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quote:
Originally posted by MillerTIME:
...It sadens me to say this ...

MT
We all have to do what we think is best ... and you've done that with grace and honesty. Thank you for your help and advice over the last year, and GL in all your other investments. [Smile]

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quote:
Originally posted by QBID'n:
... And hey what's this about the OP Club? aahhaha....any memberships left? [Big Grin]

QBID'n
Membership requirements for the OP Club are pretty simple: If you believe QBID is still a good investment (not perfect but likely to make you some money someday), then you're already a member in good standing. Having doubts and concerns about Q doesn't disqualify you, but blaming others for your investment decisions will blackball you forever ... and "whiners" will have to eat their celebration dinner in the parking garage when we go to Vegas.

Welcome to the club. [Big Grin]

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quote:
Originally posted by noah129:
... sincerely noah the qbidiot and vice president of the op club hehe i hope that is ok bottomliner haha.

Congratulations, noah ... you've just been elected President, VP, Secretary, Treasurer, janitor, chief cook and bottle-washer. You didn't think I was going to do any real work, did you? [Big Grin]

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quote:
Originally posted by noah129:
... in case i dont get a copy (of the DVD) im sure my faithfully long freinds here will inform me of all of its contents.

noah
Just heard a rumor that Frank will deliver your DVD personally ... he said he's never seen a real QBIDiot in person. But come to think about it, neither have I ... wow, can't wait for Vegas. [Big Grin]

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quote:
Originally posted by Monopoly Money:
so now we got

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__Bottom Liner and MJM

Who is the bigger cheesecake eater

Although I'm sure Jennifer's cheesecakes are totally and awesomely delicious, I doubt I can eat more than one by myself ... so I concede to mjm. And MM ... when I sent you my autographed photo, I didn't expect you to post it for all to see. Just can't trust "kids" these days. [Big Grin]

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Rod I told you before this is a civilian company.

quote:
Originally posted by Penny-Trader:
yes true but HBO didnt start where they are right now either.

we are a company in its infantry and given time we too will be every bit as successful.

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man i hope there is lots of chairs in the garage, its going to be full.

I may even go down and help serve them lol

Rod

quote:
Originally posted by Bottomliner:
quote:
Originally posted by QBID'n:
... And hey what's this about the OP Club? aahhaha....any memberships left? [Big Grin]

QBID'n
Membership requirements for the OP Club are pretty simple: If you believe QBID is still a good investment (not perfect but likely to make you some money someday), then you're already a member in good standing. Having doubts and concerns about Q doesn't disqualify you, but blaming others for your investment decisions will blackball you forever ... and "whiners" will have to eat their celebration dinner in the parking garage when we go to Vegas.

Welcome to the club. [Big Grin]



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This is a non reporting pink sheet with very high risk. From high risk comes high rewards.
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quote:
Originally posted by mjm2005:
Woah, BL...woah, woah, woah... You keep a spreadsheet? Seriously? haha, I love it...

Yep I do ... which means I have far too much time on my hands. [Big Grin]

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Christ thats twice you have caught that on me lol i run everything through spell check most of the time, but it is not psychic lol

you got me

quote:
Originally posted by DIGDOUGH:
Rod I told you before this is a civilian company.

quote:
Originally posted by Penny-Trader:
yes true but HBO didnt start where they are right now either.

we are a company in its infantry and given time we too will be every bit as successful.

Rod




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This is a non reporting pink sheet with very high risk. From high risk comes high rewards.
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quote:
Originally posted by Penny-Trader:
man i hope there is lots of chairs in the garage, its going to be full. I may even go down and help serve them lol Rod

Rod
Can you imagine a whole room full of whiners, all complaining at the same time:

-"My plane was late"
-"I didn't get anything to eat on the plane"
-"My taxi driver overcharged me"
-"My hotel room wasn't ready"
-"It's too hot in Vegas"
-"My steak is tough"
-"My wine tastes like vinegar"
-"No one listens to me when I talk"
-"I wish I had bought more QBID shares"
-"Why are all the OP Club members celebrating in the penthouse while we sit in the parking garage?"

[Big Grin]

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Rod I can't agree with this until I pull it out of the mailbox. Just been bs too much. It seems the only time Frank wants to say anything to us is when theres a little pressure and its never been whats really happening. I wish it wouldn't seem this way, but it does.


the DVD is way late but he has followed throw on it so we have to consider the possibilities that the other things Frank has stated will happen eventually as well.

