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

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?

Never got around to GON,I'm actually showing a loss now! There's too many positives for the SP to be at this level for long.Will have to have a good look around tomorrow....gaaawd,I mean later tonight-lol

Date: 7 October 2008

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

Embargoed until: 0700hrs


Galleon Holdings PLC

Trading update



Galleon Holdings plc (AIM: GON), the AIM listed entertainment media company developing and producing multi-platform properties with a focus on emerging markets, provides the following update on trading for the year ended 30 September 2008, prior to entering its close period and ahead of the announcement of its preliminary results in January 2009.

The Group has made good progress during the year and full year results are expected to be at least in line with market expectations.

The acquisition of Phoenix, at the end of the last financial year, and Yunbo, in February this year, have enabled us to make significant strides in rolling out our multi-platform entertainment properties in China and around South East Asia. Since the acquisition Yunbo has grown to become the tenth largest mobile service provider in China.


During the year we have formed operational relationships with several Chinese broadcasters covering different provinces across China. These agreements include co-production of Galleon's entertainment properties, Super Soccer Star and The Limit, syndication of the first series of Super Soccer Star, broadcast of Galleon's 'Play Along Gameshow' (PAGS) formats and interactive TV services, provided by Yunbo.

Galleon continues to build on the success of the first series of Super Soccer Star, which broadcast on Guangdong TV Sports Channel in China earlier this year. In addition to the syndication of the first series to other regions in China, Galleon is in advanced discussions regarding a second series of the show on a national platform across China. New series are planned for Malaysia and Indonesia, which are all expected to be broadcast during 2009. The US rights have recently been licensed to Dragonfruit Studios, an original content studio focused on multi-platform entertainment properties, which plans to launch the show in the US during 2009. In conjunction with the global sports sponsor of Super Soccer Star, Chelsea Football Club, Galleon is conducting negotiations in several other territories in South East Asia, Europe, Russia and the Middle East, building a global entertainment brand.

The Limit, an interactive, family-oriented shopping game show and Galleon's second show to air in China, is scheduled for broadcast in the Chinese New Year on Hunan Satellite, a leading broadcaster with a reach of 400 million homes.

Apollo's Pad, an interactive entertainment property aimed at a young male audience, offers online and mobile users a unique, broadcast-quality comedy entertainment show. Over 100 episodes, set in the fictional Apollo's Pad nightclub, have been produced to date. The music catalogue, which forms an integral part of the offering, is supplied by Sony BMG and EMI. The US and certain global rights to Apollo's Pad were recently licensed to Dragonfruit Studios, which will support a broader global roll-out and increased brand sponsorship.

Following the first distribution agreement in the US for the Skunk fu! toyline with Zizzle Toys in August this year, the toys are due to go on sale in the UK and US in spring 2009 in retail outlets including Tesco and Target. The Skunk fu! series is currently broadcast in the US on The Cartoon Network as many as three times per day during the week and on the weekends it is shown on the Kids WB Network and has been running on BBC1, CBBC and S4C in the UK since July 2007. The toyline has been created by Galleon's Croco Worldwide division and is another demonstration of how Galleon is able to exploit its' entertainment properties across multiple platforms.

Stephen Green, CEO of Galleon Holdings, said:

'The Company is delighted to report that trading for the year to 30 September is at least in line with expectations. We have a number of hit shows under our belt and have demonstrated that we have a robust platform and infrastructure in China and South East Asia. We are heading to MIPCOM, an international audiovisual content trade show next week with an attractive slate and are well-positioned to take advantage of opportunities this will present. We remain confident of the Group's outlook for the coming year.'

i think big news out soon.

Evening chamcham,
There is definitely a feeling of more to come from GON,happy to wait.

Great trading statement today,I thought and to be positive and up-beat in these times,for any company,is an achievement in itself!

Maybe your 'big news' will coincide with MIPCOM?

yes big news will come soon

I'll have to try and find out how big 'tenth' place actually is,sounds very good,imo.


"Since the acquisition Yunbo has grown to become the tenth largest mobile service provider in China."

This pertains to the whole Asia-Pacific area but of interest:

Who are the Fastest Growing Operators in Asia-Pacific?

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/33945.php