Coolabi Share Discussion Threads

[iloveit] 24/9/2010 15:03

one anylist is forecasting 14p+ ,now thats pretty good but i am guessing as you know from header up to 20p a share ,and look at todays price now !

[iloveit] 24/9/2010 13:09

Well i really feel this is going to hit it bigtime there are at least 4 major holders here that have a good size holding and i like that so quietly stocking up at this ccrazy low price is surely well kept secret ,nice for those in here and could reward bigtime ,look at the rise today again small buys only .stock is very rare here as many cannot get in bigtime ,good luck!!!!

[lufc5] 24/9/2010 12:30

It's very tightly held and not many in free float, so that's why it moves on very little trading. I've actually traded this quite successfully over the last few months, but that 10k top-up this morning was my last trade before results next week.
Cheers and best of luck.

[iloveit] 24/9/2010 12:24

Its up LUFC5 ,What do you think is pushing this back up and all the recent news and story about how well the company has done this year will i can imagine show in results out soon ,any ideas what shareprice can achieve on these results if good 20p+ ?

[lufc5] 24/9/2010 10:24

Cap locks iloveit????

[iloveit] 24/9/2010 10:15

bLIMEY WE HAVE ACTION STATIONS AGAIN !
UP WE GO !!!!!!!

[iloveit] 24/9/2010 09:58

Latest star to COOLABI TEAM !!!!!!!!!!!!!




Coolabi Appoints Scurfield Head of Development and
Production



By | Thursday,
June 3, 2010 at 9:55 am |

 



Zoë Scurfield
Press Release from Coolabi

Coolabi has announced the appointment of Zoë Scurfield as Head of
Development and Production. Zoë is a respected senior programming executive
with years of experience in strategic planning, acquisitions, commissioning
and all aspects of broadcasting.  She will report to Coolabi's Director of
Content, Michael Dee.



In her new role, Zoë will be responsible for continuing the development and
expansion of Coolabi's television production business across animation and
live action. She will be Executive Producer for all Coolabi productions and
will be the key point person for broadcasters and production partners.



Over the last 12 months, Coolabi Productions has had a stellar rise which
has seen it become one of the UK's busiest independent producers of
children's programming, having recently delivered a second animated series
of the The Large Family to CBeebies and TF1 in France, as well as the first
series of live action drama Dead Gorgeous to CBBC and ABC Australia, both of
which are amongst the top rated shows in their respective slots. The next
show out of the blocks will be the eagerly anticipated Poppy Cat animated
series to Nick Jr.



Before joining Coolabi, Zoë was an independent programming consultant
involved in the strategy and development on such titles as Bookaboo, Mr Moon
and Get Squiggling.



Prior to this, Zoë spent 13 years with The Walt Disney Company where she
held a number of senior positions, rising to Executive Director,
Programming, for Disney Channels UK, Scandinavia and Emerging Markets.  She
was responsible for all aspects of programme planning, scheduling,
acquisitions, and commissioning across Disney.



Zoë Scurfield says, "Coolabi is a fast-growing and dynamic company with a
fantastic portfolio of exciting and diverse properties. This new role puts
me in a great position to make full use of my experience to help drive
Coolabi's rapid expansion as content producers, and I am looking forward to
working with key broadcasters in the development of existing properties,
while discovering and nurturing new ones. I'm delighted to be joining such a
talented and strategic team at this exciting time."



Michael Dee, Coolabi's Director of Content, says: "Zoë has already
demonstrated an ability to work effectively both within companies and
independently.s She brings a unique mix of broadcasting business acumen and
creative expertise to Coolabi.  We are delighted that she will be joining
the Content team at a key time in the company's expansion plans."



About Coolabi

Coolabi specialises in the ownership, development and creative management of
high quality children's and family brands and intellectual property.  The
current portfolio includes Purple Ronnie, Poppy Cat, Scarlett & Crimson, The
Large Family and Dead Gorgeous.  In addition Coolabi also licenses rights to
selected brands, including Bagpuss, The Clangers, and Hammer Film
Productions.  For more information and a background on the company visit

[iloveit] 24/9/2010 09:45

Friday, 17th September 2010 at 11:54 am


THE BIG INTERVIEW: Michael Dee, Director of Content, Coolabi


We find out why 2010 has been one of the best so far for the firm.

