And what happened to Mr. Bung...???
Suzannie I am glad to be back at Allstocks
[This message has been edited by firefly (edited September 25, 2004).]
lol that had to be one of the funniest conversations in Q history lol
Good idea on the new thread I was thinking about doing it myself this morning.
went out and cut the grass and came back in and here we are.
Im home for 36 hours and then back to Toronto and my hotel room for my 4th week
talk to you all soon
Rod
Out of respect for the VERY NICE Admin's here at Allstocks I won't go into what happened. I got out of line at one point (Mr.Bung was not the issue at all, he was rather amusing infact) and justice needed to be served. Nuff Said! I am glad to be back.
I see while I was gone 2slowforyou managed to squeeze out some really uningenius information... I read his posts (dribble drabble) and he was off the mark in 95% of what he said. I will credit him with being 5% right however THE COMPANY IS TRYING ITS HARDEST AND THAT IS ALL WE CAN ASK AND EXPECT...
Remember U2canbehookedonphonics1-800-ABCDEFG that we are up roughly 4200% or so from our 52 week low at .0001
Put that into your Carolyn Pipe and smoke it!
-Byrd-
ron...nice to see more people besides firefly, betting babe, suzainiee, and a few others interested in the satellite.
you know, of course, that this q thing is such a huge scam and hoax perpetrated so intricately and elaborately that they (the perpetrators) have gone so far as to actually utilize bandwidth on a real orbiting satellite...Intelsat Americas 7.
...saying this dripping with sarcasm. LOFL
if anyone has any interest whatever in this silly ol' satellite thing, here's a few pertinent links for ya. and y'know, there's all kinds of things you can click on and find out at each of these sites..
http://www.intelsat.com/special/loral/index.asp
http://www.intelsat.com/special/loral/satellites/isat7.asp
http://www.loralskynet.com/glb_fleet_7.asp
http://www.lyngsat.com/ia7.html
http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/tvsat/ia7.html
http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/tvsat/ia7_2.html
the "A" accesses directly the related channel contact information at the LyngSatฎ Address website.
Originally posted by ron4498:
HELLO ALL: DID YOU GUYS SEE THE NEW Q_CHANNEL LOGO NOW ON THE SATELLITE WEB SITES> LOOK !!!!
LOOK at all THREE LOGO Q-Channel satellite web sites. Looking good people$$$$$
LOOK-Our LOGO is now up on our Satellite web site, LOOKING GOOD PEOPLE:
[This message has been edited by King Crimson (edited September 25, 2004).]
When we start that Q-Vacation Club Internationale (Yes I said -nale) Nigeria is the first place we stop... Do you think they sell Gxxxxx in the street like we have Hut Peanuts, Hot Dogs and Pretzels?
I want extra Gxxxx dipping sauce!!!
More Ovaltine with my Gxxxxx PLEASE!!!
-Byrd- (It's good to be home)
[This message has been edited by Allstocks (edited September 25, 2004).]
-Byrd-
-John-
Be back in a little bit Guys!
[This message has been edited by JBCak47 (edited September 25, 2004).]
[This message has been edited by Allstocks (edited September 25, 2004).]
Don't want to make the anyone "testy".
Welcome back, JB BlueByrd.
quote:
Originally posted by WinsumLosesum:
Careful...Don't want to make the anyone "testy".
Welcome back, JB BlueByrd.
Business Editors &Health/Medical Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2002 Doug Brown, President of 37Point9 (OTCBB:TSPN) announced today a unique program to eliminate bashing and misleading information posted by individuals known as bashers. This program will be totally funded by our Lead Consultant, Bruce Barren. According to Brown, the program will work in the following manner: For each basher listed below that you turn over to our legal representative through your attorney, you will receive $10,000 when it is totally proven and confirmed that they are a basher, making false or slanderous statements against 37Point9, its officers and directors or Bruce Barren. Your identity will be kept completely confidential and the reward will be paid directly to your legal representative once it can be totally confirmed that the person you have identified is the basher named. Brown further states Bruce Barren totally appreciates the loyalty of our shareholders and desires to show his appreciation and give all posters on Raging Bull a chance to both benefit your Company and rid the Raging Bull Message Board of activities which are totally illegal and of a slanderous nature. The uniqueness of this Program gives you a chance every time you identify and turn in another basher to receive another $10,000 reward. The below bashers have shown their constant contempt and have determined they can make false accusations, libel whomever they desire and escape being identified, attempting to hide under the First Amendment, forgetting that Slander, along with Violation of Personal Information, is a libelous offense under the law. All identified bashers, once proven they are that basher, will have their name and identity turned over to the following legal authorities for both criminal and civil prosecution: The FBI, The SEC, The City Attorney -- San Diego, who is conducting an ongoing criminal investigation against Charles Kallmann (Case # M-759390) and under Mr. Barren's just filed Case # GIC795447. Any basher that turns himself in and assists in the investigation of other bashers will not be prosecuted or sued either under criminal or civil damages. You will receive a reward for each basher you identify. In addition there is a $10,000 reward for identifying any organization or individuals that have hired the bashers. Below listed are specific screen names or aliases of bashers that we desire identified:
Ondahunt
MFGMagician
The_lone_ranger0
Microcap_Matty
LBJ_n_Aruba
Queens_14 and
runbead
By: KinsJon
25 Sep 2004, 12:45 PM EDT
Msg. 39197 of 39241
(This msg. is a reply to 39195 by joshgets46.)
Jump to msg. #
Josh:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_Sept_25/ai_92026718
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Is that a rule somewhere in the Allstocks penal code?
I wondered where everybody went to on the old board.
Now I know--everyone is calling an attorney to get their name on the $10,000 list just in case Frank decides to go down that road!
Could we split it on U know who?
This could be some e-a-s-y money.
[This message has been edited by suzainiee (edited September 25, 2004).]
Not here to debate.
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What is everyone's 'take' on the re-release of the PR... It went from saying 2% of the A/S to 2% of the O/S...
I'd rather 2% of the A/S... espically if it is 50 billion,at 2% that is 1 Billion shares...
2% at 15 Billion is 300 Million...
2% at the O/S of 9.5 Billion (sp[eculation on my part) would be 175-195 Million shares, or abouts...
Again, I'd be happy with removing 195 Million shares... However can I pose this theory of mine:
Let us say the A/S IS infact 50 Billion... With an O/S of 9.5 Billion, of which:
Of 9.5 Billion Out Standing Shares we can estimate:
51%-55% is controlled by Frank.
1. So roughly 4.75 - 5.2 Billion shares are under Franks control to retain a controling percentage. Those shares are restricted.
2. How many shares are owned by insiders and are restricted? 10%, 5%??? I will go with 10% just because it's easy to do.
So 450 - 510 Million shares are owned by Insiders (presumably)...
3.
That leaves a public float of perhaps 4-5 Billion shares... Between roughly 6000-8000 share holders (March PR)
HOWEVER...
Frank said he will retire 25% of his shares (or so the rumor goes)... If he does he will lose control of the company, which is a problem. However this is an option...
If frank retires 25% of his restricted shares, and he has 4-5 Billion, 25% is roughly 1 Billion to 1 Billion 250 Million shares...
If he does this he will not have the proper 51% control... Or does he?
If frank purchases 2% of the A/S as part of the BUY BACK, AND IF THE A/S IS 50 BILLION, frank will buy back roughly 1 Billion shares...
Lets say he buys back the 1 Billion shares from the float (common or restricted)...
He retires those 1 billion BUYBACK shares into the treasury. At this point his percentage of control of the company will be much greater than the orginal 51%-55%, which is good for him and us. However, if he retires HIS 25%, which also equals 1 Billion (or 1 billion and 250 million, depending on what the real O/S is) his retaining control will fall back to 51%-55%... why?
Well he bought back 1 billion shares (lets say) and he retires his 25%, which equalls roughly 1 billion... he retired an equal amount of public and private shares... so in the end, his percentage of control would remain the same, go up slightly or even down slightly...
Do you see what I am saying? By him retiring an equal amount of shares as he bough back, there would be no loss for Frank, in controlling terms... He'd still be left with 51%-55% control, and we have, if this scenario panned out, 2 Billion less shares...
Our O/S would then be roughly 7 Billion shares...
If a Gay/Lesbian Network is worth AT LEAST ONE BILLION US DOLLARS, we are still worth AT LEAST .11 -.13 per share...
STILL UNDERVALUED AT .004x
Maybe this is byrd thinking, and maybe it should only be 'for the byrds', however, the numbers all pan out equal using the 50 billion A/S and 9.5 Billion O/S... Frank buys back 2% of the A/S (roughly 1 billion) and retires 25% of his shares ( roughly 1 billion)... It all equals out, frank doesn't lose and either do we...
-Byrd-
[This message has been edited by Allstocks (edited September 25, 2004).]
A g/l NETWORK (not a channel, channels are for Chumps) is worth at least one billion dollars, as per Viacrapola...
Again, that is still roughly .11 a share, or what a 25 TIMES increase from what the pps is now!
I still say Frank will get the 0/S below 8 billion, maybe like 7 billion, and even at that, we are still worth a lot of money, even though I deffinatly think in time we can support 1 dollar a share... Remember Frank isn't going to sell out right away... He wants his name to be big, MUCH bigger than what it is now, and for him to get that, He can't sell out at a dime or even a quarter...
So if our Float is only 3 - 3.5 Billion after all is said and done, I still think we can break a dime, no questions asked... Factor in moving off the pinks, and all the other stuff, fifty cents isn't impossible...
-Byrd-
Yeah did I mention that Viacomm bought BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION for multiple BILLIONS of dollars??? (I think that is where the 'Noterious B.I.G.' made his Mega-millions... not 100% sure however)
BET in the mid-1990's SOLD FOR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS....
Gay's have HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS IN SPENDING POWER...
If our market taps 1% of that spending power, We should be worth 5 billion dollars...
If we just tap 2/10th's of One Percent of the 500 Billion, we are worth ONE BILLION DOLLARS, OR .11-.13 per share...
AT TWO TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT PEOPLE!!!
All we need to do is tap 1% of that market, 5 billion dollars a year, if we reach an audiance of 5 billion dollars, would not our market cap reflect that? So now if we DO get 1%, or $5 Billion, that puts us DANGEROUSLY close to ONE DOLLAR PER SHARE...
It may not happen over night but right now what is our market? 1/100 of 1% of the 500 Billion? 50 Million dollars? Thats at 1/100th of 1 percent...
-John-
here's something interesting...
anyone noticed that bung hasn't been heard from since byrd left?
and more interesting...
bung's posts were always mispelled, but phonetically. PERFECTLY phonetically.
and... if you ever looked at his profile, every word in that profile was PERFECTLY spelled, and the info was like a joke.. a janitor whose hobbies were Star Wars toys and Care Bears? you can't speak english but you know about care bears? c'mon.
and he registered on Sept 9th, but managed to get 80 posts in within a couple days...
i guess anything to distract from Q's potential, huh? i hope if we see him back he is ignored.
anyway, that just always p'd me off so i had to speak up.
~BB
Since, QBID's progress is limiting the ammno,
they had to get more creative--beyond the phony PR.
John, I read through you posts several times. I also think .20 is a real possiblity.
Have a great rest of the weekend.
quote:
Originally posted by Deg's wife:
I will not doubt Frank anymore. With all the negativity, I was getting bad thoughts in my head and second guessing if we had done the wrong thing buying QBID. The bashers can come on here all they want to now and post whatever they want. We know we are going to be just fine and so will all the others who have stuck it out with us!! COME ON BASHERS, BRING IT ON...YOU CAN'T KNOCK ME DOWN ANYMORE.
WOO HOO....HOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWLLLLLLL. WOOT WOOT!!
Robin..not RobinO
Go get'em Deg!!!!
[This message has been edited by Clyde Crashcup (edited September 25, 2004).]
im wathing these 2 links periodically to see if the thread about RCN updating thier programing list this weekend is accurate or not. so far no updates, but still watching :-)
http://www.rcn.com/cabletv/lineupDetails.php?lineupID=10
http://www.rcn.com/customer/cabletv_lineupchanges.php?market=San%20Francisco
quote:
Originally posted by ron4498:
This message is only to any QBID BASHERS , I Hope frank will do what this company is going to do:
Frank should do what this company is doing about bashers:
Point9 Announces Establishment of Cash Fund of $10,000 for Each Individual Basher Identified and Turned Over to Legal Representatives of 37Point9
Ron, you really don't want QBID to do what TSPN (now known as GMDP) did. IMO GMDP turned out to be a scam, I was one ot the victums, big time. Cancelled 3 announced stock dividends all on the same day. CEO resigns on the same day.
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~,-,-< GatorMan
[This message has been edited by GatorMan (edited September 25, 2004).]
U4 will now tell you that they are lying as well part of Franks very intricate plan to have the whole world lie to us idiots that invested in QBID with blinders on. Funny how the lie has to keep getting bigger to fit U4FLOATYS bashing.
amazing the clout that Frank has to cover up his evil plans to scam the alstock board.
i guess it is all possible but i think i will hold long and go for the scam!!
Im ammazed that u4 is the only one smart enough to figure out Franks Scam.
Thanks Robyn not RobynO for the report.
where gonna get this money.
Rod
quote:
Originally posted by Deg's wife:
OK people. My head has been stuck up my gatooter for I guess months. Hubby and I were sitting and talking after I got home from my JOB and of course, talking about our QBID. Both of us had made remarks in the past about wishing we knew someone who were in all those areas that Q is being televised. For 45 years, I have had relatives living in San Francisco and I never even thougtht of calling them to find out if they could Q was actually there. I made my phone call to my cousins in So. San Francisco - zip code - 94080. They are on satelite but their neighbors across the street have RCN. I just got off the phone and it is CONFIRMED, Q is on channel 255 and at 3:00 (their time), The Gay Review is on. He couldn't see anything except what was coming on because it is a pay channel. I am too excited now.
Robin...not RobinO
quote:
Originally posted by Deg's wife:
I will not doubt Frank anymore. With all the negativity, I was getting bad thoughts in my head and second guessing if we had done the wrong thing buying QBID. The bashers can come on here all they want to now and post whatever they want. We know we are going to be just fine and so will all the others who have stuck it out with us!! COME ON BASHERS, BRING IT ON...YOU CAN'T KNOCK ME DOWN ANYMORE.
WOO HOO....HOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWLLLLLLL. WOOT WOOT!!
Robin..not RobinO
quote:
Originally posted by penny-trader:
Thanks for providing yet another sighting of the channel and going even further to list the show that is showing.U4 will now tell you that they are lying as well part of Franks very intricate plan to have the whole world lie to us idiots that invested in QBID with blinders on. Funny how the lie has to keep getting bigger to fit U4FLOATYS bashing.
amazing the clout that Frank has to cover up his evil plans to scam the alstock board.
i guess it is all possible but i think i will hold long and go for the scam!!
