INTELLIGENT INVESTING WITH BANJO,well sort of! (Ed-hmmmm-lol)

Galleon Holdings plc has three key divisions:Galleon Entertainment for entertainment type IP,Croco Worldwide for product IP,Phoenix for interactive TV services for broadcasters in China/South East Asia which includes Robot Information Technology (Lushy Assets ('Yunbo')) who are a wireless interactive platform service provider in China who will work alongside Phoenix to enable GON to hold on to a greater part of the generated revenue and so increase the profit margin......think that's the plan! :-)

This makes Galleon Holdings a 'One Stop Shop' to develop and complete new and existing IP's.

Financial PR Redleaf Communications


WEBSITES/LINKS


Galleon Holdings


The Galleon Group of Companies

Galleon Entertainment
Phoenix
Robot Information Technology
Croco Worldwide

Websites associated with GON

Dragonfruit Studios
Super Soccer Star-2nd Roll out-Malaysia
Fortune 5
Skunk Fu Website
Skunk Fu Merchandise-UK
Skunk Fu Merchandise-USA
Apollo's Pad>
The Hunt for Miss Apollo
Sokator442 Web Page
Mysti Web Page


Toy Shelf-website that appears to get updated regularly
Qube Media-Web Marketing/Production for Apollo's Pad
Lavish
Cake Entertainment
Cartoon Saloon & Their Skunk Fu Blog
FATKAT Animation Studios
Good Story Productions-The Series Producers for Apollo's Pad
Copernicus Studios Inc
The Internet Movie Data Base (Skunk Fu)


GON ANNOUNCEMENTS (updated-26/01/09)

CLICK HERE FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM 2006 TO LATEST PLUS OTHER BITS AND BOBS


Acquisition of Phoenix Investment Global Limited, Placing of Shares and Confirmation of Total Voting Rights-23/10/07
Galleon to buy China's Phoenix Investment for up to 5.5 mln stg UPDATE-23/10/07
Galleon Receives Supply Order for Latin America-25/10/07
TR-1 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (Ashcourt) 31/10/07
TR-1 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (Imagination Holdings Limited) 07/11/07
Interactive TV Agreement with TV3 - Malaysia's largest broadcaster 09/11/07
'Skunk fu!' - Global TV placement 12/12/07
TR-1 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (Cheyne) 13/12/07
Change of Adviser 17/12/07
Interactive TV Agreement with Metropolitan TV and CH 9 21/01/08
Results 30/01/08
Acquisition of Wireless Interactive Platform Service Provider in China 20/02/08
Galleon launches Soccer Show in China with Chelsea F.C. and Guangdong TV Sports channel 03/03/08
AGM Statement and Partnership with RDF Media 02/04/08
Galleon Holdings sees H1 revenues higher than previous full year 02/04/08
Skunk Fu! Breaks into US-27/05/08
Launch of Toyline in the US and Appointment of Licensing & Distribution Partners-09/06/08
Syndication of Super Soccer Star in Shanghai region-23/06/08
Interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2008-27/06/08
Agreement with Hunan Television in China-07/07/08
Roll-out of latest product IP-14/07/08
New Product Order-29/07/08
Agreement with MMTV in China-14/08/08
US distribution agreement for Skunk fu! toyline-19/08/08
Strategic US Partnership-17/09/08
Co-production agreement for Super Soccer Star in Malaysia & terms agreed for Super Soccer Star in Indonesia -29/09/08
Trading Update-07/10/08
First Earn-Out Payment - Yunbo 13/10/08
BAFTA Nomination & Appointment of Subsidiary Director-17/11/08
UK distribution agreement for Skunk fu! toyline-27/11/08
Yunbo launches Chinese lottery mobile application-10/12/08
Preliminary results for the year ended 30 September 2008 (Issued 19/01/09)
Acquires stake in US strategic partner-26/01/09

Latest News/Events

SUPER SOCCER STAR STARTS WEDNESDAY 7 JAN 2009.DON'T MISS IT!

