Entertainment Rights Share Discussion Threads

[bonio10000] 26/9/2008 13:32

Why does it have the right products?

It just has a mish mash of rubbish.

[grand plan] 26/9/2008 13:21

I don't have the time to commit to day trading so I have to take long positions. I've always been convinced that this company has the right products and has a strong future.... so needless to say i'm a long way down on this stock

But I'm convinced it still has a lot going for it

My next move will be to average down but when and at what price? - Surely Market Capitalisation cannot fall below the present £21mil

I'm being offered 3.575p to buy at the moment but will it fall below 3p in the next few days?

[hotips] 26/9/2008 12:39

BLOODY HELL !!!!!!!!!!
Bransgrove has a lot of explaining to do after such a bullish AGM statement a couple of months back. He must have known what was in store, especially with the departure of Heap.

[kenmill] 26/9/2008 09:46

CE
I agree. It seems more than a coincidence that the chief finance &
operations director, Elizabeth Gaines, resigned at the same time this change in contract was negotiated. Why did it take 2 months to realise the effect on profits.? Of course "the change is in the best interests of the company". Companies are gagging for this sort of deal that slaughters profits and raises borrowings.

[caveat_emptor] 26/9/2008 08:56

I called it some time ago and sold at 8.
The turf out a few months ago had to be about
what was discovered after the change over.

How much more is to come out.
This is the reason for the change of reporting to March!!!

Until they release a new set of audited figures
no one will believe them!!!

I would not even forecast a price....other than the company may
now be taken out to hide the shyt and not have to
show what others did not show!!!

[joey wilson] 26/9/2008 08:33

Bloody hell. I feel sorry for long suffering holders. I just don't believe this. ERT never fail to amaze me.

JW

Future earning of 0.75p per share. Share value 3.25p and will slide to 2.25p

[phillis] 26/9/2008 08:08

ERT will be be lucky to survive to the time a film could be made

[53tom] 26/9/2008 07:55

From the iii board curtesy of poster 'highstreetcrash'.



So If Depp Is Tonto, Who Might Be THE LONE RANGER??


Merrick here...


Electric Dreams has been an AICN source for some time, and has provided some substantive/impressive material in the past.

He dropped us a line to follow-up on his report from yesterday's Disney pep rally at the Kodak theater in L.A. (find it HERE).

Following the reveal that Johnny Depp would play Tonto (THE LONE RANGER's faithful Native American cohort), it was natural to ask who might portray the titular masked rider against injustice in the Old West.

Here's what Electric Dreams had to say:

Word as of now is that George Clooney has shown a lot of interest in the role of the Lone Ranger, and the studio's been talking to him about it. Previously it was rumored that Nic Cage was up for the role, but that rumor died a long time ago. Clooney's name has come up quite a number of times since.

Electric Dreams


Keep in mind this means the matter's only in the talking stages at the moment & far from a "done deal". But a Clooney/Depp LONE RANGER movie...produced with Bruckheimer flair...could be pretty cool if you ask me (and no one has).

[rochford6] 26/9/2008 07:05

looks like the market had already heard the news before the rns this morning.

[53tom] 23/9/2008 15:31

The large price drop is puzzling as its pretty well half buys and half sells!!
Unless its a large sell being worked in the background.

[dubbsie] 23/9/2008 14:50

I am glad to hear that their portfolio is doing well. As for the share price, in this market what can they do? all shares are being treated the same at the moment, trying to buck the trend is futile in my opinion so just look away and come back in a couple of months

[53tom] 23/9/2008 08:17

This is from ERT news pages.

22 September 2008
Pack Your Bag . and "Let's Go" with Waldo!

ENTERTAINMENT RIGHTS ENTERS INTO A GLOBAL MULTI-YEAR CONTENT AND MARKETING PARTNERSHIP WITH LET'S GO

Where's Waldo?––The Ultimate World Traveler––Teams Up with Let's Go, the Original Student Travel Guide to Celebrate His 21st Birthday

NEW YORK, NY (September 19, 2008) Join the Search! On September 21st, global pop culture icon and publishing phenomenon, Where's Waldo?, celebrates his 21st birthday! To kick off the celebration, Entertainment Rights announced today that Where's Waldo? has teamed up with Let's Go, as part of a worldwide content and marketing partnership. This marks Let's Go's first ever strategic partnership with an entertainment brand.

