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

A bit of background info:

Just had a quick look at Cellcast (CLTV) where Mahesh Ramachandra,GON's global director of entertainment used to belong and for whatever reason he left,I think he made the right decission.

He must have been with CLTV for about 2 years and had a lot to do with the formation of 'Sumo TV' from what I can gather which is still going strong.Anyway,a repeat of this article is worthy,imo:

Mahesh Ramachandra joins GON

There has to be more to this Dragonfruit Studios (not to be confused with Dragonfruit Studio) deal me thinks!

"Dragonfruit was launched in January 2008 by Michael Koziol and Melissa Honabach, who previously founded interactive agency Ant Farm Interactive in 1999, which they sold to Nurun, a publicly traded (TSX) global interactive agency, in 2004. Nurun was subsequently acquired by Quebecor Media. The principals are widely recognised for their expertise in digital media and marketing, new and emerging media models, and advising leading global brands on the new media landscape. During their tenure at Ant Farm Interactive and Nurun, they advised a wide range of clients, including: AT&T, AutoTrader.com, Equifax, L'Oreal, Unilever, Evian, The Home Depot, Bombardier Recreational Products, Frontier Airlines, and many others."

"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."


It goes without saying that Michael Koziol and Melissa Honabach are key players in their line of work gained from my research and what I've posted recently.

An initial fee of $1million for SSS and AP is either a big gamble,they know the potential gains or there is more work coming Dragonfruit's way in the future.The royalty percentage would be of great interest too but doubt I will get to know that one.

It's all very exciting stuff,in my humbly opinion of course.

Hmmm,I know this is the old one but the Apollo's Pad website is down......I was just going to say how long will it be before we see the Dragonfruit influence?

Maybe not tonight as it's more likely months but it will be of great interest to me, anyway in seeing if AP changes but keeping the same interactive format......

Edit-AP is back again,I've probably put 'em off :-)

oooooooo,'Family Guy' is on but and I may have said this before.......are we or could we see a big push into the USA to try and teach them how exciting football can be and more to the point how much money is involved on a global scale!

I haven't looked but is it possible the major UK teams,as Chelsea are doing in Asia, are getting ready to hit the USA again to push this sport (money machine) forward?

Have Dragonfruit seen this opportunity and bagged SSS with a very good possibility of encorporating Sokator-442 to compliment the increased exposure thus incurred,could even then send the whole package now revitalised to China/SEA to compound on the sucess already gained in this region from SSS ................maybe total wayward thinking on my part perhaps but there you go!

Sorry,got all serious there...............lets have a bit of business in a fun way :-)

Flight of the Conchords- Business Time

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

Views: 11,077,682

Flight Of The Conchords - Jenny

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

Views: 4,857,502

Flight of the Conchords - Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbbxA8a_M_s

Views: 6,122,733

Fun with interactive viewing figures,how good is that? :-)

Kate Rusby - My Young Man or AKA original GON holders in pic's......only joking! Seen her a few times and lovely........ahhhhhh :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AjblYI9KEY

and if we are all in good singing voice with a hand over the right ear :-)

Kate Rusby-The Yorkshire Couple


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nLM0azB0H0&feature=related

Two more me thinks:

Man Of Constant Sorrow - Ralph Stanley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBDe7rySveQ&feature=related

Josh White,any song would do but this is 'One Meatball'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFgnyM_9rnQ

Mybe more than two-lol,I've been youtubed :-)

Josh White: Two Songs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hnuJZt7Mvk

Big Bill Broonzy plays "Hey Hey"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm1qtX7Mz5w

Joy Division - 24 hours

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zo4JdTfDw0

I'd better play something happy,swing yer pants to this :-)

Love Shack - B-52s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8NhJNpQlsY

Oh! Obviously last nights music wasn't to everyones taste :-)

I wonder if anyone will take a substantial position at this price?
Will have to wait until tonight to find out,must dash......

