Ten Alps Share Discussion Threads

[jdb2005] 03/9/2009 10:14

TAL now has a 3 years contract with BBC Worldwide and should be able to fund its own expansion in Asia with Singapore TV.

Ten Alps plc
3 September 2009
Ten Alps signs distribution deal with BBC Worldwide
Group-wide, three year term
Factual media company Ten Alps plc ("Ten Alps" or the "Company") today announces a three-year distribution deal with BBC Worldwide for all of its broadcast factual TV content.
BBC Worldwide will provide Ten Alps with development funding.
For the first time, Ten Alps' group of leading TV documentary production
companies - Brook Lapping, Blakeway, Films of Record and Below the Radar - are
all included in a single deal.

BBC Worldwide will work closely with the companies to help identify and support international opportunities within their development slates. In return it will have an exclusive first option to distribute available rights in commissioned programmes on a global basis.
High-profile programmes delivered by Ten Alps companies so far in 2009 have
included Iran and the West (BBC 2), The Future of Food (BBC 2), The Madoff
Hustle (BBC 2), Murder Mansion (Channel 4), China's Capitalist Revolution
(BBC 2), How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin (BBC 2) and several Dispatches for
Channel 4.
BBC Worldwide is the main commercial arm and a wholly owned subsidiary of the
British Broadcasting Corporation. It is considered amongst Europe's leading
distributors with 22 offices around the world. In 2008/09, BBC Worldwide
generated profits of GBP102.6 million (before exceptionals) on sales of over
GBP1 billion.
Alex Connock, CEO of Ten Alps, said: "We made expansion of the international
potential of our programming a key goal for this year. Working with BBC
Worldwide, with their unique footprint, is exactly the relationship we were
looking for."
Wayne Garvie, Director of Content & Production, BBC Worldwide, said: "Ten Alps
is one of the UK's most exciting media companies. Their stable provides amazing breadth in documentary, great programming made by great producers and directors. It's programming with huge international appeal and a perfect complement to our existing catalogue."

[chapman123] 03/9/2009 10:09

The BBC is really good news this stock is so undervalued worth double or trable this and an annoucment of a divi soon will only help
It seems to have moved on this too 15% today could be much more

[zog] 03/9/2009 09:49

Surprised to see so little comment on today's announcement by Ten Alps of a three-year distribution deal with BBC Worldwide. Linking up with such a large and well-recognised marketing partner looks to provide a lucrative way of commercialising TAL's catalogue of factual TV content internationally. The quote from BBC Wordwide's Director of Content & Production is extremely positive:-
"Ten Alps is one of the UK's most exciting media companies. Their stable provides amazing breadth in documentary, great programming made by great producers and directors. It's programming with huge international appeal and a perfect complement to our existing catalogue."

Maybe there will be more reaction following Ten Alps's AGM which is being held this morning in London.

There could also be some decent near-term newsflow regarding Ten Alps's online TV activities: their July update suggested that several projects were due for launch during September/Autumn 2009:-

[investinggarden] 10/7/2009 14:04

Hold recommendation from Growth Company Investor

[pmeldrum] 29/6/2009 05:17

Why is the spread so massive on TAL ? 13% or so

Surely this puts people off from buying them

[patricia59] 29/6/2009 00:49

lol above post at least pe is filled in.

[chapman123] 22/6/2009 15:47

with 13.1m in cash and a mkt cap of 16M seems daft this isnt flying in the age of debt is bad ????
There is no reason why the shouldn't be 50P+ and when the market wakes up and the share price gets some momentum it will in the mean time just tucked some away 50P+ by xmas is my bet DYOR but some brokers reports NOT well covered this stock


Broker Forecasts
Ten Alps PLCDetailed Broker Forecasts 2010 2011
Broker Date Rec Pre-tax (£) EPS(£p) DPS(£p) Pre-tax(£) EPS(£p) DPS(£p)
Oriel Securities[R] 03-04-09 HOLD 3.90 4.30 5.30 5.90
Canaccord Adams 15-06-09 BUY 4.40 4.30 5.40 5.10
2010 2011
Pre-tax (£) EPS(£p) DPS(£p) Pre-tax(£) EPS(£p) DPS(£p)
Consensus Consensus 4.40 4.30 5.40 5.10
1 Month Change 0.45 0.23 0.05 -0.38
3 Month Change -1.12 -2.96 -0.90 -3.21
Growth (%) -19.31 18.60
Standard Deviation (£p) 0.00 0.00
PE Prospective (x) 5.93 5.00

[pmeldrum] 19/6/2009 14:46

Well unfortunately we have gone down today so far

[patricia59] 18/6/2009 22:27

looks like they have had a change of plan. lets see if ic is still
supporting this stock tomorrow,and maybe bring in the buyers.

[patricia59] 18/6/2009 22:09

Super-indie Ten Alps is finalising plans to set up a base in Asia after ruling out plans to buy any more UK producers.


Ten Alps chief executive Alex Connock said the production company, which owns high-end factual documentary companies Films of Record, Blakeway, Brook Lapping and Below the Radar, would not look to buy any more UK indies, and was instead turning its attention to emerging markets in Asia and the Far East to target growth.

