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'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!

check out tonight's news I think it's a bit more than that.

Which news is this MP. I can't see any anywhere.
Thanks
Alan

Found it MP. Stand down!!! 8-)

dead duck, shares overvalued by 6-1.. its a joke, its going to fall at some point

So much potential here, shares are gonna rise big time at some point

kat you no less than a fly.if you new what i new. iam off on a world cruise next month so i may not be posting. have a nice day.

thanks to Paul Smith.


How many of you know that Brainteaser is currentky broadcast in 22 other countries, and as we know, the UK is way ahead of the world when it comes to DTV, so naturally, I guess that is why Endemol are piloting the 4 1/2 hopme based interactive version here in the UK with Channel 5/Yoomedia on Yoomedia's BSKYB channel 279, here is the most recent press release from Endemol regarding Brainteaser, and another good reason to keep the faith with Yoomedia, surely a good opportunity for Yoomedia's iTV version to go worldwide when the time is right,

From the www.endemol.com web site:-

Endemol conquers the world with Participation TV
2005-05-02, Hilversum


Brainteaser kicked off in 22nd Call TV country Venezuela last week


Venezuela is the 22nd country where Endemol launches Call TV successfully. As of last week Thursday, Endemol's popular Call TV format Brainteaser airs prime-time on Venezuelan channel Televen. In short time, the world's largest independent content creator has conquered the world with this genre too.


Ten years ago, Endemol Netherlands started with Call TV. Five years later, the company decided to roll out the formula internationally. So far, Brainteaser has been aired in eighteen countries and is currently on air in seven of them. In these countries, the interactive game show has boosted the market shares of the channels in its time slot. In addition to Venezuela, the format was sold to Russia (TV Centre) and Peru (Andino TV) earlier this year.


Brainteaser isn't the only successful Call TV format in Endemol's catalogue. Endemol Interactive is achieving good results with game shows such as Deuna and Day Battle. In Peru, Zengi airs five times a week and in Bulgaria NOVA TV broadcasts ALO Star Academy with great success. This summer, five spectacular Call TV shows will be added to Endemol's format catalogue.


Job van Wagensveld, Director New Media at Endemol International and responsible for Participation TV, says: "The international roll-out of Call TV is doing better than ever! 2004 was a record year for us and with the rising demand for non-spot income we expect to book even better results this year." Regarding the secrets of Endemol's successful Call TV model he says: "A condition for our Call TV programmes is that they have to be good fun to watch. Thanks to our extensive experience and expertise we have been found the right balance between exploitation and ratings. This way we have been able to offer our broadcasters stable incomes and market shares in very competitive markets."


Contact:

Jonni Abbenhuis, Corporate Communications Department +31 (0) 35 53 994 16

Interesting also note they are involved with a lot of other participation TV

Regards

Paul

Fantastic post from our friend Malkie over the road..............

"malkie - 29 Oct'05 - 05:40 - 285 of 286

With the pace that this interactive technology is moving it is easy for any company with exposure to get sucked down a cul-de-sac, jump too soon or back the wrong horse in the race to dominate a particular sector.
Ebay may have a phenomenal business model, but it is currently 100% reliant on one platform. i.e. The computer based Internet. They will need to extend their presence beyond the internet and that will have to happen sooner rather than later.
Convergence - if not total collision, between the internet, TV & G3 mobile (3m+ users already) is already happening and the UK is for once at the forefront of this particular revolution. New enabling technology is being deployed at a varying pace throughout the world. IMS (Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem) for IPTV is one such technology set to be huge. BSB are working on a new interactive portal (betaskyinteractive.com - check out the video presentation by Ian Valantine, I defy you to find a sector of this emerging market to which YOO do not already have an exposure) representing SKYs next generation Interactive offering. Again, huge plans, which at first glance may look to be a competitive proposition to Yoomedias BBTV but its not, its a whole new platform which could either be prolific (and possibly also offer more opportunities for Yoomedia), or a white elephant. Nothing in-between!
The pace at which the media is covering this convergence is already starting to escalate. Not a week goes by when there isnt an article in the Nationals or high profile TV coverage. And that pace is set to speed up. Last week was Microsofts vision on BBC news mobile operators are set to bombard the market in the run up to Christmas, and Interactivity is always being pushed on the Box.
But the parameters are so wide, the media are having problems getting to grips with the Revolution and getting the message across. Plus they have to keep it simple for the folks out there, so they actually start to embrace the change thats coming & dont get scared off and and that is easier said than done.. I spoke to someone this week that didnt think people really used the red button on their TV's. 7 years ago he probably thought that the internet was a passing Fad! This just confirms to me that it really is the internet happening all over again but with one very big difference. Convergence will be lead by real commercially viable applications - and that is probably the most significant point of all.
Very soon we will reach the tipping point where enough people get it and then the rush to adopt will be on.
So where do Yoomedia fit in to all this? The truth is that no one can really be sure, simply because everything is moving so quickly.
So one good thing is that Yoomedia are platform agnostic they develop and provide applications that work on all platforms wherever possible, that way, with a foot in all camps they are not going to bet the bank on a betamax style proposition.
They are in the business of delivering commercial applications. Its alright having a killer application, but Yoomedias offerings are designed to hit the ground running in commercial terms. BBTV is one such application with a real mind-blowing & scalable, commercial application. Dateline on 3 is another. Even the recently announced Electra deal has a clear commercial payback proposition, in terms of on going royalties/ license fees.

So back to EBAY; where do they see themselves once all Devices converge and the "Eco Boomers" (get used to this term the kids of baby-boomers and the biggest consumer group that doesn't know the world without cable/satellite TV, mobile phones, video games, and the Internet) will demand that you can do everything on your mobile that you can do on your TV, that you can do on your PC???.
EBAY must embrace Convergence or lose out to a new wave of entrepreneurs only too keen to fill the gap, as must Amazon, Easyjet, Expedia, Barclays, Partypoker.. and all such companies whose business is currently dependent on web-based transactions.
So back to YOO and as trig pointed out before the Company have stated that they are currently developing the proposition of "Seamless integration of one e-wallet over all media platforms, PC, Mobile & ITV"

Even in the unlikely scenario that they dont hook a really big fish, this has still has got to be the most massive market opportunity of them all!!

You can buy these shares today at 7p and the company's current market valuation is 33m! I am holding and looking to accumulate at these levels."