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.

Thanks for the kiss of death, Baza!! ;-)
Alan

Just posted on iii, this guy is spot on with what he has written!!
Oh, er, in my opinion.......


Re: Buyout Rumour was not a rumour. Written by 'Smash n Grab'.......

Lets say the offer was 96mil giving an SP of 20p.

This is possibly what went through the mind of Dr Sinclair:

96mil? We are now turning over 100 million plus;

20p? Our share price was 50p not so long ago. Many of our employees
(including myself) hold shares at this higher level;

96mil? Having just spent significantly more than this developing
the technology that is only now coming to market and does not even
contribute to current turnover;

96mil? For a company that is winning huge deals with Internationally
renowned companies and leaders in the Interactive field;

96mil? For a company that is extremely diverse and not reliant on one
single technology for success;

96mil, have you not heard that we have created a Broadband TV group
capable of transmitting iTV through old set top boxes and SKY will
have to now faulk out over 1 billion to compete, giving their own
HDTV boxes away for free!

96mil, our current turnover of 100 million doesn't include our massive
deal with NTL, William Hill, Freeview datacasting, new gaming products
released in August, more contracts from YES.....etc, etc,

96mil, FOR COMPANY WITH FKING HUGE POTENTIAL, THAT
COULD BE TURNING OVER CLOSE TO 1 BILLION IN A COUPLE
OF YEARS!

I too would have pissed myself laughing and quickly shown the offeree
the exit.

What an insult!

ITV offered 125 million for "Friends Reunited" the other day. Now that
puts everything into perspective!

I say 50p absolute minimium and that would be a bargain in 2 years time!

For those who have not held the share for long, Dr Sinclair gifted a large tranche of shares to his favorite charity when they were worth 55p, a year or so ago. Leopold Noe has consitently bought shares well above the 20p buyout price suggested.
Sony aquired 10% of the company when the shares were around 30p.

I consider it extremely unlikely that the company would be sold below these levels, no matter how much the short term inverstor who piled in at recent lows would wish it.

The Mobile Gambling Forum II 6th December 2005, London

Exploring solutions for direct to consumer off-portal mobile gaming products
Ian Wood, Director of Mobile Strategy,YooMedia plc

http://www.osneymedia.co.uk/data/824_W.pdf

I intend to hold for 2 years if only to minimise the CGT which I'm certain I will be caught for with this little gem! The most exciting stock I hold and I'm delighted I kept faith, thanks Mac for your helpful postings and I hope ipublic has still got his money in we haven't heard from him for a long time. cheers MP

Hi all, slightly of topic but am quite new to this game and I was wondering if anyone had any good links that explained in simple terms about CGT i.e. how it is worked out, how it is collected, do you pay it if you put shares in a self select isa etc?

Mart

no tax on ISA investment gains but you cannot use losses either. Only main market shares can be put in an ISA not aim shares. Aim shares are subject toCGT relief if you hold for 2 years--the tax rate is only 10% rather than 40% that's if you are lucky enough to exceed your free allowance of 8500 per annum. hope this helps cheers MP

M4rt

Self Select ISAs are exempt from CGT

CGT is calculated on the profit made on each individual share trade (sales return minus buying costs incl trading fees and stamp duty) and totalled for the tax year to April 5th. Each individual has an annual CGT limit, 8200 for 04/05 raising to 8500 for 05/06 (ie no tax is payable on the first 8500 gain). Any profit over this level is taxed at your marginal rate of tax (ie it is added to your income) so if you currently are a higher rate tax payer youll pay 40% on the excess over 8200 this tax year.

AIM shares also qualify for reduced rate of 50% after yr 1 and 75% after yr2

that's better than my explanation!! cheers fundy.

Cheers guys that helps alot, the grey mist is starting to clear! and based on the 8200 limit its not looking like i will have a much to worry about:-) so how does this money get taken i.e. is it taken when i make the trade, do i have to fill in some kind of tax return form or do they send the boys round to collect it?

M4rt

It is not collected, it is upto you to declare it to the revenue, via a self assessment tax form

cool, that sounds like a very complicated form: last question honest!! so if i hold 10 yoo shares for 2+ years and 5 yoo shares for 1 month and you sell them all together will i pay the lower amount on all shares or just the 10?

