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Also, QTN website now has all the updated PR's out...last thing they gotta get done on that dang website is to update the subscritions with chicago, syracuse, and rochester
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you can see where it is still being held down in price by the mms.
Vert jumped off the ask this afternoon and the price ask went to .0008. one sale went through at that price, then my guess if VERT jumped back on the ask.
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I recently listened to the conference call again. Frank mentioned that any aquisitions (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman) would be voted on by the shareholders and he would abstain. Now, I thought (but I may be wrong) that typically preffered shares did not have voting rights, only priority to dividends, earnings, and the such. Or does that rule not apply for companies on the pinks.
So...does Frank's preferred shares have voting rights?
Anyone??
On another note, I am seriously considering loading up on more shares, in my opinion the PPS will not drop below the .0004-5 range. However; I don't think we will see a nice run until the longs buy up a large portion of the float and hold. At these current prices, hopefully we will start seeing this very soon. I am gay and live in the Tampa Bay area, I have many gay friends that have never heard of Q. Many of them have already started buying into the stock. It's all about word of mouth, which in turn should draw in more investors as well as more requests to cable providers for QTV.....put it all together and we WILL eventually see a much higher pps and many more carriers!!!
I feel this company is way undervalued and manulipated. At worse the company should be worth (including all holdings) 500mil on the low end, or .011 per share. I believe Frank when he says that he is not diluting, I know many here do not like or trust Frank. Frank knows he has some pretty loyal investors out there, and I would hate to think that he would let them down. If he was to get caught in a lie now, it would not be good for the future of this company.
Stay Long....Stay Strong!!!
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David, I am a crazy conservative guy in the Army that believes in Qtelevision. Word of mouth is key. Word of mouth is why this Network is going to make it.
If a conservative straight guy can see this company's potential, it is truly only a matter of time like so many have said previously...
Everyone that I mention this company too must think that I am nuts but, when the dust settles, I do not think that I will have to explain our investment opportunities to anyone...
Respectfully
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quote:Yesterday you were that sure I'm a basher , now you say you still can't decide if I'm or not.
It's okay. Sometimes I'm told I have multiple personalities, too. The real reason I'm pissed off is because I see a PR or investor tidbit on the Q page that pisses me off. Richard showing up on the forums was really ridiculous. As well as them actually *RESPONDING* to a poster that said Frank was HIV positive.
What stock needs someone to actually post on a forum, anyway?
quote:WHAT IF!! frank has the completed audit doesnt release the audit, November 1st pps drop lower tick a day restricted shareholders dump all remaining holdings who nos how many billions Frank and family gobble them up and hopefully some of us, right before ThankQiving release audit Kaboom happy
Then he would be investigated by the SEC, and I'd be the one initiating it. He gave a date, he damn well better stick to it, or he's toast.
Not only that, but it only takes one lawyer doing work on our behalf pro-bono to make Frank *REALLY* regret making that kind of decision. I highly doubt he wants to be known as the investment martyr that confirms the stereotype of lavish-spending gay man.
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quote:Yesterday you were that sure I'm a basher , now you say you still can't decide if I'm or not.
It's okay. Sometimes I'm told I have multiple personalities, too. The real reason I'm pissed off is because I see a PR or investor tidbit on the Q page that pisses me off. Richard showing up on the forums was really ridiculous. As well as them actually *RESPONDING* to a poster that said Frank was HIV positive.
What stock needs someone to actually post on a forum, anyway?
quote:WHAT IF!! frank has the completed audit doesnt release the audit, November 1st pps drop lower tick a day restricted shareholders dump all remaining holdings who nos how many billions Frank and family gobble them up and hopefully some of us, right before ThankQiving release audit Kaboom happy
Then he would be investigated by the SEC, and I'd be the one initiating it. He gave a date, he damn well better stick to it, or he's toast.
Not only that, but it only takes one lawyer doing work on our behalf pro-bono to make Frank *REALLY* regret making that kind of decision. I highly doubt he wants to be known as the investment martyr that confirms the stereotype of lavish-spending gay man.
quote:Originally posted by DiceRoller: I think that I would love to be surprised with a years subscription to Qtelevision for the Winter Holiday Season.