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Hello everyone. Just received my Ameritrade electronic statement via email. Turns out my QBID shares are only worth $100. Pretty damn sad.


Hoping (or should I say praying) for a better new year,
PTD

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quote:
Originally posted by Pennies to Dollars:
Hello everyone. Just received my Ameritrade electronic statement via email. Turns out my QBID shares are only worth $100. Pretty damn sad.


Hoping (or should I say praying) for a better new year,
PTD

I am sure we all feel your pain first hand. This is only one of my accounts in which I own QBID (have two more with 9million more shares): not a pertty sight to look at!

Symbol Qty Last Change Mkt Val Maint Req Cost Gain($) Gain(%)

QBID 1463400 0.0002 -0.0001 292.68 0.00 6,292.62 - 5,999.94 -95.35

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quote:
Originally posted by Bottomliner:
quote:
Originally posted by Penny-Trader:
man i hope there is lots of chairs in the garage, its going to be full. I may even go down and help serve them lol Rod

Rod
Can you imagine a whole room full of whiners, all complaining at the same time:

-"My plane was late"
-"I didn't get anything to eat on the plane"
-"My taxi driver overcharged me"
-"My hotel room wasn't ready"
-"It's too hot in Vegas"
-"My steak is tough"
-"My wine tastes like vinegar"
-"No one listens to me when I talk"
-"I wish I had bought more QBID shares"
-"Why are all the OP Club members celebrating in the penthouse while we sit in the parking garage?"

[Big Grin]

Geeeezzz....I take the night off and miss all the fun.

are we taking bets on who receives the DVD first?

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This is on Q's Investor page of all places.

1/10/2006 - The Financial Times 1/10/06
Main page content: Gay cable TV is in the pink
By Joshua Chaffin
Published: January 9 2006 18:46 | Last updated: January 9 2006 18:46

When Sumner Redstone, chairman of Viacom, endorsed the notion of a gay and lesbian cable television network, viewers soon got Logo. With the backing of Viacom’s MTV Networks, the largest and most powerful collection of channels in the cable universe, it was beamed into millions of homes around the US.


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An unexpected beneficiary of Mr Redstone’s pronouncement two years ago was Frank Olsen, a little-known broadcasting entrepreneur from Seattle. For more than a decade, Mr Olsen had been toiling to start his own gay cable network. Despite spending $12m from his own pocket, there was not much interest until Mr Redstone chimed in.

“You would be amazed how many people listen when Sumner Redstone speaks,” Mr Olsen recalls. “The whole thing changed.”

Indeed, after launching last July, Mr Olsen’s network, Q Television, is now emerging from the muddle of independent cable networks desperately seeking distribution. Q is available in over 3m homes, and is expecting to lock up distribution deals for 15m to 20m more by the end of this year.

A turning point came in November, when Time Warner Cable, one of the largest operators, awarded Q a so-called “hunting licence”, which has allowed the network to approach its 30 regional divisions around the country to seek distribution. So far, that has brought Q to such diverse markets as Manhattan, Houston and – as of this month – Lincoln, Nebraska.

“I think probably even the Q TV people were surprised they got such a nice response here,” says Beth Scarborough, the president of Time Warner Cable in Lincoln.

One could point out that Mr Olsen, who has dubbed himself the “king of gay media”, had been working on Q for more than three decades. After selling the family bakery, Mr Olsen used the windfall to buy radio stations in the early 1970s. In addition to rock and roll, and news and talk radio, Mr Olsen also began to run gay programming.

The shows were reasonably popular, he claims, even though the broader environment was not hospitable. “The advertisers were always worried about how many customers they would lose for every one they attracted,” says Mr Olsen.

A lot has changed since then. The mainstream media is now full of gay characters and gay programming, from television’s Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Will and Grace to the film Brokeback Mountain, a cowboy love story that has become an unlikely Oscar front-runner. Companies such as Volkswagen have launched advertising campaigns specifically geared toward gay and lesbian customers.

The economics of cable have also evolved. As the industry matures, operators are looking for niche networks that can add incremental subscribers who might later be enticed to buy add-on services, such as internet connections.

“Cable operators see themselves as supermarkets, and they have to stock their shelves for everyone,” explains Carol Hinnant, vice-president of sales and marketing.

Rather than shooting for a broad audience, Q is only hoping to sign up 1 to 2 per cent of the households in which it is available. Unlike Logo, it is not available as part of a basic cable package. Instead, viewers must request it for $7.95 per month, as they would HBO. “It’s very important that we be invited into the home,” Mr Olsen says.

