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Or over exagerate them if they might be hurt in the process. If TW, RCN, VERIZON, etc did the same I would tend to agree with you...
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STATX ...IMO Planet Out is scared to death of Q. They were buddy buddy a few weeks back and I can only assume that they found out that they were not included in Q's plans. There was a very abrupt about face then and now they are slamming on Fan. I don't recall them saying anything about Frank's inabitlity to run a television channel in the last year or so. Fan seems to have infinite more resourses and I would assume a game plan to take this to the next level.
In my opinion PO was hoping to buy Q out but then found out they were out of the running so are now trying their best to kill them...before they get killed themselves. You have two companies striving to be the kingpin of LGBT media and one is kicking the other while they are down.
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Frank told us about Asia connections interested in Q when they came back form Cannes. First we had Australia and now this. I guess this will be something else to bash on.
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OK now coneect the hotdogs and you're getting warm...LOL
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yuk yuk yuk...eom
UW...I was just reading in today's PARADE that the director of Brokeback Mountain is likely to win an Oscar.
Guess what...he's Chinese and originally from Taiwan. Connect the dots...ie "partners"
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If this doesn't move us nothing will...
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Q Television Network Appoints Lloyd Fan to Role of Interim President
Monday February 27, 3:27 pm ET
BURBANK, Calif., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Effective immediately, Frank Olsen, CEO and President of Triangle Multi-Media Limited, Inc. (OTC: QBID - News) has proudly appointed Mr. Lloyd Fan as Interim president of Q Television Network.
Lloyd Fan and his partners bring many years of achievement in corporate finance, strategic growth initiatives, OEM manufacturing, international trade and product direct-distribution. Through Best Prop Holding Group -- which owns Pat Prod Productions and Patented Product Industries -- his successes include renowned companies like Sharper Image, Brookstone, Restoration Hardware, IKEA, Targets Stores, Wal-Mart, JC Penny, Coleman, LL Bean, QVC and many more. Coming from a manufacturing and engineering background, Mr. Fan has played a major role in commercializing some 200 patents worldwide. With a proud and proven track record, Mr. Fan is highly respected in the financial, manufacturing and service sector throughout Asia.
With a long-standing interest in finding an entertainment and distribution platform partner with a strong brand and loyalty within the GLBT community, Mr. Fan and his group considered QTN's success in connecting to this market. QTN's growing distribution model and direct connection to its customer base complements both entities' plans to expand the network's offerings to include additional entertainment services and consumer products targeted to the GLBT community in the U.S. and worldwide.
"This is truly an exciting development," said Mr. Fan. "My partners and I understand the vision and the commitment Frank Olsen has made to the GLBT community with the launch of QTN, and we are pleased to join forces with QTN in ensuring its continued success".
Olsen, who remains Chairman and CEO of both Triangle Multi-Media Limited, Inc. and Q Television Network stated, "Mr. Fan and his partners' commitment of resources to QTN is a much needed investment in all phases of the network as we work to proudly give voice to the gay community. Mr. Fan's appointment as Interim President of QTN further solidifies the network's ability to enhance its daily operations, programming, strategic growth and financial stability. I am very proud of the accomplishments QTN has made throughout the years in our struggle to bring a gay television network to market. Many people have played significant roles and have taken many risks. With the infusion of dynamic resources brought to QTN by Mr. Fan, the network's continued success seems assured."
About Q Television Network:
This 24/7, premium television network is organized to create, develop and feature television programming for the gay and lesbian community, including live & interactive content every weeknight, plus sports, information and entertainment. While the company expects much of its subscriber base to be comprised of members of the gay and lesbian population, management also believes that quality programming about the gay and lesbian experience, designed to entertain, educate and inform, will attract many other segments of the viewing public.
The company's programming is available on a subscription basis to those desiring to subscribe. The monthly fee varies by region of the country. The network is telecast 24 hours per day, 7 days per week and features a variety of live and original programming. Q Television is available on such blue chip cable systems as Time Warner, Cox communications and RCN, among others, with availability approaching 3 million digital cable households in the U.S. Q Television Network is the official network of Gay Games® VII. The network is also ad-supported. For further information on programming and subscriptions, please visit www
Now you're catching on...Oh BTW you forgot...
"He might be lying but"
And the best of all was his first post "Hi guys. I'm from the RB board and just joined today. I'm really impressed with the quality of the posters here; it's clear many of you folks know your finance and accounting and are pretty rational investors."
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?Message_id=8136541&txt2find=rb
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Gee I guess the next step is....
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No>>>You do mean POLL right?
From RB...By: breezin_nyc
09 Feb 2006, 10:46 PM EST
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Univision puts itself on block ... Valuation?
This should be interesting to watch. Do I hear ? billion.
