Itv Share Discussion Threads

[srpactive] 01/9/2021 13:58

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He says what he feels is obvious whether readers or agree is their choice.

Plenty could replace McCall, out, PM back.

Maybe get the interview dissected for truths and then treat the producers
like itv have done to PM.

[slater5] 01/9/2021 13:29

I agree, if it was down solely to McCall, it is bad but she won't go because reports say she is doing a good job at the helm. We will see in the coming months, I hope they are right.

Piers Morgan should return to GMB, insiders say he turned down GB News with his own show, which makes me think they have left the door open for a return should the OFCOM verdict be favorable.

Considering it has been proved that Megan and Harry said many conflicting things in the interview and Winfrey is doing her best to keep her distance, Morgan was 100% correct in his doubts. PM is marmite, but is a ratings magnet, bring him back, he is worth 5p on the share price

[unhinged] 01/9/2021 13:26

It's just a shame she didn't tough it out and support her colleague though isn't it Personally I'd like her to publicly apologise and confess to making a hasty and ill thought out decision when faced with undue pressure from Megan MarkleArhat would help destroy a Markle's reputation which would be to the benefit of us all

[unhinged] 01/9/2021 13:20

Exactly !!This is supposed to be an independent broadcaster FFS not Megan Markle's mouthpiece And Morgan, like him or not, is one of the best broadcasters of a generation and was hired for his opinions regardless of the controversy they caused

[stansmith3] 01/9/2021 13:19

unhingedi agree, but she can either go or tough it out - if she toughs it out she either brings him back or she doesntseems unlikely she will just fall on the sword she cut him so quickly with, so given its likely she will tough it out, one question is what is the best way for her to keep her job bringing him back or digging her heels in....

[srpactive] 01/9/2021 13:12

Afternoon all, I will be increasing later this month once the
ftse100 reshuffle is apparent.

After the PMorgan news today I feel the ceo must go, siding
with the US left is not impartial enough for me.

dyor

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[ivanborsky] 01/9/2021 13:11

Looks like the media are already going to town on Dame Carolyn :-

[unhinged] 01/9/2021 13:00

Admitting a mistake is an understatementShe took a call from Megan Markle, a powerful women demanding Morgan's resignation and acted upon that with hasteThat's the reality. It wasn't remotely in shareholders or viewers interests - ONLY Megan Markle's interests and she needs to answer for that

[stansmith3] 01/9/2021 12:38

ivanwhy do you feel the need to post on ever older threads?an 18yr old one todayi agree with all the piers stuff btw, on the one hand we have a dilemma between carolyn admitting a mistake and the other, adding a tonne of viewers..... she shouldnt get away with ducking this

[ivanborsky] 01/9/2021 12:10

Lets see what the Telegraph and the Times say if anything at all that is !! Both papers said the share price collapsed and £400m was wiped off the value of ITV the week Piers walked off set ! Odds on he will return !

[unhinged] 01/9/2021 11:46

Can't invest in this company anymore which puts Megan Markle's interests ahead of those of shareholdersSo glad to see Piers Morgan vindicated by Ofcom this morning and in view of their comments I think it's high time this useless CEO do us all a favour and go

[hades1] 01/9/2021 09:05

Looks like its tethered?
FTSE 100 up 1%
ITV down 0.1%

[nige co] 01/9/2021 08:29

Marks, good on you mate. I asked the ITV CEO & CFO at the results if they would consider splitting the company in to two to possibly release shareholder value. They said that they are always looking at such things but believe that ITV is stronger as one. So management disagree, for now at least.

[bobdiamond1] 31/8/2021 14:57

I sympathise with those who have these at 170p or even more. They haven't moved much this last month, it is like there is a ceiling at 118p.

[stansmith3] 31/8/2021 14:36

me neither

[nige co] 31/8/2021 14:13

Stan, I won't be selling my ITV holding, I could be jumping out of the frying pan in to the fire. Going back 4 years at the time of my ITV purchase, I was also following 5 or 6 other companies. All are well down over the 4 year period. So it wouldn't have mattered which company I had purchased out of the 6, they are all well down. Little consolation I know.

[stansmith3] 31/8/2021 13:22

nigewhat you did 4 years ago or at the start of the pandemic is missing the point, its what you do going forward that countsyou are very much in the minority thinking itv has a real prospect of being taken over, so you are currently investing against the market...but good luck

[slater5] 31/8/2021 13:13

Buffett sold many of his stalwart stocks and bought them back cheaper, but it is much easier when your holding runs into millions of a certain share.

The big players will have their interest in ITV in long call options so if there was a bid they will just exercise the call. If anyone thinks that ITV are ripe for a takeover, the out of the money 120p calls an be bought for a few pence, so the option market is putting no premium on ITV.

Having said all that, two months ago, Sainsbury was being shorted all over the place, it is now up about 50%, so it comes back to the old adage 'you pays your money and you takes your choice'.

[matthewr1] 31/8/2021 13:13

Blackrock are investing for at least 5 years. I also think they’re happy the shs are pulling back as they can buy more at 115p , which I still think is there buy limit.

[nige co] 31/8/2021 13:11

Stan, when I purchased ITV 4 years ago it wasn't in the hope of a takeover bid. I would never buy shares for this reason. I had watched the share price drop from 245p and bought at 177p. I believed at that time that ITV were good value. My average price now stands at 160p. Yes I should have sold when the pandemic started, but this is all in hindsight.

[stansmith3] 31/8/2021 13:01

nigeits what happens in the future that matters, a bid is the exceptional event not the base case, so it should not be the main reason for holding...whilst we all agree anything is possible and no one KNOWS its not going to happen

[nige co] 31/8/2021 12:57

I agree if a bid was going to happen it would probably have happened by now. But none of us know if or when a bid will come. Yes you're quite right I could and in hindsight I should have traded on the way down.

[stewart19] 31/8/2021 12:33

You have answered your own question, any bid this year would have happened already. We now have gone back into all sorts of problems, inflation, interest rates next move up, a US market on speed, covid still here, airlines on half chat, to name but a few.

ITV aren't going to go at anytime soon, so if you can't trade all your holding trade 50% of it, but don't watch the share and complain it's not going your way.

I read your posts from yesteryear, even when markets dropped like stones, you sat on your hands and now have ITV owing you 170p a share. You could have traded 50% of your holding to get your average down. Why didn't you?

[nige co] 31/8/2021 12:01

"ITV WILL NOT RECEIVE A BID THIS YEAR SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT MISSING OUT, DON'T BE A FOMO!"

I respect your opinion Stewart but you don't know that ITV won't receive a bid this year. In April you thought that ITV would receive a takeover bid in May.