While it does not offer pornography, that distinction allows Q to be more risqué in its approach than Logo, which Mr Olsen dismisses as “a little vanilla”.

A third gay network, Here, also launched last year, selling its programming in a video-on-demand format.

While gaining access to the New York and San Francisco markets was a milestone for Q, some of its best success has come in smaller markets, such as Portland, Maine, which has never been known for having a high gay population.

Far from being surprised, Mr Olsen notes that more than 60 per cent of his target audience lives in rural areas. Q is all the more appealing to them because its coverage can link them to Gay Pride parades in San Francisco they might not otherwise attend. “We can be a bridge,” he says.

As it enters new markets, Q has also relied on local gay and lesbian networks and grass-roots marketing to try to reach its modest subscription goal.

In November, when it launched its service in the university town of Syracuse, New York, for example, the company threw a party at a local gay bar. The event, which coincided with the university’s annual Homecoming Weekend, honoured a Q presenter, Scott Withers, a Syracuse alumnus who had been elected the university’s Homecoming King in 1995.

“What a difference 10 years makes,” the invitations read. “Syracuse’s Homecoming King is now the queen of gay television!”

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by HossTrader:
[QB] This is on Q's Investor page of all places.

1/10/2006 - The Financial Times 1/10/06
Main page content: Gay cable TV is in the pink
By Joshua Chaffin
Published: January 9 2006 18:46 | Last updated: January 9 2006 18:46

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Okay, maybe calling FO a clown was too much...but im still irked at his non responsiveness.

In any event, this is a good article from a well respected news outlet. I just wonder then, when the carpet bombing of the 9's will be done.

It almost seems like a no-brainer to buy more now, but im just still leery from being down 90%. Any thoughts?

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quote:
Originally posted by Ad astra:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by HossTrader:
[QB] This is on Q's Investor page of all places.

1/10/2006 - The Financial Times 1/10/06
Main page content: Gay cable TV is in the pink
By Joshua Chaffin
Published: January 9 2006 18:46 | Last updated: January 9 2006 18:46

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Okay, maybe calling FO a clown was too much...but im still irked at his non responsiveness.


Well, we must admit, even though, at the present time, FO has screwed us, he IS out there making news for QBID.... This was a positive story in the FT. Can only add some spotlight QBID and it shares value. I hope??
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Q Television Network Adds Several Hundred Million Dollars in Assets to Triangle Multi-Media's Bottom-Line
Business Wire - January 10, 2006 09:00

BURBANK, Calif., Jan 10, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Triangle Multi-Media (Pink Sheets:QBID) announced today that, in accordance with SAAG, Triangle Multi-Media will start accounting for Q Television Network as a 100% wholly owned subsidiary. This means Triangle Multi-Media common shareholders own one hundred percent of Q Television Network's (QTN) total asset base, including its contracts with Time Warner, Cox Communications, RCN and Australia's SelecTV, as well as advertising revenue, tangible property, subscriber base and an independent audited film library worth over several hundred million dollars.

"Q Television Network has been operating as an independent entity and held in its entirety since it was incorporated. QTN will be accounted for as a wholly owned subsidiary of Triangle Multi-Media in accordance with SAAG. Triangle Multi-Media common shareholders control one hundred percent of Q Television Network," said Frank Olsen, CEO of Triangle Multi-Media and Q Television Network. "Up to thirty percent of QTN may be used for future financing and debt. With the accelerated growth of QTN, management felt it was time to formally announce this to QBID shareholders," added Olsen.

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Press Release Source: Q Television Network

Q Television Network Adds Several Hundred Million Dollars in Assets to Triangle Multi-Media's Bottom-Line
Tuesday January 10, 9:00 am ET

BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2006--Triangle Multi-Media (Pink Sheets:QBID - News) announced today that, in accordance with SAAG, Triangle Multi-Media will start accounting for Q Television Network as a 100% wholly owned subsidiary. This means Triangle Multi-Media common shareholders own one hundred percent of Q Television Network's (QTN) total asset base, including its contracts with Time Warner, Cox Communications, RCN and Australia's SelecTV, as well as advertising revenue, tangible property, subscriber base and an independent audited film library worth over several hundred million dollars.

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"Q Television Network has been operating as an independent entity and held in its entirety since it was incorporated. QTN will be accounted for as a wholly owned subsidiary of Triangle Multi-Media in accordance with SAAG. Triangle Multi-Media common shareholders control one hundred percent of Q Television Network," said Frank Olsen, CEO of Triangle Multi-Media and Q Television Network. "Up to thirty percent of QTN may be used for future financing and debt. With the accelerated growth of QTN, management felt it was time to formally announce this to QBID shareholders," added Olsen.