Yes, I know that I am early, but, It is always good to plan ahead.
My guess is you're not the only one that thinks that might be a good present!
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quote:Originally posted by David2376: I recently listened to the conference call again. Frank mentioned that any aquisitions (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman) would be voted on by the shareholders and he would abstain. Now, I thought (but I may be wrong) that typically preffered shares did not have voting rights, only priority to dividends, earnings, and the such. Or does that rule not apply for companies on the pinks.
So...does Frank's preferred shares have voting rights?
Anyone??
On another note, I am seriously considering loading up on more shares, in my opinion the PPS will not drop below the .0004-5 range. However; I don't think we will see a nice run until the longs buy up a large portion of the float and hold. At these current prices, hopefully we will start seeing this very soon. I am gay and live in the Tampa Bay area, I have many gay friends that have never heard of Q. Many of them have already started buying into the stock. It's all about word of mouth, which in turn should draw in more investors as well as more requests to cable providers for QTV.....put it all together and we WILL eventually see a much higher pps and many more carriers!!!
I feel this company is way undervalued and manulipated. At worse the company should be worth (including all holdings) 500mil on the low end, or .011 per share. I believe Frank when he says that he is not diluting, I know many here do not like or trust Frank. Frank knows he has some pretty loyal investors out there, and I would hate to think that he would let them down. If he was to get caught in a lie now, it would not be good for the future of this company.
Stay Long....Stay Strong!!!
David, The web site called Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page says that one of the additional rights that preferred stock can have is superior voting rights (although many other sources say that preferred stock does not normally carry voting rights). Anyway, the way they set up Frank's preferred shares is with voting rights so he can maintain control of the company.
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Thanks Sam for clearing that up. I just remember several years ago I invested in a company before they went public. Once they went public I was issued preferred shares; I did not have voting rights but did collect a nice quarterly dividend.
David
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Hey, I was just wondering if anyone saw the news release on http://www.broadcastingcable.com that talked about QTN a week ago. I just signed up for a trial subscription, since I have a fair amount of QBID already, and was looking for some "off-the board information." I've been following this board since April/May of this year, and have had about a million of QBID since that time, and right now it looks like I'm just going to let it sit. But, I'll post that article below, just in case anyone hasn't seen it.
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Just Barely Out New gay-oriented networks are finding a niche on cable, VOD and digital tiers By Paige Albiniak -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/17/2005
Here’s how we know gay TV is starting to arrive: This month, both Viacom’s Logo and Regent Entertainment’s Here! are premiering soap operas, and while they might not be like the ones you see on network TV in the afternoon, the genre is as traditional as the evening newscast.
Gay is going mainstream. With some $600 billion in consumer spending power, gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transsexuals are more attractive to advertisers and TV programmers than ever before. “I think the advent of digital and the ability to deliver content in different ways, coupled with more people living openly gay lifestyles, made this the right time,” says Karen Flischel, general manager of year-old premium gay channel Here!.
Thus far, two gay-oriented networks have made some strides. Logo, which started June 30, models itself as a general-entertainment cable network for the gay community. It now has 18 million subscribers. Here!, which is more a pay-per-view channel than a traditional full-time network, reaches into 45 million homes.
Logo plans to offer news, sports, comedy, drama and reality; Here! plans a schedule of premium series, made-for-TV movies, miniseries and feature films. Logo relies on subscription payments from cable operators and advertising to stay in business; Here! is more dependent on video-on-demand (VOD) and subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) users.
Two other gay networks have developed less traction, so far.
Q Television, which is slowly being rolled out, is a pay network available to 400,000 subscribers on RCN cable systems and a few Time Warner Cable and Cox Cable systems. Its hook for cable operators is that it goes only to subscribers who want it, so viewers offended by gay material won’t be bothered.
There’s also Proud Television (formerly PrideNation Network), an Internet-based network delivered online to computers or through a specialized set-top box to a home’s television or wireless devices.