"Sometimes it's worth taking a sideways move to learn new things."
It's a philosophy that certainly hasn't harmed the career progression of
Coolabi's director of content, Michael Dee. When he was head of UK
marketing for Disneyland Paris he was offered the chance to work on
Disney brand TV specials throughout Europe, a sideways move as he puts
it, but one that took him into a different and interesting medium.
This experience then took him to BBC Worldwide at what turned out to
be an exciting time. As he explains: "I brand managed Tweenies at
launch. Brand managers at the time were a concept very much for FMCG so
this was quite unusual. You were bound to learn about new areas, about
publishing, about toys and about how they are produced and developed. It
was an amazing experience."
From head of pre-school IP and Children's Brands at BBC Worldwide he
moved to Chorion as strategic director, working with properties such as
Mr Men and the Blyton catalogue. He is now at entertainment and IP
management company Coolabi, where new properties like Scarlett & Crimson
are being carefully developed, established hits like Purple Ronnie are
being refreshed, and publishing hits like Poppy Cat are moving into TV.
Dee considers this a tough market to be in at a difficult time
economically. And yet, despite the downturn, it's all been going
incredibly well for Coolabi. "We've had one of our best years. After
developing Scarlett & Crimson for three years, in the last year we
launched a publishing programme and two cosmetics ranges. We've also
signed for perfume, we've got apparel deals in the UK and North America,
and there is a whole host of other categories being targeted. We're in
year two of new product development on Purple Ronnie – we've energised
the Ronnie book programme with Macmillan and we've got a brand new range
of Purple Ronnie cards at Hallmark.
"We green-lit Poppy Cat for TV, so we're now into production for the
show. We also took on the agency role for Bagpuss, Clangers and Ivor the
Engine – with original episodes currently flying high in the iTunes TV
show charts; a second series of Large Family started on CBeebies in
January; and in March our BAFTA-nominated live-action series Dead
Gorgeous began airing on CBBC and ABC in Australia."
The opportunities clearly exist then, even in tough times, but this
sort of progress is not just the result of identifying some good
prospects. "A company needs the right strategies and approach to prosper
- and of course the right skills," Dee says. And, he points out, Coolabi
has built up all of these in recent years. For example, as well as its
licensing objectives, television is an important part of the firm's
strategy.
"When we have a television property of course we want to create
intellectual property that works internationally across all the
licensing categories. However, there are occasions when we would do
adaptation of live action drama - like Dead Gorgeous - that will also
benefit us from a production and TV sales perspective, and these often
have publishing opportunities attached to them as well."
But while reacting flexibly to market needs is undoubtedly about
making intelligent use of established media, there are, says Dee, other
important elements to a responsive strategy - such as embracing newer
technologies. Scarlett & Crimson, for example, has a powerful web
presence and Purple Ronnie is using new media to enhance the brand
strengths.
Dee explains: "In the last year we've been working with Hallmark on
its print-on-demand range: adding your picture or message to a Ronnie
design. This customised approach is very exciting for Ronnie because he
is strong in delivering social expression."
And this approach now extends to two distinct Purple Ronnie
personalised greeting apps for the iPhone, customised gifts with
licensee PMC, and two soon-to-launch Purple Ronnie online stores for
further personalised merchandise. "Increasing numbers of people who shop
online are prepared to pay more for a customized product - something
they have made their own." says Dee. "That part of the business is going
to grow."
And with a strategy taking in such a wide range of opportunities, the
team behind it needs to offer the abilities to make the most of them.
Which is where the skills part of Dee's equation comes in - first of all
in the form of the recent arrival Zoë Scurfield, former executive
director of programming for Disney Channel, as head of development and
production. "She'll be responsible for our three to five-year
development timeline so we continue to have a clearly thought-through
strategy in terms of reacting to market needs," says Dee.
The company's focus on licensing growth was also apparent earlier
this year with the appointment of Anna Hewitt, former head of
international licensing at BBC Worldwide, as Coolabi's head of
licensing. Hewitt oversees brand licensing development globally across
all Coolabi properties and across all categories.
Dee is clearly delighted with the progress of the company in the
relatively short space of time. But he is wary of anything that smacks
of complacency. "We have the right strategy, the right approach and the
right team to make the most of what we genuinely feel are brands and
programming for the long term," he says.
"However, like everyone else, we're in a period of change where
you've got to support your existing business model but also be looking
at something very different five years from now. We need to position
ourselves for Web 3.0 and beyond, whatever that may look like. It's hard
to do crystal ball gazing but we know that we need to be there, and we
know that we've got the type of brands that will adapt well to that
space."

