent.

At this point, we get 'overweight'.

[veryniceperson] 25/4/2006 14:03

I know its old but just found it. My goodness things are moving at a pace now. Looking forward for a trading update. End of June my guess.



6 February 2006


IMD Now Fully Digital With TV3 in Ireland
IMD is happy to announce that another key TV broadcaster is using IMD's digital delivery
system to receive commercials.
TV3 is one of Ireland's major commercial broadcasters receiving hundreds of commercials monthly. From January this year TV3 has been able to receive commercials digitally from IMD without the need for a tape. Previously, IMD has been able to digitally send UK
produced commercials to its Irish office in Dublin where they were laid onto tape and then couriered to TV3's offices on the outskirts of Dublin. This had already speeded up the process of getting commercials to air by removing the need to courier tape from London, a process that has now been improved upon further. IMD has written dedicated software for TV3's traffic team which allows them to manage the delivery of the digital commercials, viewing review
quality versions and applying its own reference numbers.

Marie Fay, Traffic Manager at TV3 commented "The transition from tapes to digital went really well and has made a huge difference to us in
TV3 traffic. Clearing out the library will never be the same again! Please thank all at IMD for making it so easy for us." In the North and South of Ireland IMD are now able to offer full digital delivery to UTV, RTE and TV3 with TG4 undergoing final testing.