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I have decided to give this stock the time and attention it deserves, just like waggett. Once a week look in. SP may have his heart set on this working, but many a failure did too. I hope he wins, but everyday that goes by and he ignores his investors gives me reason to believe he will fail. Again, I hope not, but the law of averages are against us. R3
Every business has to come to the point where they produce. Anytime now's, right around the corner's, imminently, etc just won't hold water past a certain time. I believe it was last August that Host called in SP and company to install their system in the Philly downtown Marriott with a multi-million $ contract. We are 9+ months into this installation. . . . . . .no apparent decision. Now the first is always the hardest and Tivus blew their business model by caving into Host's demands that they, Tivus, pay for the installation. But no business, not one, can survive on a business model that takes $2 million out of a penny stock company with no appreciable income in return. Actually, apparently Tivus can't even use the fact in advertising that they have installed this system in Philly to promote other hotels into a business relationship. I am guessing that Host "gagged" SP and Tivus, and that is how you destroy a new and upstart business.
SP, please tell us something that says, "We have a business arrangement that gives us some income." Until you can say this, SP, please treat your shareholders with respect and communicate with them. I don't really care if it is all about what a busy week you have had, and how hard you are working. I can buy the empathy of a start up. What I am still troubled by is you saying nothing to us at all. JMHO. R3
Blah, did I hear you say that you talked with SP and were going to post later? Maybe I misunderstood. Anyway, have a goodday, Mate.
R3
Ty, thank you for your post. I was not intending to be impertinent in asking for the help, just didn't know which of several dozen pr posts you were referring to from LNET. Thanks again. R3
Ty, did I kick your dog? I am confused. R3
Blahdude, how many weeks constitute a few weeks? Is this good news or ho-hum news. Jwez, I'd say that SP needs his "annual shareholder's meeting" asap! R3
Give us a link to the lnet news. R3
Now SP, take a day and hire an IR firm. PLEASE! R3
Thank you, Jwez! R3
Jwez, are any of the moderators going to update the board information relative to OS? R3
Many questions can be easily answered by placing ourselves in Schapiro's shoes. Would YOU go to a capital group and recommend a link with Tivus based upon what we see and hear? The obvious answer is NO. I am not dissing SP or Tivus, it is just the current reality of where Tivus is in it's business plan. The main point of PAR is like Bain or any other group: Make as much money as possible for their investors: period! They want as much guaranteed income from their investment and they don't care about how or when they make their money. Tivus is way, way too risky and is struggling to move forward.
I would say we need: 1. The disappearing contract with Host. 2. Financials audited and filed. 3. A move up on exchanges. 4. Share buy back or RS in order to increase sp. 5. NOC completed 6. Many more contracts. 7. Formation of a real corporate structure, officers, BOD, policies to guide corporate governance, etc. or:
M&A with LNET with adequate ad insertion incomes. JMHO. R3
It appears as though PAR Capital has sold off a number of LNET shares. They used to hold around $70 million in 2010, but it appears they are not longer in their top 25 holdings. PAR holds around $2.5 billion in assets and have focused in airlines and travel industry. Shapiro (one of the partners) is the one who left LNET's BOD's. I can't see PAR Capital taking an interest in Tivus at this point. There would need to be a lot of stabilization of the company and more contracts with the Technology. PAR is a private company, so they can do what they want. R3
I thought I heard that they were redoing the board. Check with Jwez or one of the moderators.
There will be a M&A IF TIVUS' AD INSERTION IS MAKING ENOUGH MONEY. Remember that Host forced Tivus out of their business model by making them install $2 million in installation costs (a huge bit of our dilution) because they obvious were not convinced the ad insertion would repay them for the system in a timely fashion. I think that whatever "contract" we have with Host will reflect some standard of ad insertion revenue that has to be met before their are any other hotels in their stable listed as Tivus hotels. The problem with that is, of course, that ad rates go up with more and more hotel rooms and bigger and bigger ad companies signing up with Tivus for their ad insertion system. It's a snowball effect, but whether or not Host will ever get this remains to be seen.
So, I think that Tivus has to get more rooms outside of Host to prove their ad insertion worth, and other hotels will want to know why Host hasn't penned a deal with Tivus IF the system is so hot! In this a real catch 22. GLTA. R3
I just wish that SP would give us all an update on the ad insertion amounts of money to date. No one expects a huge response, so any news relative to income will look fair to good to excellent. Personally, I believe anything over a 1$ would be something to really celebrate. Can you imagine 10,000 rooms with an operating NOC? R3
Please note how LNET announced the loss of their director! That is how pr is supposed to be handled. No hiding, no ignoring, no saying nothing, but an upfront and honest statement.
I like the sounds of some of these coincidences, but my experiences tells me they are still long shots. So, while it sounds potentially promising, I will hold my whooopeee's for the real announcement. But I will hope and pray this starts coming around for Tivus. gLTA. R3
A man once told me, "When investing in penny stock companies, don't get trapped falling in love with the technology. You will make bad decisions if you do."
