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.

This is our new shareholder, and this is what he is bringing to the party.

Too much infomation for our resident bird brains though.


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I see CUC another one of my negative picks has been suspended today pending talks with their bankers.

What the fcuk is mcbullsh*t on about now ?

He's talking about YOO spending loads of money on something that will never make it I think.

YOO poised to take advantage in 2006 ?

Mobile gambling set to soar in 2006

A NEW report from Visiongain says that the mobile gambling market is poised to take off in 2006, generating revenues totalling 2.5bn in 2008.

The limited number of operators and the small number of devices suited to mobile gambling is about to change, claims the report.

"As regulatory, technical and other challenges are gradually resolved, gambling operators are expected to begin actively marketing mobile gambling to their customers, starting in the middle of 2006," says report author Jean-Pierre Aubertin. "Initial trials of mobile gambling sites have confirmed the channel as viable sources of income for gambling site operators such as William Hill and Ladbrokes."

ICTV adds thin-client features, more session power
Interactive television (iTV) vet ICTV Inc. has released a new version of HeadendWare that supports a range of new features and applications.

Release 5.0 adds multi-player Internet games, picture-in-picture capabilities for thin-client set-tops without dual tuners, multiple language support and "Channel Linking," a technique likely to be used in an advertising "telescoping" context that pulls up interactive content related to the displayed television channel. The new version also beefs up efficiency, enabling operators to run up to 5,000 simultaneous interactive sessions per operations server, an increase of 300 percent, ICTV said.

HeadendWare, ICTV's flagship product, places most of the processing horsepower at the cable headend, enabling widely-deployed thin-client boxes to handle advanced applications that they would not be able to on their own.

The new version marks the first "significant release from ICTV, post major deployment," said company President & CEO Jeff Miller. The latest features are the result of those asked for by ICTV customers and content partners, he said.

Gaming, he said, is one of the most popular offerings for HeadendWare. Porting popular Web-based multiplayer games to the ICTV platform is the next logical step. ICTV has already distributed kits to developers "and they're making versions for multi-player gaming as we speak," Miller explained.

The picture-in-picture (PIP) capability can enable a key component currently lacking in widely deployed DCT-2000 set-tops-running interactive elements around a scaled down live video window.

"That is important because having to leave a video experience to join an interactive experience is one that doesn't always work," Miller said.

ICTV, he added, was able to boost session performance by incorporating pre-encoded and real-time encoded content. With that combo, one blade on the system can now handle 500 simultaneous sessions, versus just 50.

Adding multiple language support, enabled by a migration from ascii character entry to Unicode character entry, is a reflection of ICTV's market potential, which is spreading into regions such as Asia, where ICTV is in the process of completing an installation and trial deployment with an IPTV service operator.

Presently, cable deployments represent the majority of ICTV's deployments (Time Warner, Grande Communications, et al), but the ratio between cable and telco activity for ICTV could reach the 50-50 mark within the next year, Miller said.

San Francisco, CA and London, UK: The mobile gambling market is poised for rapid expansion as gambling operators develop their remote operations. Companies in the m-gambling value chain are beginning to position themselves and mobile gambling will take off in earnest in Q2 2006. This is the finding from a new study, Mobile gambling: Identifying winning market strategies, published by industry research company, visiongain.

Visiongain estimates that the mobile gambling market will generate revenues totalling $4.26 billion in 2008. The limited number of gambling operators and the small number of devices that are suited for mobile gambling activities have inhibited the number of gamblers who use mobile devices. This is about to change, however, and visiongain forecasts significant growth ahead.

As regulatory, technical and other challenges are gradually resolved, gambling operators are expected to begin actively marketing mobile gambling to their customers, starting in the middle of 2006, says report author Jean-Pierre Aubertin. Initial trials of mobile gambling sites have confirmed the channel as viable sources of income for gambling site operators such as William Hill and Ladbrokes, he noted.

The segments of the mobile gambling market covered in this study refer to services being developed that will complement those currently delivered by fixed and online gaming operators. Visiongain believes mobile gambling represents the logical extension of online gambling, and forms part of the segment of the gambling industry known as remote gambling.

This report examines the significance and impact that mobile gambling will have on the gambling and cellular industries. It outlines and examines the various solutions offered by leading vendors on the market and offers a comprehensive assessment of the attitudes and expectations of end-users. Advice on pricing and pricing levels are also discussed for different segments of the market.


ENDS

Notes for Editors
If you are interested in a more detailed overview of this report, please send an e-mail to sara.peerun@visiongain.com or phone Sara on 020 8767 6711

So it looks like there will be lots of competition for YOO then. It's funny I always thought that was bad news, I must have wasted the last 20 years.

Scrip can't you post in an amusing way rather than such sour comments-those of us that hold in hope are interested in your analysis and agree with the precarious finances-however the new CEO has secured finance for the next few months the bank is supporting the company at the moment and the Chairman is putting up his guarantees---just maybe this will pay off so why rubbish it several times every day with sarcasm lets have a bit of gentle ribbing if you must!!

Agreed, Scrip stop being such a depressing miserable bastard.

So how exactly do you say this is a pile of sh*te in a funny way ?

