To be fair, the mantra "Emerald is on the way out" was an old and tired one. Emerald never had any debt and owned all their own a/c. They may have looked crap, but the company was pretty rosy (financially).
Life has changed hugely since the ATP's were bought and Streamline was purchased. All of a sudden the company had a mountain of debt and not enough know-how to actually get these new purchases up and running properly.
Fast forward a couple of years............. They are now in the do-do.
This might be personal opinion, but thereciever has made a good call in my book.