Company Profile

YooMedia plc is one of the fastest growing interactive entertainment companies in the UK.
Since 1997 we have been developing and launching leading B2C consumer brands in the gaming and community sectors. We also work in a B2B capacity with leading brand owners, agencies, content developers and broadcasters to design and develop their interactive content strategies.

Led by Executive Chairman Dr. Michael Sinclair and Group Managing Director Neil MacDonald, YooMedia has assembled a highly experienced management team that possesses a unique blend of skills and experience in the areas of Digital TV, Internet and mobile phone services and technology.

With main office locations in London, Exeter and Maidstone, YooMedia manages core assets including:

Over 30 office locations throughout the UK alone

State-of-the-art studio, production and post-production facilities at our Wapping location.

UK broadcast return path & bandwidth owner

Fully fledged UK Bookmaker License

Database with over 350K UK singles

SMS Engine access with international reach

Fully staffed 50 seat Customer Contact Centre in Maidstone, Kent

YooMedia Dating & Chat - Our dating subsidiary company manages the oldest and largest UK-owned dating brands including Dateline, Club Sirius and Avenues. YooMedia Dating has over 20 office locations throughout the UK and also manages YooChat, our world-leading interactive chat service found on UK digital cable on the Telewest platform (platform extensions planned for 2005).

YooMedia Gambling & Games - Combining the brands of Avago and Channel 425 (in partnership with William Hill) YooMedia is on the leading-edge of interactive fixed odds, casino and poker gambling services for digital TV, the web and 3G mobile phones. Our gaming business also manages YooPlay, the only interactive just for fun games channel found on all four Digital TV platforms in the United Kingdom.

YooMedia Enhanced Solutions (YES) - YES works with brand owners, agencies, content owners and broadcasters to clarify the options, define the strategies and deliver the interactive content that enhances consumer and audience experiences. YES customers include the BBC, Nestle, Celador, William Hill, Channel 4, ZipTV, The Cartoon Network and HR Owen.

DGT fell away when S Barclay left but the new CEO Tony Rawlinson is doing a great job---Yoo could be the same!

Dropped in to find out what is happening. Been out for a while with something of a loss for no other reason than the lack of positive news with the April results and otehr opportunities. Docherty's departure was bound to hit the sp as he has been very much the face of YOO. However, got the impression that he is a bit of a maverick who found it difficult to concentrate on one role. So mp could well be right. The other positive note is that I suspect that we are within one week of the bottom. Why? The cap. is down to below 40M or the company without DITG. OK, that may have been bought at the wrong time with increasing competition in the gambling sector. But the main reason is that YOO was moving into positive EBITDA in march, we were looking to 140m sales in current year with a PBT of 3.8m according to Evolution. What is needed and presumably has to come is an update from Evolution. Being out I will wait for that but prepared to act. The suspicion must be that the financials are not going as well as expected, certainly as stated in the placing prospectus whcih we have not seen; it could be the case that some of those buyers have cut their
losses, but the volumes have been relatively low and the reason for the fall may rather have been the absence of the buyers on the basis of no news. Sinclair presumably must make some statement and/or get Evolution to fulfil their role. I have made these comments as no one picked up andysmith's questions.

Eric

;-)

No News is definately not good news. I can't credit how careless YOO are generally of their shareholders and shareprice. I know I am biased but I almost feel these shares are dangerous at ANY price. 6 months ago there was a stream of reasonable to good news coming from YOO - now nothing.... I think Shares mag was a fan of Docherty ( I personally think he is a bit of a dileatante!) and in true Shares mag style they will not be such fans now.

There is a story in the Docherty move that needs to be told... 6 months is not long enough to fully integrate the two businesses... What's the story???

The story is they shafted ordinary shareholders last year and now its gone tits up they have some explaining to do to the institituions who happily snapped up shares at a massive discount last year but those smiles will be fading now as will the people who's pension funds have taken a beating. YOO get what YOO deserve and at this rate they will be the ones being acquired. I just feel sorry for the loyal ordinary investor.

I managed to get out at 18p but I think this has now gone far enough. Back in today.

HI all,
Buying activity at 9pps. Opinions please. Have investors spotted a buying opportunity and the worst is behind us poor investors or has someone just dropprd a dead cat from a high window?
Hope it's the former!!!
Alan

I'm not in at the moment but I would not be a seller at this price. If this sp was all that was justified then they would have a takeover bid tomorrow given their market leadership role. Not buying because I haven't the free lolly, but iturama, and others buying now, should do well IMO.

Eric

holding on with gritted teeth!!

MP..SNAP :-(

saw some decent size buying going through and bought some more at .904p all buys so I'm backing my instincts!! also topped up DGT and GMC as they are on the rise--now off to enjoy the lovely Devon sunshine! have a good weekend all and cheers Di-I'm with you.

mp & dyn

snap...and pleased it was not me jinxing the stock after all. :{

Ruthie

I have a feeling next week they''ll be on the up, after the market jitters have settled down. no results due until Oct so I hope we get some reassuring RNS or co. announcements before then.

Suggest, folk,(particular damsels in distress) you take GMC as a guide. Price has risen on clearing a long line of stock on the offer. Obviously there is a lot of stock about with large holders: the fact that the sp is not rising is enough for them to want to sell. There has to be an Evolution update soon: maybe Docherty has been a naughty boy and certainly, I would suspect, a careless boy, but is that sufficient to wipe a third of the sp? Should be trading update end July. The only major downside I can see is that they have bought a pup with DITG: very competitive market but you would never expect a bookmaker to lose money, would you?

Eric

Do we have 3 years to wait then?

Pile of crap.

Hi Dil, I expressed similar comments recently and based on our past performance I'd like to wager we are right again!

Still hopeful and still holding. But what else except eternal optimism would you expect from a lifelong Leeds United and Yorkshire cricket fan? 8-)

Dil - What a magnificently eloquent and insightful contribution. You must be very proud. All readers of the thread must surely count themselves extremely fortunate to be able to gaze upon your well thought-out and balanced musings.

While Dil's posting is a little direct in many years of posting he has rarely been wrong!