"Buying indies in the UK at the moment is expensive, and a bit like a flawed game of bingo," he said. "I'm not going to pay two-and-ahalf times EBITDA for a company, when there are no guarantees. Everyone accepts that the UK broadcasting industry has a lot less money to spend at the moment, so if you want to keep growing, you either expand your customer base, or you go international. There are some exciting emerging markets withpotential for high growth."

Connock said the company would look to have an office in the region by Christmas, potentially based in Kuala Lumpur, which would focus on striking publishing, web TV and factual programming deals in the Indian, Chinese
and Malaysian markets.

[patricia59] 18/6/2009 22:05

Wednesday, 17 June 2009
Factual media giant Ten Alps has released a statement in the aftermath of the Digital Britain report, confirming its interest in providing local broadcast news coverage and stating that the proposed plans could provide a "watershed moment for new types of local journalism in the UK."

The firm, which is headed by chief executive Alex Connock, has released a statement to How-Do noting that "the vision for independently financed news consortia is what we had hoped" and that "we will definitely join in the race for the 2010 pilot service in the English region– whichever region that is."

Furthermore, the company has stated its ambition to bid again for further contracts "when the results of the pilots are known and the main contracts are allocated nationwide and in Northern Ireland."



Connock: the man with the planOn the subject of the £130m that the government has ring-fenced for the new local news providers, Ten Alps opines that the amount is "substantial" and could lead to the aforementioned watershed, as new opportunities open up to independent firms previously excluded by the established broadcasters.

Commercially the firm believes that its established sales operations could provide solutions in terms of sourcing private funding to compliment the public money.

It says of the pilot in the English region: "The Digital Britain suggestion that the pilot in the English region will be the best opportunity to really test the contestability without involving the current Channel 3 licensee is fascinating and encouraging for new operators.



Lord Carter: sector defining"We imagine that will be a lively tender process with some innovative ideas as to how local news can be done, particularly using online syndication."

The proposal to open up the current FM spectrum to ultra-local and community stations - following on from a digital radio switchover in 2015 - also piques Ten Alps' interest.

The statement noted that the firm was "fascinated by the opportunities opened up for local media", noting, "both by local FM Radio licences, and the relaxation of cross ownership rules between press and local radio, and we think there could be some engaging ways to tie together those new structures with a Channel 3-replacement independently funded news consortium."

Lord Carter's 238-page report was released yesterday. You can see selected details from it here.

www.tenalps.com

[pmeldrum] 18/6/2009 13:00

So what is our opinion on the prospects of tal...little movement this week even with results........is it a long term hold or ?????

[patricia59] 17/6/2009 16:53

USOS unapproved share option scheme.
their are no performance conditions required
to be satisfied pursuant to vesting exercise.

[pmeldrum] 17/6/2009 08:26

Thanks for that empire...that is always encouraging , just that opinion i had read also on bulletin boards in past. Just that with all the press in FT etc that TAL got recently and future growth prospects with Internet media and licence fee money perhaps for regional tv , I beleive company has a great future that is not reflected in share price.

[empirestate] 17/6/2009 07:57

pmeldrum, a tad silly really considering the directors have a share option scheme in place so it is in their interest to see the share price higher

[pmeldrum] 16/6/2009 12:28

Empire i would appreciate your view on the following comment that was made to me.

Ten Alps is set up for benefits of the chosen few i.e Directors and not for the benefit of shareholders. The share price means nothing to the directors.

[empirestate] 16/6/2009 12:17

the fella in the independent must have been looking at the wrong numbers

[pmeldrum] 16/6/2009 11:06

Share Price down today so far !!!!

Investors Chronicle say Buy but Independent say fairly Priced

[flooj12] 15/6/2009 12:54

Still waiting empirestate....

[don carter] 15/6/2009 07:10

First quick glance at results: they look very sound. Basic eps 5.34......

[empirestate] 15/6/2009 07:09

should see some movement once the analysts get back into the office by about 11am this morning

[patricia59] 11/6/2009 23:15

A company by the name of Critical Investment Group will be
listing on AIM on June 25th as a listed investment vehicle. Their
aim is to acquire business 2 business media companies in Britian and
overseas, with a particular focus on businesses involved in
publishing and events.

Does anyone have anymore information on this company?

[patricia59] 11/6/2009 22:55

shauney2 ive been investing in and out of tal 4 several years now
and glad that I have because share price is only 5.5p higher than
when it kicked off in 2001. Whilst turnover has increased by 40
times. I don't mind not receiving a divident, as this is a growth
company, and reinvestment is the way forward. However, I don't like
seeing directors watering down the shares by granting themselves
options in unofficial share schemes; plus paying themselves
large bonuses and salaries.takeovers using shares when so low
is devalueing stock and lowering eps
I still believe this will out perform the market over the coming year.

[foxman14] 11/6/2009 12:44

Great spread on Selftrade at the moment you can buy at 25.4p and sell at 25.45p!