Itv Share Discussion Threads

[nige co] 01/7/2021 18:55

Finally the ADR's open up 1%.

[nige co] 01/7/2021 18:41

What's going on Stan? No trading over the pond after 4 hours?

I will look forward to an announcement after the bell tonight. Lol

[ivanborsky] 01/7/2021 18:27

Hmmm, still no live ITV ADR price? Announcement after the close of business this evening in the US perhaps ???

[nige co] 01/7/2021 17:51

Nice spike on the LSE at the close? Closing at the high of the day.

[nige co] 01/7/2021 16:48

No ADR price yet?

[stansmith3] 30/6/2021 13:54

i wonder if the recent volume in the states is as a result of the 40+m? that we assume were sent over there?

[nige co] 30/6/2021 13:20

I wish the bid would hurry up. Lol

[nige co] 30/6/2021 07:30

Stan, yes 144,629 ADR's = equivalent of 1.4 million UK shares. Slightly below the ADR daily average volume of 153K. A big jump from 5K daily average only a few months ago. I may be wrong but I still think that someone is still building their ITV stake in the USA. Time will tell.

[stansmith3] 29/6/2021 21:59

nigeusa volume as a percentage of uk volume is pretty high?

[ivanborsky] 29/6/2021 13:30

And the flow of good news keeps on coming:-

'ITV channels dominated viewing last night with a combined peak of 13.6 million viewers watching Love Island and France v Switzerland across all devices, with ITV scoring a huge 45% share of 16-34 TV viewing in peak time.

Love Island launched last night with a strong peak audience of 3.3 million viewers across all devices. The average TV audience last night is the biggest digital channel audience of the year across any channel, and on par with the last series launch.

With an average of 1.0 million ITV Hub viewers across the episode, this was a new launch record for the show. The launch attracted 2.9 million streams in total.

For 16-34s Love Island is the most watched digital channel programme of the year for this demographic, with the 16-34 audience up 110,000 viewers on the last series launch.

With huge numbers watching the Euro 2020 match on ITV main channel that saw France eliminated by Switzerland (which peaked with 12.0 million viewers across all devices), the catch-up numbers for Love Island will see the launch audience rise further.'

[nige co] 29/6/2021 10:23

I think that we need a good H1 report on July 28 to give the share price a lift to 140p if we're lucky. The problem is we could find ourselves back down to 110p before the results come out the way the share price is performing.

[nige co] 28/6/2021 16:47

Yes, indeed a bad day at the office.

[hades1] 28/6/2021 16:24

Humans are ultimately in control as before.

Bad day across my portfolio.
BT below 200p!
Travel/transport hammered - NEX down 5%, Stagecoach down 4%.
Boris should have stopped flights into UK from India 3 wks earlier - Now we are paying the price.
More Government incompetence.
Now Boris wants to reopen on 19th!
Mad given our situation with so many still waiting for second jab and under 18s not vaccinated at all!
Just my opinion.

[nige co] 28/6/2021 16:01

Hades, wouldn't you agree that algo trades are in charge of the share price?

[hades1] 28/6/2021 15:53

Let's see.
I don't believe it's corrupt.
It's just a market.
The 127.7p off book trade could have been old - There is nothing new about off book trades in fact before SETS most trades were off book ordinary trades through a MM/broker and so even less transparent.
But things move considerably faster today due to advances in technology.

[nige co] 28/6/2021 15:47

With only very light volume of only 1.5 million shares traded before the 2.8M trade went through. There was a time 20 years ago that such a trade in very light volume would have resulted in a spike in the share price. Not nowadays I'm afraid, with all these algo trades controlling the price. The market is corrupt to the core.

I think that we can wave goodbye to 126p, hello 120p.

[hades1] 28/6/2021 15:39

Yes but wish he/she was buying in the market and not off book!
2% down and lost the 126p support.
Let's hope it's retaken soon ideally before close.

[nige co] 28/6/2021 15:34

A large buy for 2,830,000 paying 127.70p just gone through.

[slater5] 28/6/2021 11:18

jacko That is interesting as I have a friend who is a technician. He has said the same, that he has never been offered so much work.

This bodes well for ITV.

[jacko07] 27/6/2021 13:48

My contact in the industry say's that there is a problem with getting crew. Seems the backlog is huge, putting a lot of productions way behind.

This all looks good for ITV studios, booked solid for the next two years.

[hades1] 27/6/2021 10:20

Two ITV related articles in Sunday Papers.
1. Sunday Telegraph - C4 future and ITV merger discussed but nothing new and all just speculation.
2. Sunday Times - Liberty Global selling Virgin Media Ireland.
Both TV channels and broadband.
The TV channels were sold by UTV/ITV to LG a few years ago.
VM Ireland was left out of the o2 merger along with their stake in ITV.
Both behind paywalls at moment.
Tectonic plates moving everywhere in the Media World.

[hades1] 26/6/2021 09:35

2 top UK stocks to buy with £2,000 today

Roland Head
Sat, 26 June 2021, 8:09 am
Where would I start investing today? I’d look for UK stocks with a good mix of growth potential and income.

In this piece I’m going to look at two companies that I think fit the bill. Both have well-respected management and look decent value to me at the moment.

A takeover target?

My first pick is FTSE 100 television group ITV (LSE: ITV). This is a stock I already own. What attracts me is the company’s twin role as a broadcaster and as a producer for other television companies. I’m also keen on the company’s massive programme archive, which I believe would be valuable to a potential buyer.

Historically, ITV has been highly profitable, although profit margins have fallen over the last five years. However, the company is in turnaround mode under CEO Carolyn McCall. Profits are expected to bounce back this year from the disruption caused by the pandemic, with further growth expected in 2022.

Debt levels remain comfortable, in my view, and the company’s cash generation still looks healthy. Although the shares have risen by 64% over the last year, that gain was from a low level. Even at the current share price, ITV shares still trade on just 11 times forecast earnings, with a dividend yield of 4%.

ITV remains a buy for me, and I expect my shares to provide a good mix of income and growth from current levels. I also think that this UK stock could be a potential takeover target. In my view, ITV’s big market share and content assets could make it attractive to a larger media or telecoms group.

[ivanborsky] 25/6/2021 13:04

Extract from the Guardian on-line article.....


'ITV started selling its sponsorship packages during lockdown in the first quarter of the year, before the government announced its roadmap to ending Covid restrictions, and when it wasn’t even clear if the show could be filmed as usual in the Balearic islands.

“We sold out,” said Kelly Williams, the managing director of commercial at ITV. “That demonstrates the demand. Our revenues for June are going to be the biggest in our history, and I suspect July will be the same. Not just the biggest in our history, but the biggest by quite some margin. Some of it is our Euro 2020 coverage, yes, but advertisers have definitely learned through the pandemic the value of TV.”

[nige co] 25/6/2021 11:18

Happy to read your valued comments Matthew, I must have missed your previous comments regarding your occupation regarding working for Merrill Lynch. Any info you can disclose would be appreciated regarding your opinions re ADR's. I'm always happy to learn from others with greater knowledge than myself. Cheers.