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.

Yoomedia fit the bill nicely :)

From TMF today ....

Tomorrow's Growth Share Winners

By Maynard Paton (TMFMayn)
September 7, 2005


All private investors dream of finding the next GlaxoSmithKline (LSE: GSK). In 1965, the company was worth 64m, had started to dabble in the then fledgling pharmaceutical industry and was sixteen years away from hitting the big time with ulcer treatment Zantac. These days, Glaxo is worth 79b -- up a stunning 123,000% in 40 years -- a gain that excludes some mighty dividends collected in the meantime!

Dynamic growth shares such as a 1965 Glaxo will I hope form a major part of Champion Shares -- the exciting, brand new investment service from The Motley Fool. Here's my quick five-point guide to finding some of the great winners of tomorrow:

1. Growing industry or revolutionising an existing sector: A dynamic growth company must have long-term expansion opportunities. Glaxo was there at the dawn of the emerging pharmaceutical industry. Tesco (LSE: TSCO), on the other hand, was already selling food when it saw the advantages of larger, out-of-town locations. It then helped lead a revolution away from the traditional corner shop and has since lead another revolution selling non-food goods! Tesco, for what it's worth, has seen its market value improve 75,400% since 1965!

I reckon specialists involved in, for instance, the Internet, 3G, microchips, software or healthcare, or a firm 'shaking the rules' in conventional areas such as retail, finance or transport, could make for a great Champion Shares 'fast grower'. In fact, I'm increasingly finding new issues as a fertile hunting ground for growth. Plenty of smaller companies are now joining the market and offering what I consider to be ground-floor opportunities in promising, innovative sectors.

2. Rapid and organic sales growth: I'm not too interested in a blue-sky gamble. Instead, I want companies that have already demonstrated their potential. Rapid top-line progress is by far the best evidence for me, especially if it's organic and based on deals with respected customers. Admittedly, I can live with a 'fast grower' not earning a profit. In my experience, superior sales growth can eliminate losses in time -- but I've got to be sure breakeven comes sooner rather than later!

3. Market leader: This is important. The worst growth share to hold is an over-rated Johnny-come-lately that lacks the resources to sustain its progress. I want a sector 'first mover' and/or front runner. If the company is profitable, I'll look for high operating margins for evidence of a competitive advantage. Whatever, I'll certainly study the company for protective 'barriers' -- such as patents, branding or customer switching costs -- that can keep rivals at bay.

I also believe a key element to any fast-growing firm is management. I want to see the founder -- with all his or her entrepreneurial and creative talent -- at the helm and turning their growth-share ambition into reality. Certainly among smaller growth companies, running with 'founder management' is all important to me.

4. Net cash and cash generation: Fast growers are always prone to hitting speed bumps. If trouble does strike, I want the company to recover smartly. A substantial net cash pile, I feel, is one of the most reliable ways of surviving any difficulties. That said, I really prefer to spot trouble at a business before it occurs!

Something few growth investors ever check is cash flow. I've witnessed numerous fast-expanding companies haemorrhage cash, which to me suggested their rapid sales/earnings growth was nothing more than an accounting illusion. Indeed, here are five growth share impostors I spotted before they crashed and burned following terrible cash management.

5. Cheap valuation: Essentially I want to buy growth at a reasonable price. But judging how much to pay for a company expanding at, say, 20% a year, is tricky. Depending on how long the growth rate lasts, 30, 40, or even 50 times earnings, could be justified. In fact, you could have bought go-go Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) last year at almost 60 times earnings... yet tripled your money within twelve months! To a certain extent, there'll be no hard and fast valuations rules for my Champion Shares fast growers. But I'll do some rough projections and ensure the shares have room to produce a 100% gain within three to five years.

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!

The companies I'm watching will be eventually revealed when the Champion Shares service launches in the near future -- though I can't promise any will produce anything like Glaxo's 123,000% return! To learn more about Champion Shares and the opportunities it will recommend, just pop your e-mail address in the box below.

Maynard owns shares in GlaxoSmithKline. Sadly, he bought them a long time after 1965 but hopes also to find the next Glaxo soon!

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.

Hope i-public is still in. We haven't heard from him for quite a while. I'm looking forward to the results!

Hi All,

As I said before, I e-mailed HQ regarding the results, and they replied with 'end of September', so for anyone who thinks they will be sooner, the E-Mail is below.

Cheers,
PM

P.S. I sent my E-Mail to joanne.hunt@yoomedia.com, she is shown as the main contact, on the front page of the Yoomedia website.

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I have spoken with the CEO in Jo's absence and the interim reports should be announced at the end of September.

If you have any other queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind Regards
Hollie Howe
yoomedia Plc
Northumberland House
155-157 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 6QP

Hollie.Howe@yoomedia.com

Hi All,

With the buy volume being 3x the sell volume, the price is going to finish higher than the current price today.

We are going to breakout of the 12 month downtrend, we have already broken out of the 6 month downtrend, and we are well into a new 3 month uptrend.

Cheers,
PM

12 Months


6 Months


3 Months

cant see any real reason for the drop in price . perhaps its just to facilitate a large late in the day purchase which so unfairly seems to happen at times.Buys still double sells

750K BUY T TRADE

Hi All,

After the drop at the end, and a few fair sized sells at the end, I get the feeling we could drop a bit on monday and tuesday, probably just within the current spread, so the ask would bcome 11p, also monday and tuesday are never great days for small caps without news.

I think the results being known to be at monthend, and not before, means a few will take profit, plus there will be ups 'n downs as we get closer to the results, as people decide whether they want to be in for the results, or out.