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For what it's worth, I followed up on my email to DISH last September. Here is the reply:

I asked:
Are you any closer to providing this channel (Q TV)?


They replied:
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 8:40 AM
To: FeedBack
Subject: RE: Programming, 8014898187

Lori,

Can you please handle this response for Theresa?

Thanks,

Erika

Dear Sir or Madam,

Thank you for your email. Thank you for your interest in Q. We are currently in negotiations to provide these channels. We are hopeful of reaching an agreement in the near future.

Please understand we are not at liberty to discuss negotiation details. We continually strive to provide all our customers with a large variety of diverse programming choices.

We appreciate your continued support and patience during our negotiations to secure Q.

Your business is greatly appreciated and we thank you for allowing us to be of assistance.

As a current customer, you may always use our website to view your current or previous billing statements, add services, or make payments to your account. Please use the link https://customersupport.dishnetwork.com/customercare/UserManagement/login.jsp to visit our Online Customer Support Center.

Your business is greatly appreciated and we thank you for allowing us to be of assistance to you. If you have any further questions or concerns, please refer to www.dishnetwork.com <http://www.dishnetwork.com/>

Sincerely,

Lori C.

DISH Network eCare

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I guess I may not get the 10 million shares I am bidding on for .0001 todays!

May be all this news is why FO put off the meeting last week to this week..huh!

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Holy Smokes! This is great news! Now keep it coming! [Smile]
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quote:
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Holy Smokes! This is great news! Now keep it coming! [Smile]

Well imagine that, some news is being forced out, so what happens by the Jan 20th??? Feeling some pressure do you think???? [Big Grin]

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1/10/2006 - The Financial Times 1/10/06 www.ft.com
Main page content: Gay cable TV is in the pink
By Joshua Chaffin
Published: January 9 2006 18:46 | Last updated: January 9 2006 18:46

When Sumner Redstone, chairman of Viacom, endorsed the notion of a gay and lesbian cable television network, viewers soon got Logo. With the backing of Viacom’s MTV Networks, the largest and most powerful collection of channels in the cable universe, it was beamed into millions of homes around the US.


ADVERTISEMENT




An unexpected beneficiary of Mr Redstone’s pronouncement two years ago was Frank Olsen, a little-known broadcasting entrepreneur from Seattle. For more than a decade, Mr Olsen had been toiling to start his own gay cable network. Despite spending $12m from his own pocket, there was not much interest until Mr Redstone chimed in.

“You would be amazed how many people listen when Sumner Redstone speaks,” Mr Olsen recalls. “The whole thing changed.”

Indeed, after launching last July, Mr Olsen’s network, Q Television, is now emerging from the muddle of independent cable networks desperately seeking distribution. Q is available in over 3m homes, and is expecting to lock up distribution deals for 15m to 20m more by the end of this year.

A turning point came in November, when Time Warner Cable, one of the largest operators, awarded Q a so-called “hunting licence”, which has allowed the network to approach its 30 regional divisions around the country to seek distribution. So far, that has brought Q to such diverse markets as Manhattan, Houston and – as of this month – Lincoln, Nebraska.

“I think probably even the Q TV people were surprised they got such a nice response here,” says Beth Scarborough, the president of Time Warner Cable in Lincoln.

One could point out that Mr Olsen, who has dubbed himself the “king of gay media”, had been working on Q for more than three decades. After selling the family bakery, Mr Olsen used the windfall to buy radio stations in the early 1970s. In addition to rock and roll, and news and talk radio, Mr Olsen also began to run gay programming.

The shows were reasonably popular, he claims, even though the broader environment was not hospitable. “The advertisers were always worried about how many customers they would lose for every one they attracted,” says Mr Olsen.

A lot has changed since then. The mainstream media is now full of gay characters and gay programming, from television’s Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Will and Grace to the film Brokeback Mountain, a cowboy love story that has become an unlikely Oscar front-runner. Companies such as Volkswagen have launched advertising campaigns specifically geared toward gay and lesbian customers.

The economics of cable have also evolved. As the industry matures, operators are looking for niche networks that can add incremental subscribers who might later be enticed to buy add-on services, such as internet connections.

“Cable operators see themselves as supermarkets, and they have to stock their shelves for everyone,” explains Carol Hinnant, vice-president of sales and marketing.

