Blue Star Mobile Share Discussion Threads

[rivaldo] 23/6/2006 07:27

More coverage:

" Blue Star Mobile X-Men deal
Blue Star Mobile
21 June 2006
Blue Star Mobile Group announced Wednesday that it has signed a deal with Twentieth Century Fox to create a mobile site to support the release of X-Men: The Last Stand, the final film in the X-Men trilogy, released in the U.K. on May 26.

The company said that the mobile site is being developed in both WAP and xHTML and will be available across seven geographical territories (U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Australia and Mexico).

The content of the site includes, amongst other things, details of the film's characters, exclusive video trailer downloads, premium X-Men content downloads, exclusive competitions and the option to send details of the site to a friend, the company said."

[rivaldo] 21/6/2006 18:16

Well, that was an unexpected turnaround...MM games, or an overhang maybe? One 100k sell at 15p was contra'd by two 50k buys at 17p, so nothing in the trades. Looks like a ploy to get more stock in.

More from Seymour Pierce:

"Blue Star Mobile "buy"

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 6:58:37 AM ET
Seymour Pierce

LONDON, June 21 (newratings.com) - Analyst Alan Matthews of Seymour Pierce maintains his "buy" rating on Blue Star Mobile (ticker: B2S).

In a research note published this morning, the analyst mentions that the company has announced a contract with Twentieth Century Fox to form a mobile site to support the X Men. This contract is a significant win for Blue Star Mobile, since it is a big geographical deal and enables the company to enter the entertainment industry, the analyst says. The company's stock appears attractive at the current levels, Seymour Pierce adds."

[rivaldo] 21/6/2006 09:39

"Seymour Pierce has buy ratings for....Blue Star Mobile"

[rivaldo] 21/6/2006 08:38

Indeed...it looks like X-Men will be a long-running and successful franchise. More importantly, this is the first work I can remember for Twentieth Century Fox - imagine if this leads to similar work for all of their future films...the effect on a tiny but already nicely profitable company like BTR would be immense.

[still waiting] 21/6/2006 08:00

So BTR develop a contract that could roll out new work for each new film!!!!

NICE.

[rivaldo] 21/6/2006 07:47

Yep, more good news GHF - ta for the Guardian snippet too. Twentieth Century Fox are yet another new major client for BTR.

H1 is shaping up to be terrific with the World Cup as well. The market may get a bit of a surprise...

[glasshalfull] 21/6/2006 06:53

Snippet from todays Guardian...





Upwardly mobile?

Keep an eye on Blue Star Mobile Group, down 0.25p to 16p. The company, which supplies entertainment content to mobile phones, is believed to be behind the mobile site set up to promote X-Men: The Last Stand the film which is currently at number two in the UK box office.

Blue Star is expected to develop the interactive site - which includes video downloads and competitions - for 20th Century Fox across Europe and around the rest of the world, excluding the US.

The deal follows a recent agreement between the company and retailer The Link to manage an England text alert service for the World Cup, offering customers the latest scores direct to their phone.



Regards
GHF

[rivaldo] 20/6/2006 22:13

Well, Eng-er-land should beat the mighty Ecuador next round even on tonight's form, so the quarter-finals it is. Lots more work and money for BTR then....

[rivaldo] 16/6/2006 10:40

Good comment from last week's Shares Mag - and good to see England through, so more work for BTR...

"Mobile entertainment and content supplier Blue Star Mobile turned in a chipper full-year result that saw it post improvements on all headline numbers.
Chairman David Cromwell said the firm had grown at a strong yet
manageable pace and picked this trend to continue. 'We will continue
to encourage and exploit our entrepreneurial management skills and
culture,' he said.

At the heart of the result was a marked spike in turnover – in H2 it
was 63% ahead of that in the H1 leg – and Blue Star's first overseas sales.
Also during the year, Blue Star extended its agreement to manage all
text services for New Group Newspapers, including subscriptions and
competitions.

The company was a preferred supplier for Motorola UK and Motorola North Asia, the latter including a contract to develop a sales application for Chinese sales staff. It also entered major promotional deals with big-name firms such as British Airways, Bacardi, T-Mobile and the BBC.

Hot off the press came confirmation that it would provide an England text alert service for this year's football World Cup for mobile phone retailer The Link. This came after an earlier deal to provide World Cup content in the UK for T-Mobile.