CLIK HERE FOR SOME BACKGROUND INFO.ON Michael Koziol and Melissa Honabach (DRAGONFRUIT STUDIOS)

26th June 2008 Galleon – And Its 'Edgy' Strategy by Tom Bulford

Hi Banjo - long time since I popped in here and good to see you retain your enthusiasm for this stock as it will surely grow - just a question of getting thriugh next 6 months I think before a real spurt takes place

Good luck and regardsRe

Evening Bazza (if i remember right),
Yes,still full of enthusiasm for GON,keeps me out of the pub,saying that I'm off there later-lol.Exciting company to hold shares in especially if you take the long term view and ignore the dips and spikes that come along.Should see some steady building of the SP over next few months.

Hope all is well with you and your shares

Regards

Mick

From todays announcement (part of):

"Following the acquisition of the wireless service provider Yunbo, in China,
Galleon has established its position as a specialist in creating, distributing
and monetising cross platform interactive entertainment content throughout South
East Asia and China. Part of our strategy is to grow our pipeline into the
region through the interactive services that we provide to the broadcasters.
Currently we provide interactive services to 5 broadcasters and we aim for this
to be at least 10 broadcasters by the end of the year.

Strategically we will leverage this network and business model by co-producing
with South East Asian and Chinese broadcasters on mass market interactive
entertainment brands.

In China, Super Soccer Star, our first production with Guangdong sports channel
and Chelsea Football Club will be aired to an estimated audience of
approximately 50 million viewers on Friday 4th April and will run each Friday at
7.30pm for the next 13 weeks.

This show has already attracted attention from other broadcasters in China and
South East Asia presenting the opportunity of establishing the franchise as we
roll the program out across the region.

We have agreed to launch a second Galleon entertainment property with another
leading Chinese broadcaster in 2008. We will announce more details on this once
the broadcast schedule is confirmed.


Partnership with RDF Media

Having validated the pipeline and demonstrated the flexibility of our business
model we have sought access to a library of entertainment content and production
expertise that we can exploit within China and SEA. To this end we are delighted
to announce that Galleon has entered into an agreement to work with RDF Media to
co-produce a select number of shows with leading broadcasters in China
leveraging the best of RDF creative content and Galleon's business model and
expertise in executing these shows in the territory."

Links to RDF Media...............hmmmm wonder if Basil Brush will make a guest appearance on Apollo's Pad :-)

http://www.rdfmedia.com/

http://www.rdfmedia.com/rdfmedia/about/

Back from the pub and just going through the posts,they look familiar-lol

grrrrrrrrr Lavish have updated their website,wondered where all me pictures had gone,they could have warned me! :-)

http://www.lavishcreative.com/portfolio.php

http://www.apollospad.com/help/show/1

http://www.apollospad.com/help/show/15

http://www.apollospad.com/help/show/16

Play LOUD :-)

http://www.apollospad.com/jukebox/2

GON will be attending MipTV which starts on Monday with the aim to sell Apollo's Pad to TV companies which will then result in AP being a true 360' experience!
Build up a global community base and Bob's yer Uncle..............

And while at MipTV:

Galleon Holdings to unveil 'Super Soccer Star' at MipTV '08

http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k8/mar/mar322.php

Galleon - Going it alone

Stephen Green CEO - Galleon
April 2, 2008

Galleon has chosen not to go down the master toy licensee route with its latest property, Skunk Fu. Here, CEO Stephen Green explains why he made that choice and what benefits the firm is now reaping...
Galleon is a distinctive vertically integrated company that gives us the ability to develop a toy line in house. Our toy company Croco strategically focuses on developing and supplying toys and games to be used as premiums in the global food and drink markets.

I think we are in a market where everyone is looking for something new in the children's entertainment sector, but when the new trend or property is spotted, people are nervous because they dont know what to benchmark it against.

In the case of Skunk Fu we have a brand that already has fantastic TV placement and some huge ratings coming through in the UK and the US. However, like all distinctive brands, it is a bit different in the way it mixes action and comedy with Eastern themes and aesthetics.