I think that SP is in love with his Technology. He sees it being better than any other tech on the market and believes that if he just keeps pushing it, everyone will see what he sees. What investors and buyers see are: $$$$$$$$$$'s.
There are a few people on this board I really respect and I read their stuff carefully. Blahdude knows the industry, DMO knows the market and tech, jwez knows SP and others have other areas of expertise. I am NOT in love with Tivus, and I sincerely hope that SP realizes that all tech is time limited, and what is great today is yesterday's news. He better strike while the iron is hot, and that means NOW. Guess what: I don't care a thing about Tivus tech UNLESS it earns me $$$$$'s. SP, don't fall in love with Tivus and end up watching an aging tech that never earns a dime. Just some advice. GLTA. R3
Blahdude, what do you think of a merger between Tivus and LNET? Does it make business and industry sense? I value your opinion.
BTW, where is our old friend, DMO? Where is Waggett? Chime in, old timers. The board misses your input and are left to smaller minds (like mine!) without you all.
GLTA. R3
Puerto Rico is a U. S. territory and some would like it to be the 51st state. I think we can conclude that it is not overseas (unless you are talking about flying over water, and then Hawaii would also qualify!).
The whole LNET link makes sense to me. While I know that SP is putting his heart and soul into this company, that is a long shot at best. Joining with a proven company in the field with over thousands of potential contacts makes more sense. LNET needs Tivus and Tivus needs LNET. Where does this synergy break down? It's win/win. GLTA. R3
SeeYa, THANK YOU. Your willingness to give us your best to help our understanding is greatly appreciated. We all owe you a debt of gratitude.
I know SP is terribly busy, but part of his job as ceo is to communicate clearly with his shareholders. He needs an adequate IR company to represent Tivus. Perhaps it is a money thing, but that is one of the reasons that the company share price is sitting at this miserable level. He would have more money if IR was at an adequate level, and I personally see that as a must.
One thing I would love to have answered: How much money are we getting from the ad insertion in Philly? I hope Host isn't getting a dime of this because they forced a change in Tivus' business plan in order to make them pay $2 million up front to get the system going. Tivus should get all the revenue for now until the $2 million is repaid.
SeeYa, did he mention what ST is doing? I get a little nervous that SP didn't seem to be more forthcoming on what ST was bringing to the table, and I am assuming by his laugh that you got the impression that ST was still with Tivus. I hate to ask that, but I don't want to take anything for granted.
Well, thanks again. You did a great job. R3
Next step will be financials reporting. Let's get to it, SP. Thanks for paying the bills! Next step beyond this is RS. After financials and RS, Uplist. After uplist, M&A. One step at a time. R3
Jwez, never mind responding to my emails. Thanks, anyway. R3
If Tivus has a bright future, here it is:
1. Financials are audited, brought up to date and filed.
2. Tivus does a RS.
3. Tivus moves up on the OTC.
4. ST announces M&A with LNET.
5. Lnet/Tivus survive and grow.
SeeYa, SP needs to call you back and talk to you. But I am concerned that what really needs to happen is that Tivus needs to enter into talks with LNET to sell their tech to them through a M&A.
SP just struggles terribly to know what to do, and since the Marriott's flip-flopped and left him adrift without reasonable comment or fanfare (seems to be a Mormon disease these days!), he needs to put this tech on the market for it's own future. Perhaps this is happening, because I think that the recent dumping of so many shares is to provide capital for audits and uplisting. I think no one here will get rich with Tivus at this point, but I would hope that it's technology could at least be of use in the hospitality industry with a company that knows what to do. GLTA. R3
SP, COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR SHAREHOLDERS! R3
OTC, this is why no one respects you. The bid is 2, the ask is 3. Purposely stating facts that are not true and can be traced down ruin your reputation (I am assuming of course that you have a reputation of some sort) and cause people to wisely ignore you. There are so many other matters you could whine about, why make up your own untruthful "facts"? GLTY, but get real. R3
SeeYAkblb, If SP tries to tie you up with a NDA I hope you have the good sense to deny such an arrangement. There aren't any questions as shareholders that we have asked that need an NDA. Tell him the information you want is all public and an NDA is not required. Remember, SeeYA, he cannot legally share any "insider" information with you that he can't share with everyone else. The NDA is strictly a gagging device and totally unnecessary to gain the information we are requiring. GLTY. R3
As you stated, sometimes it's hard to read emotions in posts. I just want to share that you are coming across as out of control, angry! I don't mean this unkindly, but sometimes people appreciate a blunt assessment in that they do not realize what they sound like when posting. I certainly can irritate and come across in ways I don't intend, and yes, that does look a little schizo! But I would rather adjust my own behavior than live in the myth that by arguing with people I will change theirs. I don't think you WANT Tivus to fail, but you are giving out signals that you are the angel of death just waiting to gloat on Tivus' inevitable failure. I still hope Tivus will succeed and we can look back on all this and just shake our heads. R3
Deadboy, there is a big difference in calling someone with insider trading information and signaling unspecified news will break.