Im ammazed that u4 is the only one smart enough to figure out Franks Scam.
Thanks Robyn not RobynO for the report.
where gonna get this money.
Rod
U4 is really the Prophet Slurpy according to the scriptures of Ignoranus
quote:
Originally posted by betting babe:
welcome back JByrd =)here's something interesting...
anyone noticed that bung hasn't been heard from since byrd left?and more interesting...
bung's posts were always mispelled, but phonetically. PERFECTLY phonetically.and... if you ever looked at his profile, every word in that profile was PERFECTLY spelled, and the info was like a joke.. a janitor whose hobbies were Star Wars toys and Care Bears? you can't speak english but you know about care bears? c'mon.
and he registered on Sept 9th, but managed to get 80 posts in within a couple days...
i guess anything to distract from Q's potential, huh? i hope if we see him back he is ignored.
anyway, that just always p'd me off so i had to speak up.
~BB
Thanks BB, I agree with you even with my previous post. Just glad to see Byrd again.
quote:
Originally posted by Deg's wife:
I want Frank to stay in control; suffered thru 4 R/S this year and the heart couldn't handle
another one. He has promised (in writing too if I am correct) that as long as he stays in control, there will be no reverse split.
Well with this kind of thinking, it's obvious you're not RobinO A 'promise' in writing means nothing. Aaaaabsolutely nothing. Zero. Zip. Nada (or Notta for you Robin=U4 conspiracy theorists). This little gem was released in a PR a while back. Frankie boy said as long as he's in control, there will be no reverse split. Well that's just great, but it's too bad he's actually NOT in control. The board of directors has all the power. Now of course there's some question as to who these mystery men are, but regardless, the BOD has control over the CEO and all the other officers in the company. There was even a second PR that most of you have probably forgotten that stated something to the effect of "The BOD has voted not to do a reverse split.." Well if Frank really had the ability to prevent a r/s, why did the BOD have to vote on it? Answer: because they have control, and no promise that Frank makes can prevent them from doing whatever they want. This is pretty standard, but I think since Triangle Multimedia/QTN/Whatever is actually incorporated in Nevada, I looked it up and sure enough:
NRS 78.120 Board of directors: General powers.
1. Subject only to such limitations as may be provided by this chapter, or the articles of incorporation of the corporation, the board of directors has full control over the affairs of the corporation.
Now then, how can Frank prevent a reverse split if the BOD votes for one?
quote:
And, IMO, with that many shares still out, it would really be silly to even have think can could happen (that's what my wittle bwain keeps telling me). Any thoughts?
Well you asked for our thoughts, so I'm providing them. Deal with it Anyway, the fact that they have so many shares makes it MORE likely to happen. I wouldn't be surprised to see one in the next 6 months.
-R
Maybe I'll go out and get a cherry coke with vanilla ice cream.
quote:
Originally posted by penny-trader:
Thanks Robyn not RobynO for the report.
Yes penni-trader, this is good news that they're on the air. The potential has just stepped up a notch. Now let's get some subscription numbers and corporate backing shall we? Remember, even cable access shows are on the air. That doesn't mean anyone's watching
-R
[This message has been edited by RobinO (edited September 25, 2004).]
If it were a case of a new TV network that had successfully launched, and was airing across the country, and was trying to get the attention of the "Big Money" that wouldn't stoop so low as to invest in penny stocks, well then, in this rare case, maybe we could deal with a R/S.
Reverse splits aren't inherently bad, right? It's just that most companies who do it are on the decline. But a company on the rise, doing a R/S, and lowering their O/S, and moving to a bigger exchange, could possibly benefit from it.
Hypothetically speaking. Worse-case scenario, and all that...
But hey, what do I know?
[This message has been edited by WinsumLosesum (edited September 25, 2004).]
September 24, 2004
Q Television Network Announces Signal Move Successful; QTN is Broadcasting Again
September 23, 2004
Q Television Network announced the first round of buy-backs for QBID common stock within the next six weeks.
September 20, 2004
Q Television Network Hires Rubenstein Associates
September 17, 2004
Q Television Network Announces an Agreement with Firestone Communications (FCI) to Produce Live Programming.
September 16, 2004
Q TELEVISION NETWORK PURCHASES STUDIO; Announces It Has Acquired Exclusive Rights to the International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics Championship.
September 15, 2004
Q Television Network Moves its Satellite Signal; Network Announces an Agreement with Firestone Communications.
September 8, 2004
Q Television Network launches! In San Francisco on Channel 255.
August 31, 2004
Q Television Network Acquires Film Package from Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution.
Agust 18, 2004
Q Television appears in Deserts Sun Newspapers with a full page ad.
July 21, 2004
Q Television and RCN Corporation Announce Distribution Agreement
June 29, 2004
Cable Industry Executive Joins Q Television Network. Michael Markovsky to Lead Carriage Contract Negotiations
June 15, 2004
Q Television has hired Advertising Executive Scott Seger
June 03, 2004
Q Television received considerable response from potential carriers and advertisers seeking more information regarding the network
Network executives will travel to New York City June 6 - 11 to meet with private equity funds, hedge funds and securities dealers.
May 28, 2004
Number of Market Makers on QBID jumps to 34!
May 26, 2004
industry soft launch for carriers and advertisers begins June 1, 2004 on Intelsat America's 7, 129 degrees West, Channel 1
Tue, May 18, 2004
Q Television Network announced today the successful completion of its five-hour test broadcast on Saturday, May 15th
Fri, May 14, 2004
Q Television Network Announces Additional Details of Five-Hour Sneak Preview Broadcast Scheduled for Saturday May 15th
Wed, May 12, 2004
Q Television Network Announces Details of Test Broadcast
Tue, May 11, 2004
Q Television Network Confirms Soft Launch
Mon, May 10, 2004
Q Television Network a Smash Hit at Major Convention
Tue, May 4, 2004
Q Television Network names Promotion Partner
Mon, May 3, 2004
CORRECTING and REPLACING: Q Television Network names Promotion Partner
Fri, Apr 16, 2004
Triangle Television Announces Name Change to Q Television Network
Thu, Apr 1, 2004
Triangle to Have Major Presence At NCTA Convention
Mon, Mar 15, 2004
Olsen and Lamont to Broadcast Gay Network
Thu, Mar 4, 2004
Grunberg Returns to Triangle Television
Thu, Feb 26, 2004
Triangle Multi-Media: Frank Olsen Alerts Shareholders
Wed, Feb 25, 2004
Triangle Begins Production of New Documentary
major press releases every day for next 2 weeks to supplement IR campaign starting monday
QBID will be off the pinks really soon
announcing carriage with aol/ time warner @ end of month
(check) QBID has retained a major IR group to start a campaign for them as early as next week
shares count remains in the 9B range, that was after the last placement was done last week. the investors are long term
frank is in NY i will see him friday he is interviewing w/ wall street journal and daily times
emails are going to opt-ins on variopus stockboards and newsletters
QBID is going to be doing capmaigns once a month to chase shorts out of the market and revive the stock
there is alot of shares but just like the stock ran to almost .03 it will do this again. eventually they are going to have to restructure but not until they attempt to go amex
if i give out a target i can go to jail i am not an chartered financial analyst. but company has just started its big move
i have placed all of these investments. there are more to come all will be restricted deals
in closing i just want to say that i am a 2.5% owner and a fund that I placed the deal with now owns 21%.. We are almost 25% of the comapny and we are all restricted and long. i cant sell for a yr and plan to near .05 (Now, this one appears to contradict his previous statement about holding for "maybe 6 months")
QBID is on the air, the hurricance caused technical difficulties. they are moving the repsonder and satelite to Texas from New Orleans, this should be done tomorrow or firday. justs so you know QBID was on the air for 3 straight days before the hurricance
right now there is 5 press release already slated for release starting tomorrow, Frank wants to do 8 - one everyday until next friday. just watch So far we have 6
qbid is paying 150K for this IR campaign it going to blow the doors off the stock. 100 mm emails and 25 mm faxes going out over the next 2 weeks. news every day this week
I am the banker for this company. There is a 10mm restricted stock deal to be announced real soon
QBID is up in san fran. they will be back up acroos the nation tomorrow or friday.
And fyi- I posted on Craigs List & got these email confirmations BEFORE I told anyone on this board that I had done so. Just in case ;-)
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I posted the following on Craig's List in SanFran:
Do you have RCN Cable? What's on Channel 250/255?
Hi.
I know- weird request- but Qtv, the new gay & lesbian tv network, insists that they are broadcasting on RCN cable channel 250 or 255 (mixed reports).
The investors in this new network's stock (it's a penny stock), me being one of them, are trying to confirm that this is actually happening. I personally only know people in SanFran with Direct TV, but QTV is only on RCN.
So, if you have RCN, could you flip to those two channels, 250 and 255, and let me know what you see? I would really appreciate it!!!
Thanks =)
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--> RESPONSE #1: (notice the email addy @RCN.com)
-----Original Message-----
From: steve ********* [mailto:*****@rcn.com]
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 2:09 PM
To: anon-43483903@craigslist.org
Subject: I see QTV on 255 and pay per view on 250
on RCN
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--> RESPONSE TO MY CRAIGS LIST POSTING #2:
-----Original Message-----
From: *********@aol.com
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 3:03 PM
To: anon-43483903@craigslist.org
Subject: Do you have RCN Cable? What's on Channel 250/255?
Right now on channel 255 its something with an actress know as Stockard Channing it looks like an old sitcm from the early 80's, but the channel doesnt even play, it's like there playing a worn tape and it is sorta scrambled but not and on channel 250 it is the on demand selection. Hope this helps you out.
Regards,
Jordan
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~BB
there is a BOD then there isnt a BOD, its a scam, its not a scam, im for it im against it. im with you you are on your own.
you at least have all the angles covered.
does it hurt sitting on the fence like that.
edit= spelling
quote:
Originally posted by RobinO:
Well you asked for our thoughts, so I'm providing them. Deal with it Anyway, the fact that they have so many shares makes it MORE likely to happen. I wouldn't be surprised to see one in the next 6 months.-R
[This message has been edited by penny-trader (edited September 25, 2004).]
quote:
Originally posted by firefly:
Why do you want to sabatoge your own existing (200k?) shares? I am really confused.
How could I possibly sabotage this company? If a company tanks because one person asks questions about it, what good is the company to begin with? The success of this company depends entirely on how QTN proceeds. If you think you or I have any effect on the future of a television station by talking between 20-30 people on an online forum, you're nuts.
Other Robin: If you think I should just shut up and leave because I've said what I had to say, doesn't that mean you should as well? After all, you've said what your hopes and dreams are, so why not go away and let things happen as they will? Why should this rule only apply to me? And no, I'm not Purl Gurl, although I wish there were more people like her still around. It's good to talk with people who actually use logic and reason every now and then...
-R
quote:
Originally posted by RobinO:
How could I possibly sabotage this company? If a company tanks because one person asks questions about it, what good is the company to begin with? The success of this company depends entirely on how QTN proceeds. If you think you or I have any effect on the future of a television station by talking between 20-30 people on an online forum, you're nuts.Other Robin: If you think I should just shut up and leave because I've said what I had to say, doesn't that mean you should as well? After all, you've said what your hopes and dreams are, so why not go away and let things happen as they will? Why should this rule only apply to me? And no, I'm not Purl Gurl, although I wish there were more people like her still around. It's good to talk with people who actually use logic and reason every now and then...
-R
RobinO - I wouldn't say that anyone wants you to leave. I have never thought of you as a basher but, by the overall tone of your posts I feel you want the stock to fail.
quote:
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Originally posted by firefly:
Why do you want to sabatoge your own existing (200k?) shares? I am really confused.
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How could I possibly sabotage this company? If a company tanks because one person asks questions about it, what good is the company to begin with? The success of this company depends entirely on how QTN proceeds. If you think you or I have any effect on the future of a television station by talking between 20-30 people on an online forum, you're nuts.
Other Robin: If you think I should just shut up and leave because I've said what I had to say, doesn't that mean you should as well? After all, you've said what your hopes and dreams are, so why not go away and let things happen as they will? Why should this rule only apply to me? And no, I'm not Purl Gurl, although I wish there were more people like her still around. It's good to talk with people who actually use logic and reason every now and then...
-R
Sincerely,
DJSeoane
quote:
Originally posted by djseoane:
Hey all, I first posted on this same topic on May 31st. I see a few months later it still is a hot topic. I want to start by saying this is not a negative post what so ever. I actually think this stock has great potential, but back in the first week of June 04 this stock was around 1.5 cents per share. Now it has dropped to less than .5 cents per share. I still want to buy this stock but a good friend of mine invested most all he had when it was floating between 1-2 cents. Strangely enough that was when I had originally planed to invest also. I opted at the last moment not to get the stock to see if it would actually start performing. Well hell to be totally honest I actually spent my money on an Alpine sound system for my new Nissan Frontier Quad Cab. I figured I am getting older and you only live once. Now I got that off my chest, on to the real topic at hand.... I gather from some of the posts here QBID has launched in limited markets as a pay channel. I am not a smart man as you can tell by my poor spelling and bad investment choices, but how on Gods Green Earth is QBID going to get sponsors on a pay channel. I will admit at some point in my life I paid for the Playboy Channel, HBO and may be even the Gulf Channel... well maybe not the Gulf channel, but some of you may be following me with this. The one thing they all have in common is that they receive 95% of their income because they are a pay to view service not by sponsors or commercials. So I say we all rally together hold hands and sing Kum-bi-ya and hope this Stock goes more mainstream and starts to be offered as maybe part of some premium service the cable/sat companies offer, you know like the top 150 channels or something like that so QBID can actually get sponsors. Hell they would make millions just off Condom adds. That was a joke by the way, and was not direct toward any group in particular, so please no rants or raves on this. I will probably start picking up pieces of this stock very soon now and keep buying as long as it continues to show at least some promise. I welcome any comments or questions on any topic other than why do I type so badly.Sincerely,
DJSeoane
You need to search Betting Babe's post. She answered the advertising / pay channel question
quote:
Originally posted by betting babe:
THANK YOU CLYDE!
i was sitting here shaking my head.
~BB
BB...you do that too??
This is the 20th time we've started a QBID thread. The last thread was supposed to be XIX!
Dime by December may be conservative estimate if things kick in to hiogh gear.
"All we ever had to do is launch!"
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whizknock
but, in the interest of building good karma, i did a search and found my previous post.
djs, here ya go. don't think of "advertisers and sponsors" in terms of commercials.. think in terms of product placement within tv shows, subliminal content within the "news" etc.
for example, in the "news segment" pepsi pays for the Qewscaster to announce that pepsi has released a new product. they do a little report on it, go to people n the street and say hey what do you think of it? stuff like that.
get it?
