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)

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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

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Message to myself: Interesting that the 'Press' part of Apollo's Pad is down tonight!

Edit-back on and no major changes

C21 Formats Lab Weekly: Distributor profile


Naked ambition

Karrie Wolfe's recent promotion at RDF USA will see her scouring the world for adaptable formats. She tells Emily Brookes how she plans to go about it.

Buyers at US networks are getting bored, says Karrie Wolfe. "They feel like they've all heard most ideas in a different incarnation. They're looking for something really fresh."

In recent years, that has meant looking outwards for international formats that can be adapted for US audiences. "They think that there's something exciting about a show that has captured an audience's attention in a foreign country," says Wolfe.

Her employer, RDF USA, learned that lesson years ago and has already produced a string of successful shows based on UK formats - reality shows like How To Look Good Naked (below) for Lifetime and Wife Swap for ABC, and, through its scripted arm Pangea, upcoming fare like Mistresses for Showtime and NY-Lon for CBS - making it one of the leading producers of UK formats in the US.

But it has decided even this is not enough, and last month named Wolfe senior VP of scripted and unscripted programming, exclusively tasked with sourcing formats from around the world to be produced for US channels.

It may sound like an extreme measure, but Wolfe contends that RDF is simply getting the jump on a burgeoning trend. "We started seeing that the networks were buying formats not just from the typical countries like the UK, but from around the world," she says, pointing to recent green lights like CBS's pilot of Israeli format Mythological X or ABC ordering a pilot based on New Zealand series Outrageous Fortune. "We decided there was a whole other world out there that we needed to tap into," she adds.

Before she could head out into that world, the exec's first order of business was figuring out precisely what was boring her clients. Part of it, she says, is that script developers in the US are playing it too safe. "The creative communities outside the US take chances more often," she says, speculating that their audiences "aren't as easily shocked as US audiences."

A show like Wife Swap, for example, with its daring crossover of social classes and challenging of lifestyles and values, carries an instant appeal for buyers used to more politically correct fare. "They're envisioning how they're going to promote this show," says Wolfe. "If it's something that has shock factor, something big and different, they're going to latch on to it right away."

Currently, Wolfe is working on gaining rights to big entertainment formats from Turkey and Japan, and, from the Netherlands, an "emotional factual entertainment" series that hits a genre that Wolfe believes is likely to be big in the US in upcoming seasons, alongside 'shiny floor' formats like RDF's in-house series Don't Forget The Lyrics, on Fox.

Nice little up-day :-)

I cant stop laughing at the latest webisode,strong language so be warned! :-)

Ask Mickey: Things I'd Fuck (3)

Interesting news from RDF Media today:

Statement re Possible Offer

cash offer from a consortium including its executive directors

From the FT

Interesting when you read along with:

"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."

http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200804020701343711R.html

I'm wondering now whether Phoenix had or more to the point is linked in some way to John de Mol...................or maybe I'm reading too much into it all?

Mean while,back at the ranch:

http://www.apollospad.com/standup/intro

http://www.apollospad.com/standup/show

Whether you like Apollo's Pad or not,what I believe is important is the concept/format as a whole which can be used for other IP's in GON's locker or transposed to a third parties programmes to give the 360' experiance which for example could be in China!

Of interest:


Tuesday, April 22, 2008
On Location- Sony F900 on "Apollo's Pad"

http://framediscreet.blogspot.com/2008/04/on-location-sony-f900-on-apollos-pad.html

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2008-04/28/content_6648613_3.htm

Viewing figures on youtube have picked up over the last couple of weeks regarding Apollo's Pad,still early days mind:

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=apollospad&p=v

At last a new PR company,wooooo hoooooo:

Appointment of Financial PR Adviser


"Welcome
Redleaf Communications is a specialist media and investor relations agency that has seen exceptional growth since its launch in January 2000. Thanks to the team's vast experience in their respective fields, Redleaf is one of the most respected companies in the PR industry and one of its most successful."

http://www.redleafpr.com/

This interested me and I believe it shows the value of Phoenix as the conduit for GON within China but it's late and I could be wrong (Ed-never!)

