mactavish
- 10 Sep 2004 22:20
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.
Dil
- 13 Jun 2006 18:14
- 3717 of 3776
Why , loads of deals that never make a buck is all this shower has ever come up with.
Go read how much the William Hill deal , etc , etc was worth to them.
john50
- 13 Jun 2006 20:13
- 3718 of 3776
Trading Update & William Hill
RNS Number:1202U
Yoomedia PLC
15 November 2005
YooMedia plc / Ticker: YOO / Market: AIM / Sector: Media
15th November 2005
YooMedia PLC ("YooMedia" or the "Company")
Trading Update & William Hill Partnership
YooMedia plc, the AIM-traded interactive media and games group, is pleased to
announce that it has updated its agreement with William Hill, which will result
in improved commercial terms and conditions for YooMedia. These include
providing a daily interactive afternoon show for Channel 425's in-store pilot
for which YooMedia will receive production fees.
YooMedia Chairman, Michael Sinclair, said: "Our partnership with William Hill is
important to the business and we are very happy that this new agreement is in
place. We expect to generate significant ongoing revenue from the partnership
and we are looking forward to being part of William Hill's innovative pilot.
The Company announced in June 2005 and in its interim results released in
September 2005, that its Gambling and Games division would achieve lower than
expected revenue for the year ending 31 December 2005. This underperformance has
continued with the division remaining loss making for the year to date. The
Directors expect the performance of this division to materially improve
following the re-negotiation of the William Hill contract, which will now make a
positive contribution to company profits in 2006. However, due to the time taken
to re-negotiate the contract, the Directors do not believe the Company will be
cash flow positive until the first quarter of 2006 and that market expectation
of EBITDA for 2005 will be below that originally anticipated at the interim
stage. To date the Company has managed the impact of these delays on cash flow
within its banking facilities, and is currently exploring a number of available
options for strengthening its balance sheet.
During the last three months the Board has conducted an in-depth review of the
Company's activities. This has resulted in a decision to explore strategic
alternatives for its Dating division following preliminary approaches from third
parties. The significant value of the Dating business is, in the Director's
opinion, obscured in the Company as a whole. Such alternatives are expected to
provide both increased marketing opportunities for the division and strengthen
the Company's balance sheet.
Further announcements will be made in due course as appropriate.
* * ENDS * *
Dil
- 13 Jun 2006 22:42
- 3719 of 3776
From the above :
"However, due to the time taken
to re-negotiate the contract, the Directors do not believe the Company will be
cash flow positive until the first quarter of 2006"
.... and were they or did they have to raise even more money ????
Bollox , bollox and more bollox .... bunch of cowboys imo.
cathbroadley
- 17 Jun 2006 20:08
- 3720 of 3776
I wrote this a bit back for my own use as I kept loosing track. I hope it is of some use, my apologies for any errors or omissions. There is some more bits to add but I am not at liberty to include them without another parties permission. DYOR. Good luck to all.
Best regards Stig.
Yoomedia Review- 1st May 2006
Acknowledged Clients
Visa- ?
Budweiser- Running a World Cup advertising campainge to win Tickets for the World Cup via an interactive competition over mobile phones.
Link- http://www.yoomedia.com/rns/rns24jan06.html
Inferno- Yoomedias partner agency. Arranged the above deal with Budweiser
Link- http://www.yoomedia.com/rns/rns24jan06.html
William Hill YES create and operate Channel 854 on Sky digital so viewers can watch and bet on virtual horse races via their remote.
Link- http://www.yoomedia.com/services/enhanced/our_work/william.html
Celador- Yes provided the unique Time Stamp technology via mobile SMS that enables a viewer to answer a question asked on TV and be graded as to who answered quickest. This was used on the Walkerway competition on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. WWTBAM is to launch in Italy in the near future.
Link- http://www.yoomedia.com/services/enhanced/our_work/celador.html
Nestle- Yoomedia runs the Kit Kash promotion where a buyer earns points by buying the product and then entering a code on the product wrapper into their account to be use later to bid for products. Promotion finishes Oct 2006
Link- http://www.yoomedia.com/services/enhanced/our_work/nestle.html
BBC- Yes provide interactivity via mobile phone SMS so viewers can participate in programs such as Test the Nation and have their score returned to them via their mobile. Possibilty that David Bainbridge will use Yoomedias 4GTV technology and interactivity because he had a hand in developing it. He also said he looked forward to working with Yoomedia in the future. The BBC are already working with NTL/Telewest Microsoft and Red Bee. Link- http://www.yoomedia.com/services/enhanced/our_work/bbc.html
Channel 4- Yoomedia supplied the iTV for Channel 4 on BSkyB and scheduling to match up the broadcast to the interactivity. Also the technology for the RED BUTTON return path.
