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.

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.

Absolutely Niel you are starting lift the mist of spin from the eyes.

And I suppose there is nothing to rival this patent , lol we got another Microsoft on our hands !

Patent or no patent .... still a crock of sh*te imo with a 1p rescue right issue on its way.

All been watching Avago tonight .... thought not !

Niels Hi, you put me onto a very good thing with NOP, and I thank you for that. In return, I can tell you that I expect YOO to reach 8p plus, in the very short term, and as much as 20p by Christmas. I have been following YOO for 3 years. Cheers, PM

Hi All, a new and better version of last weeks news is here ! .... YooMedia launches platform-neutral solution for clients
By Claire Armitt
Interactive technology company YooMedia has launched a division that will allow marketers to identify the most appropriate digital platforms to meet specific campaign objectives.
YooMedia Enhanced Solutions (YES) aims to help brands and agencies create interactive marketing campaigns across mobile, interactive TV and broadband, using technology and consumer insight to predict which mediums would offer the best results in terms of interactivity, cost-effectiveness and response rates.
YES will be led by David Bainbridge, former MD of mobile marketing agency Whoosh and deputy marketing director of Channel 5.
"If a client wants to run a cross-media campaign they often end up talking to lots of agencies and suppliers," said Bainbridge. "We deliver a platform- neutral solution under one roof - fitting the media to the marketing and business objectives."
A dedicated staff of eight account directors will run the division, which will be supported by YooMedia's team of 40 interactive platform designers and developers.
Bainbridge added that marketers need to become more sophisticated at targeting consumers.
"On one side you have agencies and marketing directors encouraged by results of mobile and Web campaigns, but you also have empowered consumers who are now able to choose which bits of advertising they view," he said.
YooMedia claims to be the biggest interactive organisation outside of the BBC and Sky in the UK. It powers over 15m cross-platform customer transactions every month, including the only independent red button return path for the Sky platform.

Hi Paul, glad you are making a profit on NOP. :)

I have not spent more than a few days on YOO, but my gut instinct tells me it's going down. I have been unable to verify that it owns any patents at all. If you have the patent numbers I'll appreciate seeing them.

Also, I don't like their spin "used by Turner Broadcasting"; yeah, in Cartoon Network. lol

I don't see many having picked up their technology. OK, that may come, but they only have a chance if they have patents; others, with more cash, will otherwise crush them.

Could you update your profile with your email please?

Niels.

im confused as to why people see the current sp as expensive for the company.......maybe I drink too much but it looks dirt cheap

Niels

Read the press release that can be found on the yoo website dated 22 May 2002.

Not sure what the situation is at present.

Ahh, looks as if they got an exclusive license to exploit the patent, not the patent itself. I have sent an email requesting the patent number but I don't expect an answer. Well, the sp is up this morning. I could be wrong, I have been wrong once before; that was when I thought I had made a mistake, but I had not.

NielsJensen, this promising company has a lot going for it, it had a temp setback and the fall was overdone due to the extremely profitable practice of selling short on bad news, (bear raiding - hedge funds) which should be outlawed. That has come to an end because there is only so far they can take it befoe they have to close positions and the only way is up once it's been successfully bottomed. You'll notice all the negative posters (which had no reasoning) have disappeared with exception from the odd post by Dil which now stands out - as they've all got back in again cheap.

someone just paid 6p for 70k.