SPK- Spark NZ (TELCO)

[Bobdn]

$7.50 is a steal. I'm in.

Hopefully they'll develop a PS4/Xbone app over the next few months.

[Hoop]

$7.50 is a steal. I'm in.

Hopefully they'll develop a PS4/Xbone app over the next few months.

Yeah..Hmmm...the launch seems rather rushed...eh...no mention of apps for smart TVs either.... Bobdn.. I hope those Apps come out quickly..Target 70,000 within a year ...rather ambitious..eh ,,with the amount competition suddenly appearing not to mention ..another heavyweight SKY entering into this market soon as well ...

Internet browers inside BluRay players, PVRs, PS3 /4 and XB are a pain to operate...and HDMI laptop to TV hooks ups is an unnecessary hassell in todays world of simple Apps ...Not a great marketing image of a new "switched on" company delivering up the moment high tech services.

Disc: hold TEL

[Hoop]

The lightbox marketing hype is working...the NZ Herald poll shows Quickflix is the loser here..
The poll didn't include free on demand global heavyweights such as Hulu (still Geo-blocked???) and BBC iplayer..

Which on-demand service are you most likely to use?

550–600 votes

Lightbox 17%

Quickflix 2%

Netflix 38%

TV One and TV3's free on-demand services 13%

I'll wait till Sky launches its on-demand service 11%

I'll stick to traditional TV viewing methods thanks 19%

[Zaphod]

Yeah..Hmmm...the launch seems rather rushed...eh...no mention of apps for smart TVs either.... Bobdn.. I hope those Apps come out quickly..Target 70,000 within a year ...rather ambitious..eh ,,with the amount competition suddenly appearing not to mention ..another heavyweight SKY entering into this market soon as well ...

Internet browers inside BluRay players, PVRs, PS3 /4 and XB are a pain to operate...and HDMI laptop to TV hooks ups is an unnecessary hassell in todays world of simple Apps ...Not a great marketing image of a new "switched on" company delivering up the moment high tech services.

Disc: hold TEL

The SmartTV interfaces are simply terrible from a UI/UX perspective, but third parties who seek to capitalise on this weakness such as AppleTV, GoogleTV, Roku etc. are all facing challenges from the media companies as they protect their turf. It's a very challenging and exciting time for consumers, distributers and producers.

[Bobdn]

Do you guys reinvest dividends for take the cash. I reinvest.

[tim23]

Take the dividends in cash used to reinvest when shares were under $2.50ish

[Jim]

Do you guys reinvest dividends for take the cash. I reinvest.

40% reinvest 60% cash

[Bobdn]

40% reinvest 60% cash

Cool, I like the way Spark allows splitting dividends between cash and reinvestment.

[samshields]

Can someone please explain the huge amount of large quantity off-market trades happening everyday?

[craic]

Watch out. Ex dividend date is actually 24/9 and 26 is the record date. Buy on 25/9 and you miss the dividend.

Craic...During report season I find it best to go straight to the horse's mouth (NZX site) every morning before opening...
Here's Sparks series of Announcements and PDF attachments re: NZX site