Ok.. here ya go!
~BB
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quote:
Originally posted by betting babe:
I got to thinking I could add some insight into launching a new tv network. Those of you who know me on this board know I'm legit. And verifiable via my website...Those of you who have on-demand cable access will be able to see me as the host of the new tv network Expo TV launching Oct. 1st. Before you rip me to pieces, let me tell you that Oprah is the financial backer of the network, the crew is from Oxygen Network and we filmed at Oxygen Studios here in NYC.
First, while this network is also ONE CHANNEL its aim is to be advertiser-driven. Hidden in the content of what I say may be a plug for an advertiser or just some new news that the sponsor- say, for instance, Pepsi wants to promote a new product- wants to get it out there to the public without making it seem like advertising, and that generates revenue for the network. It's not a commercial. I've seen a lot of questions on how that kind of thing works. So there ya go.
Second, Expo plans to run 20 hours of programming for the cable operators to use to "launch" the network. That cycle will run for about 3 months +. Much like Q seems to be doing.
Third, I don't know what kind of tv experience U4 has, but when he stated "UH, 67 FEET HIGH IS A JOKE. MOST STUDIO'S ARE AT BEST 30-FEET HIGH. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE WE HAVE 67 FEET TO "FLY" LIGHT/SOUND IS A JOKE AND MADE TO LOOK BETTER THAN WHAT IS MEANT" that's just absurd. I've never filmed in a tv studio that was 30 feet high. Where would the sets be stored? The boom itself is 15-feet +. A photo studio is about 30 feet high, but not tv.
It's also important to have the right facilities to shoot in. We didn't have as much insulation as we needed on our last filming, so we would have to cut if the sound engineers caught a noise from outside in the audio, someone opening a door, etc. In all, even though there's financing behind Expo, it still has a strict budget until launch. I imagine it's much the same with Q.
And, even with multiple professionals working on it, we have seen setbacks, reorganizations, mind changes and all kinds of difficulties wth our first productions. It NEVER goes smoothly. But that's the nature of the business, and it is to be taken in stride. you can't just go with initial decisions because you're afraid of making changes. Which is why I sit on my Q as a long, hoping that it all comes together in the end.
Hope the insight helps.
~BB
quote:
Originally posted by betting babe:
THANK YOU CLYDE!
i was sitting here shaking my head.
~BB
BB, I must have missed your post that explained this. I was under the impression that it was not on channel 250 or 255 and was on demand from your last post, which to me ment it was a pay service. I have not posted here in a while but from what I remember you were in a select group of people on this bulletin board that gave out some very good advice. Sorry if this post was dissapointing to you all.
Sincerely,
djseoane
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It's never a bad day if you can wake and tell someone about it.
Hey, I think condoms with 'Q' on the packaging would be terrific...no sarcasm here. Hey, promoting safe sex AND getting advertising, too? Works for me. ( This advertising idea my husband and I actually thought of back in May...our minds are always churning.)
Byrd..JB It is soooo wonderful to see you back...you always make me laugh and smile. Looking forward to seeing your posts on Monday. I also like your 'analysis' of Frank's buy back. At .11 cents, I'd be, uh, pretty comfortable! LOL
Betting Babe and Degs Wife, thanks for all the confirmations. Makes everyone feel great knowing our Q is on the AIR! Woot!
I've been wondering all day what this next trading week will bring us Qbidders. Could be mighty terrific...biting nails and waiting with bated breath for more news releases...Yippee!
Hope everyone is having a good Saturday.
on page 1 of this thread i posted the two email responses that i got form RCN customers in SanFran. Both said that channel 255 WAS QTV AND channel 250 is pay-per-view. Which clarified which channel we are broadcasting on- 255.
Above I have reposted my opinion on how they will integrate sponsors & advertisers, integrating them into the CONTENT of the shows versus conventional commercials.
hope this catches you up a bit!
~BB
quote:
Originally posted by djseoane:
BB, I must have missed your post that explained this. I was under the impression that it was not on channel 250 or 255 and was on demand from your last post, which to me ment it was a pay service. I have not posted here in a while but from what I remember you were in a select group of people on this bulletin board that gave out some very good advice. Sorry if this post was dissapointing to you all.
Sincerely,
djseoane
quote:
Originally posted by betting babe:
no worries, but if you put money in Q it's important to stay informed, right?on page 1 of this thread i posted the two email responses that i got form RCN customers in SanFran. Both said that channel 255 WAS QTV AND channel 250 is pay-per-view. Which clarified which channel we are broadcasting on- 255.
Above I have reposted my opinion on how they will integrate sponsors & advertisers, integrating them into the CONTENT of the shows versus conventional commercials.
hope this catches you up a bit!
~BB
quote:
Originally posted by JBCak47:
52 pages...And what happened to Mr. Bung...???
Suzannie I am glad to be back at Allstocks
Welcome Back, JB!
Sincerely,
djseoane
quote:
Originally posted by betting babe:
no worries, but if you put money in Q it's important to stay informed, right?on page 1 of this thread i posted the two email responses that i got form RCN customers in SanFran. Both said that channel 255 WAS QTV AND channel 250 is pay-per-view. Which clarified which channel we are broadcasting on- 255.
Above I have reposted my opinion on how they will integrate sponsors & advertisers, integrating them into the CONTENT of the shows versus conventional commercials.
hope this catches you up a bit!
~BB
quote:
Originally posted by djseoane:
BB, Thanks for the info, and you are 100% correct I need to stay up on this topic if am investing in it. I am actually foward deployed in the military and have limited time for this and had not log on to this site in a few months and was just suprised that QBID was still top on peoples list here.
Again thanks for the repost you gave, your time and effort was much appreciated.
Sincerely,
djseoane
quote:
Originally posted by Deg's wife:
I am relaxed...NOW .... I needed to hear it, just wishing I could see it. I sure wished I would of remembered the call to my relatives alot earlier than today. Could of been in the boxing ring some weeks back instead of walking away with my tail between my legs!! What I really need right now is to get a response from 1Big, Diana, Whiz, Pharm, Sunny. Then my day will be made. No, I take that back, the song.."Take This Job and Shove It"...that will make my day!! I'm off for a Texas Hold Em game now. Gonna bust some egos there too! Good Luck To Us All...
Robin (the good seed )
OK!
You're hearing from whiz now. I enjoyed your post about friends actually seeing & confirming the broadcast of QBID. What's sweet is more confirmations will trickle in & then tons will roll in. It would appear that things are falling in place!
I'm at work & need to do a lot of writing so I will check in late tonight.
Excellent DD Robin-not-O!
"All we ever had to do is launch!"
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whizknock
quote:
Originally posted by sunny:
Pharm..you doing okay down there in Florida right now?
Hi sunny! So far, so good, but thanks for thinking of me! Battening down the hatches as we speak. It's headed this way by tomorrow, so we're already getting winds/rain and a tornado watch. This is getting old.
A very small change in track will spare my area and still manage to sweep through 2FLOATY4U's area. Perhaps this is Mother Nature's attempt to FLUSH him from the planet!
quote:
Originally posted by pharmdman:
Hi sunny! So far, so good, but thanks for thinking of me! Battening down the hatches as we speak. It's headed this way by tomorrow, so we're already getting winds/rain and a tornado watch. This is getting old.A very small change in track will spare my area and still manage to sweep through 2FLOATY4U's area. Perhaps this is Mother Nature's attempt to [b]FLUSH him from the planet! [/B]
Thanks for all you do for us! Stay safe!
Sincerely,
djseoane
quote:
Originally posted by pharmdman:
Thanks for the good wishes everyone! But my dangers are small compared to some other folks like djseoane's.Thanks for all you do for us! Stay safe!
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It's never a bad day if you can wake and tell someone about it.
Sincerely,
djseoane
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It's never a bad day if you can wake and tell someone about it.
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I posted the following on Craig's List in SanFran:
Do you have RCN Cable? What's on Channel 250/255?
Hi.
I know- weird request- but Qtv, the new gay & lesbian tv network, insists that they are broadcasting on RCN cable channel 250 or 255 (mixed reports).
The investors in this new network's stock (it's a penny stock), me being one of them, are trying to confirm that this is actually happening. I personally only know people in SanFran with Direct TV, but QTV is only on RCN.
So, if you have RCN, could you flip to those two channels, 250 and 255, and let me know what you see? I would really appreciate it!!!
Thanks =)
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--> RESPONSE #1: (notice the email addy @RCN.com)
-----Original Message-----
From: steve ********* [mailto:*****@rcn.com]
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 2:09 PM
To: anon-43483903@craigslist.org
Subject: I see QTV on 255 and pay per view on 250
on RCN
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--> RESPONSE TO MY CRAIGS LIST POSTING #2:
-----Original Message-----
From: *********@aol.com
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 3:03 PM
To: anon-43483903@craigslist.org
Subject: Do you have RCN Cable? What's on Channel 250/255?
Right now on channel 255 its something with an actress know as Stockard Channing it looks like an old sitcm from the early 80's, but the channel doesnt even play, it's like there playing a worn tape and it is sorta scrambled but not and on channel 250 it is the on demand selection. Hope this helps you out.
Regards,
Jordan
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--> RESPONSE #3 (note: i reposted my ad on Craigs List and included my real email addy so people know I'm for real)
-----Original Message-----
From: Zack ***** [mailto:******@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 9:01 PM
To: ppatrice@*nospam*paulapatrice.*nospam*com
Subject: QTV & RCN
Hi Paula,
I just saw your ad on craigslist.
I just checked and QTV is on Channel 255 through RCN right now. "The
Stylists" is the program, however it is not pushing through any audio,
only video.
Hope this helps - I'm sure you've gotten plenty of responses.
Take care,
Zack
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well, i didn't get tons of responses, but we're getting somewhere...
~BB
NORTHPOLE!!!
quote:
Originally posted by betting babe:
*** UPDATE *** UPDATE *** UPDATE ***
quote:
Originally posted by firefly:
Why do you want to sabatoge your own existing (200k?) shares? I am really confused.
Because he's a paid basher.........
quote:
Originally posted by Deg's wife:
RobinO...I related to another person some months back that went by the name of Purl Gurl. Haven't see her around for quite some time. As a matter of fact, she quit posting and then you came on with almost the same technique as her with your wording, responsing, etc. I will not, repeat, will not start anything with anyone here on Allstocks anymore. You have made your point some weeks back. I, for one, am getting kind of tired of seeing the same thing being typed by you with almost every post you bring on here. If you don't like QBID, then go on. If you are trying to warn us of things that could happen, you've done your job, go on. One bad apple, hon...you are not getting in my bag. Thanks for your help, but no thanks. Good luck in your ventures, I wish you all the luck.
Robin (the good seed)
GREAT POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ABSOLUTELY ON THE DIME...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
quote:
Originally posted by whizknock:
News Flash!This is the 20th time we've started a QBID thread. The last thread was supposed to be XIX!
I admitted when I started the last thread I got the wrong number. But if one were to review all the QBID threads you'd find that we actually skipped from VIII to XII in May! So in a way my blunder mearly got us back to where we should have been all along. Sometimes two wrongs do make a right!
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~,-,-< GatorMan
quote:
Originally posted by Deg's wife:
RobinO...Did I tell you to leave?...
Actually, you said:
"I, for one, am getting kind of tired of seeing the same thing being typed by you with almost every post you bring on here. If you don't like QBID, then go on."
Sounds kinda like telling me to shut up and leave. Yes I might be saying the same thing over and over, but isn't everyone else? I think Whiznock has posted the exact same thing every 15-20 messages for the last 3 months. No one seems to mind though, because he's saying something you want to hear. I just happen to be repeating something from a different perspective that doesn't agree with your view of the world. If you don't like hearing dissenting opinions, move to China. In the meantime, I'll stick around to see if they ever file with the SEC, get major corporate backing, and build up a decent number of subscriptions.
-R
as for an r/s, i'm in no way an expert but in the 4 yrs i've been watching all stock markets closely (not so much pennies)i've yet to see a company buy back shares and then do a r/s. its makes no sense wasting money in a buy back to then in a short period of time have a r/s. even U4 isn't that stupid, well maybe thats a bad example the o/s might need to be drasticlly reduced to go to a big board but not to go to the otc. getting off the pinks will go a long way towards getting big money to invest. if frank can get a couple top 5 cable company contracts and some quality programing q could easily become a buy out target the way BET was. maybe 3 or 4 yrs from now
[This message has been edited by firefly (edited September 26, 2004).]
quote:
Originally posted by RobinO:
Actually, you said:"I, for one, am getting kind of tired of seeing the same thing being typed by you with almost every post you bring on here. If you don't like QBID, then go on."
Sounds kinda like telling me to shut up and leave. Yes I might be saying the same thing over and over, but isn't everyone else? I think Whiznock has posted the exact same thing every 15-20 messages for the last 3 months. No one seems to mind though, because he's saying something you want to hear. I just happen to be repeating something from a different perspective that doesn't agree with your view of the world. If you don't like hearing dissenting opinions, move to China. In the meantime, I'll stick around to see if they ever file with the SEC, get major corporate backing, and build up a decent number of subscriptions.
-R
Please shut up and leave U4's alias!! There, I said it. You're exactly like U4....spend a lot of time bashing a stock you say you have 200k shares ( a whopping $860 bucks)......sounds awfully suspicious.......If you don't want the risk and headache, go spend it on a hooker and a few rounds of black jack.....your odds might be better and you sound like you need to get laid as tight as your wound....my guess is you are an anal retentive engineer or something like that...I deal with them all the time...you just have to make your point no matter how stupid and ridiculous you sound....you must have a lot of friends.
so go off forum and continue your war there.
this is not productive at all.
Rod
[This message has been edited by penny-trader (edited September 26, 2004).]
Just think about it.
and in case y'all missed this one the other day, i thought the fact that it made mainstream news just gave us one more celeb in our corner...
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September 24, 2004
'Sex and the City' Star Switches Roles
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 6:41 p.m. ET
NEW YORK (AP) -- ``Sex and the City'' has taken on a whole new meaning for Cynthia Nixon. The actress, who just won an Emmy for her role as Miranda Hobbes in the hit HBO comedy, is in a relationship with another woman, a source who works with Nixon told The Associated Press on Friday.
The New York Daily News and the New York Post reported Friday that Nixon has been dating a woman since January. The woman is neither in the public eye nor living with Nixon.
``We will not confirm or deny anything,'' Nixon's publicist, Carrie Ross, told AP.
``My private life is private,'' Nixon told the Daily News. ``But at the same time, I have nothing to hide. So what I will say is that I am very happy.''
