Douglas said “A return to profits is a performance most media would take. The core business, effectively matching 2019 levels, has shifted to more sustainable online subscriptions with some healthy diversification growth on top."
“The FT is also better protected against economic headwinds than consumer media.”
Alice said "Better to sell before the death of one of them, an inheritance would quickly become complex."
She added "They are like these trees which never lose their leaves, because each generation loves them."
But the context is less favorable than for the sales of the Dylan and Springsteen catalogs. “The rates were very low, for the buyer, borrowing at 5 or 6% rather than 2 or 3%, that changes the situation,” says Alice Enders. To the point of considering a price drop? "It's possible" , supports the expert, for whom Pink Floyd have waited too long. In their song "Money", they sang about money: "Share it fairly, but don't take a slice of my pie" . The whole point is there.
Enders Analysis estimates that the combined Vodafone-Three entity would instantly become an £8bn revenue company, a little larger than EE at £7bn and O2 at £6bn, and far better placed to take them on.
Enders calculates that EE earns a return of 24pc on capital expenditure, while the two stragglers, Vodafone and Three, muster 8pc and 5pc respectively.
“The market seems to be heading towards greater polarisation between the haves and have-nots from a scale perspective, such that the smaller players may no longer be credible competitive forces,” Enders Analysis warned in a research note last week.
Karen Egan of Enders points out that aggregate investment doesn’t even need to go up. Even if it stays the same, with three rather than four, it will be far more effectively deployed, something we’ll tangibly see in more reliable calls and stronger coverage.
Joseph said Meta must persuade software developers that it is “worth their while” to build for its platform. “If Meta can offer creators the tools they need to build great content, and an audience to serve it to, then they’ll have cleared the first hurdle in the long race to rule the metaverse.”
“Salto remains marginal in their economic model”, tempers François Godard, analyst at the London firm Enders. "The future of TF1 will probably be closer to YouTube than to Netflix", he continues, because the historical channels must above all draw a future in the offers financed by advertising. If they want to go back on the offensive, "I don't see how they can do it each on their own, there should be more collaboration between them or possibly with the public audiovisual sector", he believes.
“Bertelsmann's strategy presupposed consolidation at national level in Europe. However, there is none and now M6 is not even for sale”, observes François Godard, however, analyst at the London firm Enders. “Thomas Rabe must react and present an alternative,” he concludes. The long-distance runner does not want to admit defeat. Market consolidation is "a matter of one or two years maximum", he assured the "Financial Times" on Monday. Besides, he has no plan B. This is perhaps the biggest risk for him.
