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.

2 on its way

here d i hear AU. was a good hold into Thursday...pity you missed the boat though ya fruit loop :-)

oh aye forgot to say D i hear ULT is a short...bag of shite allegedly :-)

Don't forget SKEA, D - someone said it was a great buy at the beginning of the year. And look where that is now.
And we never did get a picture of the rubber chicken :S

Ult a short?

Well, good luck to 'em............they'll certainly need it!

Pretty sure ULT will end next week higher than it's achieved this........steady rise from monday or tuesday onwards..........we'll see! A lot of ULT shorters were badly burned only this week.

-Some people just never learn.

ult is a screaming pile of poo....a big boy in the playground told me.

dil - Wales, New Zealand, rugby - Splendid!

And was there any need to be all nationalistic and call Dailos an "English tw*t"? I've said it before and, no doubt, will have to say it again, but have you got nothing better to do with your pathetic little life than abuse fellow bulletin-board posters?

but dailos is an english twat

Dil and Treble.....bollox to the both of you!

Actually, it just highlights the fact that dil is rascist and there should be no place for that on this or any other thread.

Thanks to axe79.


From itvt.com's site this morning.......

YooMedia, Gemstar-TV Guide to Team for Freeview EPG
--YooMedia to Provide Datacasting Services to Gemstar

UK-based interactive TV content and services provider, YooMedia, has signed a multi-year agreement with Gemstar-TV Guide, the dominant provider of EPG's in the US, to deliver the latter's GUIDE Plus+ EPG (designed for use in consumer electronics devices) to set-top boxes, DVR's and integrated digital television sets intended for use with the UK's free-to-air digital terrestrial TV service, Freeview. The deal also calls for YooMedia and Gemstar to collaborate on developing rich-media interactive services, including interactive advertising capabilities, that will be integrated with the GUIDE Plus+ EPG.

Delivery of the EPG, which will be incorporated into devices from multiple manufacturers (note: consumer electronics manufacturers that have licensed Gemstar's EPG to date include Hitachi, JVC, LG/Zenith, LiteOn, Matsushita/Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, Thomson, and Toshiba) and which will be free to the end user, will be enabled by YooMedia's new datacasting service. (Note: last month, YooMedia announced that it had signed a partnership agreement with a company called Electra--which is led by a team of ITV veterans that includes the ex-European CTO of Gemstar-TV Guide, Jonathan Drazin, as well as PlayJam and Optimistic Entertainment co-founder, Jasper Smith --to develop a collection of free and premium interactive TV services for the Freeview platform. Content for those applications will also be delivered by YooMedia's datacasting service: according to the company, the technology required to receive the service will be licensed to consumer electronics manufacturers for incorporation into their devices.)

[itvt] recently caught up with YooMedia group managing director, Neil MacDonald, and we asked him about the new service: "YooMedia has for some time had some bandwidth for the Freeview platform and a license to broadcast data on that bandwidth," he explained. "Up until now, we have been using that bandwidth to broadcast the YooPlay games channel on Freeview. We'll continue to do that, but we're now using part of that bandwidth to provide datacasting services to third parties. We have had to get agreement from the UK regulator, Ofcom, and from Crown Castle to use this bandwidth for these datacasting services, which are going to be essential for companies like Electra and Gemstar to take advantage of functionality in the new generation of Freeview boxes that will be emerging. For us," he continued, "it's not just about 'Oh, here's some bandwidth'; it's about working with our partners to determine how we can help package up and broadcast their data for them."

According to MacDonald, YooMedia is currently the only company in the UK in a position to offer such datacasting services: "What we've found is that we're the only people in the UK that 1) have the bandwidth available and are licensed to do this, and 2) that have the technical ability to provide this kind of service," he said. "As a result, everybody has been coming and talking to us. Within the space of two weeks, we've announced two deals for this, so that should send a signal about what's going on here. This is an entirely new line of business for us, but I think it's essential to help the development of more functionality on the Freeview platform, as this creates new interactive real estate on that platform that we can then start to exploit with our commercial services."

