takeover target, page-5

think one decider for any TO action will be:

solid release of sales data and factories being tooled up

once the majors can judge "uptake" of technology they will want to be in - one way or the other

the other big factor is PV:

He's been driving this for quite some time and this may now reach a stage where the "hard" battle is hopefully coming to an end and he is also having another interesting play on a different continent.

So will CNN survive in the current form (and its many subsidiaries - a structure I think warrants further looking into) and be run independently - or will it be "integrated" at the right price.

Interesting times - not saying we are there yet - but the closest CNN has come so far.