This makes toy companies slow to react as they are not sure on the execution. We are perfectly clear as to what the toy line should be, so in order to short circuit the whole process we used Croco to source and develop the Skunk Fu toy line.

In addition, we are used to working to food grade standards on a global basis, so have a very tight control on production, quality assurance, time lines and logistical fulfilment.

As we predicted, once you show how the Skunk Fu brand can come to life as a toy product, the overall potential of the brand become obvious. It isnt necessarily a strategic step for us but more a tactical use of resources. Brand owners and managers in the entertainment sector need to have more control over key assets like TV, websites, publishing initiatives and, in the case of a boys action property, the toy line.

I dont think its unusual in this respect but what is refreshing is that the response we have had from retailers, toy companies and licensees is that it is exactly what they wanted to see from a representative of the brand. This suggests that this may be a model to be employed more and more in the future.

http://www.toynewsmag.com/opinion/24/Galleon-Going-it-alone

Very interesting and refreshing views from Mr Green which I believe shows they have a well thought out and positive direction regarding Skunk Fu.GON also hold the licensing rights so any products via other manufacturers will still bring in revenue.

I think GON have seen the change in the market place regarding traditional toys/merchandising and the profits that can be achieved.

In my opinion the market place has and is changing in quite a dramatic way!

The advent of computers for every child/teenager whether connected to the internet fully/partially or even not at all and along with mobile phones and the communication aspect to friends and all makes the electronic world a much more exciting world for the younger generation!

You just have to see how well the virtual pets went down,was it ten years ago?

The more I read Mr Greens article the more I understand the way GON as a company are heading,this may not be apreciated by the old school as yet and I quite understand that but what we are seeing is a company keeping up with the trends,times and looking to the future too!

Up the Boro! 3-1 ? Well,they should have won-lol

Galleon Holdings Plc is a UK-listed media company with a strong & rapidly growing presence in Asia.

Due to our rapid business expansion, we are urgently seeking the following position to be in-charge of the Finance team for our toy factory in Dongguan and HK office.



Finance Manager (Dongguan) Post Date: 05 Apr 08



Responsibilities:

Responsible for all-rounded finance matters for the factory
Establish procedures, internal controls & systems; set up company policy and monitor compliance.
Restructure finance team, recruit high caliber staff and reallocate accounting work
Prepare monthly financials, management reports, cash flow forecast for UK headquarter requirement.
Produce project costing and overhead absorption to assist pricing purpose
Implement Accounting Software or probably ERP system
Purchasing control procedure and inventory management
Take care of statutory audit, tax & company secretarial matters.
Other ad-hoc accounting assignments or management reports to UK
Requirements:

Degree holder in Accountancy, Finance or related discipline
Professional qualified with a minimum of 7-10 years of experience in manufacturing operations, preferably gained in sizeable multinational companies or Big 4 CPA firms
Solid experience in China manufacturing operations
Proficient in Microsoft Office; and experience in implementing accounting software an advantage
Initiative, independent, resourceful, fast-paced, able to accept challenges and grow with the company
Good interpersonal skills and able to deal with different levels of people
Strong communications skill with high proficiency in both written and spoken English, Mandarin and Chinese.
Substantially stay in Dongguan factory (~4 days) and also monitor HK office (~1 day)
This is an excellent opportunity for high caliber candidates to develop their career in a high growth company.



We offer 5-days work, attractive remuneration package and staff benefit to the right candidate. Interested parties are encouraged to send your detailed resume with current and expected salary to our email address AS SOON AS POSSIBLE: hr-recruit@phoenixglobal.tv

http://www.jobsdb.com/HK/EN/Job.asp?R=JDB165564494

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A few links updated a few hours ago via the GON website:

http://www.footballshow.com.cn/fs/home.html

Adidas in sponsorship or advertising role:

http://www.adidas.com/cn/shared/home.asp

http://www.phoenixglobal.tv/

http://show.sports.qq.com/

hi bjm,
long time since i posted, i hope you are well.
nice to see that grey line of yours getting ever closer.
interesting.
good llluck.
please give my regards to the lady and the owls.
best regards
jkd