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.

It showed you on BBC Watchdog how they ran Avenues, which is a part of Dateline very cheapo, lots of customers complaints, never even had a computer for their clients. All information was more or less done by scraps of paper trying to match people up. So if the rest of the company is run like this god help the shareholders.

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Category: BBC

Date: 15.02.2006
Printable version



The BBC has appointed David Bainbridge, Managing Director of the business-to-business arm of YooMedia PLC, to lead the marketing of its digital and new media services.



The appointment follows the BBC's decision to restructure its Marketing, Communications and Audiences division, and the new high level post indicates the importance the Corporation places on the future of digital services.



His responsibilities will include driving the BBC's Building Digital Britain activities including driving the take-up of digital television and radio (DAB), On Demand TV usage, new internet/broadband penetration and driving the reach of the bbc.co.uk sites.



Leading a team of 15 marketing and communication professionals, he will also play a key role in the BBC's involvement in Freeview and Digital UK and the development of a free satellite offering by the BBC and other industry partners.



He will report to Tim Davie, Director of Marketing, Communications and Audiences, and will be an integral part of the BBC New Media management team led by Ashley Highfield, Director, New Media & Technology.



Announcing the appointment, Tim Davie said: "David has an impressive record of achievement in the marketing, broadcast and new media sectors.



"He is the right person to lead marketing and communications for the BBC's Building Digital Britain ambitions, and I am delighted to have recruited a candidate of such outstanding calibre to join our strong BBC team."



Ashley Highfield said: "David has a wealth of experience in understanding our audiences' needs in this rapidly changing world.



"His skills will be critical to us to maintain our reach and relevance with our digital services.



"We very much look forward to him joining the team."



David Bainbridge said: "It doesn't come much more exciting than helping to figure out the role the BBC plays in a converged world.



"Combine this with telling the British population what this means in real terms and the impact it could have on their every day lives and you have one of the most interesting communication challenges in the UK over the next few years."



Previous to running YES (YooMedia Enhanced Solutions), David was the founder of Whoosh, an award-winning digital agency that was acquired by YooMedia and which pioneered new ways for broadcasters and brands to better engage with their consumers.



Between 1996 and 2002 he was a member of the launch team of Channel 5 Broadcasting, rising to become Deputy Marketing Director.



His early marketing experience was at top London advertising agency BMP DDB Needham, following degrees at the University of Manchester and the University of Massachusetts.



David will join the BBC on 2 May 2006.



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Cant beat a nice balanced argument lol

TVC - a lot of people are bearish about this share (and have been for a while), others have bought it mainly as a punt knowing the risks. Give the continual repetitive posting a rest, youre ruining any discussion that could be had on the share either for or against - do us all a favour and run back across the road to advfn.

btw i have no position as i dont like the balance sheet and think they will have to release even more shares to the market (the approval was made last time round for 200m)

Should I just stop reading this BB or will contributors have anything valuable to say regarding Yoo. I can see that some contributors can just be skipped.

well said fundy. im not in either but like to keep a watch, a real battle between the bulls and the bears, but if tvc carries on i for one will be giving it a miss.

tvc, i think we have the point, now do one!!

the only way to stop him is to ban him like iii did.

David B. is obviously good at his job reading tv's posting--therefore it follows he has not been a failure at yoo. Whoosh was highly successful and acquired by yoo--has a wealth of experience etc. I'm sure he has made a good contribution and will promote yoo technology at the bbc- it doesn't seem to have caused any ill feeling.

Bainbridge working for BBC renders yoomedia redundant.

3p cant be too far away now

125k sell at 4.25p must be desperate to get out of this dross.

Cannot see this ever recovering, slight rise and people will sell glad to be out. Hardly anyone interested in buying now.

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Kivver, try and get your spelling right lol. Sum = addition should be some. Did you ever go to school?

Yeah, not enough z's. Hes far more boring than that!!!!

tv - you obviousli did hand got bullied everday lol.

Sorry to disappoint you but with 2 older brothers at the same school, no chance.

with a mouth like you have not even 20 older brothers would stop you from getting filled in ya empty barrel
see the mm have closed the spread by moving the bid up

And?

Trap set by MM's, mugs buying then it will drop, more mugs locked in.