ICTV and YooMedia Expand their Partnership to Target the 3G Space

UK-based YooMedia and US-based ICTV say that they are expanding their joint venture agreement to encompass the development and marketing of interactive content solutions and services for the international 3G mobile market. The companies' joint venture, BroadbandTV Group, has already integrated YooMedia's cross-platform interactive media gateway and services with ICTV's flagship HeadendWare platform (note: the latter is designed to overcome the limitations of entry-level set-top boxes and other low-resource devices; it pushes complex, IP-based interactive TV applications to those devices from the headend, and allows the apps to utilize a variety of Internet technologies, including HTML, java script, Java, Windows Media Player, Flash, RealPlayer and Quicktime) for an interactive TV trial that is currently underway with UK cable operator, ntl (see [itvt] Issue 5.68 Part 1). The companies say that, as a result of the expansion of their agreement, BroadbandTV Group is now aiming to provide a "unique enhanced" 3G interactive video gateway for 3G network operators, TV broadcasters, publishers, producers and advertisers.

According to the companies, HeadendWare will enable a content-delivery network that will bring broadband Web delivery techniques and tools--including Flash and Shockwave animation, high-quality streaming audio, and full-motion video--to the 3G space. BroadbandTV Group has already aggregated an array of interactive TV programming for delivery over such a network, through a Content Partner Program, whose members include ITN, MTV Networks, Emap, Turner Broadcasting, Sesame Workshop and UKTV. In addition, YooMedia has mobile content properties of its own, including Dateline Mobile, a mobile phone video dating service. "While 3G represents a large potential market, the diversity of devices and networks and the need to reach across other media underscores the need for a unified solution," ICTV's president and CEO, Jeff Miller, said in a prepared statement. "By combining the power of HeadendWare with YooMedia's innovative applications, BroadbandTV is able to rapidly and cost-effectively deliver rich media services across PC's, mobile devices and advanced digital television."

It looks like the market is starting to wake up and understand what YooMedia are doing.

More articles like the one from itvt help significantly to explain the huge potential
of what will be transforming the industry in 2006 and beyond.

Neil MacDonald on the record said, "YooMedia is currently the only company in
the UK in a position to offer such datacasting services: "What we've found is that
we're the only people in the UK that

1) Have the bandwidth available and are licensed to do this.

2) Have the technical ability to provide this kind of service," he said.
"As a result, everybody has been coming and talking to us. Within the
space of two weeks, we've announced two deals for this, so that should
send a signal about what's going on here. This is an entirely new line
of business for us, but I think it's essential to help the development
of more functionality on the Freeview platform, as this creates new
interactive real estate on that platform that we can then start to exploit
with our commercial services."

If that's not dynamite I don't know what is!

Hopefully a few more from this..

ACCOUNTANCY giant PricewaterhouseCoopers is close to agreeing a payout of several hundred thousand pounds to see off a lawsuit over the flotation of Yoomedia, the internet gaming firm which owns Dateline.




Shareholders in Yoomedia have fought for nearly three years against PwC, auditor for the internet firm when it floated in March 2000 as e-district.net, raising 15m from a 195p-a-share placing.


The shares collapsed the following year when it emerged the company floated on the basis of fake trading figures compiled by its then chief executive Steve Laitman.


Yoomedia shareholders hired lawyers Edwin Coe to sue PwC with funding from the company's new management under chairman Michael Sinclair. A final settlement is understood to be days away.

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=404641&in_page_id=50001

Just love this bit.

According to MacDonald, YooMedia is currently the only company in the UK in a position to offer such datacasting services: "What we've found is that we're the only people in the UK that 1) have the bandwidth available and are licensed to do this, and 2) that have the technical ability to provide this kind of service," he said. "As a result, everybody has been coming and talking to us. Within the space of two weeks, we've announced two deals for this, so that should send a signal about what's going on here. This is an entirely new line of business for us, but I think it's essential to help the development of more functionality on the Freeview platform, as this creates new interactive real estate on that platform that we can then start to exploit with our commercial services."

On PR newswires USA 40 mins ago.


