Mirada Share Discussion Threads

[battlebus2] 19/2/2014 12:01

Thanks cottoner,a couple of buys this morning :))

[cottoner] 17/2/2014 18:45

At the same time the Group is pleased to announce that it has signed an
agreement with a new customer, Millicom, a multi-national group which offers
digital lifestyle products and services in Latin America and Africa under their
Tigo brand.



Millicom added 16,000 new Pay TV subscribers in Latin America
by NexTV Latam | February 13, 2014

The telecommunications company Millicom published the financial results from the fourth quarter of 2013 (Q4 2013) and highlighted a 16,000 increase in Pay TV subscribers: 6,000 in Central America and 10,000 in South America. The company went from 2.509 million to 2.532 million homes passed. Millicom also informed that 42.2% of their Pay TV subscriber base is also subscribed to fixed broadband services. That figure was 41% by the third quarter of 2013.

The company recorded quarterly revenues of USD 116 million in their Cable and Digital Media: USD 83 million in Central America, USD 33 million in South America and USD 1 million in Africa. This business area provided 11% of Millicom's total revenue growth. Taking into account the full year 2013, Pay TV in Central America provided USD 320 million in revenues and South America, USD 123 million.

The cable operator Tigo, which Millicom bought from Cablevisión, acquired the Bolivian MMDS operator Multivisión in November 2013. The operation cost USD 20 million even though it has not yet translated into an addition of a huge subscriber base.

Furthermore, Millicom highlighted the launch of Tigo Star in February 2014, the new cable and broadband service. The company also emphasized the February 1st launch of Tigo Sports, a new Pay TV original channel destined to sports programming. It is available in Tigo through channel 11 (basic plan), 100 (digital) and 701 (HD).

[cottoner] 17/2/2014 18:34

Our largest customer continues to be GVT, the Brazilian telecommunications
operator owned by the Vivendi group.


GVT: customer value leadership award by Frost & Sullivan

GVT was recognized by Frost & Sullivan with the "2013 Customer Value Leadership Award" for Telecommunications Services in Brazil. The prize took into consideration GVT's global product portfolio, including the value-added services offered on its expanding television service, such as on-demand services and applications, and the company's practices in customer relationship management.

On awarding this prize, which was received by Ricardo Monteiro, GVT's Director of Communication, Frost & Sullivan stated: "GVT is considered to be a pioneer in anticipating rapid changes in customer behavior and preferences. The capacity to leverage its assets for delivering better customer support and quality of service is another important factor that can be attributed to GVT's leadership in customer value within the Brazilian space."

The prize considered criteria such as innovation, mobility and diversity of products and recognizes the company's efforts in improving value to consumers while creating long-term relationships with customers. The performance measurement was done through in-depth interviews, analyses and third party research to identify best practices in the industry.

[battlebus2] 17/2/2014 17:53

Good to see another little tick up , slowly moving in the right direction.

[el1te] 14/2/2014 14:57

That's a bigger number! 1.5m share trade at 10.13p

[battlebus2] 14/2/2014 11:51

Could well be garykc, either way the future for MIRA looks ever increasingly good so i'm continuing to add when i can.

Edit , ticked down on that 60k sell so it looks as if Webb may have a few more for sale.

[garykc] 13/2/2014 17:44

................Or has he been told/asked to reduce holdings to increase liquidity. Has been known in the past. Who knows. Maybe he needs to buy a Sky set top box!!!! Ha ha.

[rambutan2] 13/2/2014 17:37

Mr Webb takes advantage of recent interest to reduce by 870k. Prefers to rebalance his funds a bit more rather than wait for the prize.

[battlebus2] 12/2/2014 15:46

Oh him :)) Only jesting, a remarkable guy imv.

[jamielein] 12/2/2014 15:35

Thanks battlebus,

By the way, we have a mutual friend :)

[battlebus2] 12/2/2014 14:50

Yep i did jamielein..

[jamielein] 12/2/2014 14:37

duplicate post

[jamielein] 12/2/2014 14:37

battlebus, both of those links are the same - think you meant to paste a different one?

[battlebus2] 12/2/2014 14:12

Just look at this, got to be great news for MIRA!!

hxxp://nextvlatam.com/brazilian-pay-tv-market-reached-18-02-millions-subs/?lang=en

And another seeing strong growth in Latin America..
hxxp://nextvlatam.com/brazilian-pay-tv-market-reached-18-02-millions-subs/?lang=en

[battlebus2] 11/2/2014 16:41

I don't always post on threads myself.....

[cheshire man] 11/2/2014 16:30

I do hold stocks that I never post on the threads,,,,,,,,

[battlebus2] 11/2/2014 16:18

Cheshire Man I am seriously not stalking you i didn't read past the last few pages on the thread :)) Certainly is one to tuck away and come back to 25p in a few years imv.

[cheshire man] 11/2/2014 16:08

Well battlebus I nearly dropped my cuppa when I read you had bought in,,,,,,,,,,held since Oct.13,,,,,,,,,,,one to tuck away for a while,,,,,,,,:-)

We do seem to hold a lot of the same stocks :-)

[noli] 11/2/2014 16:08

Looking stronger now.

[battlebus2] 11/2/2014 15:33

Ticking up again :))

[battlebus2] 11/2/2014 08:07

Thanks for the welcome guys.. Moving in the right direction with a few early buys :))

[noli] 10/2/2014 19:50

Same here battlebus, its a slow burner. A guess on my part but i expect a tie up in some way with Carlos Slim, the larget telco's in Latam. As for a buyout, i agree they will be swallowed up, once Mirada announce one or two tier 1 contracts but before the growth really sets in these onlookers will be knocking on mira's door.

The gross margins are fantastic now since they have changed the business model. What i really like is mirada can sit back a little once the tier 1's are signed up as its the tier 1 company that has to do all the selling. As companies like telefonica have signed with Nagra, America Movil will be looking to get in on the act for Digital TV. I wonder if that's mirada's tier 1 current trial.

I have asked how the trial is going and they are ahead, so not to long to wait for that one. The conversion of the loan shows great faith in Mirada, as these guys will have more info than us it just goes to show what they expect.

[el1te] 10/2/2014 19:50

Good to have you aboard battlebus. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

[battlebus2] 10/2/2014 18:44

Only a matter of time noli the way management are performing. The current market cap of 8 million is way too cheap given a turnover of nearly 5 million which is set to grow substantially over the next two or three years and given it's in a high tech sector. Not withstanding that they are also a likely takeover candidate by some of the major players in the industry. The current m/cap would only be peanuts to the big guys imv. Just tucking these away for 3 years unless we are taken out before.

[noli] 10/2/2014 16:32

Interesting volume today, are we to get a new deal or two i wonder.