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.

What does anyone think is behind recent movement? There has been no significant news, is it just the run up to their results and everyone feeling positive about them?Have they suddenly been upgraded to abuy by several pundits?IC and Shares mag seem to have gone quiet on them.

must be ready for good jump

I always am, Tanker!!!

iturama Hi,

Run up to the results, everyone expecting a cash-flow positive statement, that will put them through 15p maybe 20p, so the MM's want to build the price towards that, to give the stock a bit of support, rather than let it see a massive spike.

Results or the gist of them, may have been leaked already, causing the buying. Possibly a few pro investors or funds/insti's accumulating stock for the future.

Suffice to say, that the buying is showing no signs of stopping yet :)

Cheers,
PM

"Results or the gist of them, may have been leaked already"... that would be illegal !

lol

Skids Hi,

Just like the Helphire trading update of today .... was leaked days ago .... and was even reported as a 'rumour' by the press .... LOL !

Cheers,
PM

Wouldn't be surprised - massive number of buys going through. At noon buy/sell ratio approaching 12:1

300k delayed buy @ 12p, 0.25p over offer.

Absolutely flying :)

Cheers,
PM

despite the sells (in the last couple of hours) I think yoo is looking set to go higher, my estimate is 13p peak. IMO.

Skids Hi,

I reckon 15p/16p before the results, 20p+ after ....

Cheers,
PM

as always time will tell, but for now some are departing... next stop results. lol

Yoomedia fit the bill nicely :)

From TMF today ....

Tomorrow's Growth Share Winners

By Maynard Paton (TMFMayn)
September 7, 2005


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What now?

So which shares am I investigating as possible Champion Shares fast growers? Unfortunately, the growth opportunities I'm actively monitoring can't be revealed here. But what I can say is that there is no shortage of possibilities. A quick trawl on a popular share-filter website listed over 400 quoted companies that had doubled their top line within the last five years!

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I'm holding on for good rewards fron YOO but as for his secret list--I bet NLR is among them!!

ITV buys extra capacity from SES Astra


ITV has signed a long-term contract with European satellite operator SES Astra for a further 16 Mbits of transmission capacity from October. The extra capacity will be used for interactive television services. Financial terms were not disclosed.

ITV Broadcasting chief Mick Desmond said: "In order to continue ITV's successful digital strategy we need to ensure that we have the transmission capacity to meet our future strategic objectives.

"We believe that digital TV will play an important role in maintaining our pre-eminent position as the UK's largest commercial broadcaster; the additional capacity will enable ITV to build on our successful family of digital channels and offer digital audiences the best programming and services available"

Courtesy of axe79.


Do not be surprised if an further brokers forecast is issued shortly (in view of
the greatly improved position of YOO).

I have heard a rumour in the city that one is being produced, maybe that's why we have seen the SP lift? In light of that the support / resistance levels are
at 12, 14 and 16p and it is possible that we will see them broken over the next 2 to 3 weeks.

I look forward to the Interims as well and have no intention of reducing my holdings in the meantime, in fact the opposite!

Courtesy of gingermagician.


axe79

You obviously have the same contacts as I do. I know for a fact one is being produced and hopefully should be released around the time of results. It is probably the reason that the results have not been released yet as I know that Michael Sinclair was otherwise keen to get the results out early. Results could be released anytime in the next two weeks.

continuing on up.

Hi All,

I would expect a brokers note with results anyway, that is the norm.

No doubt YOO is so big now, that work should start early, with edits once the results and statements concerning the condition of the business are released.

Still nothing but buying, with a price rise comes a few auto sells, that is keeping the momentum going, so no worries :)

Cheers,
PM

Courtesy of axe79.


Reckon YOO's Interims will be out in the next 2 weeks, also a likely report from the house brokers published around the same time. (according to whispers)

Can't wait for the H1 and H2 projections which with YOO being 'cash flow positive' should be very good.

YOO has turned the corner, and that will be confirmed very soon now. There are
not many AIM shares that have such an assured future as this one, and that is bound to be reflected in a rising SP as more people buy in to the success story that is developing.

These levels will soon be gone for ever, all the best to the traders, but buying and tucking them away for a couple of years might bring massive rewards.