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.

mac

Many thanks - very clever! They say they have taken an initial account of the acquisition from MMTV but I suspect they have not had time to work this through. But, even if you just look upon this as a safety factor in their projections, the figures are very powerful. Their PE of 14 for next year is based on pre-goodwill PBT of 2.6M and revenues of 39m, with only 0.7pbt on 1M revenues from iPublic. The latter figures could be easily multiplied by 5. The price projection of 35p must be very cautious. With this explosive growth, the market will start looking at 2006 as soon as the FY04 projections are confirmed. My only concern with EVO figures is to wonder whether they take full account of competitive reaction in fields such as gambling and dating. As I have mentioned on the ASOS (ASC) bb, I have set up a competition within my portfolio between ASC and YOO to see who doubles first! Joining me?

Eric

READ PAGE 111 OF CEEFAX NOW. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT DOCHERTY WAS TALKING ABOUT IN A RECENT ARTICLE. A CENTRAL POINT OF REFERENCE FOR USERS OF PUBLIC SERVICES. THEY (THE BBC) WILL NEED THE CONTENT, SERVICE PROVIDERS. YOO HOO!!!

Ceefax page replaced. Nevertheless it does seem a natural follow on to the health information service, acquired by YOO in the MMTV takeover. Extraordinary to see the persistant selling. Acquisition seems to have been generally ignored in dailies but you would think must be picked up in Sundays and weeklies. Add/buy opportuinity, surely.

Yoomedia PLC
01 October 2004


1 October 2004


YooMedia PLC ('YooMedia' or the 'Company')

Additional Listing & Holding in Company


Further to the announcement released on 12th December 2003 in relation to
YooMedia's acquisition of GoPlay TV Limited, the Company announces that
1,350,000 new Ordinary Shares of 1p each (the 'New Ordinary Shares') have been
issued and allotted in part satisfaction of the deferred consideration in
accordance with the terms of the acquisition agreement.


The Company has been notified that on the issue of New Ordinary Shares the
shareholding of Columbia Pictures Corporation Limited has increased to
13,950,000 of the Company's Ordinary Shares of 1p each representing 8.47 per
cent. of the Company's issued Ordinary Share capital.


Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the New Ordinary
Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM, and admission is expected to become
effective at 8am on Thursday 7th October 2004.






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




Surely this is good news Columbia increasing their stake in YOO.

mac

I believe this to be the first deferred tranche of shares so its not a fresh acquisition as such. I think they are also restricted in selling holdings; however its doubtful they would want to do so as they have a seat on the Board via Sony Leisure.

Price weak today which is a real opportunity for acquisition of shares which should rise with weekend and weekly comment. Shares: a strong buy, please!

Eric

ok you convinced me looks exciting!Lots of avenues all with much upside. I will of course blame you if it goes pearshaped and take all the credit if it goes well

United Kingdom > itv, DTV, Streaming > Mobile and Wireless

YooMedia acquires Whoosh

30/07/2004 by Leigh Phillips



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YooMedia, the UK interactive media group, has announced it is to purchase Whoosh Group Limited. Whoosh produces SMS technology in brand marketing campaigns and for television quiz shows such as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

Whoosh's RTMS (Real Time Messaging Service) platform allows for high SMS throughput and records the exact time that viewers, regardless of network, have sent in their text messages. This time-stamping technology is the de facto SMS standard for quiz shows and has also been used by the BBC for its "Test the Nation" series.

The consideration for the acquisition is the issue of 1.75m shares in YooMedia plc to the vendors.




Anyone not viewed the new Whoosh download and Powerpoint presentation?

http://www.kerching.tv

This must be the new way to target consumers.

http://news.independent.co.uk/business/analysis_and_features/story.jsp?story=567216

Press the interactive button, bet on YooMedia

To find a boyfriend/bet on the next Rooney hat-trick/play shoot-'em-ups with friends elsewhere in the country: press the red button your remote now. The rise of interactive TV means that people increasingly have the option of dating, gambling and gaming without leaving the couch.

YooMedia, which owns Dateline and a string of other services in these areas, is expert at expanding them as offerings on interactive TV platforms such as Sky. It has also positioned itself to win government contracts to put health advice on interactive television if the technology really catches on.

YooMedia might well find people don't take to interactive TV as fast as it hopes, or that, if they do, competition will suddenly flare up.