Rather than shooting for a broad audience, Q is only hoping to sign up 1 to 2 per cent of the households in which it is available. Unlike Logo, it is not available as part of a basic cable package. Instead, viewers must request it for $7.95 per month, as they would HBO. “It’s very important that we be invited into the home,” Mr Olsen says.

While it does not offer pornography, that distinction allows Q to be more risqué in its approach than Logo, which Mr Olsen dismisses as “a little vanilla”.

A third gay network, Here, also launched last year, selling its programming in a video-on-demand format.

While gaining access to the New York and San Francisco markets was a milestone for Q, some of its best success has come in smaller markets, such as Portland, Maine, which has never been known for having a high gay population.

Far from being surprised, Mr Olsen notes that more than 60 per cent of his target audience lives in rural areas. Q is all the more appealing to them because its coverage can link them to Gay Pride parades in San Francisco they might not otherwise attend. “We can be a bridge,” he says.

As it enters new markets, Q has also relied on local gay and lesbian networks and grass-roots marketing to try to reach its modest subscription goal.

In November, when it launched its service in the university town of Syracuse, New York, for example, the company threw a party at a local gay bar. The event, which coincided with the university’s annual Homecoming Weekend, honoured a Q presenter, Scott Withers, a Syracuse alumnus who had been elected the university’s Homecoming King in 1995.

“What a difference 10 years makes,” the invitations read. “Syracuse’s Homecoming King is now the queen of gay television!”




1/9/2006 - DVD Release

Shareholders,

The DVD for Triangle Multi-Media shareholders will begin being shipped to shareholders next week.

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quote:
Originally posted by Doctoall:
[/qb]

Well imagine that, some news is being forced out, so what happens by the Jan 20th??? Feeling some pressure do you think???? [Big Grin] [/QB][/QUOTE]

i think a little sooner than frank wanted.

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Interesting news. I thought Frank already said we (the QBID stockholders) owned 100% of QTN. So how is this news new? Also, our $1B film library is now worth "over several hundred million dollars". And I had no clue what "Up to thirty percent of QTN may be used for future financing and debt" means.

I wish I could be more positive but this seems to me to be the same old smoke and mirrors. We need to know what is really going on.

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does this mean frank ins't such a sh$thead after
all.......

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Q Television Network Adds Several Hundred Million Dollars in Assets to Triangle Multi-Media's Bottom-Line
01/10/2006 09:00
Sorry I should have read a couple of posts up. [Big Grin]

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quote:
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does this mean frank ins't such a sh$thead after
all.......

It means that at our visit we need to confirm all this for ourselves. Now let's see what else comes out before Thursday (12th) or on Thursday. Will be talking with Randy again today [Big Grin]

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Finally, we get some news with "bite "relevance. Tell us what we own... Many DID NOT want to believe that QTN was operating as a seperarte entity... It was/is. Now this is the kind of NEWS and information we need. This kind of news is what makes the PPS move. Now, all we need is follow through - Don't let us down again Frankie boy.
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management felt it was time to formally announce this to QBID shareholders," added Olsen.


nice line frank....up yours

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quote:
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does this mean frank ins't such a sh$thead after
all.......

...no
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quote:
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Finally, we get some news with "bite "relevance. Tell us what we own... Many DID NOT want to believe that QTN was operating as a seperarte entity... It was/is. Now this is the kind of NEWS and information we need. This kind of news is what makes the PPS move. Now, all we need is follow through - Don't let us down again Frankie boy.

careful dew..this might be construed as a positive feeling...JK [Big Grin]

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He has eluded to it in the past in a round-'about way. This is the first time he PRs and says TMM and QTN was operating seperate and that now it will be "merged" so that we own 100%. Now he need to filed and document with relevant agencies.

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Interesting news. I thought Frank already said we (the QBID stockholders) owned 100% of QTN. So how is this news new? Also, our $1B film library is now worth "over several hundred million dollars". And I had no clue what "Up to thirty percent of QTN may be used for future financing and debt" means.

I wish I could be more positive but this seems to me to be the same old smoke and mirrors. We need to know what is really going on.


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I have had Q stock for some time now and ask you all to remember this. EVERYTHING Frank has ever promised about this company has come to be, Everything. Over a year ago he said he will be a regular cable show and start filming and airing new shows, He DID. he alos promised to be carrying major gay events on this programing venue, HE did (GAY GAMES). he promised to be soon picked up by a major sattelite or cable network, HE DID. I have the utmost confidence in this company only becuase all things promised were so far delivered. Not overnight, but delivered.
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