Try saying it in German. Everyone knows German is an hilarious language. ;-)

dieses ist ein Stapel von shite

Alan

Misthaufen :S
Nope, that's not funny

von shite est steaming up today all of .75!!

Looks like Data Casting is going to be " hot " - take the time to read through the links below.

http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-dat3.htm

http://www.dba.org.au/uploads/documents/Datacasting.pdf

http://www.current.org/dtv/dtv0413datacast.shtml

If I am reading this right, sounds like Yoomedia have a Broadband TV for Freeview in place, as it sounds like this datacasting can send Video etc over the DTV network.

Sounds interesting stuff - now we know why that Freeview Bandwidth is going to come into its own for Yoomedia with such partners as Gemstar and Electra.

Sony in digital-only set marketing drive
Consumer electronics giant Sony Europe has announced it is to cease selling analogue-only television sets.

Tim Page, technology marketing manager at Sony Europe, said 2006 would see Sony selling only integrated digital televisions (IDTVs), which include both analogue and digital terrestrial television (DTT) tuners, "including into markets where DTT has not yet been launched".

Page said the move demonstrated "Sony's commitment to DTT and will help encourage broadcasters and network operators in evolving countries to start considering DTT and do the necessary steps for launch".

He added: "The more analogue TVs that continue to be sold each year the more products will have to be converted to digital when it comes to switchover.

"Therefore we must encourage the market to start promoting and selling IDTVs so they become the automatic choice of the consumer when they are chosing their next TV."

In February Sony announced that all its television receivers larger than 23 inches would be digital-only.

Lovelace Consulting | 01.12.2005

Scrip - i fully understand the company has 'used' lots of money, and the share price has come right down. The point of the thread now is 'where does it go from here'. From what i can gather the company needs even more money and some of you think this is the beginning a new and better era, some you think it is complete waste of money and the company stands no chance.

Im just interested to see who gets it right, because you have been giving each other a bit of stick. 7p starting point!

Now they have some money they have a better chance than when they were about to issue an RNS saying, "Oops, we have run out of money"

I still think they are overated now. There are better prospects out there.

I don't think most holders realise just how close they came to shutting up shop. As it is they have significantly diluted existing shareholders. So which ever way you look at it is was and has been a terrible deal for existing shareholders.

I will keep an eye on it.

Branson takes on Murdoch in media battle
By Andrew Murray-Watson
(Filed: 04/12/2005)

Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire entrepreneur, is to take on the might of Rupert Murdoch by creating a giant television, internet and telephone company.

It is understood that the new Virgin media group will make an audacious attempt to snatch the Premiership television rights from Sky when they come up for auction next year.


Sir Richard plans to merge Virgin Mobile with NTL

Sir Richard plans to merge Virgin Mobile with NTL, the huge cable television company, in a 4.5 billion deal that will give access to television screens in more than five million British homes.

This would make Sir Richard one of the most powerful figures in television and threaten Sky TV, part-owned by Mr Murdoch's News Corporation - the owners of the Times, Sunday Times and Sun - and run by his son James.

The new Virgin media and entertainment group will also have 2.5 million broadband internet customers, 4.3 million fixed-line telephone accounts and more than five million mobile customers.

One investment banker said: "It's the battle of the brands -Virgin versus Sky."

Virgin will become the first company in Britain to be able to offer a package of mobile and fixed line telephones, pay-television and high-speed internet services. It will also show television programmes on Virgin mobile telephones.

Claire Enders, of Enders Analysis, a telecoms research firm, said last night that the deal will increase the pressure on Sky.

"The Virgin brand is exceptionally powerful," she said. "The deal makes great financial sense for NTL and will strengthen its proposition. Virgin Mobile is one of the most successful mobile companies of its type in the world. It has excellent growth prospects."

Sky paid 211 million this year to buy Easynet, an internet company, so that it could sell broadband internet services to its 7.8 million television customers. However, it does not have a mobile phone arm and could find that its customers are lured away to the new, wide-ranging Virgin entertainment group.

Sky could see defections accelerate if Sir Richard wins the right to broadcast live Premiership football.

In strictly financial terms, the deal will see NTL acquiring Sir Richard's Virgin Mobile. However, the cable company's name will be replaced by the Virgin brand and Sir Richard will be the largest shareholder in the new company.

The takeover is subject to the approval of other Virgin Mobile shareholders, although Sir Richard owns 72 per cent of the company.

Tomorrow, Virgin Mobile will announce that it has received a takeover approach. That could cause its share price to rocket.

The deal is Sir Richard's largest ever in the City. It will create a company worth close to 5 billion and confirm him as a leading player in financial markets

Yoomedia PLC
05 December 2005


YooMedia plc / Ticker: Yoo / Index: AIM / Sector: Media

5th December 2005

YooMedia plc ('the Company')
Change of Nominated Adviser and Broker


The Board of YooMedia plc is pleased to announce that Seymour Pierce Limited
have been appointed as Nominated Adviser and Broker to the Company with
immediate effect.

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Contacts:

Michael Sinclair YooMedia plc Tel: 020 7462 0870
Neil MacDonald YooMedia plc Tel: 020 7462 0870
Mark Percy/Liam O'Donoghue Seymour Pierce Tel: 020 7107 8000
Isabel Crossley St Brides Media 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.


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