But it is also possible that some or all of its services, most of which are already profitable, will take off.

mac

The Whoosh acquisition was mentioned in the interim results as the basis for the new Mobile Division. Interesting how YOO are putting together the building blocks to fully exploit the digital TV revolution.

What amazes me is the lack of coverage of the MMTV acquisition under which YOO takes over significant revenue and a trail blazing service in terms of interactive provision of NHS and health data. You see so much of the pipsqueek stuff which is blown up which has little investment significance. It will be 'interesting' to see how Shares and IC play it. A measure of the competence of the editors rather than the relevence of the news.

In the meantime, YOO price continues to slide which is a fine opportunity to buy/accumulate.

Eric

EVO have a short term 35p target price on Yoomedia.

EVO say they will upgrade the revenue projections, as soon as further details from the MMTV deal are available. Investors should anticpate ipublic contracts wins, certainly leading to further broker upgrades.

If anyone requires a copy of the EVO research note, paste your e.mail address and it's yours!

Shares Magazine
Plays of the week: YOOMEDIA, BIOFUELS GROUP, DELTEX -- Tip Updates: Buy INVU;
Buy BIOPROGRESS; Sell MEAN FIDDLER, and LASTMINUTE.COM
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(AFX UK Focus) 2004-10-07 08:33 GMT:
UK smallcap opening - Yoomedia jumps after Shares Magazine tips as 'buy'

Article layout: reformatted
LONDON (AFX) - Yoomedia was the top gainer in the FTSE Small Cap index in
opening deals, rising 4-1/2 pence to 25, after Shares Magazine tipped the stock
as a 'buy'.

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Opening market report
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Anyone who would like a copy of the Shares Mag article just post their Email address here.

Quick get some PCF

Quotes from the tip in Shares Mag.



1."Play of the week" and at theses prices "dirt cheap" (yes thats DIRT CHEAP)
2. MMTV seen as awesome buy and YOO's "ticket" into the "enormous area of government"
3. Mentions MMTV 15m NHS contract - "likely to be expanded into patient appointment" (yes that EXPANDED)
4. I-public will merge with MMTV
5.Gambling will "fuel YOOmedias extremely rapid growth gross revenues could hit 12m this year 23m in 2005"
6."YOO owns 35% of the serious dating market"
7. Revenues from dating 2.8m 2004, 7.7m expected 2005 (YES thats 7.7m!!!!!!!)
8.Predicts maiden profits of 2.6m 2005 and possibly 6m 2006 - resulting in a PE of 6 (YES thats 6!!!!!!!)

I have now gone short on Yoomedia. As per usual with this share on current form I expect the price to dip.

Moneyam.

-Yoomedia was 21.95% higher at 25p after a buy recommendation in today's Shares Magazine.

Excellent article in Shares. I have a feeling this bb has been read, in particular: mac's input on EVO projections which is presumably Shares source; my protestation of the significance of the MMTV acquisition. But well done, Timon Day; credit where credit's due. expert: you are wrong this time and I would correct your position as soon as possible. Shares tends to be quoted so follow through should stretch over the weekend; e.g. quoted on Hoodless Brennan newssheet. Also price is ridiculously cheap in light of raft of successful developments and clear market leadership in emerging market. Quoted by MoneyAM as an 'internet' share (that must take a few p off the price)! - Shares accepts that a new category is needed.

Have put forward YOO as a share to beat ASOS (ASC) in doubling. Fascinating set of competing nominations - I have been drawn into PCI, PET and SEY as a result. I suspect the resulting portfolio could be spectacular. Nominations open until the end of the week - see ASC bb.

Eric

Couldnt agree more EW , This thread has firmed up my belief in some shares and made my mind up on others.(YOO in particular) the short list we have drawn up could be quite sensational! Hers's hoping

I wonder if the 'Fancy A Flutter' online gambling site, due to be launched any time now, will develop into a pure online boookmaker. Bets can be taken on sporting events and other activies.

One independant research group, Screendigest, forecasts gross online gambling receipts in the U.K. will rocket from 260m last year to 1.8billion in 2007. The deregulation of the gambling industry is key here. The general public will become increasingly addicted to all forms of gambling, as the opportunitys for this activity will increase.

This is only one of the many reasons why Yoomedia are 'dirt cheap'. In August, 'Fancy a Flutter' aquired an independant bookmakers license. The business plan is clear for all to see. Mr Sinclair has stated our gambling services will launch on mobile phones, allowing consumers to gamble with 'YOO' on SKY, Cable, Online and soon on their mobiles.