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.

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.

http://www.usshq.co.uk/

"Welcome to the website of the Universities Superannuation Scheme, the second
largest pension scheme in the UK."

"the scheme for all universities as recommended by the Dearing Report"

Have a nice evening.

ipublic. what price would you think itv would pay for yoo?

Just heard back from the Finance Director, Mr Apps.

The correct date is 8TH FEB 2005.

Correction should follow in due course.

mactavish

I don't feel the Yoomedia board would even contemplate a bid of below 35p. Outsiders, not aware of the Yoomedia story and recent developments, might find this statement rather strange. However, the true long term shareholders, who have performed extensive research of the sector, know the true value of the business.

With the price at 18.25p, ITV would be wasting their time by even bothering with a speculative bid of say 27p, which would substantially undervalue the business on a forward looking basis. However, I believe once the SP reaches 25p, potential bidders may well start to circle the group with a takeout price of 35p to 40p, a real danger, as Yoomedia move into profit and the revneue growth in key divisions like mobile, really take off.

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

Once again, it appears Yoomedia may well fit nicely into ITV's new interactive world.

I.M.H.O.

D.Y.O.R.

EWRobson

Your timing today was superb. I'm impressed!