The actress split in June 2003 with photographer and high school sweetheart Danny Mozes, whom she'd been with for 15 years (but never married). They now share custody of their two children.
If ``Sex and the City'' were to be believed, the revelation would have been more expected from Kim Cattrall's character, Samantha, whose many, many TV conquests included one woman.
Nixon's lawyer character was the cool professional of the bunch, although her boss mistook her for a lesbian in the first season and set her up with a woman, resulting in a single kiss. But Miranda never dallied further and ended up married to her bartender boyfriend.
After two previous nominations, Nixon, 38, won an Emmy this year for her performance on the HBO show. She is working on ``Tanner on Tanner,'' a Robert Altman and Gary Trudeau miniseries for the Sundance Channel.
~BB
funny how i hit that pepsi thing ;-)
quote:
Originally posted by firefly:
As usual skunks, you came through again. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=6179
quote:
Originally posted by penny-trader:
I would like to make a suggestion to both kommoncents and RobinO. this is starting to get old, why dont the 2 of you exchange e-mail addresses and take it off line. it is basically the 2 of you slamming each other now.so go off forum and continue your war there.
this is not productive at all.
Rod
[This message has been edited by penny-trader (edited September 26, 2004).]
R a g i n g B u l l BB would be an excellent meeting place for RobinO and Kommon when they want to altercate, argufy, brawl, caterwaul, cavil, dig, disagree, dispute, fall out, fight, hassle, pick at, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, scrape, spar, spat, squabble, tiff and wrangle.
Hope I covered all the possibilities.
[This message has been edited by Clyde Crashcup (edited September 26, 2004).]
quote:
Originally posted by penny-trader:
just thought i would bring these forward.im wathing these 2 links periodically to see if the thread about RCN updating thier programing list this weekend is accurate or not. so far no updates, but still watching :-)
http://www.rcn.com/cabletv/lineupDetails.php?lineupID=10
http://www.rcn.com/customer/cabletv_lineupchanges.php?market=San%20Francisco
quote:
Originally posted by RobinO:
Actually, you said:"I, for one, am getting kind of tired of seeing the same thing being typed by you with almost every post you bring on here. If you don't like QBID, then go on."
Sounds kinda like telling me to shut up and leave. Yes I might be saying the same thing over and over, but isn't everyone else? I think Whiznock has posted the exact same thing every 15-20 messages for the last 3 months. -R
Whizknock breaks stuff down to the simplest elements,,,
Genuine Broacasting National TV Networks do not trade for less than $1 a share.
Pretty much boils down to one simple fact & the signs are all there for even the greatest doubters to see,,,
"All we ever had to do is launch!"
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whizknock
Betting Babe, lol I hope you aren't saying that I am Mr. Bung...lol... I am not , trust me, as clever as I can be, that was BEYOND me...lol, the work of someone much more devious then I can or could be lol, I never checked his Profile, and he was only here that one day we all had that huge laugh that night.... which was still the funnier of the times I have had on this message board. Gonxdx
Lololol....
Sunny, 1bigTip, Thank you it is good to be home
1bigTip, thanks for the Marco Posts...
Today is just a boring Sunday... Time to get breakfast, yummmm Egg Sandwhich...hehe...
Thanks for all those good posts Betting Babe (Lol our little 'TinkerBelle' )
-John/ aka Byrd- but NOT Bung however!lol)
[This message has been edited by bill1352 (edited September 26, 2004).]
however, i did feel it was someone who knew your posts well and was goading you on.. and i believe he posted a couple of days at least. i think they were in a row. too lazy to check.
BUT when I saw his profile I knew he wasn't for real. Oddly, he did have 80 posts recorded (yes, and that janitor/carebear hobby thing). Just made me wonder who so desperately wanted to distract from factual information exchanged on Q.
Now, stop "tinkering" with my "belle" and go eat yer eggs.
~BB
quote:
Originally posted by JBCak47:Betting Babe, lol I hope you aren't saying that I am Mr. Bung...lol... I am not , trust me, as clever as I can be, that was BEYOND me...lol, the work of someone much more devious then I can or could be lol, I never checked his Profile, and he was only here that one day we all had that huge laugh that night.... which was still the funnier of the times I have had on this message board. Gonxdx
Thanks for all those good posts Betting Babe (Lol our little 'TinkerBelle' )
-John/ aka Byrd- but NOT Bung however!lol)
[This message has been edited by retireyoung (edited September 26, 2004).]
"Now, stop "tinkering" with my "belle" and go eat yer eggs."
Lolol, Since this is the new and 'improved' JBCak47/Blueeyed I will refrain from making ANY JOKES or otherwise 'trucker' like statements on the above message you wrote...
Lol, funny you say Care bears and Star Wars as I do remember making remarks aimed at those two things...hmmm...
Funny though I'd expect Mr.Bung to take place on the CMKX thread...
Only because that is where 99.9% of my *trouble* was/is...lol...
Hmmm KGB Communist Infiltration, (InFLIRTtation is what all us guys do with Wizardress, suzannie, sunny and BettingBabe,hehe ) KGB? Must be 2dumb4us errr 2fastinbed, err u2canBhookedONphonics
It's a communist plot, led by U4....
THOSE DAMN COMMUNISTS... POISINING OUR PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS!!! IT'S THE FLOURIDE!!!!
"Mien Fuhrer~, I CAN WALK!!"
"You wouldn't be a human being if you didn't have feelings about Nuclear Combat"
(Dr. Strangelove OR How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb)
MR.BUNG IS A COMMIE PLOT
-Byrd-
[This message has been edited by JBCak47 (edited September 26, 2004).]
quote:
Originally posted by penny-trader:
I would like to make a suggestion to both kommoncents and RobinO. this is starting to get old, why dont the 2 of you exchange e-mail addresses and take it off line. it is basically the 2 of you slamming each other now.
Huh? I was responding to the other Robin. I haven't responded to kommoncents for a while now, not worth the effort. The bashing going on there is completely one sided.
-R
quote:
Originally posted by betting babe:
silly, you couldn't be mr. bung. he didn't talk like a trucker. lolhowever, i did feel it was someone who knew your posts well and was goading you on.. and i believe he posted a couple of days at least. i think they were in a row. too lazy to check.
BUT when I saw his profile I knew he wasn't for real. Oddly, he did have 80 posts recorded (yes, and that janitor/carebear hobby thing). Just made me wonder who so desperately wanted to distract from factual information exchanged on Q.Now, stop "tinkering" with my "belle" and go eat yer eggs.
~BB
I thought the same thing BB. After I looked at his profile, I knew he was a joke too. He was definitly distracting, but it was funny. I admit that I egged him on almost as much as John. What he did was pretty ingenious. It probably took a little work to spell out his posts phoentically. There is no doubt that he was not for real.
Perhaps who ever Mr. Bung was should go into comedy, as that was hysterical...
Thank you ALLSTOCKS! Where esle can we get the bests 'tips' and the craziest 'laughs' in one place? Allstocks baby, yeahhhhhhh!
(I still think it was a Communist Plot... Unleash the DOOMSDAY DEVICE )
-Byrd-
-John-
However, the ignore feature is too much like a 5 year old plugging his ears and yelling LA LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU. It doesn't actually solve anything, since the offending users are still here posting their garbage. Removing the users who do nothing but fling pooh is the only reasonable option in my opinion.
-R
The problem with people like you is you take every opportunity to bring a stock down that has made you money for whatever reason. Great news came out this week with QBID and one of the first things to be said came from you, RobinO and U4.
Now, I have 6.75MM shares of this stock and have been in and out of QBID several times. I often wonder how much the bashing that has gone on here from purveyors such as yourself and U4 have contributed to the reduction in pps. Now I know your going to blame Frank etc but you cannot deny the FACT that negative, dissenting, and bashing opinions in the face of great news SCARES away those newbies and other investors who play pennies and understand the risk.
In other words, if you are going to sling mud, you are going to get it back. Play nice, then there is no problem. How many people on this board are sick of you (RobinO) and U4tsaf2??? Especially after last week....my investment is important to me and I don't appreciate you agreeing with a guy like U4 who has turned 180 degrees around and then you say he "has valid points." What kind of credibility does that give you especially after your negative bashing last week?? It was like clockwork with U4 and RobinO!!
Last week the 50B rumor came out.....I gave the DD on it...stating it was a rumor and why....I even called the Sec St of WA and confirmed the two different entities.....the point again you jumped on this to bash Frank without any proof!!! U4 did the same....I have seen the dilution theory to Frank doesn't deliver to Frank is scamming to you(RobinO) telling everyone "How Frank should be doing it."......Gimme a break!! I am damn tired of seeing the negativity and feel that many new people will read your post and U4's and run away...
The one fact remains: this ran up to .028 as I watched it come from nothing at .0001.....and what has changed now is more bashers and Frank is delivering but certain intrinsic negative people (RobinO and U4) and other bashers are out in force to make this stock sink!!! This to me is more disgusting that whatever I could have told you in person to your face...period. It shows a lack of judgment and scruples.
Thank you.
[This message has been edited by firefly (edited September 26, 2004).]
quote:
Originally posted by Deg's wife:
I am relaxed...NOW .... I needed to hear it, just wishing I could see it. I sure wished I would of remembered the call to my relatives alot earlier than today. Could of been in the boxing ring some weeks back instead of walking away with my tail between my legs!! What I really need right now is to get a response from 1Big, Diana, Whiz, Pharm, Sunny. Then my day will be made. No, I take that back, the song.."Take This Job and Shove It"...that will make my day!! I'm off for a Texas Hold Em game now. Gonna bust some egos there too! Good Luck To Us All...
Robin (the good seed )
ROBIN--I AM HERE. I HAVE MISSED YOU VERY MUCH. GLAD TO SEE YOU POST. PLEASE CALL ME!!
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DIANA
here's an all time fav...an oldie but goodie
...anyone remember??
rutti1 7/1/04 91 posts pages 32-42
http://www.allstocks.com/stockmessageboard/ubb/Forum8/HTML/007746-32.html
rutti1 final 2 posts 7/2/04...16:19.....16:20
--I GOT SCAMED AND I KNOW
--IM NOT BASHING JUST NEED FACTS SO PLEASE IF YOU HAVE ANY I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR
http://www.allstocks.com/stockmessageboard/ubb/Forum8/HTML/007746-42.html
well, here's bung's...
Bung-Diddler 9/9/04 80 posts pages 5-12
janitor, OrangeCA, Star Wars toys/Care Bears
1st post 9/9/04 14:05
--i hear that mr olsen is purposefully seeling his shares at small price in
to make for a manipulation of pps.
http://www.allstocks.com/stockmessageboard/ubb/Forum8/HTML/009033-5.html
last post 9/10/04 17:52
--to qbid! i love sares and buy nad sell.
http://www.allstocks.com/stockmessageboard/ubb/Forum8/HTML/009033-12.html
quote:
Originally posted by betting babe:
silly, you couldn't be mr. bung. he didn't talk like a trucker. lolhowever, i did feel it was someone who knew your posts well and was goading you on.. and i believe he posted a couple of days at least. i think they were in a row. too lazy to check.
BUT when I saw his profile I knew he wasn't for real. Oddly, he did have 80 posts recorded (yes, and that janitor/carebear hobby thing). Just made me wonder who so desperately wanted to distract from factual information exchanged on Q.Now, stop "tinkering" with my "belle" and go eat yer eggs.
~BB
[This message has been edited by King Crimson (edited September 26, 2004).]
quote:
Originally posted by retireyoung:
Still not on tv listings either. http://tv.ya hoo.com/grid?title=&subtit=&desc=&contrib=&search=&starthour=&startdate=&range=&src=&setlineupcookie=true&.intl=us&zip=94102&.done=&lineup=us_CA02268d
shouldn't you be "Just Looking" at the past few pages for an answer to that??
i'd pay attention to betting babe and Deg's wife's posts.......been covered pretty well
quote:
Originally posted by Just Looking:
Can anyone confirm that QTV is actually on the air in S.F.?
it has been covered.
quote:
Originally posted by Just Looking:
Can anyone confirm that QTV is actually on the air in S.F.?
Hoping more good news comes QBID's way...want to see green.
Hope everyone is doing well and having a lovely Sunday evening...Firefly is probably having cocktails...
those 2 certainly generated some interest...
well, at least each for their respective 2 days..
The last few pages hasn't answered anything but the hope that its true and that you should research for yourself for proof.
Ric
quote:
Originally posted by King Crimson:
this should be winsum saying this, but i'll try......shouldn't you be "Just Looking" at the past few pages for an answer to that??
i'd pay attention to betting babe and Deg's wife's posts.......been covered pretty well
Amidst the noisy advertising battle of the soft drink titans, PepsiCo quietly joined the growing list of corporations marching into Gay Pride events. It is the first effort to reach gay Americans by any soft drink in the $63.8 billion annual U.S. cola market.
Floats promoting 80 gay businesses, nonprofits and major corporations lined the side streets of Fifth Avenue. A cacophony of competing dance songs blared from each one while muscle boys and drag queens, the dominant float decorations, patiently waited their turn to enter the fray of the massive, 35th annual New York City Pride Parade.
At the more sedate float promoting Pepsi, festooned with bubble machines, a DJ spun records from the floats top tier, but the only one in drag was an enormous blow-up Pepsi bottle with a blonde wig. Pepsi employees, decked out in corporate gray or black Diet Pepsi T-shirts and hats, jogged down the parade route accompanied by members of the Big Apple gay softball league. They handed out 8,000 cans of new Pepsi Edge soda (half the carbohydrates and sugar of regular, but not quite diet) and 78,000 blue Mardis Gras bead necklaces to hundreds of thousands of eager attendees.
The presence of Purchase, NY-based PepsiCo was largely inspired by its new gay employee group, EQUAL, formed in December 2003. Such groups have become a force in motivating their companies to look at gay marketing.
A greater presence for Diet Pepsi in gay media is anticipated later this year, though no details are confirmed. Intriguingly, gay themes have already crept into the companys general ads. Up in Canada, a flamboyant man broke the news of his bisexuality in a Pepsi commercial. Also there, Pepsi was recently a sponsor of PrideVision gay TV network. Arch-enemy Coca-Cola has not yet made U.S. gay marketing efforts, aside from sponsorship of Gay Pride in Atlanta, its home city, and Montreal.
Attendance Tricky, but Pride Events Offer Image, Sampling Opportunity
For many advertisers, Pride parade and festival sponsorships are a key component of gay presence. This year, Bud Light, Delta Airlines, Showtime, Smirnoff, Starbucks and Washington Mutual were among the largest corporate brands strutting their stuff at multiple Pride events.
As corporations increasingly capitalize on the notion of gays as early adopters, trend setters and thought leaders by introducing new products to them in gay magazines, Pride events can be a way to introduce new products into the hands, literally, of the gay marketplace.
