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.

"Ask a SKY shareholder, what the cashburn was pre 2000. Go on!"

PMSL, So SKY a virtual monopoly is comparable to YOO, LOL! I'll enjoy that one.

Come on guys, wake up and smell the coffee. Please. This is showing all the signs of failure.

If it weren't for mm manipulation these would be a tenner by now Scrip .

Yoomedia's 3G Video dating is now launched on VODAFONE.

Have a great evening.

Come on guys, wake up and smell the coffee.

We have ... your the one on drugs !

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Video call 89799 on your 3G phone and follow the easy on screen instructions. Regular text updates let you know when youve got a video message.

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Visit www.dateline.co.uk/mobile for more information and a demonstration.

PS: Video Call 89799 or visit www.dateline.co.uk/mobile today

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Are you really that desperate mac or just too damn ugly ???

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

http://www.yoomedia.com/press_news/nma_11nov.html

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.

"It's the latest in a string of cross-platform initiatives from the company."

Just a shame most of them are commercial failures, they really ought to focus on doing something very well rather than lots of this badly. This is the sort of thing you should be asking and pressuring the board on rather than encouraging them to follow more blind alleys. Go in there and tell them to get their house in order. I notice they won't suffer if the company goes bust, perhaps you should point that out to them as well.

Scripophilist

That is what they are doing, closing down basket case operations, like Yoochat and Fancy A Flutter and redeploying the staff into other areas.

Of course the directors will suffer if the company go bust. Have a look at the share register.

Right then sunshine, please make your first constructive contribution and tell us why exactly "real-time gaming across TV, mobile and online platforms" is a blind alley??

Well?

First constructive contribution? go back and read what scrip said regarding the balance sheet, cash flow burn and continued failure to become cash flow positive.

Get in the real world, yes they have some potentially exciting technology, but currently havent proved that they have the knowhow to make a profit from it and all the while they are burning shareholders cash and diminishing shareholder value

Look at the balance sheet from a few years ago and compare it to todays!

"Have a look at the share register"

I looked and saw they had all granted them selves options by issuing more shares effectively taking money out of shareholders pockets. Then issuing more when those options declined in value. I can see they are really suffering.

"Why real-time gaming across TV, mobile and online platforms" is a blind alley??"

Because its cost shareholders a fortune, over 45m to be precise. Technology is great don't get me wrong but in terms of investing its often a nightmare. It cost lots to implement, requires lots of captial investment and has a shelf life shorter than a packet of crisps.

At the end of the day these are questions you should be asking YOO not me. I think most people on this thread have their heads in the clouds. Get some perspective and get onto the management of this company before they blow every penny of your investment.

Why will real-time gaming across TV, mobile and online platforms, have a short shelf life??

Can't see it myself!

Its the specific technology that will have a short shelf life as someone will always be developing something better and you have to keep investing to develop to keep up - hence the cash burn and the problem they face of turning good ideas/technology into long term profitability and ultimately shareholder value

Real-time gaming across TV, mobile and online platforms, running alongside one e-wallet, will be as good in 2010 as it will be in 2006. Service can be provided to third parties.

Will be hugely popular, I'm sure. Anyway, the next few years will speak for itself.

i-public

the idea could still be popular but the technology it is run on will have changed several times by 2010

From Smash n Grab on ii. Great post.



Part 1. Remember this.....

Yoomedia recently signed a partnership agreement with Electra Entertainment Ltd, a provider of interactive entertainment services for Freeview set-top boxes, to supply a collection of free and premium interactive services on Freeview.

Financial details were not disclosed.

The new content will be supplied to households nationally using YooMedia's newly-launched datacasting service as announced in its interim results statement in September.

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

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Part 2. Now read this.....

Freeview gets iTV services to rival Sky
By Gareth Jones

Freeview audiences will soon be able to access enhanced iTV services rivalling those offered by Sky, in a move that will open a new market generating millions in revenue via the digital terrestrial platform.
A range of next-generation red- button applications - including a branded electronic programme guide, a TV listings magazine and an on-screen DVD rental service - are being developed to add value to the existing Freeview offering.

In an effort to be the first to capitalise on the rapid growth of the market, iTV company Electra Entertainment is working with all the major set-top box manufacturers to integrate its proprietary red-button technology into all new DTT receivers.
As well as enhanced games, news and betting services, the software can be combined with wireless connectivity to provide additional red-button features such as email, video clips and music downloads, to viewers with personal video recorders (PVR).

Once the service goes live in the first half of 2006, brand owners will be able to take advantage of iTV advertising opportunities that allow consumers to click through to dedicated advertiser locations (DAL) from the Freeview EPG supplied by Electra.

BT is preparing to launch Nevis, a video-on-demand service that will provide Freeview audiences with access to additional films and programmes. However, Electra looks set to be the first to offer DTT viewers enhanced iTV services for a monthly subscription fee, in a move that's could open the floodgates to other companies.

"The growth of Freeview into the biggest single digital platform in the UK represents a significant opportunity for companies providing additional content services," said Guy Bisson, senior analyst at Screen Digest.
With ZenithOptimedia predicting that Freeview will outstrip Sky, to reach 8.8m homes by 2008, broadcasters, media agencies and iTV firms are racing to tap into the potentially huge market for additional red-button applications on the DTT platform.

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Part 3.....

Dont forget Gemstar will also offer an EPG to manufacturers and use YOOs datacasting service and the two will also collaborate for commercial advertising etc.

ALL POSTS COVERED! Lets hope Freview continues to grow. V exciting indeed.

SnG

Sigh...

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Support finally gone this morning. Fundamental analysis now supported by TA. For all those who haven't yet got the message it is time to leave the party.

I note that Dil and I took an almightly beating on Langbar also. They have finally come out today and admitted the whole thing was a fraud. One of my constant driving forces for posting is my utter comtempt for ill informed rampers, fraudlent posters and management. On more than one occasion I have gone to the FSA to alert them to market abuse, it's disgusting and takes money from people who can least afford it.

There is no doubting that gold dust in valuable but when it gets in your eyes it tends to obscure your vision.

I should point out I'm not applying all the above to YOO, Just saying that the market is there to make money from you not for you. So just be careful!