Cheers,
PM

Courtesy of Paul Smith.



Here is some facts for anyone new who can't be bothered to see why some of us are getting excited about the run up to results:-

Key points - known,

2002 - yearly turnover, 40 K SP 1p

2005 - March 2005 daily turnover 266K SP current 11.25p ( yes that is daily, it is not a typing error - this fact comes from the trading statement in March )

Since March 2005 the company has been cash positive - which was still the case in June, as confirmed with the profits warning.

2004 - Losses of 24 million

2005 - Forecast losses of 1.0 million - a big turnaround.

2005 - onging contracts with FTSE 100 member William Hill, and NHS Direct, Sony remain shareholders, and Yoomedia enter into an iTV partnership with C5 - where they jointly run channel 279 on the BSKYB Platform.

Yoomedia are able to carry out business 2 consumer transactions from the same account ( e-wallet if you want to be geeky )via Mobile, Internet and DTV, and one of the only third party operators of the " Red Button " on the BSKYB Platform.

Yoomedia continue to be the preferred provider of mass SMS services to both BBC and ITV during primetime Saturday night viewing - with their patented technology, they are the only company that can allow DTV and Anlogue viewers to take part in the interactive parts of the likes of Celador's Who Want's To Be A Millionaire.

The unknown to the wider audience, which long termers predict, from various sources of information:-

1) Yoomedia will confirm that from this month, the company will move into trading profit.

2) Full year turnover likely to be in the region of 140 million - ( 384 K per day ) - incredible growth since 2002 as shown above.

3) Losses, for the full year, to be in the region of 1 million - a big turnaround since last years 24 million loss.

4) A forward projection of profits circa 10 million for 2006, with William Hill full 5 year contract kicking off in full, I am sure we will learn more about this deal, also the move for NHS direct to become more income generating, as its presence moves to Freeview, as well as the Sky Active elements becoming more two way.

5) More details of the possibility of the C5 partnership becoming more long term, which gives Yoomedia an indirect association with worldwide TV programme maker Endemol - who are going from strength to strength.

6) More details possibly on the development of Mobile gaming - don't forget, Sony are still very much invested in Yoomedia with a notifiable interest, and non exec on the board, and with Sony now going into small screen gaming with the launch worldwide this year of the handheld PSP - who knows where this association could end - it was gaming that brought Sony to Yoomedia over DTV, and I am sure it is gaming that keeps them there - with Sony's investment in Yoomedia, it is in their interest to make something of this partnership -afterall - any RNS regarding a joint gaming venture would benefit them as shareholders, and certainly would us too.

7) I am the sure with the results we will get a very upbeat trading statement, with plenty to look ahead for the future, and if we do get confirmation that this month the company has moved into a trading profit, then what a time to be as fully invested as you can.

I await the results with relish, I don't think any holder will be disappointed at the great progress Yoomedia have made this year.

Garypat2 Hi,

I have an E-Mail waiting for you, but I can't reply to MAM-Mail, and you don't have MAM-Mail set up, I need your E-Mail address to reply :(

Send me your address in a MAM-Mail !

Cheers,
PM

Going fishing............Going fishing!

La La la la la la...........fish fish fish fish fishing!

the price continued dropping this year despite good rns. i think its under valued, and the recent rises are still not at its peak. but, time will tell.

Some more news...

http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=153657

News Release
Wednesday 14 September 2005, 7:00 GMT Wednesday 14 September 2005
TV
TECHNOLOGY
YooMedia plc and FremantleMedia


YooMedia Launches FremantleMedia Titles on UK Digital Cable TV


LONDON, September 14 /PRNewswire/ -- YooMedia plc, the interactive media group, today announces that ntl and Telewest, the UK digital cable operators, have approved two new branded interactive television games for the YooPlay games portal.

The new games are based on the popular TV shows Blockbusters and Baywatch and have been developed by YooMedia under license from FremantleMedia, one of the largest international creators and producers of programme brands in the world and the company responsible for hit programmes such as Pop Idol, The Bill, Rainbow and The Price Is Right.

Blockbusters Gold Run is a single-player, interactive television version of the popular TV game show. Players have to complete a gold run by correctly answering the questions and creating an unbroken line from one side of the board to the other. Baywatch Slots allows players to enjoy the classic casino game for fun and both games allow players to earn points and qualify to win great prizes.

YooPlay is one of the most entertaining interactive game experiences on UK digital television and is the only games portal found on all UK digital TV platforms including Sky, ntl, Freeview and Telewest. The games announced today can be played by all UK digital cable subscribers using their TV remotes on a pay-per-play basis.

Neil MacDonald, YooMedia Group MD, said: "This deal is another important step in bringing entertaining and engaging content to our YooPlay interactive games portals. Blockbusters and Baywatch are huge brands and will be instantly recognisable by our game loving audiences."

Dom Wheeler, Vice President, Licensing, UK, FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide added: "We are really pleased with the great work YooMedia has done in translating some of our classic brands into the interactive television space. These games are yet another example of how well our portfolio of brands travel in a multi-media environment and we're delighted to offer fans even more ways to interact with their favourite shows."

UK digital cable subscribers can find YooPlay by accessing the interactive menu and selecting YooPlay Games.

YooMedia is a leading provider of commercial TV, iTV, internet and mobile content and services to the UK media market. www.yoomedia.com

FremantleMedia is the production business of the RTL Group, Europe's largest television and radio broadcast company.www.fremantlemedia.com

Distributed by PR Newswire on behalf of YooMedia plc and FremantleMedia