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.

at this ridiculously low level i have gambled as much as my likit allows

very slightly poor trading has dampened enthusiasm but it should make steady upward progress methinks

ripe for to as well

Its a basket case ripe for administration imo but good luck anyway.

In the Express today that bargain hunters are all over this stock after the fall and rumour of a gaming deal on digital tv.

bargain hunters/pickers of the bottom

What patents do these guys own, and why did the sp collapse?

Niel

On the Old U website there was mention made of owning the licence to some "time stamping patent pending technology". But allas I cant seam to locate it that easily on the new U website. Could it be that something major went walkies??

Yeah ... the CEO for a start.

According to todays express apparently a director bought 110k's worth yesterday & the chairman bought aswell yesterday

Gull, exactly my feeling. I spent half an hour trying to find a reference to that patent. If they have it they really got something, otherwise....

Their organisation looks like a recipe for disaster to me. Just imagine all the interoffice bitching and blame game that must be taking place. Not to mention the cost of running so many locations. Makes you wonder if they know what they are doing.

They have got a patent on a time stamp tech.--as used on who wants to be a Millionaire every time viewers have to text in an answer. This only a tiny fraction of the attractions of this company. I am very pleased to see substantial director buying as they are the guys at the coalface so to speak and they don't have to tip their own money in. It seems unlikely they would watch it go down the drain--so I have hope that mine will give me a nice profit in the end!!

The patent is real. I've seen the patent number last year and checked it out with the patents office. If in doubt, I suggest you contact the company directly, rather than speculating on BB's.

Just found out they had a patent on something called "Trigger TV". This was supposed to use a new kind of super-fast SMS to enable a mobile to interact with TV a la the red Sky button. That was hyped a lot in 03 and 04. Now, however, you can't find any info on it.

http://www.e-consultancy.com/newsfeatures/152341/yoomedia-announces-world-first-itv-trial.html

Link to Trigger TV announcement. Now, what happened with the trial?

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netahtml/search-adv.htm&r=3&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&p=1&p=1&S1=((TV+AND+SMS)+AND+Trigger)&OS=TV+AND+SMS+AND+Trigger&RS=((TV+AND+SMS)+AND+Trigger)

This is the nearest I could find, seems to cover the "Trigger" idea.

The trial itself was a success, all announced and accounted for! Get with it dude!

http://www.trigger-tv.com

OK Radio 5 and Cartoon Network is using it. Who else is using it?
Can you give me a good reason to consider investing in this company, apart from the directors buying shares?

Celador, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, every Saturday night, CD:UK. The Saturday morning chart show on ITV. BBC's Test The Nation, BBC's Come And Have A Go If You Think Your Smart Enough Sky Sports Sky One, blah, blah, blah!!!

Depends if you are talking purely TV or wish to include the services like the contract with Nestle and the services provided to HROWEN.

And they still issue profit warnings !!!

Bet they are getting screwed by the customers ... little fish in a big pond with no pricing power.

Ooo! Ouch! Has the patent gone walkies? Or was the patent a crock of bollo..& no more impressive than anything else on the market to start with?? WOW FU..ERS BURN!!!!!!

Well, I'm only asking questions here. If they have a patent I'm game. If not , they've got nothing, apart from a fractured infrastructure the CEO left to its own devices.

So let's find out if the patent went walkies. (With the CEO perhaps? Just kidding :)) ).

If they have the patent, why are they not spinning it? I would, if I were them.