Introduction of IFIC Inc.

1. About IFIC Inc.

IFIC Inc. is a leading financial advisor that provides high-class advisory services on mergers and acquisitions, strategic investment and private placement in New Media sector, including mobile and Internet area.

Established in 2001 by experienced venture capitalists and investment bankers, IFIC is a member of the Venture Capital Committee of Chinese Technological Finances Advancement Association and a member of Internet Society of China (ISC) and the VAS Committee of Chinese Association of Communications Enterprises (www.newtele.com).

IFIC is also a member of Shenzhen Venture
Capital Association and Shenzhen Association of Management Consultants, a director member of Jiangsu Venture Capital Association, and co-founder of Jiangsu Association of Management Consultants.

IFIC has become the largest financial advisor in New Media by focusing on this specific industry.

Up to now, IFIC has closed over 80 deals with a total transaction volume of over 1.6Billion USD. In 2005 alone, the amount of transactions by IFIC totaled 500 Million USD, accounting for 80% of the M&A financial advisory market share in China for wireless value-added services.

Consisting of professional teams with strong background in investment banking and finance, IFIC is determined to provide best financial advisory service to enterprises in New Media industry and add value to them by assisting them to achieve the goals.

IFIC is currently headquartered in Shenzhen with offices in Beijing and Shanghai.

2. Business Summary:

Mergers and Acquisitions Consultancy IFIC Inc. provides consultancy for clients in assets reorganization, equity transfer, mergers and
acquisitions, and corporate divergence. IFIC Inc. assists the clients in selecting objects for mergers and acquisitions, provides a practical capital operation plan, and helps to implement the plan.
Financing Consultancy IFIC Inc. introduces start-up firms and entrepreneurs to domestically and internationally renowned venture capitalists. IFIC Inc. also provides business planning service, valuation, a detailed analysis
of management team, technology advantage, market prospect, and financial conditions, forecast of its revenue and investment value in the near three to five years, and a professional assessment of the clients potential market, capital management, and exit strategies.


Sorry,this was the main bit:

Sole Financial Advisor to Yunbo Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Changshai)
The leading online-media service supplier in China
Successful sale to Phoenix Investment Global Limited in Feb,2008


http://www.theific.com/other/IFIC%20Inc.%20(Text%20Version).pdf

And why is Yunbo so important?


"Yunbo provides the mobile billing infrastructure for the product offering that Phoenix delivers to its existing broadcast partners. The Acquisition will allow Phoenix to retain the revenues derived from the collection of the SMS and mobile phone revenues generated by Phoenix's existing activities."

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS68016+20-Feb-2008+RNS20080220

Will just lob this link here and look into later:

http://www.ium.dk/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSEW4syE_Ng

http://www.adtomic.dk/

Mahesh Ramachandra

Director of Entertainment at Galleon Holdings Plc

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/A35/01A

Hmmmm,Apollo's Pad!

The webisodes have stopped along with the Qube Media link to updates at the bottom of their page,so there's two parts of the equation that have disappeared!

Therefore:

1. This could be a sign that Apollo's Pad has failed to gain a TV deal which was the key part in making this IP a success!

2. It could also mean that Apollo's Pad has done enough and gained TV deals!

If it's '1' then hay ho,you can't blame GON for heading in the 360' direction whether you liked the format or not! A valuable learning curve?

If it's '2' then woooooooo hooooo and major exposure!This would account for the ending of the webisodes as they would have commissioned enough to cover Miptv and if TV deals were made it's a whole new ball game!


Either way it's all a small drop in the ocean compared to what's happening in China/SEA!

While all is quite,news wise on the GON front,I think a 'Twin Peaks' evening is required (Ed-that's your opinion!)

Opening theme tune

Cawfee is the word and all here,Twin Peaks style:

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PcoMrwEa5o

No real reason for posting this song,only that I just remembered it and found it and I like it-lol

Elvis Costello - I want you


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy0ETiPhWaU&feature=related

Much better quality version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jln3aDC2FnM&feature=related