Link- http://www.yoomedia.com/services/enhanced/our_work/ziptv.html
Sky Digital- Read the above.
H R Owen- Yes provide the technology for immediate info on offers and products to be sent to potential customers via mobile SMS and an instant response made to any customer that request further information
Link- http://www.yoomedia.com/services/enhanced/our_work/hrowen.html
ZIP TV- Makes commercials with Yes supplying the interactivity red button content with return path for audience feedback. Clients include Honda Boots BT Red Bee Unilever Orange Camelot. Richard Adams creative director at Yoomedia move to be creative director of Zip in May 2005.
Link- http://www.yoomedia.com/services/enhanced/our_work/ziptv.html
Boots- Ran a Christmas interactive advertising campaigned Boots Gift Idea Generator with Red Bee formally BBC Broadcast and presumably some of Yoomedia interactive know how through ZIP TV.
Honda- Running an interactive advertising campaign by Red Bee with interactivity presumably through Yoomedias connection to ZIP TV.s
Jewish Princess- Yes supplied all digital aspects of that covered the charitable event. Full dynamic website including automated posting of MMS competition entries. Moderation suite for MMS entry. SMS voting, competition, comments and gossip application. Administration & management tool for updating the website, and broadcasting of SMS messages. Real time live reporting suite. Site produced by Juicy.
Link- http://www.yoomedia.com/services/enhanced/our_work/jp.html
FX Channel- Yes provided a microsite for the Chappells Show so viewers could gain sneak preview and news of the show, also gaining knowledge of the viewer by registration to help marketing. Site produced by Juicy.
Link- http://www.yoomedia.com/services/enhanced/our_work/fx.html
Intel- Yes provided a website to follow the Digital Home Exhibition and to formulate and reflect the consumer views gained from it to enable Intel to target the product more accurately. Site produced by Juicy.
Link- http://www.yoomedia.com/services/enhanced/our_work/intel.html
The Cartoon Yoomedia provide a games portal behind the Red Button for pay per play games.
Network Link- http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:rbvyhEmTJ7YJ:www.ntl.com/mediacentre/press/display.asp%3Fid%3D648+yoomedia+%22cartoon+network%22&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=1
The Poker Yoomedia has a Red Button link behind the Poker Channel that lead to Yoomedia
Channel fixed odd interactive games.
Link- http://www.yoomedia.com/press_releases/pr29july.html
Electra- Have partnered with Yoomedia to create rich multimedia services for Freeview which uses Yoomedias Datacasting technology delivered through licenced STBs. Electra will also collaborate to develop fixed odds games for Freeview. Jasper Smith Chairman of Electra is also a co-founder of OEP.
Link-http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:83Rq6ZSb1BsJ:www.yoomedia.com/rns/rns21oct.html+yoomedia+%22optimistic+entertainment%22&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=1
Gemstar- Yoomedia have signed a multi year deal to supply Gemstars Guide Plus+ EPG which will be integrated into Freeview STBs and supported by Yoomedias Datacasting technology. Yoomedia will also develop rich media services and advertising to be incorporated into the Guide Plus+ EPG.
Link- http://www.yoomedia.com/rns/rns02nov.html
Cellcast- Contracted for bandwidth of the Yooplay Channel on Freeview with Yoomedia for enhanced EPG
Gala- Have agreed to take over the Avago channel and re-brand it in the 3Q 06. Yoomedia still retain a considerable interest and share of the revenues and have agreed to run the channel for 3 years. This will contribute between 5.1 and 8.4 million depending on the performance of the channel,
Link- http://www.yoomedia.com/rns/rns23dec.html
TVTV- Part of Sony Yoomedia provide the bandwidth for Rich EPG for Freeview in the UK. Yoomedia will also partner in developing EPGs as well as other services and interactive advertisements via Datacasting. The deal is worth 500000 by YE 06. Link- http://www.yoomedia.com/rns/rns26jan06.html
Sony- Read above
ICTV- Yoomedia has a partnership with ICTV to produce and develop interactive rich media solutions across platforms. The company formed is called BroadbandTV and uses Yoomedias cross platform technology (4GTV) and ICTVs (headendware) technology to speed up and boost IPTV improving responsivness and quality and to promote targeted interactive ads which can be used across platform making Mobile TV possible. This is already intergrated for digital television and is under trial with NTL. ICTVs Active Video concept is a joint venture of the partnership.
Links- http://www.yoomedia.com/rns/rns04nov.html
http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:nPjwW7I6wXoJ:www.ictv.com/news/press_04102006_drivertv.htm+ictv+active&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=6
NTL - Yoomedia has an agreement with NLT to run the Avago channel on the NTL platform. Ntl are also trailing BroadbandTVs integrated delivery and interactive systems. Read above. Link- http://www.yoomedia.com/rns/rns04nov.html
http://www.yoomedia.com/press_releases/pr26sept.html
All New Video- Has partnered with Yoomedia to provide 3G video network backbone to support Yoomedias 3G interactive video gateway. The concept will be offered by BroadbandTV (4GTV). This will allow a web video based system to be delivered to 3G handsets (mobileTV) which will include mobile interactive VOD to 3G. The system supports both UK and international applications.