Univision Communications, the largest Spanish-language TV broadcaster in the U.S., has put itself up for sale. Given Univision's influence with a targeted and growing market -- the company reaches 98% of Hispanic households -- analysts expect interest from media giants including Comcast, News Corp., Time Warner and Walt Disney Co.
I find it interesting that LBGT doesn't have the PR listed.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=lgbt
cHARLTUNA>>>>regarding fun with math.
Today 1 million shares was worth $100....I know, I bought 8.8 million of them.
So maybe you need a better teacher or something...LOL
Also....regarding all the shares you were talking about earlier. Frank usually states he "CONTROLS" 53% of the shares, so unless you know different this could include Pittera's shares too, right?
Don't post much these days, but wanted to point that out.
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PS I was much happier myself when I could sell 1M that I bought for 1-200 bucks for $17,000+...time will tell if that happens again.
In the nick of time....my order for 8800000 cleared 2 minutes after I enterered it...at 14;11;21 and UP WE GO!
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dvd'S HERE...aLOHA
Stern Moves to Sell $200M in Sirius Stock
By SETH SUTEL, AP Business Writer 20 minutes ago
NEW YORK - Just three days after starting his new job at Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., shock jock Howard Stern is now able to sell the roughly $200 million in Sirius stock that he received as part of his five-year deal with the company.
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Sirius' contract with Stern runs through 2010, but the company disclosed last week that it was giving Stern and his agent 34.4 million shares of stock right away because it had already reached certain undisclosed targets for subscriber growth under the deal it signed with Stern in late 2004.
On Wednesday, the company made another regulatory filing saying that entities controlled by Stern and his agent, Don Buchwald, would receive the proceeds of the sale of the shares, which could occur at any time. It's not yet clear when or how much they will sell, and Buchwald did not return a call seeking comment.
Nearly all of the stock is going to Stern, but Buchwald also received a substantial chunk: 3.125 million shares, worth nearly $20 million at current share prices, or 10 percent of the 31.25 million shares that Stern received, which are now worth just under $200 million.
Sirius originally said its deal with the shock jock was worth about $100 million per year in cash and stock over the five years of the contract, or $500 million, including costs for producing and marketing the show
But thanks to the nearly doubling of Sirius' shares since then, the value of the stock portion of the contract went from about $110 million to more than $200 million, making the total deal now worth more than $600 million at current stock prices.
Stern could also stand to get even more stock grants as well as a portion of the revenues from advertising on Stern's show if other, "substantial" targets for subscriber gains are met, according to Sirius spokesman Jim Collins. Collins declined to say how large those grants might be or what targets needed to be met in order to trigger the additional payments.
Stern began his broadcasts from Sirius' Manhattan studios on Monday after a long career at Infinity Broadcasting, which is now known as CBS Radio and is a part of CBS Corp.
Unlike traditional radio broadcasts, satellite radio is free from federal decency rules, something Stern long railed against on his show. Stern, a hugely popular radio personality, has promised his fans on Sirius a stripper pole, live sex and other programming that would be likely to raise the ire of federal regulators.
Sirius is engaged in a high-stakes battle with its rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. to build up programming and subscribers in hopes of becoming profitable one day. Sirius said in its regulatory filing Wednesday that as of last Sept. 30 it had racked up an accumulated loss of $2.4 billion so far.
While neither company is profitable, both have also been quickly adding subscribers, who pay about $13 a month for either service. Sirius ended 2005 with some 3.3 million subscribers, compared with 1.1 million a year earlier and well ahead of its earlier forecasts. XM says it now has more than 6 million subscribers.
Sirius shares fell 28 cents or 4.3 percent to $6.22 in active trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market Wednesday, while XM shares rose 29 cents, or almost 1 percent, to $29.87 also on the Nasdaq.
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.0006? Wher did that come from?
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Go back to sleep Froy...this is a day of peace and you are the only one on any board showing you are truly an unhappy man. I hope you can fix that that someday.
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This is some powerful reading...maybe a few people here can learn something...
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"The Power Behind Innovative Companies
The Time Warner Investments group focuses on investment opportunities that directly enhance Time Warner’s ability to meet specific strategic goals. These strategic goals include the delivery of new services, enhancement of an existing product, entry or expansion into a key strategic market, completion of a strategic partnership, and critical research and development. In addition, our diversity-focused investment activity is housed within the Time Warner Investments group (see www.timewarner.com/diversityinvestments).
Time Warner Investments works closely with management, other investors, and with the Time Warner operating companies to derive value and maximize the opportunities for mutually beneficial partnerships.
Time Warner Investments seeks to acquire minority equity stakes in private companies, and targets an investment size of up to $25MM.
Company’s operations must have a clear strategic fit with an existing Time Warner business.
Company can demonstrate near-term partnership potential (for example, the delivery of a unique product/service to at least one of Time Warner’s divisions).
Company is at stage of development where they have demonstrated the feasibility of their business model and/or their technology. Will invest at an earlier stage if the opportunity has a greater potential for strategic value creation.