M4rt,
I do believe the disposal of your newest purchase is used first to calculate your tax liability.

Yoomedia plans cross-platform real-time gaming for next year
By Justin Pearse

Interactive media company Yoomedia is planning to launch real-time gaming across TV, mobile and online platforms as early as the first quarter of next year.
The move looks set to dramatically increase the interactive capability of the company's TV games.
It will mean players of games such as Avago and Keno will be able to play and gamble on the same game across all platforms.
"Early next year you'll be able to play the exact same game, be it slots, racing or poker, across mobile, Internet and iTV," said Yoomedia Mobile MD David Bainbridge. "You can play at home on TV, then carry on with the same game on mobile on the bus and online when you get to work."
The new multi-platform gaming builds on the introduction earlier this year of a single e-wallet that consumers can access from TV, online or mobile to play games.
Yoomedia plans to use cross-platform games to boost community and personalisation around its gaming properties. This will see the personalisation of games services such as Avago, which has built up strong loyalty, taken to multiple platforms.
"We'll create the same community element that we do on TV, such as the presenter saying 'David's won again', on online and mobile," said Bainbridge. "Users will then also be able to talk to other players in real time across platforms."
It's the latest in a string of cross-platform initiatives from the company. Since August the company has been pushing its online dating service, Dateline, onto mobile phones through a deal with 3G operator 3.
yoomedia.com

http://www.ashgaming.com/

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Almost 1m shares notified after the bell as a buy !

Found this on another BB makes interesting reading this is not written by me but some very good points stated worth reading.

Personally I now have no problem in declaring my hand with Yoomedia, and will be around to see how true my prediction is, I am now looking at 3.00 in the next 3 - 5 years, why you may ask , well here is the hard facts:-

2002 - yearly turnover, 40 K SP 1p

2005 - daily turnover 300K SP 10.62p ( yes that is daily, it is not a typing error )

Is that serious growth or what, we are witnessing a major growth stock before our very eyes.

Forecast for end of year 100 + million turnover, 1 milllon loss ( EVO forecast 12/07/05 ) against last year 21.37 million turnover, 24 million loss - coupled together with a very upbeat future trading out look - does not take a brain surgeon to work out what effect this news will have - who knows, things may go so well over the next few months now the company is concentrating on its core products, we may even get some profit.

Take a look at the chart of Sportingbet over the last 2 1/2 years - 20p - 369p

Yoomedia look far better at 10.62p than Sportingbet did at 20p - why, well Yoomedia have the advantage of all of their own brands being accessable via PC, Mobile and iTV - Yoomedia have access to all DTV platforms - the only company in the UK at present with this benefit - BSKYB, Freeview, NTL and Telewest are pushing like mad to get the whole country DTV enabled by 2012 in line with government targets, All the marketing is being done for Yoomedia - nice eh.

Yoomedia have the added adavantage of 11 third party Broadcasters using their technology, these include ITV, BBC, C4, BSKYB, Pokerchannel, and production companies such as Celador, in more recent times ( August 2005 ), Yoomedia have entered into an iTV partnership with C5, via Yoomedia's BSKYB Channel 279 - which also links them with major worldwide production company Endemol.

Yoomedia have the advantage of long term contracts with NHS and William Hill, who are going to be major third party users of their technology, in September 2005, William Hill confirmed via RNS, that it was their intention to make available by the end of the year the joint Yoomedia.William Hill BSKYB channel 425, together with Yoomedia's third party red button interactive services - eventually, this will roll out in all of the enlarged William Hill groups high street outlets( after recent takeover of Stanley Leisure ) , giving Yoomedia yet another medium for their services.

Yoomedia now have their own broadcast and production facilities, so they are self generating income of their own via the Avago brand & Dateline Brand across PC, Mobile & iTV media formats, they have their own gaming channel Yooplay available to all DTV households in the UK - they have the best of both worlds - third party users, and their own broadcast stream, via their own DTV channels on all digital formats, Freeview, Satellite and Cable.

Yoomedia also have a Broadband TV project in trials with NTL, which is going very well - they have a partnership with European partner MMTV to exploit the future of Broadband TV.

