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Activision Blizzard Q2 2010 Earnings Call TranscriptFri, Aug 6, 2010
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Activision Blizzard Q1 2010 Earnings Call TranscriptFri, May 7, 2010
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Activision Blizzard, Inc. Q4 2009 Earnings Call TranscriptWed, Feb 10, 2010 • 1 Comment
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Activision Blizzard Q2 2009 Earnings Call TranscriptWed, Aug 5, 2009
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Activision Blizzard Q1 2009 Earnings Call TranscriptThu, May 7, 2009 • 1 Comment
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Activision Blizzard, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Feb 12, 2009
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Activision Blizzard F2Q09 (Qtr End 9/30/08) Earnings Call TranscriptWed, Nov 5, 2008
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Activision Blizzard F1Q09 (Qtr End 6/30/08) Earnings Call TranscriptSun, Aug 3, 2008
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Activision F4Q08 (Qtr End 3/31/08) Earnings Call TranscriptThu, May 8, 2008
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Activision Blizzard, Inc. publishes online, personal computer (PC), console, handheld, and mobile interactive entertainment products worldwide. Activision Blizzard, Inc. sells its products to direct mass-market retailers, consumer electronics stores, discount warehouses, and game specialty... More
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- Tuesday, May 14, 5:33 PM Vivendi (VIVHY.PK) is still weighing potential deals to sell part of its ~60% stake in Activision (ATVI +3.1%), says CFO Philippe Capron. "The board continues to review a variety of different options, looking at ways to optimize the balance sheet." Vivendi hired bankers last year to find a buyer for its entire stake, but shelved the plan after failing to receive a decent offer. Wedbush speculated Vivendi might go for a leveraged recap deal featuring a giant debt offering and even bigger special dividend. Comment! [Tech, M&A]
- Monday, April 8, 4:47 PM Activision's (ATVI) Blizzard unit acquires the assets of IGN Pro League, a business dedicated to promoting covering competitive gaming (eSports), from IGN (JCOM). Blizzard says part of the IGN Pro League team will form a new Blizzard group focused on producing "high-quality web and mobile content in support of Blizzard games." The purchase could help Blizzard further promote its Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo franchises via competitive events. Comment! [Tech, M&A]
- Thursday, August 16, 2012, 2:36 PM Vivendi (VIVHY.PK) may try to sell its 60% stake in Activision (ATVI +2.2%) back to the company after having failed to find a buyer, Bloomberg reports. But there are doubts such a move is feasible, particularly since Activision would probably have to borrow at least $5B to make it happen. Vivendi is also said to have hired bankers to evaluate options for Brazilian carrier GVT, as the conglomerate tries to reduce its telecom exposure. (earlier) Comment! [Tech, M&A]
- Thursday, August 16, 2012, 10:07 AM Electronic Arts (EA +7.1%) has given up half the premarket gains it saw on a report it's in early talks with P-E firms. Take-Two Interactive (TTWO +3.1%), which once spurned a bid from EA, is getting a lift, but EA archrival Activision (ATVI +0.4%) isn't so fortunate. It was only two weeks ago reports emerged that Vivendi is shelving plans to sell its 60% stake in Activision due to a lack of interest. Will EA's smaller market cap and greater mobile/social exposure be enough to produce a different outcome? 1 Comment [Tech, On the Move, M&A]
- Friday, August 3, 2012, 9:48 AM Speculation that Vivendi (VIVHY.PK) is reportedly shelving plans to find a buyer for its $8B, 61% stake in Activision (ATVI -5.7%) is followed by the latter selling off on account of its Q2 report, with strong sales of Skylanders merchandise outweighed by tepid guidance and a major drop in World of Warcraft subs. (ATVI transcript) Comment! [Tech, M&A, On the Move]
- Friday, August 3, 2012, 4:48 AM Vivendi looks set to abandon plans for a quick sale of its 60% stake in Activision Blizzard (ATVI) after receiving no worthwhile offers for the computer gaming company, whose $13B value is too high for potential suitors, the FT reports. The speculation follows Activision's Q2 earnings beat yesterday. Vivendi is carrying out a broad review of its businesses and could sell Brazilian broadband operator GVT. Comment! [Consumer, M&A, Tech]
- Friday, July 6, 2012, 1:55 PM Vivendi (VIVHY.PK) has reportedly hired an i-bank to gauge the market for 61%-owned Activision (ATVI -1.5%). It's added bankers are "sounding out" tech and media companies such as Tencent, Time Warner, and Microsoft, as well as P-E firms. Vivendi's efforts to sell Activision, first reported last week, are pivotal to its restructuring plans. But a buyer for the $13.3B company could be hard to come by, and many think a spin-off of Vivendi's stake is more likely. (earlier) Comment! [Tech, M&A]
- Friday, June 29, 2012, 4:03 PM Vivendi (VIVHY.PK) is seeking a buyer for its 61%, $8.1B stake in Activision (ATVI +4.4%), Bloomberg reports. It's added that if no buyer emerges, Vivendi will sell part of its stake on the open market. With Vivendi undergoing a CEO shake-up and chairman Jean-Rene Fourtou under pressure to restructure, other asset sales could also be on the way. Comment! [Tech, On the Move, M&A]
