Coolabi Share Discussion Threads

[orange1] 29/3/2011 14:18

Interesting ....

Which statement is true?:

1. iloveit has sold out
2. he has been locked up
3. we are just about to receive a diatribe on the smell of fish ...

[iloveit] 29/3/2011 13:49

Tight spread now ,so i guess nows the time to move in.

[iloveit] 28/3/2011 07:06

We need to watch trades here still awaiting a decent punt from the city if it ever comes.

[iloveit] 25/3/2011 15:06

Whats the matter here price dropping why?

[bbd2] 22/3/2011 14:17

POPPY CAT HEADS TO THE US
Coolabi secures broadcast deal with SPROUT®


London, 22 March 2011. Leading children's and family entertainment producer and rights management company Coolabi has secured a major US broadcast deal with 24-hour preschool television channel Sprout for its brand new property Poppy Cat. The network, which airs in over 50 million households, has picked up US rights for the show and will air the 52 x 11-minute animated series later in 2011.



Poppy Cat brings to animated life the wonderful world of the preschool children's character created by Lara Jones in the Macmillan book series that has sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide. The series is co-produced by Coolabi's television production arm Coolabi Productions and the Emmy shortlisted and BAFTA award-winning King Rollo Films.



Michael Dee, Director of Content at Coolabi says: "We are thrilled to be breaking into the competitive US marketplace. Securing an American broadcast deal for a UK-produced show is notoriously difficult, but clinching the deal before the show has even aired in the UK is a real coup for Coolabi. Sprout is the ideal home for Poppy Cat in the US and we are excited to bring this new pre-school property to new audiences as the show rolls out globally this year."



"We are delighted with this opportunity to bring such a loveable, popular character from the pages of the Poppy Cat book series to millions of television screens all across the U.S.," said Andrew Beecham, senior vice president of programming at Sprout. "We are dedicated to providing fresh, interactive, learning-based entertainment to preschoolers and their families and we're thrilled that Poppy Cat is joining the Sprout family."



As well as launching on Nick Jr UK in May, the series has also already been presold to a number of other international territories, including Nick Jr Australia, RTE Ireland, YLE Finland, TV2 Norway, and TVO, SCN and Knowledge Network in Canada, with further international deals to be announced shortly.

[iloveit] 22/3/2011 11:47

Coolabi purrs with Poppy Cat US pick-up

UK kids media company Coolabi has scored its first major US broadcast deal after PBS preschool channel Sprout picked up the company's original series Poppy Cat.

The 52x11' series was commissioned by Nick Jnr in the UK and, though it isn't due to air on the channel till May, has already been sold to 16 territories, with PBS becoming the first stateside.

The success of Poppy - a property Coolabi has developed as a coproduction together with King Rollo Films - has already made an impact on the company's bottom line.

Coolabi, whose business is predominantly based on exploitation of pre-existing classic IP such as Bagpuss and Purple Ronnie, today reported its first ever profit after tax, with Poppy having proved a driver.

"2010 is the first year in which one of our internally developed assets, Poppy Cat, has made a material financial contribution to the group," said Coolabi CEO Jeremy Banks.

"The early momentum shown by Poppy Cat has demonstrated our ability to launch successfully a new IP asset in this challenging trading environment.

"Securing an American broadcast platform for a UK-produced show is notoriously difficult, but clinching the deal before the show has even aired in the UK is a real coup for Coolabi."

The series has already been presold to a number of other international territories, including Nick Jr Australia, RTE Ireland, YLE Finland, TV2 Norway, and TVO, SCN and Knowledge Network in Canada, with further deals on the cards.

Coolabi today reported static revenue of £2.9m (US$4.7m) for 2010 but a 164% increase in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization to £540,000. The company made a modest profit of £280,000 versus a loss of £1.1m in 2009.

Jonathan Webdale
22 Mar 2011
© C21 Media 2011

[tom.muir] 22/3/2011 10:01

Sadly, I think 6p is more realistic than 20p. I'm still holding though.

[iloveit] 22/3/2011 09:49

6p please,please,lol

[induna123] 22/3/2011 09:01

I foresee the share price drifting back to 6p over the summer.

[iloveit] 22/3/2011 08:54

Its going north and breakthru will be iminent ,company has very Positive future and contracts are very fruitfull pickings rewards here are just coming through so tucking in now could be a multibagger yes to me 10p+ should be broken today watch your monitors closely as the action begins .
Stock is very scarce in public hands.

[orange1] 22/3/2011 08:42

Lord Gnome - agree but the trouble is that we haven't got a clue what each of the company's properties pulls in terms of revenue and profit. For example in 2007 when Purple Ronnie was acquired it had revenue of approx. 1 mio a year. What is that figure now? What profit does it make?

