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Galleon Holdings (GON)     

banjomick - 15 Jun 2004 08:48

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

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banjomick - 12 Sep 2008 11:58 - 1312 of 1609

Hmmmm,KAUP have raised the bid again and another hmmmmmm for good measure!

Off to B&Q,will have an hour in front of screen on my return......

chamcham - 12 Sep 2008 15:39 - 1313 of 1609

Hi banj

it's john from the other bb.

nice to see that you are keeping up the good work over here.

I was expecting sss malaysia and the show "the limit" to have been rns'd
at the begining of Sept[do'nt know why not].
jl and yaki recon saving all for big push next week but i,m not so sure.

I have created a thread over on the other channel if ever you feel like posting.
First sign of dr post rubbish and he's history.

banjomick - 12 Sep 2008 17:57 - 1314 of 1609

Afternoon John (I've been busy plumbing in a shower today,oh what fun!),

From the Interims (27 June 2008):

"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."

So,reading that you could say September for those announcements but that would be just guessing on my part,others may have better information than me of course,happy to wait and see.

"big push next week" will be relating to the Yunbo share issue.........

Good luck with your new thread but I'm quite content here in the shadows without interruption from short term traders and the 'fun and games' that go along with it.
I'll probably pop over for info.that I may have missed though.

banjomick - 12 Sep 2008 22:07 - 1315 of 1609

It's worth a re-posting of part of the Interims as it highlights this part of the business in a nutshell,type thing:

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

banjomick - 14 Sep 2008 20:27 - 1316 of 1609

And bringing us right back to where I started from post 1270 which was meant to be a brief reminder to myself after our holiday,also from the last Interims and Croco/Asia:


Croco Worldwide

Croco Worldwide is our global toy division, focusing on designing and manufacturing innovative bespoke in-pack premiums for the global FMCG companies. The division continues to grow in terms of volume, value and also geographical reach. Our relationship with Pepsico is expanding well beyond Europe and our presence in Latin America has been bolstered by the successful test of our product IP Blasterz in a promotion in Mexico.

Our focus for the remaining months will be to secure regular business from this region and to expand our sales and distribution into Asia. Greater visibility of business and stronger relationships allows us to be more strategic about our investment in product IP and also manufacturing technology, all of which provide significant barriers to entry for any competitors.

banjomick - 14 Sep 2008 21:59 - 1317 of 1609

NPD Group reveals continued growth in toy business among majority of markets around the world
NPD Group
September 2008


Report from The NPD Group that provides detailed insight and forecast on global toy business reveals continued growth among majority of markets around the world.

Global toy sales reached $71.96 Billion in 2007
Expected to top 86.3 Billion in 2010
Despite a slowdown in U.S. sales and rising competition from vertical segments such as video games, worldwide toy market sales topped $71.96 billion dollars in 2007, a 5 percent increase over the $68.5 billion generated in 2006, according to Global Toy Trends and Forecasts, the most recent report from leading market research company, The NPD Group. At the current pace, NPD expects worldwide toy sales to top $86.3 billion in 2010.

Global Toy Trends and Forecasts provides a detailed and granular look at the composition of the global toy market since 2004, including a country by country analysis by age and gender, as well as the opportunities that exist for the toy industry in other parts of the world and a trend forecast of what The NPD Group expects the industry to experience within the next few years.

According to the report, North America represents 33 percent of worldwide sales, followed by Europe at 30 percent and Asia at 24 percent. However, according to NPD prediction models, Asia is expected to mirror European sales with both representing 27 percent of worldwide sales by the end of 2008, and grow by 18 percent by 2010.

Sales in Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) are outpacing total market sales, and are becoming increasingly important to the overall growth of the global toy market. In 2004, BRIC countries made up only 8.8 percent of world toy market sales, increasing to 11.2 percent in 2007.

The only country to show negative dollar sales growth in 2007 was the U.S., with all other major countries showing positive dollar sales gains. However, NPD estimates the U.S. market will return to growth, and should deliver an increase by 8.8 percent by 2010 of the average spending on toys for kids. Next to the United States, Japan and United Kingdom produced the most revenue in 2007, generating $5.95 billion and $4.38 billion, respectively.

We are excited to be able to leverage NPDs knowledge and expertise within the toy industry to provide an estimate of the global toy market, said Jane Zimmy, President of Global Development, Toys, The NPD Group.

The NPD Group, which already operates in and provides market research on the toy industry in more than 12 countries, has developed a market estimate statistical model based on this information. It's a logical place to start, said Zimmy, as The NPD Groups Toy service has been tracking the industry for 30 years.