Most Pride parades reported attendance boosts this year, though some call the numbers inflated and actual statistics are untracked. Reporting comes from organizers (who want to emphasize size) instead of police (who avoid being accused of undercounting) or third-party sources.
Thus, New York City parade organizers say attendance this year was 1.5 million, the largest in the country. San Franciscos parade claimed a million this year, compared to last years 750,000 by police count. Toronto also regularly asserts 750,000, Chicago estimated 400,000, Los Angeles-West Hollywood and Boston each 250,000-300,000, Washington, D.C., about 200,000, and numbers for smaller cities like Minneapolis fall at or under 100,000. Atlanta Pride officials said event attendance fell from last years 300,000 to 100,000 people because of rain.
But parade organizers dont concentrate much on attendance to sell sponsorships, something they say advertisers are not concerned with. Corporations look at whether its a significant media market more so than attendance, notes Aandre Davis, operations director for Boston Pride.
Attendance is not as important as sampling, echoes Scott Seitz, founder of SPI Marketing in New York, and a former eight-year Pepsi employee. Seitz organized Pepsis parade presence, and over the last eight years has also done so for clients including Johnson & Johnsons K-Y lubricants, SmithKline Beechams Havrix, Philip Morris Benson & Hedges, and Absolut vodkawhich had a presence at 15 Pride events simultaneously.
Whos On the Corporate Float, How to Carry Everything?
Logistics can be a challenge at Prides. Since Seitz was doing massive sampling across the 3-mile-long NYC parade route, he needed to drag along thousands of cans of soda, ice, and bead necklaces, all which didnt fit on the float. So he rented an additional truck that needed decorating too.
And not all companies use employees on the floats, especially in cities where they have no offices. Seitz sometimes hires models, other times hell give a donation to a local gay athletic team to have them help, further supporting the community.
Still, more companies focus on print advertising, which is simpler than participating in parades. Pride is not a place for everybody, explains Seitz.
But consumption in the overall carbonated soft drink market is flat, so the time may be right for soft drink marketers to take a gulp of the gay market. And munch on this: PepsiCos beverage and salty snacks businesses are major untapped ad categories, with brands including Frito-Lay, Tropicana, Quaker, Gatorade, Doritos, Cheetos, Tostitos, SunChips, Mountain Dew, Sierra Mist, Slice, Aquafina, Lipton, and SoBe.
Will Pepsi and its brands become the choice of a New Gay Generation?
Commercial Closet column covers gay issues in advertising, marketing and media. It is part of the non-profit project tracking 85 years of gay images in advertising worldwide. Its 1700+ image archive is at CommercialCloset.org.
...however, i am not going to type that out every time i post--we're all adults....
...i haven't told anyone to do more than to read the same posts i read..and please everyone...DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS!!!!
as far as that being about the only kind of a "confirmation" you can get about this whole thing right now...here on this bb asking anonymous posters......
geez, i just told him to read what we've all already read (which if he had, he wouldn't of had to ask the question). what kind of "proof" should i expect to find here??--somebody else's post?? we are all supposed to be adults?? believe anything or not--it's up to you--it's a POST on a bulletin board....
these people are nice enough to post the results of their own work (dd). NOBODY is "telling" anybody to believe anything.
i AM telling anyone to do some of their own 'reading' of someone else's work. seems that's alot easier than the work, and it's the least anyone has to do--READ.
thank all of you who have posted some interesting (to me) dd. i very much appreciate it...and i draw my own conclusions. what we all have to do.
there is no gospel here at allstocks....
quote:
Originally posted by Ric:
NO I don't think so. Just because you or I believe what BB or Deb's Wife says doesn't mean everyone should. Thjere has been nothing more then a suposed email and thats not confirmation. If you want to tell him to do more DD or find out for yourself because we have then thats fine but why should anyone in here say fact from someones post.The last few pages hasn't answered anything but the hope that its true and that you should research for yourself for proof.
Ric
thanks for your dd..it's appreciated..
quote:
Originally posted by Deg's wife:
My doubts of QBID are not with me anymore.
I got what I wanted to hear. Just
wish I could see it for myself.
Did you by any chance find out if there were any advertisers? If not, could you?
Thanks for the verification. It's good enough for me!
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~,-,-< GatorMan
quote:
Originally posted by Degs:
He said you couldn't see anything on the screen because it was a pay channel, but you could read what was on.
Thanks. Maybe we should offer to pay for one months subscription if they'll let us know from time to time what's on.
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~,-,-< GatorMan
quote:
Originally posted by Deg's wife:
Gator, cousin's have satellite..neighbor across street has RCN. Sounds good to me.
I'd pitch in $7.95 for a month.
I'd be willing to pay for some of it you you get it set up and have a paypal account for me to send it to. If we get 8 people to give a buck we'd have it.
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~,-,-< GatorMan
quote:
Originally posted by GatorMan:
I'd be willing to pay for some of it you you get it set up and have a paypal account for me to send it to. If we get 8 people to give a buck we'd have it.
Calling Barb and Billy right now...
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whizknock
quote:
Originally posted by Deg's wife:
Done with my phone call. Billy has even offered to pay the neighbor the $7.95 fo a
subscription, take a video camera and digital camera over there, whatever you all need for him to do. He said he is even getting excited now! QTN logo was showing in the lower far right corner along with "The Gay Review." And at the end of our first conversation yesterday when he was getting ready to go over to the neighbors house , his response was "Now, this isn't a joke, is it?" When I called him back, he stated "you weren't joking, were you. There really is a queer channel here."
I am to call him back tomorrow night. I am in CST and they are 2 hours behind us. So if I don't get cyber beaten up too bad within the next 24 hours, I will let you know what he is doing or done tomorrow night.
Good luck all!
Robin...(the good seed)
Cool! Thanks for doing this for us! You guys are awesome!
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~,-,-< GatorMan
quote:
Originally posted by Deg's wife:
naaahhhhhhhh....Thank you Whiz for having
your trust we need in here.
Robin
And you too Gator!!
I posted the following on Craig's List in SanFran:
Do you have RCN Cable? What's on Channel 250/255?
Hi.
I know- weird request- but Qtv, the new gay & lesbian tv network, insists that they are broadcasting on RCN cable channel 250 or 255 (mixed reports).
The investors in this new network's stock (it's a penny stock), me being one of them, are trying to confirm that this is actually happening. I personally only know people in SanFran with Direct TV, but QTV is only on RCN.
So, if you have RCN, could you flip to those two channels, 250 and 255, and let me know what you see? I would really appreciate it!!!
Thanks =)
--------------------------------
--> RESPONSE #1: (notice the email addy @RCN.com)
-----Original Message-----
From: steve ********* [mailto:*****@rcn.com]
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 2:09 PM
To: anon-43483903@craigslist.org
Subject: I see QTV on 255 and pay per view on 250
on RCN
--------------------------
--> RESPONSE TO MY CRAIGS LIST POSTING #2:
-----Original Message-----
From: *********@aol.com
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 3:03 PM
To: anon-43483903@craigslist.org
Subject: Do you have RCN Cable? What's on Channel 250/255?
Right now on channel 255 its something with an actress know as Stockard Channing it looks like an old sitcm from the early 80's, but the channel doesnt even play, it's like there playing a worn tape and it is sorta scrambled but not and on channel 250 it is the on demand selection. Hope this helps you out.
Regards,
Jordan
--------------------------
--> RESPONSE #3 (note: i reposted my ad on Craigs List and included my real email addy so people know I'm for real, with a slightly pleading tone to the post)
-----Original Message-----
From: Zack ***** [mailto:******@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 9:01 PM
To: ppatrice@mywebsitedotcom
Subject: QTV & RCN
Hi Paula,
I just saw your ad on craigslist.
I just checked and QTV is on Channel 255 through RCN right now. "The
Stylists" is the program, however it is not pushing through any audio,
only video.
Hope this helps - I'm sure you've gotten plenty of responses.
Take care,
Zack
---------------------------
--> RESPONSE #4 (ANOTHER FROM @RCN.COM)
From: Rex ***** [mailto:****@rcn.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 7:41 PM
To: ppatrice@my website.com (dont want spam)
Subject: RCN 250,255? ....here ya' go
this viewing was on sunday 9-26, at 4:33 PM california time:
255(QTN) "just friends" ------NO SOUND!
250 you get the RCN "video on demand" menu (it was pretty exciting!)
aside from these 2 channels, I've enjoyed RCN pretty much.
Rex
-----------------------
...love that two of these responses came from @RCN email addresses.
oh- and there was one inquiry from a Q stockholder asking if I could let her know what my responses were. i sent here the link to this site.
and i got a few responses that were gibberish. oh well.
two "no sound" responses are reassuring, since a "new" signal is often just video/no audio. (forget who confirmed that in an earlier post)
~BB
[edit: compromised someone's personal info]
[This message has been edited by betting babe (edited September 27, 2004).]
too much information. oh no--how do we handle that??
these are just confirmations of Q airing in SanFran...
~BB
"All we ever had to do is launch!"
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whizknock
like you said before--it could be on, but if they're not seeing it themselves.....
wouldn't want to not be sooo correct
this could all be innuendo and speculation..
sorry, just feeling verrry sarcastic
(not with you)...
but thank you for all your work, it is appreciated...
...that didn't respond til i pleaded with four new posts on craigs list to please help us by turning on their tvs...
we should all take it fwiw.
~BB
Thanks Deg's wife and Betting Babe for searching for SF viewers.
Thanks again King for reposting the satelite website.
Thanks 1BigTip's for the list of QBID's recent accomplishments.
Could a reasonable person still question the validity of QTV N?
..........................only if it was profitable to do so.
quote:
Originally posted by Deg's wife:
My doubts of QBID are not with me anymore.
I got what I wanted to hear. Just
wish I could see it for myself.
I ALSO AM RELIEVED. I KNOW THAT WHAT YOU SAY IS TRUE. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP AND GREAT DD.
------------------
DIANA
Sounds like our Q is getting out there...moving along slowly, but making progress nonetheless.
Wish you all a great trading day.
And GOOD MORNING Q-BIDDERS!
Good luck everyone.
Go QBID...let's see some green this morning.
gotta' go meet the inspector for the final Plumbing inspection then the final CO on Thursday. Keepin' my fingers crossed.
Group (((HUG))) to all my Q bid buddies.
Good day all.
NCVM
Jet-powered surfboards! Could be the next hot new fad. PR out.
Looks like fun!
P.S. Sunny you have mail
Come on Winsum and Crosseyed...you both know they would be a hoot!
Okay, back to QBID...still holding at 0044.
Crosseyed...have it and have responded!
[This message has been edited by sunny (edited September 27, 2004).]
[This message has been edited by kamikaze (edited September 27, 2004).]
SUMMARY:
ok, i have enought to reassure me that there is a signal and a channel 255 in the SanFran area. That people are gtting video but no audio, which (a guess) is because it's a paid subscription channel, and that the
signal has continually improved over the past few days.
Please note: I posted this on Craigs List before I posted it on the boards, to avoid as much tampering with my results as possible ;-)
~BB
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I posted the following on Craig's List in SanFran:
Do you have RCN Cable? What's on Channel 250/255?
Hi.
I know- weird request- but Qtv, the new gay & lesbian tv network, insists that they are broadcasting on RCN cable channel 250 or 255 (mixed reports).
The investors in this new network's stock (it's a penny stock), me being one of them, are trying to confirm that this is actually happening.
So, if you have RCN, could you flip to those two channels, 250 and 255, and let me know what you see? I would really appreciate it!!!
Thanks =)
--------------------------------
--> RESPONSE #1: (NOTICE THE EMAIL ADDY @RCN.COM)
-----Original Message-----
From: steve ********* [mailto:*****@rcn.com]
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 2:09 PM
To: anon-43483903@craigslist.org
Subject: I see QTV on 255 and pay per view on 250
on RCN
--------------------------
--> RESPONSE #2:
-----Original Message-----
From: *********@aol.com
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 3:03 PM
To: anon-43483903@craigslist.org
Subject: Do you have RCN Cable? What's on Channel 250/255?
Right now on channel 255 its something with an actress know as Stockard Channing it looks like an old sitcm from the early 80's, but the channel doesnt even play, it's like there playing a worn tape and it is
sorta scrambled but not and on channel 250 it is the on demand selection. Hope this helps you out.
Regards,
Jordan
--------------------------
--> RESPONSE #3 (note: i reposted my ad on Craigs List and included my real email addy so people know I'm for real)
-----Original Message-----
From: Zack ***** [mailto:******@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 9:01 PM
To: ppatrice@mywebsitedotcom
Subject: QTV & RCN
Hi Paula,
I just saw your ad on craigslist.
I just checked and QTV is on Channel 255 through RCN right now. "The
Stylists" is the program, however it is not pushing through any audio,
only video.
Hope this helps - I'm sure you've gotten plenty of responses.
Take care,
Zack
---------------------------
--> RESPONSE #4 (ANOTHER FROM @RCN.COM)
From: Rex ***** [mailto:****@rcn.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 7:41 PM
To: ppatrice@my website.com
Subject: RCN 250,255? ....here ya' go
this viewing was on sunday 9-26, at 4:33 PM california time:
255(QTN) "just friends" ------NO SOUND!
250 you get the RCN "video on demand" menu (it was pretty exciting!)
aside from these 2 channels, I've enjoyed RCN pretty much.
Rex
--------------------------------
--> RESPONSE #5 (NOTICE THE SIGNAL WAS BAD, THEN IT BECAME "GREAT"
From: Elena ****** [mailto:******@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 4:19 AM
To: ppatrice@my website .com
Subject: DO YOU HAVE RCN CABLE? WHAT'S ON CHANNEL 255? (sorry, still need help)
Hi, how are you? I live in Daly City, Ca. right on the San Francisco border. I have RCN, Channel 250 is blank. Channel 255 is broadcasting and appears to be the Q-Channel. You should know that this is a
really crappy channel. Music videos were airing tonight, great picture, but no sound. The other day there was some craft/horticulture program on and it kept cutting out, freezing up, sound but no picture
throughout. It was very annoying. Get your money back. I don't think this one is going to take off.Good luck....EMJ
-----------------------------
~BB
--> RESPONSE #5 (NOTICE THE SIGNAL WAS BAD, THEN IT BECAME "GREAT"
From: Elena ****** [mailto:******@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 4:19 AM
To: ppatrice@my website .com
Subject: DO YOU HAVE RCN CABLE? WHAT'S ON CHANNEL 255? (sorry, still need help)
Hi, how are you? I live in Daly City, Ca. right on the San Francisco border. I have RCN, Channel 250 is blank. Channel 255 is broadcasting and appears to be the Q-Channel. You should know that this is a
really crappy channel. Music videos were airing tonight, great picture, but no sound. The other day there was some craft/horticulture program on and it kept cutting out, freezing up, sound but no picture
throughout. It was very annoying. Get your money back. I don't think this one is going to take off.Good luck....EMJ
...........................................................
