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I'm still holding my 1m shares also. I do have a six person life raft just in case. Me and Indy have already spoken for two seats but I have no plans of bailing off the ship just yet. It still shows potential.
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Cottonjim - Do you have any more putty to fill the some of those gaps and spreads in the hull? I'm running out...
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Indie film cable operator ponders exit from Orlando Growth drives changes in strategy at New Screen Television. Orlando Business Journal - November 11, 2005by Cindy BarthManaging Editor ORLANDO -- New Screen Television, a pay-television cable channel operator for independent films and videos, has struck a distribution deal with a Houston company that's setting the stage for a new strategy -- and possibly a new hometown.
Among the changes following its agreement with Optical Entertainment Network, New Screen now plans to aggressively go after more fiber-to-the-home, pay-TV providers, in addition to cable and satellite operators.
Further, New Screen may leave downtown Orlando for a larger market where it can more easily uplink to satellite carriers.
"We really love Orlando and the quality of life here," says Rick Erickson, general manager of New Screen, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vision Works Media Group Inc (OTC: VWKM.PK). "But honestly, we're having to consider what might be best for us as a company. Orlando just doesn't have the kind of uplink co-location infrastructure that a Miami or Atlanta does."
The changes at New Screen were an accidental byproduct of a series of events that started with the Optical Entertainment deal in September, Erickson says.
After converting WRCF-TV Channel 29 to an outlet for independent films and videos in 2004, he and partners Mark Astrom and Naseem Shah planned to target satellite and cable operators as potential carriers for their original content.
Erickson's role was to oversee those negotiations. He brought a wealth of experience with him, having helped with the market launch of DirecTV, first in the United States and then throughout Latin America. The industry exec also spent a few years as part of HBO's direct broadcast division, where he continued to handle carrier negotiations.
He also brought with him relationships developed over the years from his industry work. It was one of those relationships that led to the Optical Entertainment deal.
"I worked with Rick when he was at DirecTV and HBO," says Optical Entertainment Chief Marketing Officer Albert J. Estrada. "When I saw what he wanted to do with New Screen, I realized it was a unique proposition -- taking the thousands of films being shot inexpensively today, thanks to easily available and affordable technology, and giving them a forum to be shown."
'The next wave' The idea of using fiber to connect to the home is nothing new.
Rapid building of fiber networks took place during the 1980s and 1990s, as companies invested in the Field of Dreams notion that "if you build it, they will come," says Estrada. "But no one did, and most of the companies left abandoned fiber lines that weren't being used."
Today, with at least 43 states having some fiber lines already in place, according to the Fiber to the Home Council, Optical Entertainment and others in the industry are looking at ways to compete with cable operators that have "bundled" their cable, pay TV, phone and Internet services, Estrada says.
In Optical Entertainment's case, in December the Houston firm will launch its Fision fiber-to-the-home service that will deliver video, Internet and voice, as well as more than 400 video channels, that includes 50-plus channels of high-definition TV, video-on-demand, and original and specialty programming to the 10th-largest television market in the United States. In addition, Fision will offer high-speed Internet at 10 megabytes per second -- about eight times T1 speed, Estrada says.
The other upside to fiber, says Estrada, is that, like cable, it operates as a highway for programming to travel on. But, unlike cable, he says fiber "is an almost limitless highway. And the quality it brings is unlike anything out there right now"
Questions about cost Not everyone, however, is jumping on the fiber bandwagon or expecting it to become a serious competitor for business.
Bill Gilliam, vice president of broadband services with Bright House Networks, says his company could do fiber-to-the-home, "but it doesn't make business sense."
"Financially, it would be costly, and we already offer 300 channels, Internet, phone, pay-per-view, and our current network hasn't been an issue for us," Gilliam says. "We're pretty happy with our business the way it is."
Even so, fiber is gaining some notoriety thanks to a recent satisfaction survey conducted by J.D. Power & Associates.
While cable operators scored, for the most part, "average" as far as overall satisfaction, satellite and fiber scored "among the best."
It was that survey and fiber's capability that caught Erickson's eye, he says. "The more I read about the industry and talked to people who were familiar with it, the more I realized this could be the next wave of carrier service.
"And, naturally, New Screen wanted to be part of it."
What's ahead While a decision about whether to leave Orlando looms on the near horizon for New Screen, Erickson says the company is busy negotiating other deals to bring its content across the country.
He currently is talking with Pan American Satellite and SES Americom about uplinking content for distribution. Once the satellite negotiations are completed, Erickson says New Screen will have the capacity to uplink to all cable, satellite and fiber-to-the-home distributors in North America, part of the company's long-term goal of reaching 50 million paying households in the U.S. and abroad.
The good news, he says, is that New Screen is about six to nine months ahead of schedule, which has helped the company accelerate some of its other plans.
For instance, on Oct. 19, New Screen announced a new video-on-demand offering as a pay-per-view option that will be available in markets where it has affiliates with digital-based distributors. The VOD channel will be in addition to the basic cable New Screen channel.
"I guess we're in that be-careful-what-you-wish-for phase, because things are accelerating much faster than we hoped," Erickson says. "So we'll just hang on for the ride, because we want to be around for the long term."