Meanwhile, SPEC acquired and bedded down mobile sports marketing company Sports Programming & Event Consultants, rebranding it as Blue Star Sport.

■ Shares says: An encouraging result for Blue Star Mobile – investors should take note of this exciting growth story.
by: Andy Macdonald"

[rivaldo] 11/6/2006 17:07

Good to see England looking like progressing for financial as well as footie reasons. The further they go (touch wood), the better for BTR in their World Cup promotions with The Link, T-Mobile and the News of the World (and the Sun).

[rivaldo] 03/6/2006 10:21

Tipped in the Telegraph today :-))



"Blue Star Mobile Group

Around every corner seems to be a company offering customers content for mobile phones, and Blue Star Mobile is one of these.

It has all the usual contracts, with deals with News International, Trinity Mirror, Channel 4, Samsung, Motorola, promotions with brands including BA and Bacardi, and a link-up with T-Mobile.

The one with T-Mobile is perhaps the most timely, as it has been re-appointed as the mobile phone company's English football sponsorship agency.

This means Blue Star negotiates and manages all of T-Mobile's sponsorship contracts with the likes of Aston Villa and Charlton Athletic. This is timely as it is also working with the mobile phone firm on the upcoming football World Cup, which should pay dividends.

It also announced this week a deal with phone retailer The Link to develop and manage an England text alert service during the tournament.

The one thing that makes Blue Star different from so many of the mobile content companies is that it actually makes money. Having only floated on the Aim market in April, the company this week released full-year results showing it made a small profit in the second half.

But from acorns do oak trees grow, and stockbroker Seymour Pierce, which is still finalising its forecasts for the year to March 2007, believes Blue Star can achieve sales of £4.2m providing an operating profit of £500,000.

That would value the shares, currently at 16p, at 11.5 times earnings. Worth a look."

[lossman] 02/6/2006 12:22

It is just taking a long time to get noticed and it does need a few more deals to get moving again.

The problem is...if you believe in it as I do, and news does come, it will move quickly and may not come down again for a while.

[rivaldo] 01/6/2006 16:55

Quick log-in from hols, but results and prospects looked fine to me. On a 4.5m m/cap a 120k annualised profit with excellent prospects, first overseas sales etc looks pretty reasonable.

This year should be particularly good with the World Cup, and a big jump in profits, clients and sales should see the share price at 30p+ at some point imo. Above all the current share price is I believe more than justified given the global possibilities and hugely expanding mobile markets open to BTR.

[lossman] 31/5/2006 09:43

That good old trick of release the announcement the day after results. Thought so, as nothing announced yesterday.

Question is....are there any more in the next few days, or will it be longer. Announcements in quick succession will do the price no harm.

The world cup starts in a few days, and they are able to set up the service in a short time, perhaps there will be a couple more this week?

[still waiting] 31/5/2006 08:00

New contract out today.

[lossman] 30/5/2006 22:46

Hellooo?

If this company is still unnoticed, and the price has held, then I am hopeful of a rise over the coming days.

If not, then the next set of results or announcement will tell me whether it is worth holding or not.

[lossman] 30/5/2006 16:44

Not set the world on fire then?

I am happy though with results, share price not that good. However, if H2 results continue this year and new contracts are added, plus World Cup, then I think these will do me nicely thankyou.

[lossman] 30/5/2006 08:24

Results out, breakeven for the year, but H2 showing significant improvement over H1.

Looking good for this FY.

[lossman] 25/5/2006 17:08

Needs results or a new contract. The silence and the constant tick downs combined are unnerving.

However, Monstermob results are good, so this bodes well for BTR especially if they do have another couple of contracts announced at results.

Quietly confident that the price will be back up over 20p in a couple of weeks after results. However, I do not have my house invested on that fact.

[still waiting] 18/5/2006 08:11

A little tick up early doors, can't be long before news arrives.

Will we see the odd buy again today?

[rivaldo] 16/5/2006 14:21

Lossman, imo BTR's held up extremely well in the carnage! The trend is still up, and there's demand for the shares pre-results - a nice buy of 43k shares is the only trade today.

Wouldn't take much to move rapidly back to 20p and above.

[lossman] 15/5/2006 22:58

What the ......?

Offer still the same and bid dropped 1p. MM's looking to tease a few sellers out before results, or to fill an order? I imagine offer would move too if there was a problem. Unless they are bluffing of course. Is this the poker site?

This is looking like a tedious period until results are announced.