As part of the venture, Waldo's official website, FindWaldo.com, will include Waldo-themed tips, photos, travel itineraries, video content and more from the Let's Go team! The site will be regularly updated with new content. Waldo will also be spotted throughout a series of Let's Go guides, including Let's Go Roadtripping USA: The Complete Coast-to-Coast Guide to America, available in March 2009. From books, to events and online initiatives, keep your eyes peeled to find out where Waldo and Let's Go will pop up next-the 21st birthday launch is just the beginning!

"Waldo is the ultimate world traveler and Let's Go is the definitive source for student travel, making this an ideal partnership," said Nicole Blake, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Entertainment Rights, North America. "Today's travelers won't want to hit the road without consulting travel experts, Let's Go and Waldo as they embark on their own adventures."

"Waldo has such an adventurous spirit and embodies the Let's Go traveler. We're so excited to guide him on his birthday voyage, on the road across America and beyond," said Inés Pacheco, Publishing Director, Let's Go.

Where's Waldo? and Let's Go are two of the world's leading publishing series. The Where's Waldo? books are currently printed in 25 languages and there are now 24 Let's Go guides covering six continents. Together, Waldo and the original student travel guide will ensure that 20-somethings all over the world make the most of their travels!

About Where's Waldo?
Created by Martin Handford and first published in 1987, Where's Waldo? is one of the most recognizable characters in the world and a pop culture icon. A global publishing phenomenon with over 46 million books sold worldwide, the successful series is published in over 50 countries and has been translated into more than 25 languages. JOIN THE SEARCH! as the ultimate world traveler graduates beyond books and gets his digital passport. Online, in-store, or at events––who knows where Waldo will be spotted next? Spot Waldo online at FindWaldo.com.

About Entertainment Rights
Entertainment Rights Plc (ER) is a global entertainment media company, with a portfolio that includes some of the world's most popular children's, family and pop-culture brands. With offices in London, New York and Nashville, the Company specialises in the origination, acquisition and distribution of children's and family programming, characters and brands. The Company's catalogue appeals to a broad demographic from pre-school children to young adults and families. The ER catalogue consists of more than 3,600 hours of content that has been distributed in more than 170 territories worldwide. ER's expertise is in the exploitation of its catalogue of brands and content in a number of key disciplines, including television and theatrical distribution, product licensing and merchandising, live and home entertainment, and digital media.

ER is a publicly quoted company listed on the London Stock Exchange. Annual revenues have increased from £1.8m in 1999 to £68.1m in 2007, the last reported financial year.

Key brands in ER's global portfolio include Postman Pat®, Where's Waldo?®, Tinga Tinga Tales™ VeggieTales®, Rupert Bear®, George Of The Jungle™, Lassie®, Casper The Friendly Ghost®, Basil Brush®, Finley The Fire Engine™, The Lone Ranger®, He-Man® and the Masters of the Universe®, She-Ra™ and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer®.

About Let's Go
Let's Go, Inc. was founded in 1960 by a group of students who handed out a pamphlet of their compiled travel wisdom to their fellow students traveling to Europe. Almost 50 years later, Let's Go is still based in the heart of Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass. entirely researched, written, and produced by students, Let's Go has 49 titles across six continents. Each year, its intrepid student researchers scour the globe to find everything from the hottest nightlife in Paris to the best bike tours in Bangkok. They publish their original and best-selling Let's Go: Europe, as well a newer titles for up-and-coming destinations, such as Let's Go: Buenos Aires.

[53tom] 21/9/2008 15:12

Thanks Lippy:

Postman Pat and his black and white... BlackBerry?

By James Tapper
Last updated at 10:56 PM on 20th September 2008



For years, Postman Pat has relied on his trusty van and his faithful black-and-white cat Jess.

Now Britain's most loveable postie has some new gadgets to help him make his deliveries – including a gyrocopter, a motorbike with sidecar and a BlackBerry-style mobile phone.


A new series of his children's TV show, which launches next week, features a 'high-octane', 'energetic' Pat, who has been compared to James Bond by his makers and who ends each episode by declaring: 'Mission accomplished.'


Airmail: Postman Pat has swapped his red van for a gyrocopter


Pat has been promoted from delivering the post around the idyllic rural village of Greendale and is now head of the Special Delivery Service in the buzzy town of Pencaster.

Instead of simply bringing the village folk their letters – and helping them out along the way – Pat now has a variety of outsized and odd-shaped items to deliver that would leave most postmasters wondering where to put the stamp.