Logo has grown by 5 million subscribers since its launch less than four months ago. At 18 million, it’s almost halfway to its total available digital capacity of 40 million homes, says Lisa Sherman, the channel’s senior VP/general manager.
Logo also has quickly added advertisers. Besides its original sponsors—Subaru, Orbitz, and Viacom’s own Showtime and Paramount—the network has signed up some 35 additional companies. Those include American Express, General Motors, Anheuser Busch, Miller, Disaronno and eBay.
“As we think about selling, we go to those advertisers first who already have been in the gay market,” Sherman says. “And they are thrilled to have the chance to reach 18 million households very efficiently when, before, they could only maybe reach 130,000 with the country’s biggest gay magazine.”
Logo’s soap opera, Noah’s Arc, about four Los Angeles-area gay black men, premieres Oct. 19, and Subaru has designed three gay-targeted advertisements for the channel. Besides featuring gay characters, the ads also drive viewers to Logo’s Web site, where they can register to win prizes. “It’s that relationship, that emotional connection with viewers, that advertisers are looking for,” Sherman says.
Among Logo’s other program selections: In reality show Open Bar, a recently “out” guy opens a gay bar and gets a quick education in business; in First Comes Lov , Kids in the Hall’s Scott Thompson and his team plan dream gay weddings.
The channel also features gay comics, including a standup show taped in West Hollywood and the BBC’s The Graham Norton Effect, which also airs on sister network Comedy Central.
“The gay audience is always on the leading edge of many things, and they are definitely on the leading edge of pop culture,” says Sherman. “We consider this a general-entertainment network for gay people. It is totally the portfolio approach.”
On-demand and subscription buys for Here! are increasing 15% per week, according to network CEO Paul Colichman, also a partner in parent company Regent Entertainment. That’s faster than initially projected.
But Here! is not a channel in the conventional sense. You have to pay to play. Cable and satellite operators don’t have to surrender any space on analog or digital tiers to Here!, but the channel offers operators an attractive revenue-sharing program that is better than many VOD arrangements.
While Logo goes after subscribers of digital basic cable, Here! is chasing an even higher-end consumer: one who is willing to learn new technology and pay for exactly what he or she wants to see.
Here! is available as a “linear channel,” as the network calls it, on DirecTV. Everywhere else, it’s available as pay-per-view, VOD or SVOD.
On Comcast, for example, viewers pay $3.99 for one of the channel’s movies or a block of its original programming. On EchoStar’s Dish Network, everything the channel offers is available via pay-per-view.
Still, availability isn’t everything. Here! has to alert cable subscribers to its presence and then proactively teach them how to access the channel and its offerings. “The newness of the on-demand environment is one of the big challenges for the whole industry,” says Flischel.
Here! has been heavily advertising on gay Web sites and print publications; it’s also doing promotions at gay marches, film festivals and sporting events.
And it’s promoting original programming, such as its talk show with lesbian activist Elizabeth Birch and a comedy special with Margaret Cho.
This month, it’s launching what it hopes will become one of its most popular shows: soap opera Dante’s Cove. Intended to hook repeat viewers, the show revolves around a group of gay and lesbian twentysomethings living in a converted hotel on the beach.
“We are the Pied Pipers of on-demand,” Colichman says. “We thought we were going to have to suffer the slings and arrows of being a pioneer, and, frankly, it hasn’t been as bad as I thought it would be.”
Here! doesn’t work like most cable ventures because parent Regent is a programming and distribution company and has a substantial library it can tap into for programming.
Here! will spend $50 million in 2005 on programming that it can amortize by reselling it in the international and home-video markets.
“The more original programming we do, the more money we make,” says Colichman. “Every product we do shows a profit, and that profit supports this network.”
Regent Entertainment made its name with the 1998 success of Oscar-winner Gods and Monsters, starring Brendan Fraser and Ian McKellan. After that, Colichman realized there was a market for gay programming and began producing gay films and TV.
Worldwide, he says, selling gay-themed programs is not much of a risk.