LOS GATOS, Calif., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- YooMedia plc, the AIM traded
interactive content and services provider, and ICTV have expanded their joint
venture agreement to develop and exclusively market rich media interactive
content solutions and services for the worldwide 3G mobile market. The joint
venture company, BroadbandTV Group, utilizes YooMedia's cross platform
interactive media gateway and services and ICTV's HeadendWare(R) technology,
which have already been successfully integrated for digital television and are
currently under trial in the UK with ntl.
BroadbandTV Group aims to operate and provide a unique enhanced 3G
interactive video gateway for 3G network operators, television broadcasters,
content publishers, content producers and advertisers.
ICTV's HeadendWare(R) enables a content delivery network that brings
broadband web delivery techniques and tools to 3G including Flash(R) and
Shockwave(R) animation, high quality streaming audio and full motion video.
YooMedia's proprietary interactive services include the Dateline Mobile
service, the world's first mobile phone video dating service to deliver live
video matching for singles, which recently was named Best Mobile TV Channel or
Service at MIPCOM's inaugural Mobile Day.
BroadbandTV Group has already developed and aggregated a wide-ranging
interactive UK programming package through its Content Partner Programme,
including ITN, MTV Networks, Emap, Turner Broadcasting, Sesame Workshop and
UKTV.
The Directors believe that this partnership is an important strategic step
for the Company and anticipate that the relationship will make a growing
contribution to its financial results during the year ending 31 December 2006
and beyond.
YooMedia's Group Managing Director, Neil MacDonald, said "This is another
exciting step in the development of cutting edge and compelling products and
services for the YooMedia interactive portfolio. There is tremendous market
potential, for example, in the ability of our YooMedia Dating services to
reach singles across a combination of mobile, PC and digital television
devices."
One of the fastest growing technologies worldwide, 3G service is currently
offered over more than 75 networks in 36 countries, with subscriber numbers
estimated to grow to approximately 240 million in the next four years. A total
of 26 hardware suppliers manufacture and distribute more than 170 3G handsets
and devices.
Jeff Miller, President and Chief Executive Officer of ICTV, added: "While
3G represents a large potential market, the diversity of devices and networks
and the need to reach across other media underscores the need for a unified
solution. By combining the power of HeadendWare(R) with YooMedia's innovative
applications, Broadband TV is able to rapidly and cost-effectively deliver
rich media services across PCs, mobile devices and advanced digital
television."

About HeadendWare(R)
ICTV HeadendWare enables network operators to deliver the widest variety
of interactive programming and advertising to any digital set-top box.
Combining centralized application servers and existing cable, telco or
wireless infrastructure, HeadendWare uniquely removes middleware constraints
and allows the delivery of a high-quality Web-based interactive television
experience -- including animation, high-fidelity audio and full motion video.
HeadendWare supports the latest versions of HTML, JavaScript(TM), Java(TM),
Windows Media Player(R), Flash(R), RealPlayer(R) and QuickTime(R), enabling
network operators and advertisers to reach subscribers with a limitless array
of content, applications, branding and addressable advertising opportunities.

About ICTV(TM)
ICTV offers a solutions-oriented approach for the delivery of new
television services to cable and telco subscribers that combines the
standards-based technology of the ICTV HeadendWare platform with a portfolio
of branded iTV applications and personalized interactive programming and
addressable advertising opportunities. The company is based in the heart of
California's Silicon Valley, with offices in Baltimore and the United Kingdom.

Strategic investors include Liberty Media, Motorola, OpenTV, Cox
Communications and Lauder Partners. For more information, visit
http://www.ictv.com.

About 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.

HeadendWare is a registered trademark and ICTV is a trademark of ICTV,
Inc.



SOURCE ICTV
Web Site: http://www.ictv.com


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The Government is to boost its use of digital television and mobile phones to make its services more accessible and convenient.

In a plan released yesterday by Cabinet Office minister John Huttonwho hours later was named David Blunkett's replacement at the work and pensions departmentevery arm of government will review its use of technology in making services more accessible.

"In 1997, fewer than 16% of households had a mobile phone and fewer than one in ten used the internet. Private companies have been swift to shape their services around people's needs and lifestylesnow public services need to raise their game and offer people the levels of convenience, choice and efficiency they rightly demand," said Hutton.

Under the plan the 130 call centers used by central government departments will be slimmed down as more use is made of web sites and interactive television services.

The strategy is called Transformational Government and is available from www.cio.gov.uk.