[iloveit] 24/9/2010 09:41

Shareprice needs to act fast here as ususal this is very well manipulated as investors top up and rises slightly then drops back to low levels again ,i feel results will probably do the same here up to around 15p then drops back again .
If we are going to show the city this is one to get on board shareprice HAS to react up bigtime !

[iloveit] 24/9/2010 09:32

Anyone topping up pre results?

[iloveit] 24/9/2010 06:44

Shareprice needs to act fast here as ususal this is very well manipulated as investors top up and rises slightly then drops back to low levels again ,i feel results will probably do the same here up to around 15p then drops back again .
If we are going to show the city this is one to get on board shareprice HAS to react up bigtime !

[orange1] 23/9/2010 21:08

Don't forget iloveit reported Coolabi to the FSA last year. Perhaps the FSA report is about to be published and this could be affecting the share price.

[lord gnome] 23/9/2010 16:36

You've left your Caps Lock button on again iloveit. Patience not your strong point by the looks of things. Are you sure that the stock market is right for you?

[lufc5] 23/9/2010 09:32

bbd2.
Thanks for finding and posting that.
A quite interesting and enlightening read.
Cheers.

[bbd2] 22/9/2010 16:14

Friday, 17th September 2010 at 11:54 am
THE BIG INTERVIEW: Michael Dee, Director of Content, Coolabi
by Samantha Loveday | Email a friend | PrintAdd a commentBookmark with Social network We find out why 2010 has been one of the best so far for the firm.

"Sometimes it's worth taking a sideways move to learn new things."

It's a philosophy that certainly hasn't harmed the career progression of Coolabi's director of content, Michael Dee. When he was head of UK marketing for Disneyland Paris he was offered the chance to work on Disney brand TV specials throughout Europe, a sideways move as he puts it, but one that took him into a different and interesting medium.

This experience then took him to BBC Worldwide at what turned out to be an exciting time. As he explains: "I brand managed Tweenies at launch. Brand managers at the time were a concept very much for FMCG so this was quite unusual. You were bound to learn about new areas, about publishing, about toys and about how they are produced and developed. It was an amazing experience."

From head of pre-school IP and Children's Brands at BBC Worldwide he moved to Chorion as strategic director, working with properties such as Mr Men and the Blyton catalogue. He is now at entertainment and IP management company Coolabi, where new properties like Scarlett & Crimson are being carefully developed, established hits like Purple Ronnie are being refreshed, and publishing hits like Poppy Cat are moving into TV.

Dee considers this a tough market to be in at a difficult time economically. And yet, despite the downturn, it's all been going incredibly well for Coolabi. "We've had one of our best years. After developing Scarlett & Crimson for three years, in the last year we launched a publishing programme and two cosmetics ranges. We've also signed for perfume, we've got apparel deals in the UK and North America, and there is a whole host of other categories being targeted. We're in year two of new product development on Purple Ronnie – we've energised the Ronnie book programme with Macmillan and we've got a brand new range of Purple Ronnie cards at Hallmark.

"We green-lit Poppy Cat for TV, so we're now into production for the show. We also took on the agency role for Bagpuss, Clangers and Ivor the Engine – with original episodes currently flying high in the iTunes TV show charts; a second series of Large Family started on CBeebies in January; and in March our BAFTA-nominated live-action series Dead Gorgeous began airing on CBBC and ABC in Australia."

