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.

Time to be adding a few more at this low level.

That would explain a lot, Seq ;)

Btw - try co-codamol.

iPublic

Is Richard Meathrel heading up the Exeter Branch?

Long without a choice how it looks.

There is quite a significant difference in the partners mentioned on the new website ie what about sky, freeview, ?

Do you know why there is no mention of iPublic on the updated Yoo website?

still I like this bit "YooMedia is responsible for handling over 15 million cross-platform customer transactions every month, including the operation of the only other digital satellite red button return path other than Sky itself."

A pitty they cant run the business out of one premises as apposed to 4.

Courtsey of psmith64.


Looking at the trades of the last few days, very large chunks indeed, I have a feeling this could be directors buying to increase their stakes to fend off a possible hostile bid whilst the share is at these low levels.

I have read that a few on this board would take 15p and be pleased, I can't blaim them, especially if they have only jumped on the bandwagon in the last week.

But, just remember, Dr Sinclair bought a tranche at 50p, and on the way down many have been bought by Leo Noe in the region of 23p, as well as his recent top up at 13p

All the new directors from DITG aquired their shares at 15p in the recent reverse takeover.

Take a look at the profile of Yoomedia's largesr shareholder, Peter Wilkinson, see how much he made out of his sell off of Freeserve - people like this do not invest in growth companies like Yoomedia and expect to make peanuts.

Even I do not expect to invest in companies like Yoomedia and make peanuts, hence the reason I am prepared to sit this one out for a few years, as I suspect the major shareholders in Yoomedia will, take a look at Forsight Technology, they could have made a packet with their holding when this touched nearly 60p - but even then they did not cash their chips in then when the turnover was less than 1 million per annum.

Yoomedia have now got over the major hurdle of running out of cash, and either going for a cheap offload to a hungry preditor, or asking for more cash - they know the future for the DTV industry is one of fast growth, and amongst their portfolio of offerings, they know they have a product that will be used worldwide in the coming few years, Celador are already takeing advantage of their SMS time stamping technology worldwide which is able to deal with 1,800,000 texts without getting that " Network Busy " message, ( have you ever tried using 02 , Vodafone etc on New Years Eve, if so, you will know what I mean, hence the reason they cannot be used for live TV where high volume of text is anticipated, the text simply would not get there in time ), which enables them to run a highly profitable game of skill over both DTV and Anologue TV, just look at the long run " Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" has had since October 2004 when the Yoomedia powered " Walkaway " game started, ask yourself why it has gone on far longer than the usual 2 month slot ????, yes, because the Yoomedia technology is raking them in " Loads a Money " as Harry Enfield would say.

And that is exactlly why Yoomedia know they are onto a good thing, they have the technology, they have the production facility now through there wholly owned company Via Vision ( take a look at their web site http://via-vision.atltv.co.uk/broadband_1.asp ) , they have the BSKYB channels, as well as the presence on Freeview - they also have third parties that want their technology.

The directors knew with the recent departure of David Docherty that this was the best time to issue a profits warning to get maximum drop in share value, hence with the confidence they have in the future, it would probably give them their last chance to increase their holding at these ridiculous prices.

We have already had one director buy RNS, I fully expect more by the time the week is out ( these 5,000,000 buys over the past few days are not just retail punts), lets see, and if so, this should soon take the price back to 10p very soon IMHO - based not on a whim, but my extensive research of DTV in general over the last 24 months, and thorough of Yoomedia, as well as all the largest shareholders involved with the company.

Regards

Paul

Well done PM you've got a letter published in Shares.

Can't see any other mention of Yoo in the mag though maybe they're happier sitting on the fence for the time being (can't blame them. . .)

RD Hi,

Thamks :)

A letter ?

I didn't write thinking they would print it, so I am wondering if it is my letter, or someone else's ?

Cheers,
PM

PM

Just go to the moneyam home page, click on the Shares mag section at the bottom and you can download it (or the whole issue if you want).