Yoomedia have a very successful CEO, whose ambition is to make Yoomedia an international leader in its field, with the advantage of a young team whose average age is 30 to help him acheive it, just look at the achievments of David Bainbridge to date who has secured worldwide clients such as Nestle and Celador via the YES divison of Yoomedia.

As previously mentioned, The Gambling & Gaming division has a 5 year contract with FTSE 100 member William Hill, and are already broadcasting for them on channel 425 on BSKYB on the SKY ACTIVE portal, which BKYB continue to spend fortunes on promoting, as it is fast becoming one of the most profitable area of BSKYB.

Already Yoomedia are the preffered partner for ITV and BBC for providing interactive services on primetime Saturday evening slots, this will become more common, as both BBC and ITV are needing more and more revenues, in the case of ITV, it will eventually be a neccessity for interactive revenues as advertising revenues diminish, as advertising reveues are split by near on 500 independent channels in the UK

When the USA in 2 - 3 years catch up to where the UK is now regarding DTV take up, Yoomedia will be ready to tke advantage, they already have Turner Broadcasting as a client in the UK, who are one of the largest broadcasters in the USA - anyone who has good contacts with Ted Turner, is worth investing in, period !

With the technology this company is now able to offer third parties, be prepared for some significant RNS announcements in due course - surely companies like eBay could seriously benefit from the " seamless integration of its product, via one e-wallet over the multi media platforms of PC, Mobile and iTV ", just think if that kind of RNS comes like a bolt out of the blue one of these days, we would not be looking at 30% growth in one day, seriuosly more, that is the prospect we now have.

Glad I made my decision two years ago to invest for a 3 - 5 year period, glad I put the effort into a lot of research,including taking subscriptions to broadcast based magazines, and making good contacts within BBC and ITV, exciting times ahead for sure.

Good luck to all those who have taken the plunge of late, and who are making great profits already, I remember the feeling well, and now see the time when my portfolio of Yoomedia turn Blue for good, patience and a good deal of nerve is the ingredients of a Yoomedia holder, and if you take the time to do the research, you will sleep well at night, even when us long termers have seen a lot of red over the last few months.

Also, take the time to research the people behind:-

" Seamless integration of one e-wallet over all media platforms, PC, Mobile & ITV "

This may well be the most important line you have read - many businesses will benefit from such a product, including the likes of eBay, never miss out on an auction, I think thy would like the thought of that.

Yoomedia have a CEO, who has built up Country wide succesful businesses in the UK, USA and FAR EAST, and now wants to build a company with International domination in its field, this is a man with a mission, who can deliver, take the time to research Dr Sinclair's business achievements, take the time to investigate Yoomedia's largest shareholder's acheivements, Peter Wilkinson no less, the man who was the Architect behind the success of Freeserve.

Investors such as Sony, why did Sony give up their prominent position on the BSKYB portal, as well as have a Non Executive on the board ???, in exchange for shares via Columbia Pictures, well it was DTV gaming that brought Sony to Yoomedia, we must therefore assume with Sony;s worldwide status in the gaming field, that it is gaming tha continues the relationship - I have taken the time to visit the Yoomedia offices, and can only say how impressed I was with Java high definition games that are under development for mobile phone use - maybe this is going to a major thing for the future - Sony games via mobile - it would make sense - especially as Sony have this year ventured into smal screen gaming via their new PSP hand held - just think if Sony started to distribute Play staiton games over Broadband TV and Mobile phone, worldwide using Yoomedia technology - not out of the question, and certainly a god move for Sony bearing in mind their notifiable interest in Yoomedia - and what a coo for Sony - their games distributed without the need to buy a consol - if I as an ousider are thinking things like this, I am sure they are - and I do not want to be univested should such an RNS hit our screens out of the Blue one day - remember, it wa gaming that brought Sony to Yoomedia - and I am sure that is what is keeping them their with the technology at Yoomedia's disposal to distribuet their games worldwide via Broadband DTV and Mobile.

Good find Keysersoze!

Currently my largest holding and I think I'll be keeping it that way for a few years.

mactavish

How do you feel about matching your header with my advfn one, just updated tonight?

I can e.mail you the text/html code and you can just copy and paste it into your header

Will understand if you don't want to!

Well done Keyzersoze!

One question to all: Who is providing the e-wallet facility, Yoomedia or a third party such as NLR or FPA?