Growth in markets outside of the U.S. provides toy manufacturers with alternative opportunities for business expansion, said Anita Frazier, industry analyst, The NPD Group. Understanding this potential in greater depth will be key to capitalizing on those opportunities.

http://www.brand-licensing.com//DocPage.aspx?IzmLang=9&DID=7346&DIA=7346&QSI=1&OPS=0&LUR=http%3a%2f%2fwww.brand-licensing.com%2f%2fNewsPage.aspx%3fIzmLang%3d9%26QSI%3d1%26LPS%3d0%26&


banjomick - 14 Sep 2008 22:59 - 1318 of 1609

I can feel an indepth look/recap into Sokator-442 on the horizon as I still think this is going to be one of many trump cards that GON have still to play!

Edit-Will do later this week....

banjomick - 14 Sep 2008 23:21 - 1319 of 1609

Asia's broadband subscribers to hit 170M
July 9, 2008 | Provided by ZDNet Asia
By Eileen Yu, ZDNet Asia

By the end of 2008, the Asia-Pacific region will be home to 171 million broadband subscribers, an increase of 31.5 percent over last year's 129.7 million, according to a new report released Wednesday.

Conducted by research house Frost & Sullivan, the study reported that this growth is driven by increasing popularity of video-on-demand and video sharing, multi-player online games and social networking services such as Facebook and YouTube. Demand is also boosted by operators' aggressive push to deliver multi-play broadband packages, bundled with voice, data, video and wireless services, according to the report, which covers 13 economies in the region including Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Australia.

http://www.chinatechnews.com/2008/07/09/6995-asias-broadband-subscribers-to-hit-170m/

banjomick - 14 Sep 2008 23:26 - 1320 of 1609

China's Internet Offers A Plethora Of Marketing Opportunities
September 1, 2008
By Yann Lombard-Platet

For those of us daily embroiled in the Chinese Internet's changing landscape, it's easy to take for granted the five most important reasons why using different channels on China's Internet can realize great return on investment.

5. TRUST through Internet Word of Mouth (WOM)
All marketers try to establish trust in their brands. Behind trust is the first purchase. Behind trust is the repeat purchase, the loyalty, the ambassadorship level. The origin of trust offline is a lot about being present, having seductive images and pushing the brand everywhere. Now it is all changing. Internet Word of Mouth is becoming critical in the way brands can build trust. Building trust now takes new tools, new strategies, new tactics and new thinking.

A 30-second television commercial can only give 30 seconds worth of content, focusing on opening your mind to dreams, creativity, and inspiration. A magazine advertisement can only give a page of details, usually covered more by visuals than text. The Internet has clearly brought a new channel to the audience to receive much more information. Over one third of Internet users in China go on BBS, blogs and social networking sites. The Internet delivers a lot of information and is not expensive. For bloggers to write a lot of words, show a lot of pictures, even a good or bad video about a product, cost nothing. On the Internet, there is so much information that can seriously influence the way somebody trusts a brand. In China, expressing oneself through user generated content is growing at a phenomenal rate.

Today, over 90% of the Chinese Internet audience, age between 25-40 years old, considers the Internet their main information channel. This is incredible. This is above newspapers 75% or TV 67%, magazines and books are not even reaching 25%. When it comes to authenticity, about 46% of the users consider the content on the Internet as authentic, much more than any other channel.

Don't believe that WOM or blogs are just gossip. Sometimes they are but most audience considers this channel as the most trustworthy before they make any purchase decisions. In a TNS Survey 60% of the audience also say that recommendations from friends and family were the most trustworthy. This is much bigger than independent reviews or publications. WOM, be it online or off line is by far the most trustworthy source of information and WOM is exploding online!

http://www.chinatechnews.com/2008/09/01/7426-chinas-internet-offers-a-plethora-of-marketing-opportunities/

banjomick - 14 Sep 2008 23:40 - 1321 of 1609

MIIT: Revenue Of Mobile Phone Rises While Fixed-line Declined In H1 2008

September 3, 2008

According to statistics released by the Monitoring and Coordination Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, from January to July 2008, the revenue of China's mobile communications industry and data communications industry increased by 16.2% and 40.4%, respectively, over last year while the fixed-line business decreased by 6.8%.

By number of users, by the end of July 2008, China's mobile phone users reached over 600 million, of which 61.07 million were new users who increased over the first seven months of 2008. The average monthly increase of 8.7 million in mobile phone users was the highest in China's mobile phone development history.

In contrast, the number of fixed-line users continued to decline in the first seven months of 2008. By the end of July, there were 355 million fixed-line users in China. The fixed-line industry of China lost 10.581 million customers from January to July 2008, an average monthly decrease of 1.35 million.