The opportunities clearly exist then, even in tough times, but this sort of progress is not just the result of identifying some good prospects. "A company needs the right strategies and approach to prosper - and of course the right skills," Dee says. And, he points out, Coolabi has built up all of these in recent years. For example, as well as its licensing objectives, television is an important part of the firm's strategy.

"When we have a television property of course we want to create intellectual property that works internationally across all the licensing categories. However, there are occasions when we would do adaptation of live action drama - like Dead Gorgeous - that will also benefit us from a production and TV sales perspective, and these often have publishing opportunities attached to them as well."

But while reacting flexibly to market needs is undoubtedly about making intelligent use of established media, there are, says Dee, other important elements to a responsive strategy - such as embracing newer technologies. Scarlett & Crimson, for example, has a powerful web presence and Purple Ronnie is using new media to enhance the brand strengths.

Dee explains: "In the last year we've been working with Hallmark on its print-on-demand range: adding your picture or message to a Ronnie design. This customised approach is very exciting for Ronnie because he is strong in delivering social expression."

And this approach now extends to two distinct Purple Ronnie personalised greeting apps for the iPhone, customised gifts with licensee PMC, and two soon-to-launch Purple Ronnie online stores for further personalised merchandise. "Increasing numbers of people who shop online are prepared to pay more for a customized product - something they have made their own." says Dee. "That part of the business is going to grow."

And with a strategy taking in such a wide range of opportunities, the team behind it needs to offer the abilities to make the most of them. Which is where the skills part of Dee's equation comes in - first of all in the form of the recent arrival Zoë Scurfield, former executive director of programming for Disney Channel, as head of development and production. "She'll be responsible for our three to five-year development timeline so we continue to have a clearly thought-through strategy in terms of reacting to market needs," says Dee.

The company's focus on licensing growth was also apparent earlier this year with the appointment of Anna Hewitt, former head of international licensing at BBC Worldwide, as Coolabi's head of licensing. Hewitt oversees brand licensing development globally across all Coolabi properties and across all categories.

Dee is clearly delighted with the progress of the company in the relatively short space of time. But he is wary of anything that smacks of complacency. "We have the right strategy, the right approach and the right team to make the most of what we genuinely feel are brands and programming for the long term," he says.

"However, like everyone else, we're in a period of change where you've got to support your existing business model but also be looking at something very different five years from now. We need to position ourselves for Web 3.0 and beyond, whatever that may look like. It's hard to do crystal ball gazing but we know that we need to be there, and we know that we've got the type of brands that will adapt well to that space."

[monkey puzzle] 21/9/2010 14:38

Don't worry you'll get another blue one...and then you can ramp that all over ADVFN again can't you....

[iloveit] 21/9/2010 14:36

and we get a red day today!

[lufc5] 20/9/2010 09:48

iloveit.
Not much longer to wait now, prob' mid next week(30th).

[iloveit] 20/9/2010 07:42

GETTING BORING AGAIN,WHERE ARE THE RESULTS AND ARE INVESTORS BUYING HERE?

[iloveit] 17/9/2010 06:36

I think had you have bought a higher amount you may have even paid a premium its being regulated as you know so get the feeling yes you are right they are anticapating a rush for stock anytime now !
Coolabi very quite on the announcments lately we have all been patient with their portfolio and contracts but what we really need to know is this shareprice going to reach new much higher target shareprice .I felt 20p a share would be reached this as my header shows it has been stubborn to move up as we are in the dark here as to whats going on 15p pre results would give us a chance to Hit 20p by xmas .

[maytrees] 16/9/2010 14:49

Greetings iloveit.

If the MMs were really short of stock I doubt that hey would have given me
under mid share price to buy. Probably they want to encourage some trading as
volume atm dire imho given the imminence of the results.

[iloveit] 16/9/2010 14:40

WOW SMALL BUY TRADE AND IT GOES UP ,INTERESTING YES THEY ARE VERY SHORT OF STOCK HERE SO BUYS ARE REALLY MOVING THIS UP !