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These investors will bring TFN to an IPO, that is what they do then this company will be poised for someone big to make an offer and buy them out that is also what they do.
Not the information I got. We will have a continued stake in TFN and an opportunity to obtain gains in the global expansion of TFN, eventually.
That is correct and we will have a transfer into TFN and that is when our ownership will pay dividends.
must admit this is getting interesting for TFN. Wonder what all this means for BKMP.
George Burger has close ties with Larry Tanenbaum sports mogul(owner of Toronto Mapleleafs)and many other ventures.
It's official the big boys are here.
Edward Nordholm - Mr. Nordholm is an Independent Consultant. Previously he was Senior Vice President of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. where he continues to serve the company on a consulting basis. He brings more than 20 years' experience in corporate restructurings, mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions. He has played a key role in Tricap Restructuring Fund's principal investments, most recently in its $370 million commitment for exit financing for Stelco Inc. and $570 million recapitalization of Western Forest Products Inc. Mr. Nordholm first joined Brookfield in 1990 and worked extensively in the restructuring of the Group's North American real estate holdings. Mr. Nordholm returned to Torys LLP in 1997 as a Partner in its Corporate/Commercial Practice, where his practice included financial workouts, capital restructurings, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions. He has extensive experience developing, negotiating and implementing strategic and legal solutions to financial challenges.
http://www.mcleanwatson.com/
I see Louden has a boxing passion as his backround. This is one of Canada's LEADING venture capital firms. Big News for TFN.
Looks as if we will have some stake in TFN directly when this is all over. Might not make much from the start, but when TFN goes worldwide we should do well.
It all depends on where the chips fall and how many chips fall our way for the ownership we currently have. I would definitely feel better about owning a direct stake in TFN.
Yeah, well we'll see. Those were great predictions. Let's see if this one has any merit.
That is specifically why I used NEVER. I was hoping that it would reverse the PPS in a positive direction. Now would be a great time for you to be correct. I have no problem giving you credit, but you haven't given me reason to in over 1 year.
:)
Yeah, but was it his words or "SW's" lol. Here is one of his rants:
"As I've said before,we will see 0.0001 even 0.0009 but don't panic.We will have a good run and everybody will make a good money.Sorry but I can't give you a hint why PPS MUST be so low for a few days.So far load your boat and thanx me later.Good luck
Webprods/SW"
For the record: Your statements never come true. NEVER.
Just in case you haven't realized this. lol. But once again thanks for the good timing and BS.
I'm right behind you. I'll lock up. Don't forget to punch Sandy in the face on the way out. Thanks.
It is my opinion that 2007 was when everything (All of Canada) was finally in place and still had a few carriers with the free preview. It is my understanding that all the major carriers in Canada are done with their free-views and TFN is DEFINITELY bringing in more revs.
Plus, they have pumped up their ad campaign significantly and I also believe more major advertisers have come on. This is the time when the company starts growing EXPONENTIALLY and I believe that time is now, not 2006. 2006 was the start-up yr and the grind. I truly believe our numbers have at least tripled since then and even more to come.
What's interesting and almost amazing is the perfect timing of TFN. It is actually growing and building almost perfectly in sync with MMA and it is huge. All of this aside our PPS sucks and that is a concern.
That's Drama King to you.
Just painful to think about where we might (pps) be if this preferred divi fiasco had never happened.
I know it doesn't for normal, hard-working, honest people. I can only hope Sandy is that and not the other.
What did he say?
I would NOT recommend buying restricted shares now because they will still be restricted after a dividend payment and TFN share selloff. bkmp will have no holdings, but we would essentially start over with a crap load of diluted shares and nothing to show for it. If this dividend is weak and only a fraction of my investment I will seek litigation and will be on that bus to Toronto.
People understand that we MUST DEMAND our share of this sale (TFN) and not buy into any crap offer afterwards. We must not dilute our main investment here and get full dividend percentage that we deserve.
DirecTV, Setanta sports etc. The Fight Network seems like just a matter of time.
DirecTV banking on sports
By Tim Lemke
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
April 17, 2007
DirecTV might not carry a channel devoted to every sport, but it often seems that way.
