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.

I knew I had a sister somewher - but my parents would not say where !!

Ah, it's nice to see dil on the end of some justified criticism for a change after all the abuse he has thrown at myself and other holders. Mint sauce anyone?

hewitt ... go look at all the contracts Baltimore signed with major blue chip companies ... where did it get them ?

I've also recently signed 2 contracts with BT .... so what ?

Contracts are contracts , profits are profits ..... show me the profits !!

Dil,
If you are only interested in companies that are showing profits why on earth are you posting on the thread of a speculative stock. Stick to the blue chips if that is as constructive as you can be. Or do you have some strange other motive regarding personalities or vendettas.
Just as you can show financially wrecked companies winning contracts and going bust, I can show profitable companies that have suddenly gone bang. Neither is the norm, but I have other things to do than make mischief on a stock I have no interest in.
Having said that, I have more to do than look at sheep.
As for the contracts, you are being either ignorant, illiterate or stupid. An insignificant thing such as a bored hill farmer opening a bank account or getting a phone line wouldn't make news in the staff canteen for a very bored counter clerk at either BT or Barclays, so its not comparable.
Please try and touch base with planet Earth before your next very poor attempt at rubbishing.
Alan

Well said hewittalan6 - dil has been posting negative comments on this thread for months and he doesn't own a single share. Balanced arguments we are all in favour of. But misleading, arrogant and acidic postings have no place here. We all know YOO is a risk. We're the ones taking the risk. dil isn't so, with the greatest respect, he really should let it lie.

Not making mischief Hewlitt just adding some balance. The over optimistic posts of McBullsh*t and co are here on this thread for all to read ... and they've been saying the same old crap month after month as the price has fallen.

Start at post 1 read them all then tell us who the ostriches are !

Queeny is a tw*t who has never called anything right ... do a search on QTR ... I rest my case.

Mmmm, Contracts question too dificult for you to justify then?

I've created a brand new YOO thread here:

http://www.moneyam.com/InvestorsRoom/posts.php?tid=8844#lastread

Mactavish

Thanks for all your efforts and I hope you continue to post on the new thread!

Guys. Get over to the new thread now and let's talk about YOO!!

Thanks.

There you go again dil, for all to see. Being abusive to and about posters. I stated, quite calmly and in non-threatening language that, as you don't hold YOO shares and are therefore not sharing the risk, with the greatest respect, you really should let it lie. And what do we get back in return? Abuse, arrogance and foul language. Please grow up. I really don't know what your beef is, nor in all honesty do I care, but please don't make everyone else's life as miserable as yours.

FT info

YooMedia seeks Freeview growth
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Published: October 22 2005 03:00 | Last updated: October 22 2005 03:00

Yoomedia and Electra Entertainment, a private company, have agreed a partnership to supply a collection of free and premium interactive services through Freeview television set-top boxes.

The services will be supplied nationally and feature richer graphics and sound than at present available on Freeview interactive content.

21 October 2005
Electra Partners with YooMedia for Richer Interactivity on Freeview

YooMedia plc, the AIM traded interactive media and games group, has signed a partnership agreement with Electra Entertainment Limited (Electra), a provider of next-generation interactive entertainment services for Freeview set top boxes, to supply a collection of free and premium interactive services on Freeview.

The new interactive services accessible from any channel will feature richer functionality, graphics and sound than that currently available on Freeview interactive content. The new content will be supplied to households nationally using YooMedia's newly-launched datacasting service as announced in its interim results on 26 September 2005. The technology required to receive the Electra service will be licensed to consumer electronics manufacturers for incorporation in devices such as digital set top boxes, integrated digital televisions and personal video recorders.

Additionally, YooMedia and Electra will collaborate to develop advanced fixed odds gaming and dating services for inclusion in the Electra Freeview service platform.

YooMedia's Group Managing Director, Neil MacDonald, said: We are delighted to announce our first datacasting service on Freeview, working in partnership with Electra. We developed the datacasting service to provide a sophisticated and state of the art interactive delivery mechanism for the rapidly expanding digital market. Freeview is the fastest growing digital TV platform in the UK with over five million households. Many industry commentators believe that Freeview will emerge as the largest single platform over the coming years and we believe that the time is right for high quality interactive services to be made available on it.

Electra's Chairman, Jasper Smith, said: The Freeview world is evolving fast with new channel launches, enhanced boxes and rapid take up. We believe Electra's technology and services are the next stage in transforming the Freeview entertainment experience. As the UK 's largest independent interactive provider, YooMedia is an ideal partner for our business.

Contacts:

Neil MacDonald
YooMedia PLC
Tel: 020 7462 0870

Isabel Crossley
St Brides Media & Finance Ltd
Tel: 020 7242 4477

Notes on YooMedia plc

YooMedia is one of the fastest growing interactive entertainment companies in the UK . Essentially, it develops and delivers premium interactive content and services to households and individuals via TV, the web, telephony and mobile phones. It has four main divisions:

YooMedia Dating - manages dating brands including Dateline and Avenues from over 20 locations throughout the UK . Operates across traditional media, digital TV, internet and mobile phones.
YooMedia Gambling & Games - interactive fixed odds, play for fun casino and poker related games services for digital TV, the web and mobile phones. Brands include Avago and Channel 425. It also manages YooPlay, the only interactive games channel found on all four Digital TV platforms in the UK .
YooMedia Enhanced Solutions (YES) - delivers interactive content that enhances consumer and audience experiences. Customers include the BBC, Nestle, Celador, William Hill, Channel 4, ZipTV, The Cartoon Network and HR Owen.
YooMedia Public Sector provides digital solutions/media services to leading public sector organisations including the NHS Direct Interactive TV service for the Department of Health, the Learning and Skills Council TV Kickstart service and a range of local authority TV services.
The Group's experienced management team includes: Chairman, Dr. Michael Sinclair, who holds a number of directorships in both the UK and the USA having previously founded Lifetime Corporation; and Managing Director, Neil MacDonald, whose career spans 11 years in multimedia and interactive sectors plus a further 19 years in the retail industry.

