David Staples
David Staples
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Marconi's communications to the markets over the last six months have constantly disappointed,
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It's not going to be given away or sold in any way. It's going to be broadened and more and more people will be exposed to these things.
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All his friends and associates that used to come here, they would come out of respect to Ted, having breakfast with him and talking to him. He was a lure.
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And Vivendi has dramatically transformed itself over the past few years into having quite a balanced distribution portfolio relative to what people thought it would have two years ago.
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You can't exist too many years like that without having some kind of endowment backing you. We just weren't near any metropolitan areas where you could draw regular attendance.
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It is a sold cable channel, it's also a platform of diverse programming interests,
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During the summer, we'd be lucky to have two or three people in here a day.
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While we are in a bit of an advertising slump, and that's impacted cash flows and performance, looking out over the medium term they have got balanced portfolios and they have been able to reduce debt.
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What's really behind all of this is that there were expectations for international data growth, business services growth, Internet growth and the higher value-added segments that just have not transpired.