While other cable and satellite operators have occasionally cried foul over the cost of carrying sports channels, DirecTV has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on sports programming -- much of it exclusive -- and is shelling out millions more on production enhancements. Its devotion to sports has earned it a loyal customer base, but it has also drawn recent criticism from competitors and lawmakers who contend its agreements with sports leagues are hurtful to consumers.
Since 1994, DirecTV has been the sole provider of "NFL Sunday Ticket," a package that offers all out-of-market NFL games. It also has an exclusive deal to show all out-of-market games from the NCAA men's basketball tournament and this year struck a similar agreement with NASCAR to produce five new channels devoted to specific drivers during each Nextel Cup race. These exclusive packages are offered for a fee on top of a subscriber's normal monthly charge.
"It's gotta have programming," said Jim South, an Arlington resident and consultant for Accenture, who subscribes to "Sunday Ticket" and an additional "Superfan" service that offers extra content in high-definition. "Anytime someone I know moves into a new place, I recommend they look at DirecTV."
DirecTV is the only cable or satellite provider in the United States to offer Setanta Sports, a soccer channel that offers many English Premiere League games, and will be one of the few providers to offer the new Big Ten Network this fall. The company yesterday said it would begin carrying the Tennis Channel to all subscribers, making it one of the few providers that hasn't placed the network on a separate sports tier.
"I think we've made a conscious decision to be a leader in the content area, and sport content is one area that we've been historically interested in," said Derek Chang, DirecTV's executive vice president for strategy and development. "It's one of the things people have an emotional attachment to. As an overall strategy, sports is big for us. We're in the business of serving our customers, so as a result, there's a better argument for having sports."
DirecTV has more than 15 million subscribers, making it the most popular satellite or cable service in the country. And many subscribers, like South, said they would have difficulty switching to another provider, even if it made better fiscal sense.
"We're a sports family, and it's hard to work around that," said Pat Mahoney, a town councilman from Chesapeake Beach, Md., who subscribes to "Sunday Ticket" and Major League Baseball's out-of-market "Extra Innings" package.
It's that popularity that has allowed DirecTV to justify spending $700 million annually for the exclusive rights of "Sunday Ticket" through 2010 and invest tens of millions of dollars annually for its NASCAR package.
DirecTV appeared last month to be on the verge of similar deal to carry "Extra Innings," but fans and lawmakers -- led by Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat -- complained that an exclusive deal would be harmful to fans that previously had received the package through cable. Baseball earlier this month reached a deal with both DirecTV and InDemand, a consortium of major cable providers.
"Millions of baseball fans who no longer live near their favorite teams [would be] harmed by their inability to watch their teams' local broadcasts except via Extra Innings, and harmed particularly by being forced to do so via DirecTV," said Stephen Ross, director of the Penn State Institute for Sports Law, Policy and Research, in recent testimony before members of the U.S. Senate.
But DirecTV officials have defended the company's ability to have exclusive deals, pointing to other companies, such as Comcast, that have refused to allow certain sports channels from being carried via satellite.
Industry analysts said DirecTV is wise to use sports content to distinguish itself from competitors. Competing providers including Comcast, Cox and Time Warner now offer high-speed Internet and phone services, and often "bundle" these products in a way that encourages customers to sign up for more than one. DirecTV offers bundled services, but has usually been forced to partner with other providers to offer them.
But how is it that DirecTV seems eager to pay for sports programming while other providers are more cautious? The key, industry analysts said, is that the company uses sports to grow its number of subscribers, many of whom will pay a premium for the service. And because DirecTV is available nationally, it can attract subscribers more quickly than cable companies that operate in specific regions.
"Sports has often been used to effectively subsidize something else," said John Mansell, an independent cable and satellite analyst in Great Falls, Va. "These are your highest-paying, and therefore most profitable, customers."
Comcast likes to do that, buy in/out. :)
Maybe these guys... I like rumors.
http://www.ctv.ca/generic/generated/static/CorpAbout/about.html
About CTV
CTV Inc. is Canada's #1 broadcast communications company with conventional television operations across Canada and a leading position in the specialty television sector.
CTV owns many of Canada's best-known brands, with broadcasting signals covering 99 per cent of English-speaking Canadian households. Through local CTV television stations across the country, CTV offers a wide range of quality news, sports, information and entertainment programming. CTV Inc. also owns ASN, a satellite television service in the Maritimes and Newfoundland and Labrador.
