Ten Alps Share Discussion Threads

[taf420] 04/12/2014 09:31

1p+ tomorrow I bet

[sparty1] 04/12/2014 09:31

where is everyone? 0.84 paid ..appears to be going to 1p rapidly..

[sparty1] 04/12/2014 09:25

jees 0.8 paid ..feeding frenzy and flock all shares out there...

[sparty1] 04/12/2014 09:15

and straight through!..0.64 paid..

[sparty1] 04/12/2014 09:15

flying approaching 0.60

[sparty1] 04/12/2014 09:07

16 million volume and plenty of buys! isdx busy..

[mally6] 04/12/2014 08:46

great news back up to 1p soon

[marmar80] 04/12/2014 08:44

I know this is a different play but.. Guys, keep an eye at Oxus Gold (OXS). Arbitration news any time, expected in 2014. Big money to win (up to 50x), high risk involved. Dyor. mm.

[skier100] 04/12/2014 08:36

Up +100% now. Great recovery play taking place at TAL.

[mally6] 06/11/2014 11:07

Bought on dip .23 punt money

[bottomfisher] 07/4/2014 16:59

Anyone have any thoughts on why Ten Alps (TAL)is changing its year end from March 31 to 30 June?

TAL's shares seem virtually valueless, yet the company's well-connected TV business continues to pump out award winning documentaries for the likes of the BBC and Channel 4. Meanwhile, the recovery in the UK economy ought to be helping TAL's problematic publishing business.

Does the change of year end suggest that there may be life after all in this bombed out share, or is it a desperate move to delay the accountants having to pass judgement on the year end accounts?

[bottomfisher] 13/3/2014 17:34

Now that Peter Bertram, executive chairman of Phoenix IT, the struggling data storage company, has overseen the refinancing of the business and recruited a well respected CEO to turn the business round, what hope is there that he might finally be able to work the same sort of magic at Ten Alps (TAL) where he is chairman?

TAL's TV business, which produces some excellent award winning documentaries for the likes of BBC and Channel 4, ought to be worth something. The big unknown is whether there is any value left in the slimmed down publishing business.

TAL, which dumped its buccaneering chief executive a long time ago in a bid to cut costs, badly needs a proper chief executive to run the shop. It also needs yet another refinancing to repair the holes in its balance sheet. Since Bertram joined as chairman at the end of 2010 it has raised money at 8p a share and 2.5p a share. Given the current lowly share price (0.8p) it is hard to see existing shareholders stumping up fresh cash.

We can but live in hope that TAL's shares are not completely worthless, and Mr Bertram can rescue this business.

[clocktower] 21/6/2013 16:18

Looks like a good time to take a long term punt imo.

[diku] 24/12/2012 14:03

I guess new challenges mean they will be seeking to raise more money to pay themselves....so they get their money back!...

[bottomfisher] 20/12/2012 11:38

Ten Alps' latest interims make grim reading. Revenue down 17.8%, yet operating costs only down 9.7%. Result: operating loss doubles to £1.52m.

Main problem is the low quality B2B publishing operation (half the group) where revenues fell by a whopping 36.7%.TV, which produces classy documentaries for BBC/ITV etc, increased revenues by 22% yet its Ebitda fell 29%.

It is over two years since TAL had the first of two highly dilutive rescue share placings (the first at 8p a share raised £4.7m, and the second (April 2012) raised £3m at 2.5p a share).Most of the new money has been gobbled up by losses over the last couple of years.

As for the outlook all the chairman will say is that "by the end of the current financial year, the Group will have completed all its planned restructuring and will be ready for any new challenges".

What on earth does that mean?

The most obvious solution would be to dump the publishing businesses and concentrate on improving the profitability of the TV production side. There are no obvious synergies between the two.

The problem is that the luvies running the TV business may know how to make good programmes, but they have no clue about how to make them profitably.

The sooner TAL starts being run for the benefit of its shareholders, and not just its employees and the likes of Sir Bob Geldoff its overpaid founder, the better. Then again, it might be far too late to dream of such things ever happening.

[clocktower] 28/4/2012 08:44

The fund raising seems to have bolstered this but with the CP now in control, and the terms of the transaction investors should BEWARE imo but DYOR. Seems like there will be a short trem bounce though.

[clocktower] 14/4/2012 10:18

These Whitewash agreements leaves the minority stakeholders at the mercy of these Concert Parties, and powerless. I expect this to go even lower before long.

[darwenlad] 12/3/2012 14:32

Three weeks before Ten Alps financial year end, and Adrian Dunleavy, the executive charge of TAL's Communications division quits with immediate effect. Dunleavy was in charge of businesses generating three quarters of TAL's total revenues. What does this tell us about TAL's trading performance?

[dicko80] 07/11/2011 15:39

ticking up nicely

[new tech] 31/8/2011 20:54

Bottomed out?

[still waiting] 30/8/2011 12:30

similar cap to IHUK also tightly held awaiting corporate action to release value.

[ukmassy] 30/8/2011 12:20

What a crock. The MM's filled my order at 2.9 on Negotiated Trade. Barstewards.

[dicko80] 30/8/2011 10:29

can sell 125k

buy 3.5k