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whizknock
posted by CatDaddy, and From IHub...
Posted by: Spring Rain
In reply to: charltuna who wrote msg# 26513 Date:9/27/2004 10:51:28 AM
Post #of 26539
Charltuna,
I don't know why you are insisting that there has been no launch in San Francisco. I'm sorry, buy your source is mistaken. My friend in SF watched the Q on Friday night on channel 255. It is not scrambled. He videotaped six hours of Q programming for me, and also took the trouble to copy out a portion of the broadcast schedule for me.
I will have time this morning to see at least part of the tape, and I will report about it. Meanwhile here is the Q broadcast schedule he gave me:
The Stylists - Fashion stylists - 5:30 AM
Q Week In Review - 6:00 AM
Just Friends - A Boston woman leaves husband and moves to LA - 6:30 AM
Concrete Jungle - Container gardening for urban dwellers -7:00 AM
Odysseys & Ovations - Cambridge, Mass. Visits with artists, writers, & doctors - 7:30 AM
Babes On Broadway - Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland - Talented youngsters, unable to crash broadway, stage their own show - 8:00 AM
Got 2B There - (No information) - 10:00 AM
Jack E. Jett - (No information) - 11:30 AM
Apart From Hugh - David Marwin, Steve Arnold (1994) - A gay man plans a first anniversary celebration with his boyfriend, unaware that his partner has misgivings about the relationship. - Noon
1987 Gay Review - A recap of the year (Entertainment & Magazine Shows) 1:30 PM
Q The Music - New and classic video releases - 2:30 PM
The Map Of Sex And Love - Bernard Chow, Victor Ma (2001) - Gay themed love story about a filmmaker shooting a documentary in Honk Kong, where he becomes involved with a dancer choreographer - 3:00 PM
The Stylisis - Fashion stylisis - 3:30 PM
-------------------------------
posted by rickm Today at 09:59:26
this is an email i received form RCN after asking about programming....
Hello Everyone!
Q Television Network(QTN) is available in San Francisco on Digital Vision on channel 255 as a free preview. Beginning October 1st, Q Television will become a premium service similar to HBO where customers pay a monthly fee for access to content.
The monthly rate will be $7.95 .
On October 1st, the free preview will end. If a subscriber wants to continue viewing Q Television, they must call and order it.
Thank You
Barbara Bunk
Customer Service
--------------------------------
a note: both these posters were also new to this board. i found it cuz they were reposting my posts...
i think it shows that word is spreading....
~BB
quote:
Originally posted by betting babe:
no problem. i actually found a new Q Board today, and I'm pinching this info to share:
Like I said BB, good work. To me it appears as if we've settled into a trading range as though most shareholders now are investors or swingtraders. I believe we should get moves from subscription numbers. I will be very happy with an intial count of 20,000 or more.
Couldn't help but notice your post on WNMI. Are you still holding that. I let it go for a loss just before they pulled the rug out from under everyone.
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whizknock
PASSED PLUMBING! Going to be a great week.
I can feel the pressure building.
side note on that- well, i'll go post the side note in the right topic thread...
~BB
Would red make you feel better?
quote:
Originally posted by a4realguy:
We're up 3/10000 of a penny.. lets party!
Odd, I'm seeing 5/100ths of a penny, 11.63%. You need to find another place to get your quote dude.
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~,-,-< GatorMan
Go QBID!!!!!
No... Not Q's from Star Trek...
BBabe, GOOD DD WORK!!! Thank you! I appreciated seeing those postings!
Everyone else... stay calm, cool and collective! Q is doing better today then it was yesterday!
I just want to thank everyone, 1bigtip, bbetingbabe, sunny, suzannie, and all others who work durring the day and night to provide an unknown amount of wealth for us! THANKS!
-John-
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whizknock
Thanks
My email to Jim Downing:
"
Mr. Downing,
I am a shareholder in Q Television Network and RCN. RCN has begun carrying
Q Television Network on channel 255 in the San Francisco market. This
channel is to be a pay channel, but at this time is not scrambled.
However, since I live in Tampa, Florida, I cannot view the channel for
myself. I have seen many reports that viewers in San Francisco can see Q
Television on channel 255, but there is no audio. Is this being done as a
teaser or is there a problem with the transmission? I have contacted Q
Television directly, but have not received a response as yet. Any
information that you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
***** *******"
Here is his response:
"Mr. *******
QTV is in "free preview" mode for the rest of the month and then will go to
monthly pay status ($7.95 per month for 24/7 programming) starting on
Friday.
Hope this helps.
Jim Downing
RCN"
I'm not sure this addresses the 'no audio' question or not. I think that's what he is implying. Any thoughts?
quote:
Originally posted by pharmdman:
Hi all. I emailed Jim Downing @ RCN (investor relations) in an attempt to clarify the video/no audio situation. Here's what I have.My email to Jim Downing:
"
Mr. Downing,I am a shareholder in Q Television Network and RCN. RCN has begun carrying
Q Television Network on channel 255 in the San Francisco market. This
channel is to be a pay channel, but at this time is not scrambled.However, since I live in Tampa, Florida, I cannot view the channel for
myself. I have seen many reports that viewers in San Francisco can see Q
Television on channel 255, but there is no audio. Is this being done as a
teaser or is there a problem with the transmission? I have contacted Q
Television directly, but have not received a response as yet. Any
information that you can provide will be greatly appreciated.Sincerely,
***** *******"
Here is his response:
"Mr. *******
QTV is in "free preview" mode for the rest of the month and then will go to
monthly pay status ($7.95 per month for 24/7 programming) starting on
Friday.Hope this helps.
Jim Downing
RCN"I'm not sure this addresses the 'no audio' question or not. I think that's what he is implying. Any thoughts?
My comments are these:
1. He did NOT address the no sound issue. In fact, this sounds to me like a "canned" response.
2. Every free preview I've ever seen has had both audio and video as well as information on how to subscribe.
3. I think we still have signal problems, which greatly concerns me. I don't know how the signal get's to the uplink but from that point to an established cable company I'd think things should be routine. So perhaps if there is a problem it's in getting the signal to the uplink site.
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Brick by Brick my friends, Brick By Brick.
quote:
Originally posted by lilpennypincher:
Just like Rome.Brick by Brick my friends, Brick By Brick.
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quote:
Originally posted by bill1352:
from all info firestone seems to be a very professional and experianced company. i'm sure they will get everything right quickly. i mentioned this last week comcast had trouble with the hallmark channel last week, audio but no video. hallmark is new on comcast in my area but not new to cable
i know the press release said "the firestone family". does anyone know if that is the firestone tire and rubber family? i think firestone tire is now part of brigestone tire. maybe this is part of a new family focus. thanks.
Since all of RCN's designated cities will begin receiving QTV N on Friday, perhaps RCN's intent is to wait until then to fully launch all cities at the same time with an ad blitz.
As an investor, I prefer a big campaign to piecemeal ads. Unless, daily PR's state that ___ city was added to the growing list ..........increasing the number of subcribers to.......
I think I could like both!
Sunny, any weather probems in your area?
QBID is holding steady today...LOL
quote:
Originally posted by glfpimp:
Maybe the guy in San Fran that is watching Q is deaf?
Posted by: Spring Rain
In reply to: None Date:9/27/2004 2:57:45 PM
Post #of 26591
I watched the Q! Here's my report:
Today I watched the 6 hours of QTN that my friend videotaped for me last Friday night/Saturday morning on RCN's channel 255 in San Francisco. The good news is that we are most definitely on the air. The bad news is that during those 6 hours the network was suffering severe technical difficulties with both the audio and video. I do not know if this was just a temporary problem that has since been fixed. As RCN is not available in my neighborhood, this videotape is all I have to go on.
The audio was choppy, consisting of periods of perfect sound, periods when the sound cut in and out, periods of static, and then for most of the tape, no sound at all. This was not a problem with the tape. My friend noticed the problems on the live broadcast as he recorded it.
The video picture quality was very good, but the picture frequently froze, creating a choppy series of still pictures. Viewing was thus very difficult. Obviously these problems will have to be fixed before Q is offered to subscribers. For all I know, they have already fixed the problem since last Friday.
Here's what I saw:
"Q NewsWeek In Review" Smart looking newscast format. Well dressed, good looking female newscaster. News Director Elazibeth MacDonald. Exec Producer Frank Olsen. Sorry, wasn't able to hear the stories.
"Just Friends" with Stockard Channing. Written by George Bloom. According to the schedule it is about a woman who leaves her husband and moves to LA.
Commercials following "Just Friends": United Negro College Fund, anti-smoking commercial from www.everydaychoices.org, and noattacks.org
Music video titled, "Little Dear"
Feature: "Sweeny Todd" the Broadway musical by Stephen Sondheim with Angela Lansbury. I've seen this before, and it's fabulous. If you haven't seen it, you should.
"Q On The Move" I was able to make out that each week they will visit a different US city. This week was apparently LA, because there was an interview with a star from "Queer As Folk". The interview included footage of him working out at a gym. Looked like a slick, professional format, but again the technical problems made it impossible for me to judge.
"I Will, I Do, We Did" Q's original documentary about gay weddings in San Francisco. I very much want to see this, and it was frustrating that there was no sound and mostly only choppy still frames of the video. However the couples look wonderful people I would definitely like to hear about. There seemed to be 5 female couples and 4 male couples. Chapter titles include, "Meet The Couples", "Why Marriage?", "This Day I Thee Wed", "California Superior Court Issues An Injunction", "What If Your Marriage Is Revoked?", and "Final Thoughts".
Anti-smoking commercial
Logo: "Q is out to become the preferred Gay and Lesbian television network of choice for the 21st century."
Logo: Coming soon to cable AND SATELLITE operators and audiences all over America" (capitalization mine)
Feature: "Kiss My Cleats" Covers the Gay Games V. Format looked smart as far as I was able to tell.
"Odysseys & Ovations" Travel and the arts. Interesting looking people and places. Schedule says "visits with artists, writers and doctors".
Commercials: fairhousinglaw.org, firewise.org, uncf. org, registerandvote.org, skincancer.org
"Style" Looked interesting. Interviews with fashion stylists. I believe the schedule titled this "The Stylists"
Tape ends
quote:
Originally posted by Poot Poot:
From IHUB board
Posted by: Spring Rain
In reply to: None Date:9/27/2004 2:57:45 PM
Post #of 26591I watched the Q! Here's my report:
Today I watched the 6 hours of QTN that my friend videotaped for me last Friday night/Saturday morning on RCN's channel 255 in San Francisco. The good news is that we are most definitely on the air. The bad news is that during those 6 hours the network was suffering severe technical difficulties with both the audio and video. I do not know if this was just a temporary problem that has since been fixed. As RCN is not available in my neighborhood, this videotape is all I have to go on.
The audio was choppy, consisting of periods of perfect sound, periods when the sound cut in and out, periods of static, and then for most of the tape, no sound at all. This was not a problem with the tape. My friend noticed the problems on the live broadcast as he recorded it.
The video picture quality was very good, but the picture frequently froze, creating a choppy series of still pictures. Viewing was thus very difficult. Obviously these problems will have to be fixed before Q is offered to subscribers. For all I know, they have already fixed the problem since last Friday.
The frozen picture and choppys series of stil pictures sounds like poor signal reception for a digital channel. I get that sometimes on Dish Network (usually very briefly). One time I got it so much I had to re-align the dish. In fact, it sounds a lot like what I was getting on C-Band in the initial test.
The commercials sound like public service announcements. Well, maybe the REAL commercials will come once we are "officially" launched in all RCN markets and the signal problem is resolved.
Thanks for the info.
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Seriously...
Network Broadcast Operations are a CONTINUING situation. Understand that sometimes the different communication equipment, re-digitalization equipment, ect may be having problems turning the signal from analog to digital, beamed to the satellite, back down to the station, redigitalizied and then beamed to homes. It may sound simple but there are A LOT of things that can get in the way... I wish we had some Video Technicians or Video Production Managers on this board.
We are making steady progress, again, Q-Tv has NEVER made it this far...
-John-
quote:
Originally posted by a4realguy:
It amazes me how much opinion and conjecture poster on here go through on here instead of just getting to the source. I had been asking for weeks tio find someone in San Fran that actually had the programming so we could evaluate what was happening.. I was chastized for this.. now finally we have some news from an actual viewer, not all good, and instead on calling RCN or QTV to get answers, we all want to be experts and place our own opinion here. Why don't you just get someone to call the cable company? Would prevent several more days of this agony..
Great idea. Why don't you do it an report back to us.
As for me, I can't make long distance calls here from work of a personal nature.
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There will not be any major advertisers untill they are launched across the nation. those spots are paid for and it would not make sence to pay for advertising that is only going out to a freevu market.
so maybe you should read all the messages before you start typing. i seen the question asked. why cant you?
quote:
Originally posted by a4realguy:
It amazes me how much opinion and conjecture poster on here go through on here instead of just getting to the source. I had been asking for weeks tio find someone in San Fran that actually had the programming so we could evaluate what was happening.. I was chastized for this.. now finally we have some news from an actual viewer, not all good, and instead on calling RCN or QTV to get answers, we all want to be experts and place our own opinion here. Why don't you just get someone to call the cable company? Would prevent several more days of this agony..
quote:
Originally posted by a4realguy:
It amazes me how much opinion and conjecture poster on here go through on here instead of just getting to the source. I had been asking for weeks tio find someone in San Fran that actually had the programming so we could evaluate what was happening.. I was chastized for this.. now finally we have some news from an actual viewer, not all good, and instead on calling RCN or QTV to get answers, we all want to be experts and place our own opinion here. Why don't you just get someone to call the cable company? Would prevent several more days of this agony..
Do you need the phone number? let me know and I will give it to you.
Sometimes stuff is just simple as it seems!
"All we ever had to do is launch!"
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whizknock
heard a senetor today that has been trying to change everything for 6 yrs. whole new system sounded great thought i'd pass it on. get rid of all current taxes, everything federal and go to a sales type federal tax on everything. everything we buy today has companies taxes priced in it figures to around 25% of the cost of each item. mob, drug dealers, the underworld, illegals pay nothing to the feds. by a 22% sales tax on everything sold both private & corperate you get everyone paying the same plus a basic living cost rebate the first of each yr. never report income of any kind, never file tax forms, fair to every income level and with rebate poverty levels will get most back. goods & services bought will be reduced because companies pay the same way, not income but on each item they buy to build or perform services. no rich folk loopholes or corporate loopholes...no capital gains taxes... anyway hope my posting this doesn't piss anyone off if it does...i'm sorry.