- Thursday, June 7, 2012, 3:49 PM Vivendi (VIVHY.PK +2%) reportedly is considering reorganization options, including the potential sale of all or part of its 61% stake in videogame publisher Activision (ATVI -2.5%). Unclear is what Vivendi might do with any proceeds from selling the ATVI stake, who might be interested in buying it, or whether a such move would lead to an acquisition of the company in whole. 2 Comments [Tech, M&A, On the Move]
- Thursday, April 26, 2012, 2:04 PM Wedbush's Michael Pachter isn't buying rumors Asian online gaming giant Nexon will buy Electronic Arts (EA +6.9%). With a current market cap of $5.3B, EA would be very tough for Nexon ($8B market cap) to swallow. In addition, employee defections would be huge, Nexon's CEO (owns over 50% of shares) doesn't want to relinquish control, and Nexon has no experience in many of EA's core markets. Also rallying on the rumor: ATVI +2.5%. ZNGA +3.6%. GLUU +3.7%. 3 Comments [Tech, Quick Ideas, M&A, On the Move]
- Friday, July 15, 2011, 5:25 PM In the current low growth, cheap money economy, Jim Jubak thinks it's worth adding an M&A component to your investment portfolio. But how to find winners? He suggests focusing on sectors such as coal and iron mining, where supply (and growth) are hard to find, or chemicals and software games, where there are lots of players with small market shares. Acquisition candidates include ATVI, HK and PXD. 1 Comment [M&A, Quick Ideas]
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The Wall Street Transcript
Electronic Arts Inc.'s ($EA) Battlefield to Compete with Activision's ($ATVI) Call of Duty- http://su.pr/29SsSi - View all 0 replies
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Chris Katje
$CMCSA $MSFT $SNE $GME $AMCX $ATVI Could Defiance tv show/video game combo change the industry? http://bit.ly/16X58aE - View all 0 replies
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Media Sentiment on Activision Blizzard, Inc. $ATVI: 41.30% positive, 10.87% negative, 47.83% neutral http://bit.ly/ZRNwqR - View all 0 replies
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Daniel Nadler
The Best Performing Nasdaq Stocks of Q1: http://goo.gl/04AAQ $QQQ $NFLX $DELL $ATVI $GMCR - View all 0 replies
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Philip Saglimbeni
Is it Game Over or GameStop soon? $GME, $MSFT, $SNE, $EA, $ATVI, $TTWO http://seekingalpha.com/a/rthx - View all 0 replies
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Jim Van Meerten
$ATVI - 96% Barchart technical buy signals - 11 new highs and up 25.70% in the last month - Relative strength Index 79.11% - View all 0 replies
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Daniel Nadler
The Season's Pick: Activision ($ATVI). 15.93% avg. return in February over the last 8 yrs, positive 87% of the time: http://goo.gl/lPOAv - View all 1 replies
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Mark Kowalski
Learned this week how $ATVI #Skylander works, and how much a friend spent on that game so far, played by his son. Very Interesting product - View all 2 replies
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Mark Kowalski: And they sure did a good job with it. Seems its real easy to blow a couple hundred on the game. Interested to see the financial results
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Philip Saglimbeni
$ATVI, $EA and $TTWO execs met with VP Joe Biden yesterday, "There is no silver bullet" to curing violence in America Biden said . . . - View all 9 replies
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Philip Saglimbeni: Energy, at this point nothing would surprise me! Madpup, although I don't own any of them I do think they will all do well with the next
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Philip Saglimbeni: console generation approaching. ATVI is the best management but EA has the strongest game lineup in my opinion
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Chris Katje
Working on my Top Ten Stocks for 2013, had a pretty good 2012 with only one loser in $ATVI with 1 week, list will go to email subs first - View all 1 replies
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Youngone91
bought ATVI, at a 52 week low. My long term view is that it will have a massive breakout around 2016 - View all 4 replies
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Ocean Man: Hey, what do you think about betting your friend's dad's portfolio opposite your own? Win / win? -
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Matt Cilderman
Science Fiction Investing http://seekingalpha.com/a/ilbb $AAPL $GOOG $MSFT $INTC $ATVI - View all 2 replies
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Matt Cilderman: I am a "slow and steady wins the race" kind of investor. MSFT and INTC have survived alot, are still doin well, but they are not innovatorss
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TruffelPig: If you bought EA January 3 or so and they would be bought for $20 you would have lost money! That is NOT bullish really.
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hotnutsjesus: Thanks. Where did you find that out? I use http://bit.ly/LuRLoJ and http://money.cnn.com but I don't find those types of info.
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FortSumter: stocktwits - instant info on there. dont know how they do it sometimes
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DAG1996: sorry to be a downer but chances are that, at best, earnings will mean a 5-10% bump to be given back a month later... like the past dozen -
Gloube: This stock is dead, they don't know how to monetize their games. That's a shame because they make the best games...
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Chris Lau: Still expect big short term rallies on the way down. Until ad growth justifies current size, valuation will limit upside.