A representative from the Monitoring and Coordination Bureau says that mobile phone business has obvious advantages. On one hand, mobile phones have natural advantages such as convenience and efficiency. On the other hand, favorable charging policies like one-way charges bring greater competitive strength to mobile phones. In addition, the commercial trial of 3G mobile phones and the launch of new services, including mobile phone newspapers and mobile phone TVs, have attracted more people to use mobile phones in China.

http://www.chinatechnews.com/2008/09/03/7444-miit-revenue-of-mobile-phone-rises-while-fixed-line-declined-in-h1-2008/

banjomick - 15 Sep 2008 23:48 - 1322 of 1609

Croco going from strength to strength this year by the look! Going back to post 1272:

"They have updated their website with Boinx and Roks and both to do with 'Pokon'- "I choose you Pikachu!""

Croco are now involved with Shrek-3 promotions via 'Boinx':

http://www.lays.lv/shrek3/

http://www.lays.lv/shrek3/boinxes_lati.html

banjomick - 16 Sep 2008 00:14 - 1323 of 1609

Croco's main work so far with Shrek-3 still to add:

http://www.crocoworldwide.com/pages/work.php


From the Results for the year ended 30 September 2007 (Annouced 30 January 2008):

"Croco Worldwide Sourcing Limited's revenues up 258% on last year and already
has an order book of 4.75m for 2008"


Growth

Galleon has seen both organic growth and growth by acquisition in 2007. In our
interims we stated that the emerging markets were a strategic opportunity for a
company like ours with strength in developing cross-platform entertainment. The
subsequent acquisition of Phoenix Global Investment Limited has provided Galleon
with a pipeline into China and South East Asia for its content. Whilst this
acquisition happened just outside the 2006-2007 financial year it presents a
significant opportunity for Galleon in 2008 and future years as the TV and
mobile market continues to grow in these regions.

The source of our revenues has been much more balanced this year with our
entertainment division contributing significant revenues to this year's results.
All this has been underpinned by the continued growth of Croco Worldwide
Sourcing ('Croco') which has consolidated its position as a leading developer
and supplier of in pack premium toys in Europe. In addition, it has expanded its
geographical reach into Latin America, the world's largest market for this type
of product, securing 2 orders this year from both the food and drink divisions
of Pepsico .This coupled with our new presence in Asia presents Croco with a
much larger global distribution footprint for its new and existing products and
IP for 2008.

Outlook

In 2008 we have an entertainment division that is now generating revenues from
its children and family based IP across multiple platforms coupled with a
distribution channel to take this and other content into China and the rest of
South East Asia. In addition to this Croco Worldwide continues to grow
significantly, expanding its existing customer base, winning new clients and
introducing more of its product based IP into market. With the continued growth
in both divisions in mind we are optimistic that 2008 will be a defining year
for the company.

David Wong
Chairman

30 January 2008

Then.....


Interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2008 (Announced 27 June 2008):

Croco Worldwide

Croco Worldwide is our global toy division, focusing on designing and manufacturing innovative bespoke in-pack premiums for the global FMCG companies. The division continues to grow in terms of volume, value and also geographical reach. Our relationship with Pepsico is expanding well beyond Europe and our presence in Latin America has been bolstered by the successful test of our product IP Blasterz in a promotion in Mexico.

Our focus for the remaining months will be to secure regular business from this region and to expand our sales and distribution into Asia. Greater visibility of business and stronger relationships allows us to be more strategic about our investment in product IP and also manufacturing technology, all of which provide significant barriers to entry for any competitors.

Current Trading & Outlook

The first six months of this financial year have been very solid as the Group moves into a profitable phase of growth. This is a huge achievement by the management which has generated a profit in a period when they acquired and then integrated Phoenix and Yunbo in China and South East Asia. We are fortunate to have excellent dedicated employees and managers locally in each of the markets where we operate which allows us to act efficiently, responsively and timely to our partners in this period of quantum growth.

It is evident that we are steadily executing our business model in the emerging markets, particularly in China. Each of our divisions has continued to gain momentum and this will continue into the second half of the year. We are excited by the opportunities that we see ahead of us.

Then....

Roll-out of latest product IP (14 July 2008)-The product range includes Blasterz, Epix Coins, Lenticulars, Flipz and Spinners. Blasterz, our previously launched product, has received orders to date of 8,000,000.

New Product Order (29 July 2008)-The new product, which cannot be named for competitive reasons, has been tested successfully in multiple markets.

banjomick - 16 Sep 2008 00:19 - 1324 of 1609

Forgot to add this bit from GON's China/SEA arm which in my opinion shows the start of a big push into this area by Croco:

Marketing and promotions

Phoenix has a team of professionals with a strong background in marketing premiums and promotions, unlocking an additional revenue stream for brands. Sister company Croco Worldwide has design and production capabilities for marketing premiums and promotions, enabling an additional revenue stream for brands.