Here is a question for Jwez. Where are the revenues going from Philly Marriott? If Tivus paid for the installs, are they getting 100% of the income from ad insertion tech? R3
Deadboy, you need to go back and read what I said. It had nothing to do with 100 million shares. It had to do with 9,000,000 shares being purchased 11 different times, which was reported by the OTCbb.com. I am talking about coded messages that are frequently used by traders to signal upcoming events, not total numbers of shares traded.
We all know your anger issues with Tivus, and I certainly share a lot of your frustrations. But you have to stop fighting with everyone you think doesn't agree with you. I am not delusional, but am always trying to find ways to make sense of circumstances. Your pat answer is fraud and deception. I get it. But you don't have to attack me because of your anger. Try to get that under control and other people will take you more seriously. GLTY. R3
Pac, I think I am right about this. It could be that the largest of these purchases COULD BE the company buying back shares. Just a thought. R3
Besides, given what we "Haven't heard" lately, what dope would pump $20,000 into Tivus? It's either a message or some village lost it's idiot. R3
If it doesn't happen, what have we lost? R3
9/11 is the typical posting made by companies to "pre-announce" important news. There were 11 9,000,000 share "buys" made today, not one 100,000,000 buy. I am hoping this is a veiled announcement that news of significance is coming. Why buy 11 9,000,000 share purchases? I have never, ever seen that happen in my stock swapping history. Secondly, we are over due for significant news. If I choose to believe the best (remember, I have been criticized heavily on this site for slamming SP) about Tivus, I believe that this could be our signal. GOK we are all due for good news, and perhaps this is it. R3
I think the message is an announcement is imminent. What kind, I do not know, but if this crazy 9/11 signal is right on, It is a "bigL" 9/11. Let's see. R3
Not quite the same: Notice: 9/11 in the trading. (For those of you that don't do code work: 9,000,000 X's 11) A message is being sent. We may have a new IR agent to be announced. R3
There is no indication of SP stealing anyone's money; PERIOD. If this is what he is doing, he is a small time crook! He could have stolen much more a year ago. So, I suspect that he is paying bills. I have already said, if it was up to me I would list the AS as "Unlimited" and just keep going. However, there is no doubt that SP is now pushing fast and furious toward the current limit. If you really believe in something, you do what you have to do to see it succeed. There may well be an RS, but I don't think it makes sense right now. It will make more sense when and if all this "gagging" stuff is lifted and full disclosure is available to us. Again, SP, get an IR agent and stop the gagging.
If he is paying bills, something good should come asap. The question is, WILL HE TELL US ABOUT WHATEVER IT IS??? Tell us about Philly Marriott. Tell us about ad insertion. Tell us about the audit. Tell us about efforts to uplist. Tell us about middleware and endware. TALK TO US AND STOP HIDING! GLTA. R3
Riding a gravey train? Really? All I can say is there ain't no gravy leaking out of the cars on this train!!!!! You must be thinking about a different company. R3
The question isn't, "Will there ever be a RS?". It is "When"? Anyone can call for a RS, at any time. Duh! The real issue is why do a reverse split, wipe out any base for investors, and then think they will buy more because the price is .0008? Nobody in their right mind would buy more shares for another collapse. So your hypothesis just doesn't make a lot of sense. Now, I know you want to drive the price down for whatever reason, but your argument seems specious. GLTY. R3
There is no need for a RS at this time. First, just list all AS as "Umlimited" and keep selling. Watch closely. The financials are being paid for and at these levels the state of dilution is almost irrelevant. Once filed, and when it comes time, either a RS or buyback will make sense. But an RS makes no sense until there is some solid contract WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE TO DATE, and a future for this system well established.
I think we can look forward to the ad insertion tech in Philly returning adequate money when announced to show that system is working. THIS, AFTERALL, IS WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. The fact that SP is not, IMHO, a good ceo, is NOT the real business question. The real question is: DOES AD INSERTION TECHNOLOGY WORK AND DOES IT RETURN ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE IT BENEFICIAL FOR HOST OR ANY OTHER COMPANY TO WANT TIVUS IN THEIR HOTELS? All the other nonsense talk is strictly for the shorts, not the longs.
So SP, you need to focus on ad insertion technology, and is it working or not. What are the figures? Ungag everyone, stop the NDA's (which are totally silly) and act like this is OUR company and talk to your shareholders. AIMHO. R3
Nope. It's called "Unlimited". R3
While I am disappointed in the threes and the large volume, I suspect that bills have to be paid. Businesses have to run on money, and I think we need an audit, lawyer letters, etc. So, I shall have a quiet weekend, take some "rental grandkids" (my only one is in Vegas!) with my wife to see a show and a castle with josting, etc. BTW, I do not subscribe to the "criminal" theory currently being posted. You've got to have a lot more than business disappointment to prove that. GLTA. R3