Cartoon Saloon have added the game included in the DVD package on their website now-"Welcoming Monkeys to Your Neighborhood".Much more responsive online rather than playing via the DVD,I got a score of 65 after five goes :-)


http://www.skunkfu.tv/

Oooooo,announcements here too,will read later on

Date: 29 September 2008

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

Embargoed until: 0700hrs

Galleon Holdings PLC

Co-production agreement for Super Soccer Star in Malaysia

Heads of terms agreed for Super Soccer Star in Indonesia

Galleon Holdings plc (AIM: GON), the AIM listed entertainment media company developing and producing multi-platform properties with a focus on emerging markets, is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Nafalia Corporation Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian television production house, to co-produce a Malaysian version of Galleon's programme, Super Soccer Star, to air on Radio Television Malaysia ('RTM'), a leading national broadcaster,

Under the terms of the agreement, Galleon will work with Nafalia and RTM to produce 13 episodes of the show to be broadcast on prime time TV. Online recruitment and TV promotion will begin in October and the show is due to begin broadcasting in January. Chelsea Football Club is the global sports partner for the programme, with The Malaysia Football Association being the co-sponsor for this series. Additional brand sponsors of the show will be announced in due course. The show generates revenues from mobile and online voting, sponsorship, advertising and branded merchandise, of which Galleon will receive a share.

http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200809290700104911E.html

The above is all great news for moving the brand IE 'Super Soccer Star' forward and building on the success of the first series.

What does excite me (Ed-steady there,Mick) is Dragonfruit Studios with two people at the helm who specialise in advertising and branding especially via the internet and they don't even have a website of their own,as yet!

Dragonfruit Studios was only born in January of this year but in this business that's a long time! They maybe using the 'Wispa' approach but what I think we will see is something rather special when they choose to show their wares and who they are involved with within a webpage.........just a guess though.

Good to see a bit of blue here,still got a bit of catching up to do though.

MIPCOM starts on the 13th of this month which will be interesting now that GON are building up a variety of shows.

Spoke to soon there,I see!

Anyway,

Galleon's "Soccer Super Star" to Air in Malaysia

Publish date: Sep 29, 2008

Radio Television Malaysia will air Galleons Soccer Super Star on prime time in January 2009.

Through the agreement between Malaysias Nafalia Corporation Sdn Bhd and Galleon Holdings, 13 episodes will debut in the country in the new year, as well as online recruitment and TV promotion in October.


Super Soccer Star is a family reality series to find the worlds next soccer star. The show is produced in association with the Chelsea Football Club. It was recently launched in China and already has many sponsorships, live and online events, and branded merchandise.

Recently, the U.K.-based Galleon joined forces with Dragonfruit Studios to debut Super Soccer Star in the U.S.


http://www.licensemag.com/licensemag/Entertainment/Galleons-Soccer-Super-Star-to-Air-in-Malaysia/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/554621?contextCategoryId=9995

BLE 08: Galleon seeking further licensees

Samantha Loveday Oct 2 2008, 12:33pm

Skunk Fu and Apollo's Pad shown to industry at two day event.
Galleon Entertainment has made its animated kids property Skunk Fu and its young adult multi-format property Apollo's Pad available to licensees.

The Skunk Fu franchise has already been a hit in key territories, with the toy lines due to roll out in the UK and US in 2009. In addition, last month Dragonfruit Studios in the US licensed the exploitation rights to Apollo's Pad. The deal is to generate broader distribution across global digital entertainment networks, brand integration with the property, characters and music videos, plus to grow the property's community.

Apollo's Pad is a series of over 100 webisodes set in the fictional Apollo's Pad nightclub, with a cast of characters modelled after different musical genres. The series takes classic music tracks and adds humour and animation.

Skunk Fu, meanwhile, launched on BBC1 in July 2007, premiering in the US in September of the same year. The licensed merchandise began to roll out last year with home entertainment giant Warner Music Group signing the first UK DVD licensing deal.

http://www.licensing.biz/news/1970/BLE-08-Galleon-seeking-further-licensees

Ahhhhhhhhh,I see now and must be losing my touch :-)


From above post:

"Skunk Fu and Apollo's Pad shown to industry at two day event."

and

"BLE08"

Completely forgot about Brand Licensing Europe:

And GON's stand was the same size as Lego,Manchester United and bigger than coolabi and RDF,not sure if size is important though! :-)

Floorplan

Re Post 1371 and Mipcom:

I posted this in the header a few days ago but thought it wise to post that GON,Galleon Holdings or Galleon Entertainment don't appear to be exhibiting this year but I'm sure they are attending!

As it points out in the header Planet Nemo,Xilam and Cake Entertainment are exhibiting.

OMG,crikey and a lolloping lolz t'boot..............what's happened 'ere?