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quote:
Originally posted by firefly:
hehe
(PS: reply to whiz)[This message has been edited by firefly (edited September 27, 2004).]
Firefly!
I just try to keep my eye on the Big Picture.
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whizknock
a hard worker in mexico (personal not corporate, as businesses are taxed on income) gets to keep their pay, and doesnt have to deal with an inneficient annual filing of income tax. if you are going to buy other than basic food items and some medicine you pay your tax at the cash register. prices on almost all taxed items are already included in the sticker price, and not added on at the cash register. simple and no end of year surprises.
quote:
Originally posted by bill1352:
side note...hope it doesn't offend but it has been discussed here a few times...taxesheard a senetor today that has been trying to change everything for 6 yrs. whole new system sounded great thought i'd pass it on. get rid of all current taxes, everything federal and go to a sales type federal tax on everything. everything we buy today has companies taxes priced in it figures to around 25% of the cost of each item. mob, drug dealers, the underworld, illegals pay nothing to the feds. by a 22% sales tax on everything sold both private & corperate you get everyone paying the same plus a basic living cost rebate the first of each yr. never report income of any kind, never file tax forms, fair to every income level and with rebate poverty levels will get most back. goods & services bought will be reduced because companies pay the same way, not income but on each item they buy to build or perform services. no rich folk loopholes or corporate loopholes...no capital gains taxes... anyway hope my posting this doesn't piss anyone off if it does...i'm sorry.
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What about seniors on a fixed income who now buy their prescriptions first and food and other necessities with what is left over
Would detergent, shampoo and toothpaste be almost 1/4 more for them too?
The number of elderly citizens in this country has grown and continues to increase each year.
Most of these people do not own a vacation home. On fixed incomes, many have already lost their homes because of high property taxes and home insurance rates.
I don't like paying taxes, but shifting the tax burden to those who are being pushed into poverty in their remaining days seems too drastic.
Perhaps the senator has some exemptions for them in his plan.
I'm not bashing the plan--the simpler the better. This country has many problems that need to be addressed--all of these are complex. Why not start with taxes?
As for the drugs dealers, taxing their income sounds great, but first, let's force them out of business. .....but that's a whole new subject.
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Hopefully, we will have our QBID funds to make a difference for us!
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Suz---well said.
quote:
Originally posted by Clyde Crashcup:
I hate to say it but, I'm worried about U4. He has not posted for about 5 days. I wonder if the hurricans got him?
quote:
Originally posted by penny-trader:
Dont worry he will float to the surface again. lol
You don't think being green has anything to do with it?
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First of all, the tax would be in the 25%-35% range on consumption items,(and thats a conservative range). That means when you go to buy a 30,000 car, you would have to pay taxes in a range of $7500-$10500. If you buy a $1500 TV, you pay $375-575 straight to the govt. You would have no deductions whatosever.
Since you guys are investors, let me ask you, what could you be doing with $7875-11075? You could be investing it, possibly making more money for yourself. But with the flat tax, that money would go straight to the govt(car tax would be spread over the years, maybe) and that money that you wanted to invest is gone. That is what the poor and middle class will face; investing money would be gone or many people would have to spend less money, which would kill the all of the markets or kill the economy. Who wants to lead a limited lifestyle? It would serious limit the lifestyle of the poor and middle class.
On the other hand, the rich completely benefit from the tax and they would live even a better lifestyle.
If you didnt know, the Federal Tax Code is set up to "steal from the rich and give to the poor" by using phaseouts. The Federal Tax Code also provides many deductions and credits that really help the poor and middle class and sometimes the rich, so people can spend money and put money into investments to make more money.
Under a flat tax, you would receive none these deductions or credits and if you spent enough, you would probably pay more money to the govt with a flat tax because there are no deductions. It discourages spending, and that itself would send America's economy down to a lower grade.
You may think that the current Federal Tax Code is vicious and complicated, but it is complicated because they have to figure out ways to reduce your taxes so you can spend more and invest more, and thats what keeps this economy on top of the rest.
If the flat tax ever gets enacted, which it wont, America would be in for a shocking discovery.
quote:
Originally posted by firefly:
Ok, I got of my soap box,,how does this apply to QTVN?
I just read that someone though the flat tax was a good idea, but it is a very limiting and economy discouraging tax.
Anyway, when QBID start getting subs, this thing will pop and Im ready for it.
The market loves first movers, suprises and the unexpected and a gay channel is a first mover, a suprise(to unknowing investors) and an unexpected event. If this channel gets national attention, I dont care what the O/S is, it will pop. Thats my input.
quote:
Originally posted by bill1352:
sorry last post by me on this...you already pay 25% in that companies income tax for everthing you buy today. its something i use in figuring the cost of every job my company does and the new tax would be 22% which is 3% less then we now pay on everything and no loopholes. every single job i bid today has 25% figured for taxes
Sorry, but thats ridiculous. First of all, 22% might be the start, but even all economist and anaylsts say that it would eventually have to put into the high 20s and 30s.
Second of all, say you make 40,000. The income tax would take, lets say for argument sake, 27%. But before the tax is calucalted you get the luxury of subtracting your adjustments to taxable income, itemized deductions or your standard deduction and your exemption. Ajustments to gross income would be maybe 2000, standard deduction 5000, and your exemption would be 3000 which equals $30,000. So now you are taxed on 30,000 at 27%, which is $8100 considering no tax credits. But the trick is that you dont have to pay the govt until NEXT YEAR, so you can spend that money or invest it to make more money, or keep saving some until April 15. In other words, you have the freedom to what you want to do with your money.
With the flat tax,you would have to pay tax on everything you spend at that moment in time, so you would be completely limited as to what you would do with your money. Say I wanted to spend 30,000 of my 40,000 of income, even with a conservative flat tax rate(25%)I would have to pay basically the same amount, only the catch is its UPFRONT so that money that I could have spent on a new TV or that money that I could have made 100% on in the stock market is gone and you are left with just change that you will have to save in order to have net worth.
Trust me, you dont want the flat tax.
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The flat tax is about limitations and that is completely UnAmerican.
quote:
Originally posted by firefly:
common guys. please do this somewhere else. thanks
Nobody likes talking about taxes. LOL.
quote:
Originally posted by stk2302:
Nobody likes talking about taxes. LOL.
Actually, nobody likes to wade through unrelated rambling, while trying to find one lousy crumb of DD on the stock for which the thread is named.
Take it elsewhere.
quote:
Originally posted by WinsumLosesum:
Actually, nobody likes to wade through unrelated rambling, while trying to find one lousy crumb of DD on the stock for which the thread is named.Take it elsewhere.
quote:
Originally posted by stk2302:
Dam, this guy needs to be pushing a cart on the street or something because he quailies as a pure Bum.
But why bother replying to, we all know who the good people are. So sad there are people in the world like him.
Oh well.
He just called me...here is what is happening (I provided his contact info for the non-believers...please call to confirm for yourselves)
The Q Television Network is broadcasting their programming on channel 255 in San Francisco.
Approximately 30 minutes ago, Downing sent an email to RCN Customer Service bringing them all up to speed on the new Channel.
He has notified the department responsible for updating the web site listing Channel 255 (The Q Television Network) He said that it will be updated over the weekend...possibly sooner. Here is the link...click on Channel line up changes:San Francisco (highlighted in red, above the channel line up)
http://www.rcn.com/cabletv/lineupDetails.php?lineupID=10
He also said that all of the other markets (Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.) will be broadcasting the Q Television channel starting next Friday (Oct 1). At this point there is nothing preventing the launch to the other markets on Oct.1...it's a go.
I asked if the other markets will come on seperately or at the same time. He said all of the market will launch the channel at the same time (Friday)
He said that SF was chosen because the Q is on the west coast.
Finally, He said that one week following next Fridays launch...The Q and RCN will promote the channel in a joint media campaigne to bring on new subscribers.
Again...please call the following number to varify for yourselves that the info is correct.
Good luck folks
Jim Downing
Investor and Public Relations
RCN Corporation
105 Carnegie Center
Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 734-3718
quote:
Originally posted by lilpennypincher:
Read the 6th paragraph down. Could it be Q?
http://www.gay.com/entertainment/news/?sernum=853
"......not LOGO, the other new gay network"
Sounds like our Q to me! Wasn't he on a morning show a week or two ago showing his QBID tatoo?
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SUHJY.PK MC = 22.21 Billion @ $9.25 pps
HINKY.PK MC = 14.77 Billion @ $30.15 pps
Data as of 09/27/2004 from yahoo.com Financial Screener
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"All we ever had to do is launch!"
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whizknock
Check this OUT if you have not already.
Earth_Man
Just board this morning. My Vacation is about to end. I FOUND THIS too.
Earth_Man
Go Q!
quote:
Originally posted by lilpennypincher:
Information from RCN 9/24/2004 3:22:58 PM
Posted By: Nobull101 Msg# 58088 of 58304
Following the release of the last PR I called Jim Downing to confirm that QTV was broadcasting in SF on channel 255. I left a message in his voice mail to call me back.He just called me...here is what is happening (I provided his contact info for the non-believers...please call to confirm for yourselves)
The Q Television Network is broadcasting their programming on channel 255 in San Francisco.
Approximately 30 minutes ago, Downing sent an email to RCN Customer Service bringing them all up to speed on the new Channel.
He has notified the department responsible for updating the web site listing Channel 255 (The Q Television Network) He said that it will be updated over the weekend...possibly sooner. Here is the link...click on Channel line up changes:San Francisco (highlighted in red, above the channel line up)
http://www.rcn.com/cabletv/lineupDetails.php?lineupID=10He also said that all of the other markets (Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.) will be broadcasting the Q Television channel starting next Friday (Oct 1). At this point there is nothing preventing the launch to the other markets on Oct.1...it's a go.
I asked if the other markets will come on seperately or at the same time. He said all of the market will launch the channel at the same time (Friday)
He said that SF was chosen because the Q is on the west coast.
Finally, He said that one week following next Fridays launch...The Q and RCN will promote the channel in a joint media campaigne to bring on new subscribers.
Again...please call the following number to varify for yourselves that the info is correct.
Good luck folks
Jim Downing
Investor and Public Relations
RCN Corporation
105 Carnegie Center
Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 734-3718
Good luck All.
Lil
THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT DD FOLKS. KEEP IT COMING. THAT COMMERCIAL "I LOVE THIS WOMAN" FLOATS THRU MY PEA BRAIN AND SAY'S "I LOVE QBID". ON A REGULAR. THAT IS SCAREY TOO. MUST REMEMBER TO STAY ON THE MEDS AND OFF SKIDDLES. LOL
9/28/2004 6:44:02 AM US Eastern Standard Time
From: Reality Inc 21
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To: weolson4@hotmail.com, SDGrunberg@aol.com.
CC:
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Internet Address Card Attached
Dear Frank and Steve,
First of all I would like to thank you for keeping your promises to me and putting Q Telivision Network on the air. I have always believed in the potential although as you know I have not always agreed upon your methods. Nor have you always liked mine, but the reality of it all is we all have the success of Q Telivision Network as a top priority.
I have been thinking--non stop (I know this can be a dangerous) lol. How can I help the consumer base of Q Telivision Network? I came up with this.......I have mailed you a check for $95.40. One year subscription to Q Telivision Channel. As you know I am not in the area of RCN nor in the other broadcasting area's. Indiana is SOL. Nothing new there. lol... Please use this to either give 4 people 3 free months of viewing or 6 people 2 free months. I trust you will use it in the best interest to promote the Q Telivision Network. I will continue to send you $94.50 per month for the next 12 months to help with the promotion of QBID. If it comes to my area of course I will be the 1st to order it. This is my way of helping a company that I own a considerable piece of and also one that I believe in the potential. If the pps of QBID rises considerably over the next 6 month as I feel that it will--I will send $94.40 every 2 weeks.
I know you both have been very busy working hard to make QBID a success. I want you to know that hundreds of share holders are 100% behind QBID and do appreciate the work that you have done. Thank you from the ALLSTOCKS Stock Message Boards for not giving up to the pressures of adversity. You will be greatly rewarded and remembered for your efforts.
If I can help in any other ways to promote QBID please let me know. I would be willing address envelopes or anything that would help you. Good luck and thanks again for all your hard work.
Diana xxxxxxxx
http://www.tradetrek.com/NN/default.asp?symbol=QBID
THE PR'S SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
http://www2.barchart.com/news.asp?sym=QBID
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DIANA
Lil
That is a great idea and I would also do the same! Keep us posted to the results of that decision.
Thanks and thanks for being part of the growing QBID team.
quote:
Originally posted by penny-trader:
that post has lost a bit of credibility seeings how they never updated the web page. but i still believe they are broad casting based on the reports
Check again dude, they're listed on RCN's site now.
-R
quote:
Originally posted by RobinO:
Check again dude, they're listed on RCN's site now.-R
You beat me to it!
http://www.rcn.com/cabletv/lineupDetails.php?lineupID=10
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quote:
Originally posted by RobinO:
Check again dude, they're listed on RCN's site now.-R
Sure enough!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome NEWS!!!! USAF or whatever your name is how about those apples!!!!
200K @ .0046
Cha Ching!!!
quote:
Originally posted by 21jason21:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by RobinO:
[b]
Check again dude, they're listed on RCN's site now.-R
Sure enough!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome NEWS!!!! USAF or whatever your name is how about those apples!!!![/B][/QUOTE]
NEWSSSSSSSSSS-- We are Now listed with RCN Channel Line Up $$$$$$
Deg's wife
Put down the coffee bean!
-John-
quote:
Originally posted by JBCak47:
PharmdmanPut down the coffee bean!
-John-
Hey JB!
I've been up since 4am... I'm already 6 coffees and 2 liters of Diet Pepsi into the day... I might actually blink again one day! .... although, I'm getting a helluva lot of work done around here!
all we had to do was... what was that whiz?
~BB
[edit: i kinda like that we're not limited to digital. it means anybody can see it, not just the Dtv subscribers.]
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but, it's only a website....lol
quote:
Originally posted by King Crimson:
that's better'n your email responses bb...
but, it's only a website....lol
quote:
Originally posted by King Crimson:
verrry sarcastic...<wink>....inside from the other nite confirmation issue....
chomp, chomp.....
quote:
Originally posted by betting babe:
YES!!!! WE HAVE AN RCN WEBSITE UPDATE!!!
http://www.rcn.com/cabletv/lineupDetails.php?lineupID=10all we had to do was... what was that whiz?
~BB[edit: i kinda like that we're not limited to digital. it means anybody can see it, not just the Dtv subscribers.]