Lovelace Consulting | 03.11.2005

This is all very exciting and I particularly like everyone is talking to us about deals. The sp is starting to respond but I hope to see a break through 10p very soon. It's a pity that no revenue figures are given out with the contracts-it's all a bit wait and see. The sp will not shoot up until some financial good news is announced---maybe the directors don't want a big rise yet. it gives me a chance to add a few more I suppose.

http://www.yoowin.tv/

Sounds like William Hill are happy with Channel 425 - with plans for further expansion:-

http://www.williamhillmedia.com/index_template.asp?file=4864

One Year Old And Now Ch425 Is Set To Bring Armchair Punters A New Favourite
ONE YEAR OLD AND NOW 425 IS SET TO BRING ARMCHAIR PUNTERS A NEW FAVOURITE NEXT WEEK.....

William Hill TV on Channel 425 (Sky platform) celebrates its first birthday on Thursday 6th October with over 120 hours of live programming every week and plans to launch a brand new early evening programme within weeks (watch this space!)

Channel 425 is a unique channel, free to Sky Digital subscribers, which started quietly on Wednesday 6th October 2004 with just 3 hours a day of live sporting content and RNG events like roulette. Today, Channel 425 has developed a dedicated following for the variance in its programming.....

David Hood, Director of PR at Hills commented; "The channel has come a long way in a year and continues to attract new viewers each week. Channel 425 is a hybrid really, sitting between the simple gaming channels and the dedicated sports channels that are available to viewers on the Sky platform. It has become an integral part of William Hills overall product strategy, by airing the type of content that punters want to bet on and subsequently drives them to our remote betting channels (telephone and internet) and the numbers games like roulette which our viewers access through the interactive red button.

We have plans for additional programming which will be produced in-house and launched to the public in a matter of weeks and will feature some familiar sporting heroes."


WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES.......
For greyhound fans, Channel 425 brings you 2 live meetings per night, every night Tuesday - Saturday, from some of the UK's top tracks including Walthamstow, Brough Park, Sunderland and Coventry.

For Poker fans, Channel 425 brings you Europe's most popular show, Poker 425, featuring a host of poker related interviews, tips and reviews as well as all the latest news from the world of poker. To go to the Poker425 web site, Click here.

For fans of US sports, Channel 425 has gone across 'the pond' to bring you even more great live sports action, including Major League Baseball, the fast and furious game that is a national obsession in the States. Whether it's the Yankees or the Dodgers, the Cardinals or the Braves choose your favourite team and get ready for the action, every Wednesday night from the comfort of your own front room!

For early birds or insomniacs, tune in to Channel 425 and you can now watch the very best thoroughbred horse, greyhound and harness racing live from Australia every day. There's over 80 hour's coverage a week for you to enjoy so check out the Channel 425 programme schedule for further details and transmission times.
And for those who love the beautiful game, what can be better than tuning in to the Samba Boys every Sunday night for live and exclusive coverage on 'Brasil 425'
of the famous Brazilian Championship.

Viewers can Contact The Studio by e-mail : studio@channel425.com or by texting your message to 84425
(Texts cost 25p per message plus your standard network charges).

Exciting times ahead

Regards

And confirmation from NHS Direct that they will be expanding to Freeview and NTL in 2005 - is this reason for Channel 800 on Freeview - currentky showing on my EPG - but duplicating Channel 106:-

http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/footerPages/misc3.asp

Want to find information offline?

At times when you or your family havent got easy access to this website or a telephone, you can still get health information from NHS Direct.

A handy booklet in your home
The Self Help Guide helps you to identify your symptoms and by answering simple step-by-step questions, work out the course of action that is best for you. As well as being a part of the website, it is also available as a handy reference section at the back of all new Thomson Local directories in England from April 2004.

If Thomson Local is not distributed in your area, and you would like a copy of the NHS Direct self-help guide Not feeling well?, these will be available from the Department of Health Publications Orderline (telephone 0800 555777) later this year.

Health information direct to your TV
If youve got digital satellite television, you can use the new NHS Direct Interactive service by simply pressing the interactive button on your remote control, scroll down to NHS Direct Interactive and press the Select button.

Youll find a wide range of information on conditions and tests, commonly asked health questions, health stories that are in the news, and a guide to healthy living. Theres also a helpful guide to the NHS, including information on registering with a GP, finding an NHS dentist and more.

If you dont have satellite, NHS Direct Interactive will be available on more of the digital TV platforms (Cable and Freeview) during 2005.

Regards