CTV has one of Canada's strongest stables of specialty channels, including Canada's number-one specialty channel, TSN, along with the companion website tsn.ca. Other specialty properties include MTV, CTV Newsnet, The Comedy Network, Business News Network, Réseau des sports, Discovery Channel and OLN, along with several digital specialty channels, Animal Planet, Discovery Civilization, Discovery HD Theatre, ESPN Classic, NHL Network, Travel + Escape and RIS Info Sports. Each channel features a complementary interactive and dynamic website. CTV also has an interest in Viewer's Choice Canada.
CTV also owns interests in production houses and music publishers, including Dome Productions, Exploration Production Inc., Exploration Distribution Inc., Agincourt Productions Inc. and CTV Music.
CTV Inc. is owned by CTVglobemedia, Canada's premier multi-media company, which also owns The Globe and Mail, Canada's National Newspaper.
I know it's just a rumor, but that was part of their plan to sell when the time is right. CTV in Canada owns a few worthy channels, maybe a thought. Would be a nice addition to their line-up.
Like what?
Serra a Long Island kid who lives about 30 min. from me. Local hero now around all the Long Island MMA gyms.
You know what? Forget that statement.lol Mike Garrow transferred all his TFN shares into Blackout Communications not Blackout Media (BKMP). I misinterpreted the release from your DD a few days ago. I just reread it and got the picture now, thanks.
Analyze,
Did I read that correctly about Mike Garrow. What did he actually do with his TFN shares? Did he put them all into BKMP? Since he is majority holder isn't that a majority reverse merger of sorts? Thanks. Rob
Nice one!
Don't forget we own Blackout Media Corp, but Sandy owns TFN also. Any money he makes with TFN he could conceivably put back into BKMP for buyback or whatever. I think they are doing much better financially then they could have anticipated, imo.
Awesome News!!!!! We are a LOADED SPRING... Move damn it :)
joost shown here and looks gooooood!
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=joost+beta
We are up 33.33% on big volume today.lol :)
It's going to be a great weekend.
All BKMP investors please read this for your own good. Re: Joost
Web TV promises viewing revolution
Joost and Babelgum want to liberate popular programmes from the TV schedulers, offering full-screen, on-demand video at no cost
Put your feet up in front of the PC... will web TV catch on?
Murad Ahmed
Bored because there’s nothing on the box? That could be a thing of the past if Joost, a new internet TV service succeeds in shaking up the television establishment. From big-budget dramas to niche documentaries, the people behind Joost say they will provide a huge array of TV programmes straight to your computer, wherever you are and whenever you want, at full screen, and at broadcast quality. Best of all, this will all be free to the viewer.
TV bosses are taking the threat of Joost particularly seriously because the Scandinavians behind the project have form. Niklas Zennström, a Swede, and Janus Friis, a Dane, have made a habit of scaring established industries with their web revolutions. Their file-sharing website, KaZaA, did serious damage to the music industry. Then Skype, which lets people make free telephone calls using their computers, began to eat into the business of traditional telecoms companies. After selling Skype for $2.6 billion, they’re now taking on the broadcasters, and yet again, that can only be good news for you and your wallet.
With Joost, though, they say they don’t want to destroy TV as we know it, merely give it a boost. They want to mesh the best aspects of watching TV at home with the best of what the internet can provide. "TV is mainly about leaning back and being entertained," says Fredrik de Wahl, chief executive of Joost, rather than "leaning forwards" and having a sneaky peek at a YouTube video at work when you think the boss won’t be watching. "[With Joost] you’re not forced to interact, but if you want to, you can".
So Joost will have "channels" just like normal TV, huge playlists of videos that you can flick through in case you don’t know what you want to watch. "When I come back to my room and switch on a TV,” Mr de Wahl says, “I don’t want to get a web browser, I want to start watching a show. We want to replicate that".
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If you do know what you want, there’s a search function that will help you locate it. If, for example, you have an unhealthy interest in squirrels, you can search for all the programmes about squirrels there are out there. Not only that, Joost will instantly create a squirrels channel for you that will update with new programmes about squirrels when they become available.