RD Hi,

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Oh well !

Later :)


Nice to see another .375p on the S.P, LOL !

Cheers,
PM

For the record here is PM's forecast

I think a short-term target of
6p to 7p is easily achievable, and
maybe as much as 20p by
Christmas. The shares are
currently sitting at 4p.

For the record I agree with PM.

Morning all
Another blue start for YOO, makes me proud to be Russian.

dominic simpson esq (a ex KGB agent coming out?)

Now up 0.62p on the day, I am certain we will get an RNS soon

Firstly, we should get an RNS this week, maybe today, of just how much the directors HAVE topped up, also, who the other big buyer ( buyer's ???) are.

More importantly, my guess is we will get some positive news regarding the new YES group formed within YOOMEDIA this week, they would not have have separated it out, and made such a big thing with it, dedicating nearly 50 staff to it, if something was not amiss.

To reiterate one of my earlier posts, I have seen first hand what YES is capable of, and one of my new business ventures will be utlising one of the fast growing services that this division can offer, SMS text reverse auctions, already this is a fast growing area being utilised by many of the premiership football clubs ( not using Yoomedia though ), also, you may have seen many of them pop in daily newspapers.

When you see how quickly eBay has grown using a traditional auction method, reverse auctions where the lowest bidder wins, is fast catching on, Yoomedia's advantage is that they have a broadcast stream, and could make a very interesting TV programme out of reverse auctions.

Time will tell, but even without dating, gambling etc, the one division that is going to carry YOOMEDIA through into a very profitable business is the YES division, especially as it has major clients such as BBC, ITV, CELADOR queueing up to use its patented technology to enable SMS interaction during a live broadcast stream, the other reason why broadcasters like this method of interaction, is that it is cheaper than red button services, and also, the 40 % of people who do not have DTV can still take part in an interactive programme.

3-5 years time, if you can lock your money way, will reap nice rewards, if you can't lock it away for that long, then youn could get burnt fingers if you have to sell at times like we see now, I am sure whilst this share rides upwards, we will see dips at certain points, but they will get less, as the nation really does realise what DTV is all about, and that is exactly why this share suffers like it does, because not enough people know about the big change that is happening to the TV lanscape, just ask most of your friends, ask business people, they simply do not know enough about it, the good thing is the likes of Dr Sinclair do, as does Peter Wilkinson - check out their track record, they are very rich people, and they both got their by being very shrewd, and one step ahead of the crowd - I certainly put more faith in those two people, than anyone on any BB that posts information with no substance - as always, DYOR there are plenty of places to find out information, especially www.dtg.org.uk, I would certainly recommend a subscription to Broadcast magazine, the magazine that the industry takes, and most importantly, go out of your way to make some friends within BBC and ITV, that will be as good as getting inside information.

Heres to the rollercoaster ride that we will see over the next 3-5 years, if you can keep your nerve through times like the last few months.

Regards

Paul

Courtesy of psmith64

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iPublic

Damn diffirent logon at work..

Do my questions in post 1848 not deserve a response or what?

I bought these on Monday at 3.75p so feeling pleased now, I was nearly taken in reading all the bad comments on this thread but realised they were shorters, otherwise why bother. Well glad to see your predictions coming good PM. I can't say that i'm in for the long term though, maybe out at 6.

evo offering at 24.5. no surprise. VERY quiet day. MM's may try and walk these lower with lack of orders.

Just earned enough for a holiday in 48 hrs in at 3.97p out at 5.06p - will keep this in my watchlist and probably have another go

"YooMedia is responsible for handling over 15 million cross-platform customer transactions every month, including the operation of the only other digital satellite red button return path other than Sky itself."

Mactavish Hi,

"YooMedia is responsible for handing traders and investors a bargain stock"

LOL !!!!
PM

mactavish

That figure is for the UK only I presume. What hapens when this thing gets rolled out across our Blue Planet?