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.

Well, if this Saturday evening does not reinforce the true potential of iTV, nothing will

Both prime time slots on ITV this Saturday were occupied by prize giving interactive TV - WWTBAM followed by The Memory Game - right up to 22.50 yes, thats 20.00 to 22.50 of people pressing their red buttons and sending time stamped SMS messages to win cash in their home at the cost of 1.00 per go plus the cost of standard texts on top.

This is the start of the future picture of all the companies generating more revnues using Yoomeida's patented technology to boost dwindling advertising revenues.

Amazing boost for Yoomedian this weekend, which happened at primetime with in excess of 7 million viewers

Regards

a little snippet from the ic prior to the reverse takeover...8/10/04

A stream of deals is now producing explosive revenue growth at Aim-quoted Yoomedia. And, on top of this, there is evidence of strong uptake of digital TV in this country - according to Sky, 85 per cent of digital users go interactive at some point. So it's a plus for Yoomedia that it's the only interactive entertainment group with a presence on all four digital TV platforms: Sky, NTL, Telewest and Freeview.

Yoomedia's most recent deal was to buy MMTV, which holds the contract to provide NHS health information to all four platforms, for between 5m and 11.5m, depending on earn-outs achieved. But, so far this year, growth has been fuelled by the dating business, Dateline. And next year, it looks as though growth will be driven by gambling, accelerated by the recent acquisition of Go-Play TV and Fancy a Flutter. The full effect of these acquisitions won't be felt until next year. Evolution Beeson Gregory expects full-year pre-tax losses of 5.4m, but it's looking for profits of 2.6m and EPS of 1.7p in 2005.

regards

The 2.6m profit estimate for this year, was before the merger.

Actual 2005 profit, will be well in excess of this figure.

Just had confirmation from David Bainbridge at Yoomobile Ltd, that yes indeed, Yoomedia did provide the SMS service for ITV's prime time TV slot on Saturday Night, The Memory Game - excellent news - ITV now a business partner.

This really is the future of cash strapped Independent TV companies to be able to realise revenue from their broadcasts, as advertising revenues dwindle - expect to see more of this type of programme interaction at prime time slots in the future - it really is the future, if you have a mobile and you are in a room with TV, then you can take part - including whilst out down the pub - lots of possibilities here - like - who scored the first goal - what is the score going to be etc etc.

Just to also reiterate, Yoomobile are the only company, with a patent pending to able to deliver 1,800,000 time stamped SMS messages during a one hour period, to enable broadcasters, like ITV did on Saturaday, to annouce a winner during the broadcast.

Soon, if it is not already happening, Yoomedia will be booked up in advance, as broadcasters fight to secure a slot with them to be able to broadcast interactively via SMS.

A great time ahead, and Yoomedia dominated interactive TV on national ITV on primetime Saturday Viewing - fact - not fiction like some uninformed people post here from time to time.

This should be the wake up call to a lot of people who have yet to invest at these silly prices - and this is just one division of the company !!!!!!!!

Regards

Encouraging mactavish. YOO does look crazily undervalued. The potential does seem enormous. Just need to see some positive results on the back of all those acquisitions.

Yoomedia's RTMSPlatform (Real Time Messaging Service) has a completely unique ability to receive and process up to 1.8 million text messages an hour and provide an audit trail of exactly when those messages were sent by consumers. Other technologies in the market struggle to deal with more than 200,000 messages in an hour and cannot tell precisely the time of sending. This coupled with the ability to live feed captions on-screen via ITVs play-out centre, makes Yoomedia's RTMSPlatform an extremely powerful tool for broadcasters and production companies looking to engage viewers in a completely compelling new way.

iPublic

i don't understand, are you saying there is another companie (whoosh) who also have technolgy or are they part of YOO
Thanks

Shao

shao

Yoomedia bought Whoosh last summer.

Sorry for the confusion and I will amend text above.

More business for Yoomobile??? ITV already a Yoomobile business partner.

http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?class=countries&subclass=193&id=629

Coronation Street goes iTV


ITV is planning to add interactivity to its long-running soap opera, Coronation Street. The move comes as ITV steps up its involvement in interactive television.

Jane Marshall, controller of interactive television at ITV, told a Financial Times supplement: "The time is right for us now to look for the next level of interactive television beyond votes and competitions.

"2004 was a fantastic year with revenues from our interactive television services up 100% on 2003, and the number of individual interactive transactions made by ITV viewers up from 45m to 72.4m.

"Now that interactive television has proved itself a viable business, we want to enhance ITV viewers' television experience by driving interactivity into new areas."

The FT said the interactive Coronation Street on digital satellite and cable platforms could include additional sub-plots, out-takes, background information and competitions.

http://www.m-ontheweb.com/downloads/news/Loyalty_evolves_on_a_mobile_bedrock__Marketing.pdf

Has anyone got any forward P/E figures for YOO?

Great news re Coronation Street: shows how popular interactive DTV is becoming; almost like mobile phones as viewers will need the teashirt with their peer group. Built up a decent stake this morning ahead of the expected Evolution report - can come from 21st; any ideas? Don't think they will be backward in coming forward, as they say! Hope this will be fourth time lucky with YOO!

Eric

Just reported on Radio 5 Live, the switch off of the Analouge signal, may happen much sooner than previously thought.

If the Ofcom proposals are approved, compulsory digital viewing will start, in 2008. The process will be undertaken, region by region. Previous estimates had talked of 2012, as the likely switch off date.

http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?class=countries&subclass=193&id=633

Chad

Prevous broker note had Yoo on on forward PE of 14 at 25p. Can now disregard this, due to merger. Market is waiting for new broker research, due after the 21st Feb. EVO's reputation is on the line, after much bad publicity in the press and they know it!

EVO have sold Yoomedia shares to respected city institutions like, LloydsTSB, Scottish Widows and Perpetual Income and Growth. The performance of the Yoomedia share price is as important to EVO's ongoing credibilty, as it is to our financial health. Vested interests for all!

cheers iPublic

Yoomedia PLC
09 February 2005


YooMedia PLC (the 'Company')


HOLDING IN COMPANY



The Company was informed on 8 January 2004 by Universities Superannuation Scheme
Limited that they have an interest in 14,900,000 ordinary shares of 1p each in
the Company, representing 3.3 per cent. of the issued share capital of the
Company.


These shares are registered in the name of Chase Nominees Ltd (USS).


9 January 2005







This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

Anyone know if this is a new holding, rather than reduced or increased? If new it's good - USS was 'pension scheme of the year' 2004

Well i think it is new which is fantastic news, the 900k gives it away, plus just about the right amount that was floating about last week which were down as sells, now we know they were buys.

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=397862&in_page_id=2


This article raises the possibilty of an ITV takeover of Yoomedia this year.

With advertising revenues dwindling and ITV seeking to grow revenues through interactive services, it must be a real prospect.