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.

Hope so...string of announcements is encouraging....I remember the heady days early on in the year when people were banging on about 2 per share...it's been a roller coaster ride on this one. Hope it'll come good. All my bit's 'n bobs are crossed as well.

This one on C21 15 mins ago........same as last week, however NOTABLY, this PR gives significantly more exposure to Yoo. Unlike previous announcements, which tended to be RNS's that sunk without trace, this last one has had real legs, & is still being published. Yesterday it went out all over US, and (for reasons I havent fathomed) Spain.



iTV companies go 3G

Interactive content and services provider YooMedia and interactive solutions company ICTV have extended their joint venture agreement to develop and market interactive content for the worldwide 3G mobile market.

Their joint venture company, BroadbandTV Group, combines YooMedia's cross-platform interactive media gateway and ICTV's HeadendWare technology, which have already been 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, TV broadcasters, content publishers, producers and advertisers.

The group has already developed and aggregated an interactive UK programming package through its Content Partner Programme, and has worked with providers including ITN, MTV Networks, Emap, Turner Broadcasting, Sesame Workshop and UKTV.

Yoo and ICTV first teamed up in 2003 to offer interactive television services to MSOs in the United Kingdom.

Jo Anne Kenny
8 Nov 2005
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Thanks to Paul Smith.


I know our meeting we had with Mike Sinclair back in August at Oxford, was a make or break meeting for Ginger in particular.

Ginger made it known that if he did not like what he heard from that meeting, he would be bailing out the next day, Mike Sinclair was aware of that.

Since then we all got invited to a Private Investors presentation in London.

I firmly believe these meetings were instigated, so that we did not make a hasty decision, based on market sentiment, and ill informed stories that came out in Shares magazine in the summer.

We were obviuosly never given insider information, but we were certainly given more information than that, that was widely available, but was out their if you dug deep enough, and spoke to the right people.

I think by going to these meetings, asking questions, and getting honest answers, we certainly got a better feel for what was going on, and already, the reward is now starting to pay off, as the company announces deals with meaning, and with companies that are not minnows in the field of Television.

Today, there was a great deal of activity, still off the back of the Gemstar deal, this deal will be pivotal to the long term stability of the company, I think the market having had time to investigate has come to the same conclusion, you can't get much better than forming a multi year contract with a company that is 40% owned by News Corp, parent to BSKYB - Yoomedia really have been noticed on the worldwide arena, by both this deal and the 3G content deal in the last week.

The foundations are now laid for the rapid growth that I have been predicting for the last 12 months, the next 24 months, are going to be a rapid period of growth for DTV and the iTV services that go with it in general, and as the UK starts to reach maturity over that time, the rest of the world will be hot on the heels of the UK, if you want confimation of this take a regular look at http://dtg.org.uk , Yoomedia are now nicely poised to continue to flourish here in the UK, and take advantage of Worldwide situations as they materialise.

Aren't you glad you kept the faith now Ginger, haven't the last couple of months seen real change in the company under the direction of Neil McDonald, which has now proved the drop after David Docherty went, was well over done, but hey, I am not complaining, I was able to get my average down, as the market closed it's eyes to the potential of this gem of a growth company.

No need for any aquisitions, Neil Mcdonald really has kept the company on track, developing what it had, to a higher level, that hard work is now being reflected in the SP - at last the market has woke up to what we have here.

Regards

Dil.....0.5 mil cash and in six months created a loss of 4.6 mil....so guess whats coming to get YOO through....massive shares issue diluting the stock...do you agree?

Excellent post there mactavish!

I'd consider shorting YOO then if that's what you believe andrew.

Personally I'll remain very long.

All buys so far-good good......

Just tried to sell 100000 shares through Barclays online (not that i am selling) and it gave me a price of 10.08p when the last buy shown was for the same amount is everything displayed properly or are some of these buys & sells disguised???

Keysersoze

No it is not!
That i know from experience,
I once sold 500thou clm shares which were displayed as a buy!!

Its too blue to be true,not that i am complaining!

The software decides wether to display "buy" or "sell" by calculating which the price is nearer to, (the bid or the offer) so if the price is above the mid, it will show as a buy, and if the price is below the mid, it will show as a sell. This is complicated by the fact that some trades are delayed so the price when the deal was made can be quite different to the price when it is displayed.
The bottom line is don't take the displayed label as gospel.

WT.

100000k is coming up to sell at 10.20p when the bid is 9.75p the mid 10.25p & buy 10.50p it has been like this all morning so in reality the majority of what look like buys are no doubt sells Mmmmm very misleading. Does this explain why the mid point is not actually in the middle of the buy & sell price.

Keysersoze.

If this is the case Walktall then by my reckoning approximately 250k up to now are actually sells. Does this explain why the mid point is not actually in the middle of the buy & sell price to assist in disguising this fact.

Still learning the dark side but with all your much appreciated help the force is becoming stronger day by day.

Keysersoze.

K,
When sells are so far inside the range, even to being higher than the mid point, it is indicative that at least one MM is very keen to purchase the stock for whatever reason, and is prepared to break ranks and offer more than anyone else will pay.
We may see a large worked trade go through later that will explain it or I may be talking complete b0ll0x.
Its not an exact science.
Alan

mm's are offering above mid, good sign they want your shares imo.

Lots of resistence at 11pps (bid).
Need to break that to make any more headway, but stabilizing at that price for now will suit me.
Alan

The price has been above the mid point all day Dibbles. Possibly Alan is right that a big buy is coming through some time soon plenty of selling will assist this i think.

keysersoze.

Apparently there's been an offer equivalent to 20p per share made for the company very recently which was turned down outright and so never got as far as negotiations.

You could say it's just a rumour and I for one never trust rumours and so don't invest based on them. However I do believe this story to be true and topped up my holding this PM. The reason I believe this is that one poster, whom I've never had reason to doubt, claims he was told of the failed bid from an employee of the interested party.

If this is true as I believe, then I can't help wondering if there'll be further approaches in the near future and if 20p was seen by the management as not even worthy of consideration then what price would they consider?

I think few have really grasped the significance of the recent RNS's re agreements and the JV (Gemstar and ICTV) with regard to the position of these companies and where digital TV technology and integration is heading.

I have been an investor in this share for over a year and I have never been so confident in the companys prospects. I think TString you are right not many have grasped how huge this company is going to become and not blame them one bit for refusing a 20p offer. I feel an offer of 20p is a joke and is probably what the company thought too. I have toped up further a few days ago.

If the 20p a share offer is true, that would value the company about 95m

If the directors believe this offer is risible and flatly reject it and the chance of an instant fortune, what does that say about the true value of the company, the integrity of the directors and their belief in the future prospects of this company.

If this does not give the market confidence in YOO and its management team, what will?

Add to this the fact that presumably a significant company wants to buy them out and turn this into a private cash cow.. as they say in America - go figure