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Hello Share Combers. It’s that jolly time of year when our minds drift towards being entertained, rather than doing any work. Though you probably agree with me that the two weeks before Christmas are incredibly stressful, given the joint burdens of festive preparation and working as usual. So let’s have a look at a big name in film and tv production...
Main market-listed Entertainment One (ETO) is a company I had a soft spot for until not so long ago, but the voting results from its AGM yesterday leave rather a bitter taste – especially in view of the company’s reaction to it.
Earlier this month I looked at Entertainment One (ETO) unanimously rejecting a 236p per share takeover proposal from ITV and whether ITV would be back - see HERE. Now we have an “ITV withdraws proposal to acquire eOne” announcement...
Entertainment One (ETO), owner of 100,000 hours of films and 40,000 songs, announces this morning that it has completed purchasing the half of digital agency Secret Location which it did not already own. Secret Location is an award-winning creator of interesting online/virtual-reality experiences, and the news has been well-received by investors.
Noting a highly suspicious share price rise from sub 200p to more than 216.5p yesterday (or as the announcement puts it “the recent movement in the company's share price”), Entertainment One (ETO) has announced “that it has received a preliminary proposal with respect to a possible offer”, later confirming that this was from ITV. The proposal put to it has been “unanimously rejected” by the board and ITV has now also responded…
Hello Share Tasters. I’m just a little old to watch Peppa Pig on the telly. But I know a lot of toddlers who are very keen indeed. The cute porker is half owned by Entertainment One (ETO). And the interesting thing about this company is that there are rumours flying that ITV may be considering an offer although Entertainment has denied that it has actually received a bid at this point.
It can be seen how Entertainment One (ETO) has been a rather robust technical situation in the recent past, backed by the remarkable growth of the Peppa Pig phenomena, and also bankrolled by a sizeable chunk of the Zak Mir salary on behalf of my (bored) kids.
