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RE: Ideal Worlds Future? - Plutobug - 06-07-2023

Ideal World went into administration yesterday 

https://twitter.com/a516digital/status/1676970374402306050?t=NiDc92ZczV9NmnWu5OL8UA&s=19 

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RE: Ideal Worlds Future? - JasonB - 06-07-2023

Little article about today on the BBC website:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-66123542 

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RE: Ideal Worlds Future? - bilky asko - 06-07-2023

(06-07-2023, 04:10 PM)Plutobug Wrote:  Ideal World went into administration yesterday 

https://twitter.com/a516digital/status/1676970374402306050?t=NiDc92ZczV9NmnWu5OL8UA&s=19 

The website has been updated to that effect:

https://www.idealworld.tv/ 

Quote:Please note that Michael Lennon and James Saunders of Kroll Advisory Ltd. were appointed Joint Administrators of Ideal World Ltd on 5th July 2023.

All queries should be directed to idealworld@kroll.com where it will be dealt with as soon as possible.

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RE: Ideal Worlds Future? - Nobby - 06-07-2023

Hopefully Kroll will be given access to all of Peter Simon's WhatsApps, diaries and notebooks in full.

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RE: Ideal Worlds Future? - bilky asko - 06-07-2023

(06-07-2023, 04:14 PM)JasonB Wrote:  Little article about today on the BBC website:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-66123542 

I'm glad the BBC has recognised the importance of Peter Simon, and put a picture of him at the top of the article.

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RE: Ideal Worlds Future? - cable - 06-07-2023

what gunge filled enterprise will he fall into next?

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RE: Ideal Worlds Future? - James2001 - 06-07-2023

(06-07-2023, 08:08 PM)bilky asko Wrote:  I'm glad the BBC has recognised the importance of Peter Simon, and put a picture of him at the top of the article.

I remember going to see him in local panto, then after the panto was over they set up TV equipment and did a live link to Andi in the broomcupboard- always wish I could see it again!

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RE: Ideal Worlds Future? - Neil Jones - 06-07-2023

(06-07-2023, 08:40 PM)cable Wrote:  what gunge filled enterprise will he fall into next?

Probably work his way round all of the shopping channels in due course, after all the BBC article suggests the buying habits of customers have changed which is what killed Ideal so maybe we're due for a spot of consolidation in TV shopping.

The man target and the biggest of them all is clearly QVC which is probably the most stable and least likely to fail. Though whether Mr Simon would be able to fall over anything on what is probably a more classy channel than Ideal we'll probably never know.

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RE: Ideal Worlds Future? - leewilliams - 06-07-2023

(06-07-2023, 10:49 PM)Neil Jones Wrote:  The man target and the biggest of them all is clearly QVC which is probably the most stable and least likely to fail.

This is a serious and not facetious question - does anyone actually watch any shopping channel anymore? Are they even in BARB these days? I appreciate they will generate a percentage of sales from their online operations but I’m amazed any company of Ideal World’s type and size is remotely viable in 2023.

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RE: Ideal Worlds Future? - WillPS - 07-07-2023

(06-07-2023, 11:52 PM)leewilliams Wrote:  This is a serious and not facetious question - does anyone actually watch any shopping channel anymore? Are they even in BARB these days? I appreciate they will generate a percentage of sales from their online operations but I’m amazed any company of Ideal World’s type and size is remotely viable in 2023.

Yes they do and yes they are, but declining on both measures, demonstrably.

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