Link-http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:KWMfme4dSj0J:www.3g.co.uk/PR/Feb2006/2526.htm+yoomedia&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2
MTV- Yoomedia produced an interactive advert for Nike that was screened on MTV. Yoomedia is also well known to MTVs Angel Gambino as she participates in a media forum with Yoomedias David Bainbridge.
Link-http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:PafJPRcyGKAJ:www.160characters.org/news.php%3Faction%3Dview%26nid%3D1508+bainbridge+gambino&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=1
Carlton The Waheed Alli (Lord Alli of Norbury) is a non-executive director of Yoomedia
Network
Simply Shopping- Runs 4 shopping channels on SKY. Yoomedia provide a Red Button return path behind the channel method of buying goods with the remote. Link-http://www.simplyshoppingtv.co.uk/cfm/infopage.cfm?cfid=863227&cftoken=ceb1f1720c114c25-027C8BF3-A8BC-42FA-EF95A9C5F2876833&info_id=10
Endemol- Yoomedia partnered with Five and Endemol to produce Brainteaser.
Link- http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:qmVhNXtNSk0J:informitv.com/articles/2005/08/11/yoomedialaunchinteractive/+yoomedia+endemol&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=3
NHS- Yoomedia through DIGT has renewed its contract with the DoH for the NHS Interactive Service until April 2007 with options until March 2008.
Link- http://www.yoomedia.com/rns/rns21feb06.html
Clients found on the web but not as yet acknowledged by Yoomedia
OEP- Yoomedia own 4.96% of the company through DIGT and Yoomedia supply studio technology and support. OEP has deals in place with ITV for Play Suduko . Jasper Smith co-founder of OEP is also Chairman of Electra
Juicy- Partner Yoomedia to create websites with interactivity for various clients. Clients include Jewish Princesses, FX Channel and Intel. Read the above. There is a Top Secret projects that looks to have Yoomedia involvement for an internal website for Cosmetic Injection firm. They are also commission to maintain the Yoomedia website and create a Dateline.co.uk banner campaign in the Autumn. Also Top Secret work to do with International Football in 2006.
Link- http://www.toojuicy.com/work/index.asp
mCentric- Working with Yoomedia to further develop 2.5G and 3G chat and dating technology over the mobile system. Vodafone are a major client of mCentrics as are Ericsson who admired on Yoomedias 3G technology at Cannes this year. The founders both held positions in Vodafone and Ericsson before mCentric.
Link-http://www.mcentric.com/web/viewNews.bwp?section=news⊂=2006&idNew=602
Virgin- Is to buy or rent bandwith from Yoomedia for two radio stations Classic Rock and Extreme on Freeview.
Big Picture Big Picture Entertainments is in completing negotiations with a major industry partner for an entertainment channel on Sky in 2006. The Channel will be celebrity driven, targeting women 25-55 and featuring health, personal development and lifestyle. The Channel will also run a newly developed profile dating format, presumably on Yoomedia bandwidth. BPE shared a stand with Yoomedia at Cannes 2006.
Link- http://www.bigpictureltd.com/news.html
Vodafone- Will carry Dateline 3G Video Dating. (possibly mCentrics involvement)
Link-http://www.ericsson.com/ericsson/corpinfo/publications/telecomreport/archive/2006/april/hot_content.shtml
3- Carrying Dateline 3G Video Dating. Link- http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/August2005/1848.htm
QJ Media- Yoomedia will supply mobile interactivity entertainment opportunities for a service to be introduced into 38 gyms (Total Fitness, Virgin Active, Reebok Gyms).
Link- http://www.oaa.org.uk/News%5Cqj4.pdf
Bullseye TV- Producing the participation quiz show Braindead with Yoomedia.
Link- http://www.bullseyetv.co.uk/news-latest.htm
CasinoPhone Has signed a definitive agreement with Yoomedia to develop and promote B2B mobile
2004 casinos to major brands and content providers. The sites will be similar to Avago, Mad4Girls, Mad4Vegas, Mobile2Bet and all will operate under Yoomedia fixed odds Betting License.
Link-http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:nT9AjAeC8x8J:www.maccongress.com/speakers.htm+yoomedia+nader&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=1
Quative Ltd- Part of the Kudelski Group has launch an IPTV service delivery platform (QSP). Yoomedia is to supply the interactivity such as Twingo and Racing World.