Excited by this prospect, 400,000 people around the world have signed up just to test the product. Joost aim to unleash it globally ("you never really ‘release’ software, you unleash it" de Wahl says, ominously) by the end of June this year. The likes of Viacom – who own MTV, Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures – and Endemol, the makers of Big Brother have already signed up to show their programmes on Joost. The BBC says that it’s holding informal talks with Joost, and the company has reportedly spoken to ITV and Channel 4 about screening their programmes.
How can it all be free? Well, because we’ll still have advertising breaks, between one and three minutes per hour, so you’ll still be paying, just with your attention. Even then, Joost says, you’ll actually want to watch these adverts, because advertisers will have the ability to work out, for instance, how many Friends viewers there are in a particular postcode, so they can target their adverts specifically to those viewers.
Joost argue that this is a win-win situation for all involved. The adverts will generate revenue to pay the makers of expensive shows such as Desperate Housewives or Lost. The advertisers get better value for money as they can reach the exact audience they want to get to, and we, the viewers, get everything we want without paying.
Some broadcasters are more sceptical about Joost’s money-making model. Stephen van Rooyen, Director of Product Management at Sky, said: “How will Joost convince the producers of King Kong – which took around $200m dollars to make – to give it away for free? Are there enough marketing dollars to subsidise TV to the viewer?”
We’ll soon find out. But Joost isn’t the only one trying to make this idea work. Babelgum are trying to use exactly the same "peer-to-peer" technology to establish a rival to Joost. Its TV service will also be free, and though it is less developed than Joost’s, they’re also already snapping up deals with programme makers from around the world. So if you don’t find what you want on Joost, you might just find it on Babelgum.
So, is that it then? Should we rearrange the furniture in the living room and point our sofas to our PCs instead of our TVs? Not quite yet.
"This is a bit like saying the electric car is here, this is the death of petrol car," argues Simon Calver, chief executive of Lovefilm, an online DVD rental company that recently announced a download-to-burn film service. Calver thinks that people will be unwilling to give up their flat-screen, HD-ready TVs and DVD players until the internet can provide an experience that equals or exceeds what they’re used to.
That problem niggles. The thing missing from this new way of watching television is the TV set itself. But even here, the technology is gaining ground. Apple is, as ever, at the forefront. It is launching Apple TV this month, a set top box that will hook up your computer to your television. Using a remote control, you’ll be able to sit back and watch films and shows downloaded through Apple’s iTunes software on your normal TV (although the geeks testing Joost have already hacked into Apple TV so you can watch Joost through it as well, something that will infuriate Apple’s bosses).
Proponents of web-based TV say that the problems with hardware will be resolved once the system is up and running. "Look at Skype," says Erik Lumer co-founder and chief executive of Babelgum, Joost’s main rival. "Once you have a service that is easy to use and that you don’t have to pay for, all of a sudden manufacturers start creating cordless phones you can use with Skype. The same thing will happen with TV."
So the trend seems clear. Soon the likes of Joost and Babelgum won’t just be for computer nerds who are more comfortable clicking a mouse than jabbing at their remotes. Yes, you’ll be able to be involved with chat rooms discussing Sarah Jessica Parker’s latest outfit in Sex and the City, while watching the show with people from around the world. But you won’t have to. And instead of explaining why your friend absolutely has to see latest episode of Big Brother, you’ll just be able to send it to them so that they can see for themselves. If it succeeds, it will be a big step forwards in the evolution of television.
Our Joost pr made their site.
http://www.joostteam.com/2007/03/14/the-fight-network-delivers-ko-with-joost/
This has gone down plenty of times on great news, unfortunately.
We all know how this works. When we all finally let our guards down and forget about this thing for a day or two. We will run to .01 in 2-3 days of sick momentum. Bastards, always have to keep you hanging on. We'll see. The divi has to go, April 30 can't come soon enough. Then nothing holding us back, imo.
This issue is trading terribly. 50 million bought, 100 million bought, 200 million bought = No Movement. Then 10 million sold and ask builds up like a mo fo. Somebody is f$%^ing with us and we don't know who it is yet. Sandy claims it's the mm's. This sucks, plain and simple.
My sources have told me that HRHR is actually Mauro Ranallo. Yes, they were tipped of while HRHR was "talking a good game". That's all for now.
All of you that do not know what Joost is (The Venice Project) should do some homework. These Geeks are loaded$$ and know what's hot. The market just has to react to BKMP soon, imo.