Jane Smith, chief commercial and creative director of Entertainment Rights, the company behind Pat, said: 'He is more heroic. Previously, Pat was everybody's friend, everybody's local postman.

'He is now everybody's local hero because he has so many more challenges in his job.



Moving with the times: Postman Pat now has a smartphone - he has gone through many changes since the show was created in 1981



'He delivers everything and anything – animals, bouncy castles, live bats, a runaway cow – and he has a mission every episode.

'There is a lot more action; children are used to seeing a lot of fast-paced programmes now.

'But it is still very narrative-focused.'

As a rural postie, Pat had just his trusty van – registration PAT 1 – to aid his deliveries.

Now, based at a high-tech sorting office, he has a fleet of vehicles – a 'stunt bike' with a sidecar for Jess, a forklift truck, a large eco-van and a two-seater gyrocopter.


He also has a smartphone which his new boss, Ben, can use to track his progress.

Other new characters include Michael Lam, 'Greendale's answer to Jamie Oliver', who runs a mobile shop.

Then there's wheelchair-user Lizzie, Ben's daughter, who is voiced by Cutting It star Angela Griffin.

Pat, created in 1981, has gone through many changes over the years, including getting married to his Post Office colleague Sara in 1996, and having a son, Julian.

The new series of 26 15-minute programmes kicks off on BBC2 at 8.30am on September 29.

Toys and other merchandise are expected to hit the shops in December.

Postman Pat has been broadcast in more than 150 countries, including China, with book sales of 15million.

[lippy] 21/9/2008 12:28

Bit of a write up on postman pat I believe its in the mail on sunday money section

[scrapman] 19/9/2008 09:08

wonder why Mr hemmings doesn't just take this one out and get some decent management in place , someone should email him the suggestion

[hotips] 19/9/2008 08:46

Oh for heaven's sake! Has it really come to the ER shareholders having to do their PR for them on this bb? Come on ER PR, get on with what you are paid to be doing. I know that you are media-adverse, and probably don't know that there is some termoil in the City right now, but people are loosing their jobs out there, and you could be next if you don't pull your fingers out and do what you're paid to do. So lets have some news flow from this company, please.

[rochford6] 18/9/2008 19:05

Cant find this on the ER website


Entertainment Rights Gets Home Video Rights To Frankenstein's Cat In U.K.

September 18, 2008



Entertainment Rights has secured the U.K. home entertainment rights to FRANKENSTEIN'S CAT. Produced by Mackinnon & Saunders, this (30x11) animated comedy series targets 6-9 year old children.

The show is currently one of the top rated shows on CBBC and follows a unique friendship between a girl, Lottie, who doesn't fit in, and a cat called Nine, whose body parts don't fit together properly. As part of the deal, ER has the option to distribute further series and spinoffs as the show develops.

ER will launch the first FRANKENSTEIN'S CAT DVD "The Cat From A Kit" on October 20, in time for Halloween. The initial DVD will contain eight 11 minute episodes and bonus content, including an interactive game.

FRANKENSTEIN'S CAT started out life as a children's picture book, created by Curtis Jobling. Then followed a TV series, a co-production by Mackinnon & Saunders (U.K.) and Kayenta Production (France), distributed internationally by CCI Ent. (Canada). The production recently won a 2008 Pulcinella Award at Cartoons On the Bay.

The show features two worlds -- Castle Frankenstein, a center of mad scientific excellence, also home to Nine, and the Village of Oddsburg where Lottie lives. Oddsburg is a center of excellence for superstition and small mindedness. The part of Nine is voiced by Joe Pasquale for CBBC.

[hotips] 18/9/2008 10:02

This share price is in danger of slipping back to the bad ol' Heap-days levels in the company is not careful. Thought they were going to improve things with the shareholders? Come on, wake up you dozy lot.

[caveat_emptor] 16/9/2008 15:33

Caveat Emptor!!!

[rochford6] 16/9/2008 09:20

Caveat

I believe the accounting date was changed to the end of February and not the end of March, Below is the reason i got from the company when i queried it

"The reason for the change in year end was improve the timeliness and transparency of ER's financial reporting, so we are continually looking at ways of improving our communication with shareholders"

[caveat_emptor] 16/9/2008 08:55

Can someone explain why the accounting date
was extended to the end of March?

[rochford6] 15/9/2008 20:37

Bit of a spike towards the end of play - maybe some news tomorrow?