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Has anyone heard whether New Screen is going to make it to the National Cable Television Association (NCTA) conference this year? It will be in April. Every cable company in the nation will be there.
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April 1st they are supposed to be up a running in Atlanta correct?
Crawford Communications will receive and originate the programming for New Screen TV at Crawford's state-of-the-art facility in Atlanta, Georgia. New Screen TV will be distributed nationwide, via Crawford's transponder on the AMC-10 satellite, to New Screen TV's affiliates across the US.
Mark Astrom, New Screen TV's President, said, "As we had announced earlier, this agreement is the final link in the delivery system of the company's programming to paying audiences nationwide." He added, "Crawford Communications is the best company in the business, and we couldn't have been more fortunate at this time. Furthermore this satellite connection enables us to deliver programming to an unlimited number of affiliates with no additional expenditure."
New Screen TV will be joining the channels found on SES Americom's AMC-10 satellite, which (in unison with AMC-11) comprises "HD Prime - America's Cable Neighborhood." Other broadcasters utilizing the "HD Prime - America's Cable Neighborhood" platform include Discovery Communications, Scripps Networks, Viacom, E! Networks, A&E Television Networks, Hallmark Channel, Lifetime Entertainment, NBC, QVC and the Weather Channel.
New Screen Television, Inc. started as an Orlando, Florida-based broadcasting company that still transmits its television service, New Screen TV, to viewers over-the-air via WRCF-TV Channel 29 Orlando. New Screen TV is on the air and available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
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invester what is the group that you're refering to, that bought the 300 million shares? And if you have an emailing list I'd like to get added on to it.
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since theyre to be up and running shortly....it should pop around then for an initial moment at least, if im correct. any thoughts on when all this pressure will show itself and make it swell up?
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quote:Originally posted by $bling$: since theyre to be up and running shortly....it should pop around then for an initial moment at least, if im correct. any thoughts on when all this pressure will show itself and make it swell up?
"Invester" may have an idea. He is in this stock huge. Here is his post below.
Ok, I'm in for 100,000,000 alone. My network is in for another 300,000,000. This company is viable, and making money. I am pleased.
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quote:Originally posted by Max Shrap: "company policy is no reverse stock splits."
quote:Originally posted by 7 of 9: this thing has more volume than PAIM
does that mean its more of a scam?
vwkm does more reverses than a vacuum cleaner
a strong buy, going to pennies
This doesn't mean company can't dilute it. VWKM is authorized for up to 20 BILLION shares. See previous posts in this thread on this topic, and most importantly, do your own DD.
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We purchased VWKM today. I then received a private email stating there float is greater then there website states. I have not been able to verify this from any source. I would wait on this purchase, as I am a little uneasy about this float situation. I still feel that the company is cheap at these levels. It just might not have the .0003-.01 run I anticipated. I have contacted the company, and T.A. I will also be contacting the SEC about there float count on there website. Thanks.
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VWKM seems very interesting to me . I actually like that it has been very low for awhile , has a hard time breaking .0005 and is heavily bashed by some .These things have all helped to scare investors and traders away and keep price low . I feel like a hawk circling above waiting to pounce . Volume was heavy one day after exceptional news . To some it will seem like simply more of the same " blah blah blah on contracts " . Not to me ..They are signing contracts left and right and are about to turn the corner into profits ..then better profits ..then great profits .....With the recent remarks on NO REVERSE SPLITS this stock looks to good to pass up ....I could be wrong ....But I highly doubt it ...I'm buying tomarrow morning and very confidant about it . PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS
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quote:Originally posted by invester: I have contacted the company, and T.A. I will also be contacting the SEC about there float count on there website. Thanks.
Invester, please let everyone know what (if anything) you hear back from both the T.A. and the Company. I sent the company an e-mail last week and never received a response.
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I have 7.9 billion O/S. Hope it is updated. Contracts, contracts, and more contracts. Starts national broadcast on Saturday. I think this is ready to go.
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i agree on tha tfloat situation. we have to know exact numbers of outstanding and float to even have a beginning picture of what to expect. Shoot with 20 billion possibly out there, i can see how tought it might be to know where they all are. Thats Carl Sagan material there.
once its resolved i think ill be in on this.
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The total number of shares publicly owned and available for trading. The float is calculated by subtracting restricted shares from outstanding shares. Also known as "free float".
Investopedia Says... For example, a company may have 10 million outstanding shares, but only seven million are trading on the stock market. Therefore, this company's float would be seven million.
direct from investopedia.com
so in this case...whats actually out there being bought and sold is in question....noone knows a solid number.
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With 30% of the float moving today I think we have a lot to look forward to tomorrow. There seems to be a large amount of accumulation in anticipation of coming events.
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I am hoping for some movement today after the volume we had yesterday. Some good news would be nice as well.
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I believe it will hold steady for now and will hit .0005 by end of this week. I look for a strong move at the beginning of next week with a PR about turn up.
This is the time to get into VWKM. Once this stock starts moving it will be on an upward trend for a while.
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Just a little bump to .0004 on the ask and this thing would jump. Anyone have the L2s on this one?
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10 of 13, do you subscribe to a site to get that info or is there somewhere i can find it?
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