ImmuPharma non-exec reduces stake
28th Jan 2013 16:06
Dr Ajay Agrawal, Non-Executive Director of ImmuPharma, sold a stack of shares in the AIM-listed drug company, it was announced Monday. Agrawal traded in 62,169 shares at 57p a time on January 24th, pocketing £35,436 before tax. The deal was announced the same day the group said its key scientific
Read moreMonday broker round-up - UPDATE
28th Jan 2013 08:04
Amino Technologies: Northland Capital takes price target from 75p to 80p reiterating a buy recommendation. Anglo American: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 2230p to 2200p and retains a buy recommendation. Anite: Panmure Gordon increases target price from 165p to 170p and maintains a buy rati
Read moreEntertainment One receives approval to purchase Alliance Films
3rd Jan 2013 08:41
EntertainmentOne, co-owner of Peppa Pig and distributor of the Twilight films, has received the green light from regulators to acquire Alliance Films. The entertainment company had announced that it would purchase Alliance for CAD$225m last September. It has now been given clearance from the Canad
Read moreEntertainment One reports decline in profits as sales costs soar
12th Nov 2012 14:33
Entertainment One, an entertainment content owner and distributor, has posted a significant year-on-year decline in profits during the six months ended September 30th. On an adjusted basis, pre-tax profit fell £10.0m to £8.8m year-on-year, while on a reported basis it fell to £1.0m, down from £9.8
Read moreBHP Billiton CEO sells chunk of shares to satisfy
5th Oct 2012 08:47
The Chief Executive of BHP Billiton, the dual-listed mining titan, has paid off a significant tax obligation resulting from an earlier long-term incentive bonus with the sale of both UK- and Australia-listed shares. Marius Kloppers, who has held the role of CEO since October 2007, has settled the
Read moreEntertainment One shareholders agree to placing of 73.3m shares
1st Oct 2012 13:32
Film distributor Entertainment One has said that following a special meeting at the end of September, the company's shareholders have agreed to the placing of 73.3m shares at 150p per new common share. The placing raised £110m. The company also announced that trading in the first six months of th
Read moreEntertainment One signs four-year Dreamworks deal
17th Sep 2012 08:56
Film distributor Entertainment One has signed an exclusive four-year output agreement with Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studios to distribute its films in all media across the UK and Benelux. Entertainment One, the distributor behind Twilight and Peppa Pig, did not disclose the terms of the agree
Read moreEntertainment One buys Canadian film distributor
7th Sep 2012 11:59
Entertainment One is hitting the acquisition trail to snap up Alliance Films, an independent distributor of filmed entertainment products in Canada, the UK and Spain. The "Peppa Pig" firm is paying in the region of C$225m for the Canadian distributor, including the take-on of almost C$50m in debt.
Read morePeppa Pig goes to Asia
22nd Aug 2012 09:49
Film and TV distributor Entertainment One said it had sold its phenomenally successful Peppa Pig cartoon to several Asian countries, along with a number of other children's programmes. The firm said a series of acquisitions from major broadcasters across Asia would significantly extend its portfoli
Read moreEntertainment One boosted by TV business
25th Jul 2012 13:48
'Peppa Pig' maker Entertainment One saw a sharp rise in its top line in the first quarter of its new financial year, with the television business tripling its revenue year-on-year. The Television division delivered 67 half-hours of programming in the April to June quarter, significantly ahead of t
Read moreEntertainment One signs up US Peppa Pig publishers
30th May 2012 09:44
Film and TV content distributor Entertainment One announced that Scholastic and Candlewick Press will be Peppa Pig's publishing partners in the US. Both publishers will work with Entertainment One and toy manufacturer Fisher Price on a co-ordinated retail launch in August 2012 when the first Peppa
Read moreTuesday tips round-up: Entertainment One, AVEVA, Gulf Keystone
29th May 2012 07:01
Entertainment One owns Peppa Pig, but the real reason to consider the stock, thinks Questor in the Telegraph, is the company's content distribution deal with Amazon's subsidiary LOVFiLM. There is a potential tie-up with Alliance Films on the horizon, although the funding looks tricky. But that doesn
Read moreMonday broker round-up
28th May 2012 09:26
888 Holdings: Panmure Gordon reiterates buy rating and 93p target. Aggreko: AlphaValue upgrades from sell to add, target kept at 2,206.5p. Aveva: Panmure Gordon cuts target from 1,670p to 1,590p, hold rating unchanged; Merchant Securities keeps buy rating and 1,800p target. Britvic: UBS cuts targ
Read morePeppa Pig and Twilight boost revenues at Entertainment One
28th May 2012 07:59
Film and TV distributor Entertainment One has cashed in on vampire series, The Twilight Saga, to boost profits before tax and beat revenue expectations for the full year to the end of March. Revenues at the business, which also has a TV production portfolio including Peppa Pig and The Firm, were £
Read moreBroker tips: UK banks, Old Mutual, Entertainment One
13th Feb 2012 10:35
Nomura has today cut its ratings on UK banking peers Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) from neutral to reduce, saying that the recent strong recovery in the sector should be seen as a selling opportunity. "Both groups are banking sector restructuring stories and therefore geared to market ris
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