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.

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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

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

Below is an extract from the last Interim Results which goes someway in explaining why I believe Apollo's Pad is GON's first attempt in producing an interactive platform that can be tailored to fit anything they or a customer requires.

This is not to say that I'm right in my assumption of course but is just my view of where it's all leading!

Entertainment

Our first multiplatform entertainment property Super Soccer Star, an interactive family orientated football talent show, was launched in April with co-producers Guangdong Sports Channel and Chelsea Football Club. The show has been a huge success and is one of the broadcaster's top 5 rated shows. This has led to the show being syndicated by the Shanghai Sports Channel, which will take it to another 11 million viewers. We are in discussions with other national satellite broadcasters for a second series in China. We are also in final negotiations for a series in Malaysia and there are discussions underway in Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia. Our second show, The Limit, is set to air later in the year on Hunan Satellite, a leading broadcaster with a reach of 400 million homes. Our network and operational expertise has allowed us to develop relationships with other media companies looking to gain traction in China. During this period we agreed a deal with RDF Media to co-produce a select number of their properties and represent its shows in the region.

In addition to entertainment content deals Phoenix continues to provide interactive TV services for broadcasters in China and South East Asia. Recently it signed agreements with Malaysian TV stations, Metropolitan TV Sdn Bhd and CH-9 Media Sdn Bhd, to supply its multiplatform interactive system as part of a multi-year service agreement to provide SMS gateway, interactive advertising and SMS campaign management. Metropolitan TV is Malaysia's third-largest TV channel, targeting the urban and ethnic Chinese audience. CH-9 now ranks second in viewership ratings, and is focused on delivering programming for the mass and ethnic Malay market.

Our general entertainment portfolio is also developing. As a result of its great ratings in the UK on the BBC, and on The CW in the US at weekends, Skunk Fu!, an award-winning children's animated action/comedy TV series aimed at children aged 6-11 years old, has now been placed on Cartoon Network, a major US kids network. This dual platform in the US has allowed us to launch our merchandising programme globally, using the critical mass that this territory gives us in core categories such as toys. In addition to English speaking territories the show is on air in France and about to go on air on leading platforms in Germany and more than 100 other markets.

On 9 June, we announced the launch of Skunk Fu! as a merchandising brand in the US and Canada. The brand was launched at the New York Licensing Show by The Sharpe Group Inc., which has been appointed as licensing agent for Skunk Fu! in North America. Sharpe Group is a boutique intellectual property agency, with an emphasis in marketing IP in North America. A Skunk Fu! toyline has been developed by Croco Worldwide, Galleon's toy division and this was also previewed at the show.

In addition, NCircle has secured the DVD distribution rights for Skunk Fu! in the US. NCircle is an entertainment content distributor, specialising in children's programming. The company is a division of Alliance Entertainment Corporation (AEC), the largest single source of home entertainment, with distribution channels in over 110,000 stores throughout North America.

Apollo's Pad, an interactive online animated sitcom, was launched in October 2007, targeting 16-24 year olds. We have developed strong relationships with the music majors which have widened to include EMI publishing as well as Sony BMG.

We have also signed a development deal for another popular show, Mysti, with Planet Nemo, a leading French production company in the kids sector. We hope this will enable us to develop a more multi-territory treatment of the next TV series. Sokator-442, a comedy action fantasy targeted to children aged 6-11 years old, continues to attract strong interest in Europe. We have pre-sale offers in Germany, Australia and Scandinavia and are focusing on bringing in one more key territory to give the property the critical mass that it needs.

http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200806270700116741X.html

Then on top of that there followed another annoncement:

Galleon Holdings plc (AIM: GON), an AIM listed entertainment media company focused on the emerging markets, is pleased to announce that it has secured a contract with Hunan Television ('HNTV') to develop and facilitate interactivity for a range of programmes to be broadcast on its Entertainment Channel.

Under the terms of the agreement, Galleon's Chinese operation, Phoenix, a provider of interactive entertainment services to broadcasters in China and South East Asia, will work with HNTV to develop interactive game play, functionality and content applications for seven shows to be broadcast on the Entertainment Channel over the coming year. Galleon will also be responsible for the billing and fulfilment of all mobile or telephone based interactive activity, which is enabled by its acquisition of Yunbo, a mobile service provider in China, in February 2008. Revenue will be earned on a profit share basis.