[induna123] 22/3/2011 08:23

£280k profit, not exactly explosive results. I suppose the fact they are still in positive territory is a good sign but growth appears to be slow. Nothing to suggest that this company should be worth £10m like iloveit thinks it should.

[lord gnome] 22/3/2011 08:19

Orange1 - What we need to know is 'When will the money start to flow from screenings of Poppy Cat'. I doubt that the money has been banked already, so the revenue (from what has been a major investment for such a small company) should be yet to come. COO are certainly putting the building blocks in place and the future looks good, but I would like to see more tangible signs of success in profits and cashflow.

[iloveit] 22/3/2011 08:13

RNS Number : 3491D

Coolabi PLC

22 March 2011

Coolabi plc

("Coolabi")

US broadcast deal signed for Poppy Cat

Coolabi plc (AIM:COO), the media company focused on the ownership and creative management of high quality intellectual property assets, announces that it has signed a major US broadcast deal with 24-hour pre-school television channel Sprout(R) for the children's TV series, Poppy Cat.

Sprout(R) a partnership between NBCUniversal and PBS, amongst others, airs in over 50 million households. The channel has signed up the US broadcast rights for the show and will air the 52 x 11-minute animated series later in 2011. Poppy Cat brings to animated life the popular pre-school children's character created by Lara Jones in the Macmillan book series that has sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide. The series is co-owned and co-produced by Coolabi and the Emmy shortlisted and BAFTA award-winning King Rollo Films.

Andrew Beecham, Senior Vice President of Programming at Sprout, said:

"We are delighted with this opportunity to bring such a loveable, popular character from the pages of the Poppy Cat book series to millions of television screens all across the US. We are dedicated to providing fresh, interactive, learning-based entertainment to preschoolers and their families and we're thrilled that Poppy Cat is joining the Sprout family."

Jeremy Banks, Chief Executive of Coolabi, said:

"We are thrilled to be breaking into the competitive US marketplace. Securing an American broadcast platform for a UK-produced show is notoriously difficult, but clinching the deal before the show has even aired in the UK is a real coup for Coolabi. Sprout is the ideal home for Poppy Cat in the US and we are excited to be able to bring this new pre-school property to American audiences as the show continues its global rollout this year."

As well as launching on Nick Jr UK in May, the series has also already been presold to a number of other international territories, including Nick Jr Australia, RTE Ireland, YLE Finland, TV2 Norway, and TVO, SCN and Knowledge Network in Canada, with further international deals to be announced shortly.

[orange1] 22/3/2011 08:07

Lord Gnome,

Agree with your assessment. The point to watch here is the cash situation. There is not much left in the pot. Could a fundraising of some sort be on the cards? If it is a share issue there will be more dilution for exisitng holders.

[iloveit] 22/3/2011 08:03

Lord Gnome & Orange1,get the feeling you have missed the boat here at this price a steal and yes 20p target now in range just a few top ups and city buys here and this is ROCKET TIME ,GREAT SET OF RESULTS BABY !!!!!
Yes its up and FYING NOW,
TOLD YOU BEST TIP AROUND AND THIS IS GOING TO BE MASSIVE ,YEEHA!!!!!

[jimmyloser] 22/3/2011 07:54

Errrr....right board actually, I wanted to congratulate bbd2 for picking COO.

We are in the advfn annual competition, he chose COO and I chose another share.


Apologies for the intrusion, but GL ...jl

[lord gnome] 22/3/2011 07:35

Errr... wrong board by any chance, loser?

[jimmyloser] 22/3/2011 07:34

bbd2,

Really pleased for you here, how are you doing in this years league table?

I expect that Galleon will set sail on Monday under full rigging! and then the race will be on.

Hope todays goes well

jl

[showmethemoneyhoney] 22/3/2011 07:28

Now making money and progress so results going forward should continue move into more positive territory. Im holding

[iloveit] 22/3/2011 07:26

results are out ,and POSITVE ,
Watching trades this morning at 8p a share is this a real gem?

[lord gnome] 22/3/2011 07:23

So, finally, we have the long-awaited results. Good, and a big improvement, but not enough to set the market alight, I'm afraid. I had expected EPS of 1p as per broker forecast, so 0.4p comes as a bit of a disappointment. A historic PE of 20 is a big ask and I can't see the shares making much headway from here in the short term. It all looks good for the future, but then again, with any small company, there is always the promise of 'jam tomorrow'. Not long until we find out what Mr Market makes of it all. Probably not a lot. No doubt also we'll get the usual animated ramblings from our resident muppet.