“We are so parochial in the U.S. Most of the bigger territories think the U.S. is completely bizarre on this topic,” he says. “The shows we produce play on mainstream prime time networks throughout the world, and they get big ratings.”
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quote:Originally posted by David2376: I am gay and live in the Tampa Bay area, I have many gay friends that have never heard of Q. Many of them have already started buying into the stock. It's all about word of mouth, which in turn should draw in more investors as well as more requests to cable providers for QTV.....put it all together and we WILL eventually see a much higher pps and many more carriers!!!
Hey David,
So can you share with us just what is coming from the "word of mouth" amongst you and your gay friends in regards to your individual interest in QTN?...For instance, after your research, was it the programming and/or content matter that attracted you?
Have you seen LOGO or Here!? If so, then why would you find a liking to QTN enough to invest?
And just as important, what are your friend's opinions? Do you all just see the potential of "Q's" business structure to successfully compete in it's market and/or again, after doing your DD, personally recognize "Q" as having preffered content over LOGO and Here!?
As I am an investor of "Q", it's always good to hear any and all opinions from those of you within the gay community.
I just spoke with richard and it was pretty easy to get him in the AM. I really appreciated him time. AS most on here that have been here for the last 2 years know I do not post a lot I just sit back and watch. I sis ask Richard about his apperance on here and he told me that he was hopeful that it would be in a few days. I like the guy as far as being really easy to talk to. We spoke about all the BS going on these massage boards my statement to him was "I read this board everyday and for me it is comic relief."
Anyway just wanted to share with you I am still here a few shares shorter that I had a month ago for some unforseen expenses due to moving but I am here with 2 Million shares and am hoping that the Audit comes out on Frank's timeline of 31 Oct 2005.
Hope for a little more of an uptick today!
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Good Morning...pleasantly suprised at the uptick...wouldn't it be nice if Frank actually published the audit results AND did it early. Is that too much to ask, Frank? Goodwill goes a long, long, way.
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I just spoke with richard and it was pretty easy to get him in the AM. I really appreciated him time. AS most on here that have been here for the last 2 years know I do not post a lot I just sit back and watch. I sis ask Richard about his apperance on here and he told me that he was hopeful that it would be in a few days. I like the guy as far as being really easy to talk to. We spoke about all the BS going on these massage boards my statement to him was "I read this board everyday and for me it is comic relief."
Anyway just wanted to share with you I am still here a few shares shorter that I had a month ago for some unforseen expenses due to moving but I am here with 2 Million shares and am hoping that the Audit comes out on Frank's timeline of 31 Oct 2005.
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Richard has promised Lobo on Ihub that he will make an appraeance on ths board and he has promised me that he will visit Allstocks. He is in the process of obtaining a screen name and will give notice before he will sign on. I am sure that we will have questions for him. But not sure if it will be tomorrow or the early part of next week. I will keep you informed.
We will have 1 hr of his time. GO QBID!!!!!
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Casting Non-union Males: Q Television Network "IN BED WITH TED"
Casting Non-union Males: Q Television Network Shoot starts early Nov. Pay, copy, credit, and meals provided
The Q Television Network is casting In Bed With Ted, a daily soap opera pilot to be broadcast during film intermissions on gay TV network. Tim Orden, prod./dir.
quote:Originally posted by Doctoall: Casting Non-union Males: Q Television Network "IN BED WITH TED"
Casting Non-union Males: Q Television Network Shoot starts early Nov. Pay, copy, credit, and meals provided
The Q Television Network is casting In Bed With Ted, a daily soap opera pilot to be broadcast during film intermissions on gay TV network. Tim Orden, prod./dir.
quote:Originally posted by Marva18: Where are the Females!! lol
quote:Originally posted by Doctoall: Casting Non-union Males: Q Television Network "IN BED WITH TED"
Casting Non-union Males: Q Television Network Shoot starts early Nov. Pay, copy, credit, and meals provided
The Q Television Network is casting In Bed With Ted, a daily soap opera pilot to be broadcast during film intermissions on gay TV network. Tim Orden, prod./dir.
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