HNTV is one of China's leading provincial broadcasters with an audience reach of 67 million. It has a reputation for delivering cutting edge entertainment formats to the China market.

Commenting on the syndication, CEO of Galleon Holdings, Stephen Green said:
'We are delighted to be working at such a strategic level with another leading broadcaster in China. This is a testament to the expertise of the Phoenix team and its strong relationships with broadcasters in the country. The combined audience of these seven shows presents us with a significant opportunity to generate revenues through interactive channels and applications.'

http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200807070700084079Y.html

This is quite interesting,Cake Entertainment and Cartoon Saloon doing a bit of Skunk Fu advertising on the USA Cynopsis 'Kids' web page:

http://www.cynopsis.com/content/view/3713/53/

The Apollo's Pad website has been down since early last night,major updates being sorted for Monday or maybe just server problems?

Edit-Had a look at 13:00 and back online,will be interesting if we see any updates loaded up on Monday.

I wondered where Tanya Lee had gone! She disappeared from the Apollo's Pad 'Cast' list today!

Things are taking shape:

http://www.bestbarbabe.com/


http://www.bestbarbabe.com/News.aspx?id=2

This researching is getting so boring! :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqUMQiOG4J8

From August 2008 Apollospad.com will start a six month long hunt for the best and most talented/model/all-round babe in the world.

Join http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid... now!

Every month we'll choose a brainy babe, who'll be in the finale. The winner gets to star in an Apollospad webisode broadcast at one of the biggest online TV-stations in the world with millions of viewers.

Hmmmm,this might be a 'red herring' but never seen this website before,it's still under construction and could end up as anything!

http://www.missapollo.com/


Edit-Forget that as I seem to remember that website from a year or two ago.

More updates today on Miss Apollo:

http://www.bestbarbabe.com/

The 'Miss Apollo' competition and the way it's progressing strengthens my opinion that both this and Apollo's Pad are infact the building blocks for China.Not Apollo's Pad as we see it but the interactivity part ie the structure of the website.


"Under the terms of the agreement, Phoenix will work with HNTV to develop interactive game play, functionality and content applications for seven shows to be broadcast on the Entertainment Channel over the coming year, including the show "Miss Star", one of the most highly watched shows in Hunan. Phoenix will also be responsible for the billing and fulfillment of all mobile or telephone based interactive activity. Revenue will be earned on a profit share basis."

http://www.phoenixglobal.tv/news.htm

I'd better register later tonight and have a look within the 'best bar babe' website for the hunt for Miss Apollo,I may even become a 'babe officer' by midnight! :-)

'best bar babe' website looks good by the way.

Getting too boring this 'ere thread so for a bit of entertainment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeVky8Z_YYA

Date: 14 August 2008

On behalf of: Galleon Holdings plc ('Galleon' or 'the Company')

Embargoed until: 0700hrs


Galleon Holdings PLC

Agreement with MMTV in China


Galleon Holdings plc (AIM: GON), an AIM listed entertainment media company focused on the emerging markets, is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Chinese National digital TV broadcaster, MMTV, to co-produce a series of Galleon's Play Along Gameshows ('PAGS') .

Under the terms of the agreement, Galleon's Chinese operation, Phoenix, a provider of interactive entertainment services to broadcasters in China and South East Asia, will work with MMTV to produce a range of highly interactive programmes or PAGS, which will include a dating show, a call-in chat show and a psychology show. These shows are expected to launch in September. Revenue will be earned on a revenue share basis.

In addition to co-producing these shows, Galleon has secured an exclusive contract for its China based Mobile Service Provider Yunbo, to provide billing and fulfilment of all mobile or telephone based interactive activity, across all MMTV's programming.

MMTV is a fast growing digital TV channel targeting a female audience with programming that focuses on topics such as love and dating, fashion, TV shopping, wellbeing and lifestyle. Based out of Changsha in the Hunan province, it broadcasts across 92 cities and currently reaches an audience of approximately 75 million, which is expected to grow to 130 million by the end of 2008.

