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How have I changed my argument? I know veering away from 'the government is shit because they're shit' confuses people... What would be the point of a token office if all you're worried about is the creation of jobs? A token office won't do that. The point is that you need an experienced manager to manage funds.

Like I said, this was tried with Cinimanx but didn't work out. We have a number of established managers on the island to look after financial products, but there isn't a manx company for media development.

OK, wind it back a bit.. So, there's a desire to invest reserves in equities, but as we don't have an equities market on the island, it has to be invested off island. There's a desire to invest in media and it's been attempted on island and found that the scale doesn't really cut it. To maintain a presence in the sector it's been invested off island. Isn't that the same thing? Seen this? http://www.thelocationguide.com/blog/2013/02/ng-film-isle-of-man-filming-locations-double-for-nepal-in-pinewood-studios-film-project/

Like I said, it's the same pc, the same browser, so the same connection including ip address or any transparent proxies. Signed in, full store access, signed out nothing. My boy's account signed in, nothing. So it's flagged my account as UK somehow. Others have posted here that the same thing happened when they used Play store vouchers, but I've not done that. Might be because I have a phone on MT and it's decided the account on that is allowed access when I sign in from anywhere. Could do with a way of making my boys account full though, he's not got an android phone. Cool story, but I think this is irrelevant in this case.

What?

It's not that simple. Like I said, if I access it in a browser (tried Domicilium and Wimanx), it works if I'm signed in but not if I'm out, so that's got nothing to do with IP, must be my account. My google account shows my 'last signed in countries as 'Isle of Man, United Kingdom', so they know where my account is. My phone (galaxy nexus) has a sim card, so they're not getting my location using geoip (I've had this confirmed by a googler, sim card is their first preference), but it's also signed in with my google account anyway. The N7 is on my boys google account. My boy's google account in a browser doesn't have access to the store. So it's deffo account related, I just don't know what's made google give my account has full store access all of a sudden.

Whatever's changed seems to be account related. Signed out using a pc & browser I can only see free stuff. Signed in I can see everything, paid apps, books, music, devices. On my phone (galaxy nexus MT) I can see everything. On my sons Nexus N7 (wimanx, wifi only), he can still only see free apps. Situations improved but still not fully sorted. Working out why some devices work and some don't, nfi.

G4: I wouldn't, but I wasn't saying we should. Yes it was the question I asked, you have misunderstood. Albert made the point that the money should be invested on the island to create jobs, not off. I wondered why the same isn't true for the rest of the reserves.

And the same reply to LL and GD.. You didn't answer the question. They are reasons for not investing in a Media Development fund, not why the money shouldn't be invested off-island. Like I said, the vast bulk of our reserves will be invested off island, why is that ok?

So what makes this off island investment different from where the bulk of the reserves are invested? They'll be in a mix of cash, bonds and equities, pretty much exclusively off-island funding jobs in other countries. That's all part of economic diversification, and a sensible way to place investments. I maintain that you lot are excited by this simply because it's movies.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...of-man-21519936 Musical star Sam Barks is to return to her Isle of Man home next month to start filming for A Christmas Candle, it has been confirmed. An Isle of Man Film spokesman confirmed filming would begin in late March. The arrangement is part of the Isle of Man's collaboration with Pinewood Studios, a deal struck with the aim of boosting the Manx film industry. Treasury Minister Eddie Teare said the production will become one of four made in the island since last October.

It's ok provided you keep your updates up to date. It's not as nice as android where you can tell some apps to auto update etc, and it handles queueing of the downloads very badly. Updates frequently get 'stuck' on 0% and block all other updates etc.

Intelligence doesn't govern your ability to pay extra for a vpn. It's not something you normally need to do, therefore a pain in the arse.

It's not a non issue at all. Setting up a vpn is involved for many, and free vpns are unreliable and risky to use. A paid vpn is a better solution, but that's more cost and faff. It's a lot of dicking around that isn't necessary.

The amazon app store isn't region locked, so if you install that most apps are available again.

Yep, by the time you've added flexi and sick pay

400 posts, so £125k a head. There's not much detail on what this is though. The article is discussing costs, so it's not just salary, it's the full cost of employment including pension liabilities, so as an average it's probably not far off. Employing people is expensive, not just their pay.

He just wan his first race for his new team.

He's sponsored by Oakley, and you'd probably wear them for what they're paying him!

A santander 1 year term deposit wouldn't be available for an institutional investor and wouldn't have any capital gain.

Is your google broke? Appointment of Steve Christian as a Director Pinewood also announces that Steve Christian, ACA (full name James Stephen Christian) will join the Board as an Executive Director from 25 October 2012. Mr. Christian will be responsible for coordinating the investment advice to the Isle of Man Treasury Film and Television Fund. Steve Christian (aged 48) has been responsible for overseeing the development of the Isle of Man's film investment programme since 1995 and has recently completed the financing of their 100th film and television project. He is currently a non executive director of the Isle of Man's largest energy provider The Manx Electricity Authority and is also a director of CinemaNX Limited, Fordex Limited, Agrimark Limited and Gasworks Media Limited. Mr Christian was previously a non executive director of Isle of Man Film Limited.

Asitis you could look at it t hat way, or you could say it's a way addressing the criticisms of what went on before. I don't see why you need to doubt what I say, I'm only using publicly quoted figures. .5p per share. I've got the dividend payout wrong above though I realise, I did 5p a share, not .5p I never said the profit was dividend. This is a plc, it's accounts are public and well reported, why do you need me to repeat them? http://www.gov.im/li...yminister36.xml

No, I mean how do you know what process is followed with the outsourced managers for the rest of the reserves? What questions remain unanswered? You're very light on specifics. Again, why do you attach this issue with this particular investment? What's the justification for this scrutiny vs the bulk of government funds invested elsewhere? An investment that's returning a good dividend already and has risen in value 30p a share in less than six months a shambles?

How do you know?

Agreed, which is the justification for investing in a film and tv studio rather than financing productions as Cinemax did.