High quality management team with a demonstrated track record of execution against operating plans.
Attractive financial return potential commensurate to the risk profile of the investment.
Time Warner Investments expects to be an active and prominent investor. Will act as lead investor in a round and will seek governance rights including board seats and observer rights as appropriate".
WOW! That's says a lot right there! Aloha
Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas! Just having dineer now with some good freinds!
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Mele Kalikimaka to ALL and to all the best wishes! Q too!
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Who was telling me it coudn't happen?
Google's AOL Investment May Lead to '08 IPO
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer 1 hour, 53 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc.'s $1 billion investment in America Online could lead to an IPO in 2008, giving the online search engine leader and AOL parent Time Warner Inc. an opportunity to capitalize on an Internet advertising boom that they hope to fuel through their partnership.
The possible timeline for an initial public offering by AOL emerged in a Friday filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The documents provide additional details about a deal announced earlier this week that extends the business ties that Google and AOL formed when they began working together in 2002.
Although Google will hold only a 5 percent stake in AOL, it retains the right to demand an IPO beginning in July 2008, according to the SEC documents. If Time Warner doesn't want to pursue an IPO then it could buy back Google's stake based on a fair market appraisal, the filing says.
Time Warner has been under pressure from a group of shareholders led by hedge fund investor Carl Icahn to lift its stock, which has fallen by 9 percent this year to continue a prolonged slide.
To help get the stock moving, AOL co-founder Steve Case said he proposed pursuing a spin-off three months before his October resignation from Time Warner's board of directors.
In an interview earlier this week, Time Warner Chairman Dick Parsons declined to discuss whether the Google investment might be paving AOL's path toward an IPO. He described the Google alliance as the best way to increase AOL's market value, which stands at $20 billion, based on the Google investment.
Google has had a golden touch since its own August 2004 IPO, raising investor hopes that it can help AOL become more valuable. Google's market value has increased from about $23 billion at the time of its IPO to $125 billion today.
AOL was among the biggest beneficiaries of Google's IPO. When the two companies first became business partners in 2002, Google awarded AOL stock warrants that were later converted into 7.4 million shares — a stake that Time Warner sold for $1.1 billion.
Google's shares fell $1.11 Friday to close at $430.93 on the Nasdaq Stock Market and Time Warner's shares dipped 2 cents to close at $17.68 on the
New York Stock Exchange.
Under the new five-year deal announced earlier this week, AOL will now have the right to use Google's search technology on its own and also will receive a $300 million credit to advertise its content and services through Google's vast marketing network.
Google in turn is depending on AOL to sell more graphical ads to diversify the search engine beyond the text-based ads that generate most of its profits. Google also will be able to draw upon AOL's huge video library — a resource that could help boost traffic to its own Web site.
AOL's Internet-leading instant messaging service will become compatible with Google's 4-month-old service next year, but Google's users will have to register with AOL to gain access to the expanded network, according to Friday's filing.
While most analysts have applauded Google's investment in AOL, the response among some search engine users has been less enthusiastic.
Web logs, or blogs, are filled with comments expressing fears that Google will begin giving preferential treatment to AOL content in its search engine. Those concerns have been exacerbated by a provision of the deal requiring Google to help AOL make its material easier to index.
Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of search products and user content, sought to reassure the search engine's users in a posting on the company's own blog.
"Business partnerships will never compromise the integrity or objectivity of our search results," Mayer wrote. "If a partner's page ranks high, it's because they have a good answer to your search, not because of their business relationship with us."
DK get your hand out of the picture!!!!!! LOL
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Thanks that would be nice. Please tell Frank to put something new on the investor info page so we don't have to look at OCTBER 31 anymore....
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My wife won't let me...at least not with the kids...
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Yeah that really got some attention didn't it! Enough frivolity for one morning! I gotta eat breakfast and find something to do...winds blowing like a mofo today, gotta find somthing besides golf or surf....Oh yeah...Christmas is in 2 days...
LOL I'm sure a couple people are going to wonder why they are handed knee pads at the door...Aloha
LOL we'll save you the seat right on the tip....Aloha
LOL but if she comes out of the closet muslim subs will soar! These guys are so two faced...keep the women veiled but have 22 wives...WTF?
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woohoo! Judy Garland move over...maybe Al Jazeera will air the Q too! LOL Aloha
We need to do our part and email those to AlJazeera...maybe it will start a new fashion trend.
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Ouch!...LOL eom
LOL this is part of Bush's terror plan....take it the roots of evil. Can you imagine how many guys are going to get shot just for smirking around Bin Laden? This could really blow up over there.
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Yeah it's really nice, we had targeted a school here in Kihei for the kids so it was to far away for us, kids are growing up now though.
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We could have been neighbors I looked at those lots too...maybe next time. RE is turning and I think things are going to drop here in the next year or so.
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