Galleon is now working with four television stations in China on the development and production of interactive content and formats. The Company expects to sign further agreements with Chinese television stations during 2008.

Commenting on the latest agreement in China, CEO of Galleon Holdings, Stephen Green said:

'Galleon is beginning to gain traction in the interactive entertainment TV market in China, growing its footprint with our portfolio of PAGS and also bigger prime time IP such as Super Soccer Star, first broadcast in Guangdong earlier this year. We have numerous discussions underway allowing us to apply our business model to more entertainment with more partners.'

- Ends -

Amazing,the lack of interest to this mornings news but never mind as there will be further news/updates soon,just in me humbly opinion of course.
Splendiferous news which is the main thing and the SP can catch up when it likes.......no rush.

That's some statement:

"audience of approximately 75 million, which is expected to grow to 130 million by the end of 2008."

It gets more interesting,this looks to be from 2006:

Shanghai Oriental Pearl Mobile Television Co., Ltd., (MMTV) is the China first and world second new concept media to launch outdoor digital mobile television program. Integrating the advantages of abundant capital, best programs and advanced transmission, MMTV is jointly established by Shanghai Media & Entertainment Group, Shanghai Oriental Pearl (Group) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Media Group, Astraea Pty Ltd, Shanghai Oriental Transmission Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Broadcasting Laboratory.
MMTV adopts the first-of-class digital technology in the world. Its programs are transmitted through wireless digital signals and received by ground terminals. And most of all, MMTV supports mobile signal receiving. MMTV has created a significant influence among Shanghai citizens，passengers of public trasportation and audiences of simulcast on FM 98.1 since its formal launch on 1st January 2003.
MMTV broadcasts continuously for 17 hours and 40 minutes daily with 40 programs covering news, information, entertainment, services, interaction and other contents. Under the strong support of the production, photography and technique teams, MMTV pays more and more attention to the customers' requirements by innovating, producing and transmiting concise, fresh, frequent and prompt programs.
The terminal platforms of MMTV have already covered buses, taxies, rail transportation, office buildings as well as culture and tourist distributing centers in Shanghai. As a brand new outdoor digital mobile media, MMTV is becoming more and more popular with tens of thousands audiences.

http://www.mmtv.com.cn/2006/show.php?cat_id=35

I will look into this further some other time but this article relates to the above and maybe to todays news and if I remember right this is China's challenge to 3G but will have to double check on this another time:

China Car TV Industry Report, 2007

Description: In recent years, along with the rapid development of the digital technology and network technology, the broadcast TV field is undergoing great changes. Digitalization not only brings opportunities of technical upgrade and business transformation to cable TV, direct broadcast satellite, and ground wireless TV, but also brings more transmission means and service modes to
broadcast TV, among which in-vehicle TV is one of the most popular business forms.
The annual growth rate of China in-vehicle TV market from 2006 to 2009 will surpass 50%. In 2006, the sales volume of China in-vehicle TV market reached 188,000 units. The figure will approach 600,000 in 2008 due to opportunities brought by Beijing Olympic Games, up over 80% year-on-year. In 2009, the figure will be expected to surpass one million.

http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/554461/china_car_tv_industry_report_2007.pdf

From 2 years ago and a very interesting read:

"The crux of the issue therefore surrounds the digital terrestrial standard, which SARFT officials have acknowledged will also constitute the cellphone television broadcasting standard. It is now widely expected that the Chinese-developed DMB-TH (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting for Terrestrial/Handheld) will be adopted as the national standard, possibly later this month. The main advantages of digital terrestrial broadcasting over 3G are in cost, speed and picture quality which mean there is little limitation on the number of users. What it lacks are the ability to individualise services and interactivity."