Notes on Electra Entertainment

Electra has developed interactive technology that transforms what is currently available with digital terrestrial television worldwide. Its service gives instant access from any channel to interactive content that is richer in functionality, graphics and sound. This is achieved without a significant increase in set top box cost and by consuming orders of magnitude less bandwidth compared to other interactive services.

Electra was founded in 2003 and is led by a team of interactive TV veterans including: Jasper Smith, co-founder of leading interactive games provider, Playjam, and AIM listed Optimistic Entertainment; David Caswell, ex Telewest Broadband interactive head; and Jonathan Drazin, ex European CTO for Gemstar TV Guide.

24 October 2005
YooMedia's Dateline wins Mobile TV award at MIPCOM
YooMedia plc, the interactive media group, has won a prestigious industry award at MIPCOM 2005, the Cannes-based trade show for worldwide television companies.

YooMedia's Dateline Mobile outclassed a field of international entries to win the first ever award for Best Mobile TV Channel or Service at MIPCOM's inaugural Mobile Day.

Dateline Mobile was launched in August this year and is the world's first ever mobile phone video dating service to deliver live video matching for singles.

Dateline 3G is delivered in association with Hutchinson 3, the UK 's leading third-generation network operator.

The new service enables subscribers to harness the power of video to find a prospective partner through the use of a simple and intuitive user interface on a 3G mobile handset.

Neil MacDonald, group managing director of YooMedia, said: We are delighted to receive recognition for the innovative Dateline Mobile service. We created it to propel Dateline ahead of our competitors in the mobile market and the service is a great representation of the capabilities of YooMedia.

David Bainbridge, managing director YooMedia Enhanced Services, said: It is very exciting to receive this award for the Dateline 3G service against such impressive competition. The design and development of mobile interactive content and services is core to the YooMedia strategy and such early and positive recognition of our work is incredibly encouraging.

Enquiries

Neil MacDonald
Group managing director
YooMedia plc
+44 (0) 20 7462 0870

Sorrel Beynon
Powerscourt PR
+44 (0) 20 7236 5630

Notes to Editors

Dateline 3G

Customers simply dial a simple 5 digit video shortcode to access the Dateline 3G service where they are greeted by an interactive video hostess who guides them through a series of simple steps to build their video profile. These profiles are then matched and subscribers can exchange personalised video messages with the prospective partners of their choice.

Dateline

Dateline is the UK 's original computer dating company and the launch of the 3G mobile service continues in the brand's tradition of offering British singles the most advanced matching techniques available. The new mobile video service is available now and it complements Dateline's existing portfolio of web, interactive TV, mobile and IVR products.

surely dil is allowed to put his point across that some of the opinion on here is misleading to say the least, re the fact that he is getting personal maybe he should not but he does get a fair amount himself for being bearish on this.

all that aside he still is a welsh gimp :-)

yeah but I don't wear a dress :-)

not what yer missus told me :-)

... outdoors :-)

Thanks to gingermagic.



This is a high-risk high reward investment that I believe is turning the corner. The house broker has seen to it that it sits at 7p - the target in their now infamous broker note. Is it all bad news? Why am I investing? I think the worst is over and we will see a share price comfortably over 10p by Christmas. Hopefully the company will dispose of the excess baggage known as EVO and move on. There are several brokers queuing to take it on and another broker house, who is extremely positive about its prospects, has said it will soon start coverage.

We have an MD, Neil MacDonald, with his finger firmly on the pulse. He knows the business and knows what he has to do to make it profitable. He was flawless at Dixons and he put forward the idea of PC World all those years ago. He has saved already over 4 million of overheads costs well above those initially anticipated. T

he company has been building a market for its own key brands - Dateline and Avago. Dateline's video-dating date with 3 has already scooped a very prestigious international prize. It has got another gaming channel launched - Yooplay - with a stong relationship with Channel 5 and Endemol. This relationship is poised to strengthen over the coming months and hopefully years. It enjoys excellent relations with SKY and all the terrestrial channels. It is sitting on a large Government NHS contract. It is beginning trials of the revolutionary BBTV with NTL. It has worked with some huge names and continues to do so. The YES division was a stroke of genius and is pulling out all the stops. It is sai to be signing clients on an almost daily basis.

Turnover is sitting on an annual 100m - a huge turnaround from last year. Mike Sinclair, a very astute businessman and Chairman, knows the task is to convert this into profits. The company is imminently about to become cash-flow positive. The company are happy with the cash situation and it should be enough to see them through. It is my opinion that Yoomedia is set up to make 4-5 million PBT in 2006 if they carry on doing as they are. It is signing deals on a regular basis and is the fastest growing interactive company in the UK. Mike Sinclair's dream is to turn it into a world leader.

At the moment, its share price is a magnificent 7p valuing the company at just over 33m.

CONCLUSION:

Obvious. In my opinion undervalued. Huge potential.

Now Bill Gates is getting in on the action this is becoming a hot area---anyone think he might be running an eye over Yoo? just a thought-ever hopeful and blue today!

Gates is probably just interested because MS are releasing/developing a run-once DVD format. Maybe he's interested in using (or copying) the interactive bit for his new format!