Central European Media Enterprises: Good News From Czech Republic

Central European Media Enterprises (CETV) reported solid 2Q06 results, comfortably matching my expectations. As usual, the composition of results was a little different than what I expected but the bottom line is that the quarter affirms my enthusiasm for CETV, especially relative to current expectations for 2007. CETV shares are quite weak despite what I […]

Central European Media Enterprises Earnings Preview

Due technology issues the following post is being added now even though it was written over 24 hours ago 2Q06 will be a tricky quarter to analyze for Central European Media Enterprises primarily due to the repositioning of its largest station, TV Nova in the Czech Republic. Self-induced changes will push Nova’s year-over-year comparisons deeply […]

CBS: Cheap But No Momentum

CBS Corporation (CBS) reported 2Q06 results very close to expectations and reaffirmed guidance for 2006. Nevertheless, the shares are dropping sharply. I think there could be two reasons for the decline. First, the company did not indicate how it was going to use proceeds of recent asset sales. Investors were expecting a big increase the […]