"DMB-based cellphone television trials are already in operation. In October 2004, SARFT authorised Shanghai Oriental Pearl - part of SMG - to set up an L wave band trial. At the same time, the Shanghai authorities cleared DMB for commercial operation in the city. In March last year, Shanghai Oriental Pearl launched its first trial operation and in November Oriental Pearl and SMG set up a joint venture company, the Shanghai Oriental Dragon Mobile Information Co. Ltd. (also known as Dragon Mobile or DMTV), with a registered capital of Rmb20 million, to roll out cellphone television services in the city, with Oriental Pearl having the controlling stake. Over the first half of this year the company has been working to set up around 30 relay stations that, according to company sources, will provide 95 percent outdoor and 80 percent indoor coverage throughout the city. Other major cities in the more economically developed parts of the country, including in Guangdong, Beijing, Sichuan, Shandong and Zhejiang are also working on their own trials."

http://www.eight-and-eight.com/cmi/sample/analysis.htm

Pheeeeeeeeew,getting there:

"South San Francisco, CA March 20, 2008 Envivio Inc., the leading technology provider of IP video convergence encoding solutions from mobile to HD, today announced that its 4Caster C4 encoders are being used in extensive broadcast trials in Shanghai that, for the first time, combine AVS video encoding with Chinas standard for digital terrestrial television broadcasting. This is the first large scale evaluation of AVS with the DTMB (GB 20600-2006) Digital Terrestrial Media Broadcasting standard to take place in China. Full commercial roll out of digital terrestrial TV services based on a combination of the two standards is expected to begin later this year.


The three month long trial broadcasts were organized and managed by Shanghai Oriental Pearl Company Limited."

http://www.envivio.com/news/press_release.php?id=173

So,I still need to confirm that MMTV (from todays news) is still part of Shanghai Oriental Pearl Company Limited,pretty sure it still will be.

DTMB is for home TV

DMB-TH is for mobile TV within China

Looking into this further there are five main standards for mobile TV,lol CMMB, CDMB, DMB-TH, T-MMB, and CMB..............................crikey!

Edit-
http://www.itechnews.net/2008/08/04/boke-a100-dmb-th-mobile-tv/

485 Million to Receive Mobile TV by 2013
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

CAMBRIDGE, UK The number of people receiving Mobile TV will reach 485 million by 2013 according to predictions made by Cantab Wireless.

Cantab Wireless Ltd has just published a new analyst report: Mobile TV Technologies, Country Cases, and Forecasts for 2008-2013.

This report argues that subscriber growth is anticipated to be strongest in Asia at first, especially in Korea and Japan. From 2010 onwards, Europe and the USA are expected to catch up. Especially in Europe the shortage of radio spectrum before the analogue TV networks shutdown may delay the launch of mobile TV networks in some countries, most importantly in the UK. Also, from 2012-2013 onwards, cellular operators may start providing mobile TV services via their upgraded 3.9G/4G networks, which will offer greatly increased capacity. They will become serious competitors to broadcast TV systems.

The report includes a thorough review of the various mobile TV standards. However, as the author of the report, Dr Juha Korhonen, points out: even more important than choosing the right technical standard is choosing the right business model. It is not yet obvious on how to make money in the Mobile TV business. Various business models have been tried and tested around the world, some successfully, and some less so.

Mobile TV business is a contested area between two established businesses, broadcast TV and cellular telephony. TV broadcasters believe that they should be in charge in the Mobile TV business because they are familiar with the TV business, they have established relationships with content producers and they also often have access to physical broadcast networks. Cellular operators, on the other hand, know the business of mobile devices. They have distribution channels for mobile TV receivers, which are often integrated into mobile phones, and they have contract and charging relationships with mobile customers. However, cellular operators typically do not have access to content, and moreover, they cannot provide mobile TV to masses via cellular networks since these networks currently lack the necessary capacity to do it. Therefore, both parties need each other and a successful mobile TV system has to find a business model which benefits both parties.

The report argues that in the medium term, broadcast Mobile TV systems will be popular. However, in the long run, point-to-point Mobile TV channels, delivered via upgraded high capacity cellular networks, will become a more popular service.

The main topics of the report include:

Technical overview of the broadcast mobile standards: DVB-H, DMB, MediaFLO, 1seg, MBMS, TDtv, CMMB, TBBM, DMB-T/H, CDMB, and CMB.

http://www.digitaltvnews.net/content/?p=3233