Link- http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cacheNoa7MPDKoUJ:www.iptv-industry.com/pr/1n.htm+yoomedia+nagravision&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=1
Yoomedia hold Ofcom Licenses for the following
Live XXX TV- Link- http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/tvlicensing/cs/897.htm
Groove Nation- Link- http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/tvlicensing/cs/1010.htm
Exchange& Mart- Link- http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/tvlicensing/cs/820.htm
Channel 425- Link- http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/tvlicensing/cs/765.htm
Avago- Link- http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/tvlicensing/cs/621.htm
Yoowin- Link- http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/tvlicensing/cs/1278.htm
Yooplay- Link- http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/tvlicensing/cs/953.htm
Xplicit XXX- Link- http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/tvlicensing/cs/880.htm
Poker Zone- Link- http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/tvlicensing/cs/887.htm
Quiz Nation- Link- http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/tvlicensing/cs/1271.htm
Optimistic TV- Link- http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/tvlicensing/cs/1292.htm
GameIn TV3- Link- http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/tvlicensing/cs/954.htm
NHS Direct- Link- http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/tvlicensing/cs/1048.htm
Speculative deals
Telefonica- Video dating through mCentric
Ericsson- Cross platform technology (mobile TV)
SKY-
Channel4- Cross platform technology (mobile TV) and return path technology on Freeview
BT Vision- Interactivity, using Red Bees Digital Hive, Microsoft and Philips for new STBs. Yoos Neil Macdonald, John Swingewood and Peter Cavanagh all worked for BT in the past.
Netgem- Interactivity, using Red Bees Digital Hive, Microsoft and Philips for new STBs
Red Bee- Read above
Microsoft- Read above
Philips- Read above
Panasonic-
Enseqence- US company in similar field as Yoomedia, possible collaboration or merger.
St. Minerva-
A post from Stig2 over on iii
Dil
- 18 Jun 2006 01:28
- 3721 of 3776
So why do they never meet targets Cath and why do they have to keep raising more money and diluting the holdings of long time pi**ed off holders ?
If your so close to the company and know all the super duper good news on its way I guess you stashed up with zillions in the placing ... at what price ???
Sod off ramper ... your a bigger tit than Suehelen.
Dil
- 18 Jun 2006 01:30
- 3722 of 3776
"Yoos Neil Macdonald, John Swingewood and Peter Cavanagh all worked for BT in the past."
Lol .... so did my mother , brother , one of my sisters and step father .... so fcuking what ???
Dil
- 18 Jun 2006 01:54
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"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."
Didn't they flog Avago Caff or am I mistaken ?
Dil
- 18 Jun 2006 01:56
- 3724 of 3776
You bit of a crap ramper luv .... believe Martini runs ramping courses , suggest you book one.
Going bust imo but good luck ... you'll need it.
Dil
- 18 Jun 2006 15:17
- 3725 of 3776
Questions too hard ?
onthedolegit
- 18 Jun 2006 18:53
- 3726 of 3776
Jon Swingewood ( ex BT) was fucking hopeless at BT.
Yoo are welcome to him.
lizard
- 18 Jun 2006 19:27
- 3727 of 3776
cathbroadley
- 18 Jun 2006 21:21
- 3728 of 3776
dill you must be a very lonely shepherd sitting up in the welsh hills with your wellies and your ewes, posting on moneyam till the wee small hours. I could see that the post really wound you up when you took 4 posts to try and get a massage across.
Now post 3727 thats what i call ramping.
cathbroadley
- 18 Jun 2006 21:43
- 3729 of 3776
For you dilleo, Gala- Have agreed to take over the Avago channel and re-brand it in the 3Q 06. Yoomedia still retain a considerable interest and share of the revenues and have agreed to run the channel for 3 years. This will contribute between 5.1 and 8.4 million depending on the performance of the channel,
Link- http://www.yoomedia.com/rns/rns23dec.html
Dil
- 19 Jun 2006 08:34
- 3730 of 3776
It will contribute sod all it aint got no viewers.
onthedolegit
- 19 Jun 2006 18:21
- 3731 of 3776
YOO is busted flush.
FACT.
Dil is correct with his analysis on this shit bag of a company.
queen1
- 19 Jun 2006 19:26
- 3732 of 3776
What wonderful English onthedolegit. Perhaps this is the reason for your lack of a job?
queen1
- 19 Jun 2006 19:26
- 3733 of 3776
No offence.
tvc15
- 19 Jun 2006 20:56
- 3734 of 3776
dil is quite wrong it does have viewers Sinclair and Macdonald watch it, so 2 viewers is better than none lol.
Dil
- 20 Jun 2006 15:05
- 3735 of 3776
lol
tvc15
- 21 Jun 2006 15:38
- 3736 of 3776
Seems to be a race between YOO and ZOO to be the first to reach 1p, at the moment ZOO looks to be hot favourite but you never know with YOO, they could easily beat ZOO in a photo finish.