Originally Posted by
Ogg
I actually like this Sophie girl (not because she's hot) but she's the right person to take over. She has the experience and is best suited for any takeover/merger negotiations as she handled the Lightbox merger and you need someone with good communication skills. The media will likely promote her heaps and it's good for Sky's image as women are seen as more trustworthy, something Sky has none of! This is just the person you want to front a company like this. I assume she's kiwi as well - enough of these expacs!
Martin was just a disaster. Although he was handed a hospital pass, even then, he made so many mistakes. Rugby Pass was terrible - overpaid and complete crap. Lightbox was a mistake too as long term movie/HBO streaming will never be profitable. The placement was the worst I've ever seen as it throw everyone under the bus, could have easily been avoided with cost cutting done quickly and RugbyPass not done etc. They had time with the bonds as well, could have been done at a better price than 12c. Raised far too much too. Broadband has just been sh*t. Too slow to roll out, too little too late etc. Sky Sport Now was probably the only good thing.
It's simple people! The satellite base is the only thing that's valuable. It's worth more than $250m! Just needs an offshore company (Discovery/ComCast) to come and buy it for $500m! Then this company can get delisted!