Central European Media Enterprises Clarifies 2005 Guidance

Central European Media Enterprises (CETV) shares have rallied sharply since the company announced it would be holding a follow-up a conference call to expand and better explain the 2005 guidance it gave on its 1Q05 conference call. CETV shares fell sharply after 1Q earnings and guidance were issued. The 1Q numbers were a bit light […]

NTL First Quarter Earnings Recap

With all the market craziness and earnings reports, I failed to provide a follow-up regarding the first quarter earnings report for NTL (NTLI). As I expected, it was a sloppy quarter. However, as I hoped, management confirmed its subscriber guidance which suggests the worst is past. In fact, subscriber growth in the first quarter was […]

Crash A Winner For Lions Gate

While the world focused on the astounding box office numbers for the latest Star Wars film, Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF) had another successful weekend at the box office with Crash. Crash has now grossed over $27 million and has shown the best legs of any film this year, falling just 20% in each of its […]

SBS Broadcasting Starts 2005 In Fine Form

SBS Broadcasting(SBTV) reported excellent first quarter earnings on Monday. Driven by better than expected organic revenue growth in the company’s television operations, EBITDA exceeded estimates coming in at 8.1 million euros. Management affirmed prior guidance for 138 million euros EBITDA for 2005. On the call analysts asked many questions that tried to get management to […]