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



banjomick - 16 Sep 2008 22:00 - 1325 of 1609

This may or may not unfold to involve GON,I will check later but I'm sure RDF Media 'The Group' are mainly involved in UK,USA and Europe and the inclusion below of Asia,Malaysia and among others may be interesting,only time will tell of course!

Edit-I read it wrong,ooooopsed.Malaysia already aired.....carry on :-)


RDF Rights secures Dance pre-sales

RDF Media Group's RDF Rights has secured nine pre-sales for season four of 19 Entertainment/Dick Clark Productions dance show So You Think You Can Dance? which the company is launching at Mipcom.

The pre-sales are to TVA in Canada, MBC Middle East, Channel 4 Nelonen Finland, Fox International Channels Italy, Kanal 11 Estonia and Fox Life Channel Poland. Other territories include Asia, South Africa and Turkey.

Also

"Local versions of So You Think You Dance? have also aired in Australia, Germany, Poland, Malaysia, Israel, Greece, Turkey, Denmark, New Zealand, and Norway among others."


http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?area=1&article=44450

banjomick - 17 Sep 2008 00:16 - 1326 of 1609

Them there Moving Average lines,the coloured ones in chart :-) are converging in a positive fashion it would seem which I suppose is only reflecting the rise to 23.5p from the drop to the 20p area a few weeks/months back.

The 25 and 50 are definitely moving in the right direction with the 50 looking to overtake (might not be the correct word) 100!

Sort of interesting in an interesting sort of way,hmmmmmm

banjomick - 17 Sep 2008 00:38 - 1327 of 1609

It's all about buying volume at the end of the day and GON being a 'growth company' need major positive news to prove this point!

There are plenty of avenues where this news can come from within GON as a whole as I hope is made clear by my few posts on this 'ere thread.

And obviously the news is going to arrive from China/SEA and there is no rush as the management have done amazing work so far with GON.Carry on as they are doing I say,in hinting of possible activities,nailing the deals,estimating times and mostly achieving them,upbeat statements/announcements that are then backed up by figures within the interims and finals and you can't really ask for more...............did I ramble-lol

banjomick - 17 Sep 2008 08:34 - 1328 of 1609

Looks exciting after a quick read:

Date: 17 September 2008

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

Embargoed until: 0700hrs

Galleon Holdings PLC

Strategic US Partnership

Galleon Holdings plc (AIM: GON), the AIM listed entertainment media company developing and producing multi-platform properties with a focus on emerging markets, announces a strategic partnership with Dragonfruit Studios, a US-based original content studio focused on multi-platform entertainment properties, that initially involves the licensing of two of Galleon's multi-platform entertainment properties.

Dragonfruit has licensed the exploitation rights to Galleon's entertainment properties, Super Soccer Star and Apollo's Pad. Under the terms of the deal Dragonfruit will pay an initial fee of US $1million and royalties on future earnings.

Commenting on the partnership, CEO of Galleon Holdings, Stephen Green said:

'The partnership with Dragonfruit Studios is highly complementary to Galleon's business with the addition of a US operating presence, expansion opportunities for our brands into the United States, digital media expertise and access to major global brand advertisers. The relationship will greatly enhance our ability to drive revenues from these properties in the US and globally in the immediate future.'


Commenting on the partnership, CEO of Dragonfruit Studios, Michael Koziol said:

'Globally, the future of entertainment and media is in the creation and execution of relationship-driven multi-platform properties that engage consumers on numerous different media fronts and facilitate the relationships between brand sponsors and their end consumers. Together with Galleon, we are confident that the right formula and thinking exist to create lasting media and entertainment brands and build value for our businesses and brand partners.'

http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200809170700145970D.html


banjomick - 17 Sep 2008 10:14 - 1329 of 1609

Well,that gained a lot of interest! Never mind as further updates will arrive in due time and hopefully the markets will have settled a bit.

I'll have a good look around tonight on todays splendiferous news.

Interesting that Chelsea FC are continuing to sponsor SSS!

Apollo's Pad looks to be going from strength to strength with the added bonus that it's progress and direction will be seen on screen as it happens along with the usual annoucement route!

Good olde Galleon

chamcham - 17 Sep 2008 13:45 - 1330 of 1609

yes not a bad rns banj

another 560k to the Galleon bottom line

results should be pretty good.

profit in the region of 1.5m me thinks!!

banjomick - 17 Sep 2008 15:19 - 1331 of 1609

Afternoon John,
Will have a good look tonight,todays news is totally out of the blue!

We may even get Sokator 442 running along side SSS,who knows?

All very exciting stuff!
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