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quote:
Originally posted by King Crimson:
you again....LOFL.................
on topic--glad to see you readin' before askin'..........
quote:
Originally posted by Just Looking:
Off topic: King Crimson, are you an Adrian Belew fan? On topic: Now we need a news release and (more importantly) subscriber statistics!
i found this in their PR's:
" The company's programming will be available on a subscription basis to those desiring its programming. The network will broadcast 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Providing distribution via satellite ensures availability of the network across the United States, including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico."
and this:
"We are very proud to announce that we have sponsors for any people who are housebound with AIDS. We are going to pay for their basic cable and provide the $7.95 per month subscription to Q Television Network at no charge."
"basic cable" usually does not include digital channels- just channels 1-13 etc. in my experience anyway...
~BB
quote:
Originally posted by bill1352:
not digital?? i thought it was supposed to be, might have something to do with the broadcast problems....
Q TELEVISION NETWORK CONFIRMS SOFT LAUNCH
Q Television Network continues its drive towards its public launch and will air on May 15, 2004 a test of its broadcast signal. This signal will be sent out in analog format and will be viewable to all C-band dish owners. After this test is concluded, network will revert to a digital scrambled signal as it continues towards its regular soft launch to cable, satellite and advertising concerns. Further information regarding satellite and transponder for viewing will be posted in the coming days
I emailed Jim Downing to ask if it was an oversight or if they were not broadcasting in digital. I will post reply when I receive it.
Firestone Communications, Inc., (www.firestoneinc.com) is a privately held media company based in Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas. FCIs core business is the network origination and uplink of cable and broadcast neworks, ownership of the cable network, Sorpresa!, and complete commercial and television production services. Company executives have produced television programming for Univision, Telemundo, Turner Broadcasting, and many other clients. The companys facilities include over 43,000 square feet of offices, production studios, fully digital master control, Avid editing suites and a comprehensive tape library. .
notice "fully digital master"....
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Come on Qbid, the kids need a pool.
when Q states they are sending out a digitized, scrambled signal, i infer they mean to the CABLE OPERATORS. The satellite carries the signal to local cable companies (scrambled so that it isn't picked up by consumers along the way). the cable operators then DESCRAMBLE the signal and carry it via coaxial/fiber optic cable lines to paying subscribers. So, the method by which Q sends their signal has nothing to do with the method by which it is received at a consumer's tv. That's up to the cable company.
Ok- is that any clearer?
~BB
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in my limited experience, a "digital signal" is simply a method of carriage through the cable lines, whereas a telephone line takes an "analog signal" and converts it to a "digital signal".
even "basic cable subscribers" are hooked up to a cable which carries the digital signal.
wish i had my lingo better, but do you know what i mean?
i don't think there's any such thing as "analog cable". which is why cable operators can carry broadband & telephone companies can't...
~BB
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Originally posted by King Crimson:
~bb....from the q website......Q TELEVISION NETWORK CONFIRMS SOFT LAUNCH
Q Television Network continues its drive towards its public launch and will air on May 15, 2004 a test of its broadcast signal. This signal will be sent out in analog format and will be viewable to all C-band dish owners. After this test is concluded, network will revert to a digital scrambled signal as it continues towards its regular soft launch to cable, satellite and advertising concerns. Further information regarding satellite and transponder for viewing will be posted in the coming days
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Originally posted by King Crimson:
and there's this.......q website.......Firestone Communications, Inc., (www.firestoneinc.com) is a privately held media company based in Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas. FCIs core business is the network origination and uplink of cable and broadcast neworks, ownership of the cable network, Sorpresa!, and complete commercial and television production services. Company executives have produced television programming for Univision, Telemundo, Turner Broadcasting, and many other clients. The companys facilities include over 43,000 square feet of offices, production studios, fully digital master control, Avid editing suites and a comprehensive tape library. .
notice "fully digital master"....
this instills a lot more faith in to those that have been sceptical.
step by steps the little ducks are forming a row. way to go Q
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Originally posted by RobinO:
Check again dude, they're listed on RCN's site now.-R
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Originally posted by King Crimson:
that's better'n your email responses bb...but, it's only a website....lol
U4 however is goign to have a harder time now with the lie conspiracy
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Originally posted by penny-trader:
oh please i suppose they are lieing
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Originally posted by betting babe:
YES!!!! WE HAVE AN RCN WEBSITE UPDATE!!!
http://www.rcn.com/cabletv/lineupDetails.php?lineupID=10
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They've corrected it to read "Q Television Network" instead of just "Qtv" like they had earlier!
Sorry, thought my ticker was stuck. LOL
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"In an atmosphere of suspicion, men shrivel up."--
Prof. H. Drummond
Same for his buddy.
"Arrogance is a weed that grows mostly on a dunghill." -- M. Tupper
PPS won't last long at these levels. Seems like I keep saying it but it's only been a couple months under a penny. Keep watching.
Enjoy the ride.
France Starts Gay TV Channel PinkTV
7 minutes ago Add Television - AP to My Yahoo!
By JOHN LEICESTER, Associated Press Writer
PARIS (AP) The transgender sportscaster wears a miniskirt, the porn is gay, lesbian and bisexual, and Wonder Woman will be on every night at seven.
France's first gay television channel, PinkTV, is an eye-opener. And that's the point. Pink's founders believe there's a ready audience for the channel, and not just among France's estimated 3.5 million gays.
Pink's "a giant leap for television, a small step in high heels," said presenter Eric Gueho in a promotional clip shown at the channel's unveiling Tuesday, which was feted with pink champagne.
"Gays are speaking to the French. But not all French speak to gays. But it will come."
Well, maybe. This at times surprisingly conservative and largely Roman Catholic country is still divided when it comes to homosexuality.
France has in recent years made big strides, legally recognizing gay couples and electing a gay mayor for Paris. Homophobic remarks will be punishable with prison and fines under a draft law expected to be debated in parliament before the year's end.
But the group SOS Homophobia recorded a doubling in attacks on gays last year, with 86 cases against 41 in 2002. In January, a 35-year-old gay man was severely burned by attackers who doused him with gasoline and ignited it. Sebastien Nouchet told investigators that one of his aggressors said: "You're going to die, faggot."
The government suspended Noel Mamere, a figurehead in France's green movement, from his post as a town mayor for a month after he presided over France's first gay marriage on June 5.
A court in Bordeaux in the southwest later annulled the union of Bertrand Charpentier and Stephane Chapin a ruling the couple has vowed to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.
"Marriage is great! I recommend it to everyone," Charpentier said after the July ruling. But President Jacques Chirac and his popular finance minister and would-be successor Nicolas Sarkozy are among those who have spoken against gay marriage even though a poll earlier this year showed that a majority supports such unions.
Pink says it will take part in the debate on homosexuality and other topics but not does plan to be militant. The channel launches Oct. 25 on cable and satellite. Subscription will cost $11 a month.
Britain already has two channels on the Sky Digital platform GayDate TV, a teleshopping channel targeting the gay community, and GayTV, a late-night soft-core porn channel. And Sweden has gay-friendly programming.
But Pink is the first nationally broadcast gay channel of its kind, said its founder and president, Pascal Houzelot. Pink is aiming for at least 180,000 subscribers. Houzelot said he expects half the audience will be in the Paris region.
"Pink is coming at the right moment," he said. "There's an evident change in mentalities. We've seen society changed. We've seen the law change ... In France, we can clearly say that gays have gone from the era of tolerance to the era of legality, which simply means equality."
Aside from daily doses of Wonder Woman and Japanese "manga" cartoons, Pink plans to broadcast movies, documentaries, music programs, experimental video and series including "Queer as Folk."
There'll be debates Mondays on homophobia, gay unions, gay parenthood and other topics, a chat show Thursdays and X-rated films four nights a week after midnight. The actors will wear condoms.
Pink's sports presenter, Brigitte Boreale, used to be a he but now prefers the term transgender. She wore black high heels and a miniskirt to Tuesday's launch and plans to cover the often macho world of sports "with an angle of attack that's totally different."
She's also keen on marginal sports like yes underwater hockey. "It's totally mad," she said.
Houzelot said about 50 percent of programming will be devoted to subjects "of direct interest to or consecrated to gay guys and girls."
"Perhaps we'll set ourselves apart in the way we tackle subjects and the subjects that we tackle," he said. "Clearly, it will address itself in the first instance to gays but is much larger than that and will, I hope, seduce a diversified public."
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On the Web:
Pink site: www.pinktv.fr
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under Cable TV tab...overview
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and for nyc.....
http://www.otcbb.com/asp/Info_Center.asp?symbol=RCNC
9/23/04 11:07 AM RCN Completes Network Upgrade to Provide Manhattan with the Best in Digital Services - PR Newswire
RCN Completes Network Upgrade to Provide Manhattan with the Best in Digital Services
NEW YORK - PRNewswire-FirstCall - Sept. 23
NEW YORK, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RCN Corporation (Pink Sheets: RCNCQ) today announced that it has completed the network upgrade of its customer buildings in Manhattan. The buildings now have RCN's proprietary two-way fiber MegaBand (R) network enabling subscribers in these buildings to receive RCN's full suite of unparalleled cable TV, phone and high-speed Internet.
In conjunction with the network upgrade, RCN has seen an increasing number of its customer base taking bundled high-speed data and phone services in addition to cable TV, with almost 75 percent of second-quarter 2004 installations coming from its product bundles. In addition, average revenue per customer (ARPC) climbed 30 percent during the last 12 months, and average services per customer (ASPC) grew 25 percent in RCN's upgraded two-way buildings.
RCN designed and built the MegaBand (R) network with tomorrow in mind, making future product launches and service enhancements easy and more cost effective, unlike other existing local competitive networks.
"RCN's network is second to none. It gives us a competitive advantage,"said PK Ramani, general manager for RCN's New York market. "With this upgrade, we're making an investment in our customers. We're excited to provide them with a robust suite of products and services that will provide choice and give them the best telecommunications value available."
Besides RCN's core triple-play bundle of cable television, local- and long-distance phone and high-speed Internet, RCN's lineup of digital products includes:
MegaModem Mach7: The fastest two-way residential Internet service in the city at 7 megabits per second downstream and up to 800K bps upstream is more than six times faster than DSL and double the speed of the competition's high- speed Internet service. MegaModem Mach 7 far exceeds any other Internet provider which typically only offers downloads speeds of up to 3Mbps and upload speeds of up to 384Kbps.
With the faster speed RCN delivers, customers can enjoy:
* Multi-player online gaming * Streaming video clips and downloading music * E-mailing large files like family photos * Working from a home office * Hosting their own Web sites and more RCN InterAction Games and Music: Download and play the hottest games, like Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon, plus access more than 700,000 songs
by artists like Beyonce, The Beastie Boys and Jessica Simpson.
Impulse On-Demand: RCN's Video-On-Demand (VOD) product provides customers with the latest movies and more to enjoy -- at their leisure-- with full VCR- like control.
HDTV: The revolution in television viewing -- providing customers with a state-of-the-art movie theatre-like experience. RCN offers the most channels of HDTV programming in New York (including ESPNHD, DiscoveryHD, HBO and more) with unparalleled sharpness and detail.
DVR (Digital Video Recorder): Digitally record favorite shows without a VCR. Plus, access RCN's lineup of HDTV channels with an HD-ready television -- both services are available with one converter box.
For more online information about these services, please go to:
http://www.rcn.com/corpinfo/NY/newyork.php
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my old option was $20/month. it gave me around 20 channels and was called "basic cable". i had no option for pay-per-view, video on demand, etc. it was "basically" the minimum service they offered, and i didn't even need a cable box to get it- i could run the coaxial cable right into the plug on my tv.
my current option is called digital cable- and the minimum package is $60/mt. I have access to digital subscriber services like VOD/PPV/and an extra 1000 channels that come with the digital service. and i get a fancy cable box.
the only difference in the setups has been the cable box I have.
eh, who knows?
~BB
The actual listing on an up and coming carrier is great. This has got to show its validity to all those who still question the Q.
Wish I had more money. O.K., wish my wife would let me use more money.
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Thank God For Qbid
it was approx 5 years ago, and they were the contract provider to my building for all cable/internet broadband services. basically, if you lived in the building, you got their signals.
their customer service was excellent. i even remember calling at 11p one nite cuz (i think it was the tyson fight) wasn't coming thru properly. they took care of it over the phone immediately. i just loved them, but had never heard of them before.
think they still provide services to a few of the luxury buildings downtown. but i think it's mostly high-end apartment buildings.
~BB
Here is the email:
Mr Downing,
I just have a few more questions, if you don't mind.
Will the cities that begin to receive Q Television in October be given a 'free preview" also?
Is the missing audio part of the "free preview" or is there still a technical issue to resolve?
Also, I noticed that Q Television is now listed on the San Francisco channel line up on your website, but they are listed as "Qtv". Shouldn't they be listed as "Q Television", "Q Television Network", or "QTN" since there is already a "Qtv"? Additionally, it is not flagged as a digital channel and I thought that was digital. Am I incorrect or will that happen when the signal is scrambled?
Thank you in advance for any information you can provide. I'm sure that you're being bombarded with questions, so your response is greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
******* *******"
Here's the response:
"The free preview was just in SF as part of the inaugural launch on RCN, and the technical issues have been resolved. The website now says Q Television Network instead of QTV..."
Well, he answered most of the, but we'll just have to keep speculating on the 'digital' issue.
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Originally posted by betting babe:
i used to have RCN when I lived downtown. they rocked.it was approx 5 years ago, and they were the contract provider to my building for all cable/internet broadband services. basically, if you lived in the building, you got their signals.
their customer service was excellent. i even remember calling at 11p one nite cuz (i think it was the tyson fight) wasn't coming thru properly. they took care of it over the phone immediately. i just loved them, but had never heard of them before.
think they still provide services to a few of the luxury buildings downtown. but i think it's mostly high-end apartment buildings.
~BB
If I'm not mistaken, all of Donald Trumps buildings use RCN. I read that somewhere a while ago.
Also it was posted on an earlier thread that some buildings (condos) owned by Time Warner have RCN.
Seems that RCN provided more for less wth their best-of-the-best bundled services.
First alternative television network broadcast first on the best of the bundled services carriers!
.......I need more shares.
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Originally posted by suzainiee:
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Originally posted by suzainiee:
Yes, I think Trump does have RCN.
Was doesn't Trump have? LOL
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Come on Qbid, the kids need a pool.
quote:
Originally posted by 1BigTip:
Maybe CA's earthquake today is a sign that QBID will hit 5.9 cents soon.
As noted from above.
quote:
Originally posted by Deg's wife:
Home from work. Was on pins and needles and
clock watched all day. I am wondering one
thing. If RCN is not charging for Q right
now, how come my cousins' neighbors can't
view it? It just dawned on me. He should of
been able to watch "The Gay Review" when he
went over there Saturday.