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.

Cheers iPublic.

Cheers iPublic.

016622: why the comment that evo want it to go lower. So that they can be knights riding to the rescue on prelims day? Reason for day well into April is so that quarterly figures can be quoted alongside last year which won't be that meaningful. Good top up opportunity but no free cash - and so say all of us! Hopefully we will be adding shortly: for they are jolly good fellows...!

Eric

Haven't made a contribution here but I am in and am looking for some good long term growth. This has the look of a very solid company with tremendous potential. Yes it is early days but thats thats the time to get in.
Good look to all holders.
B2B

Some interesting reading on Channel 4 Teletext page 508..........

TIME TO GAMBLE ON BETTING FIRMS?

Analysts at Merrill Lynch are downbeat on bookmakers prospects. William Hills
telephone betting arm is coming under competitive pressures from exchanges
such as Betfair, says ML.
"Fixed Odds Betting Terminals" are suffering from the effects of the code of
conduct and could be subject to a higher tax regime in the future.
A smoking ban in 2007 could also put off customers going into betting shops.

Why visit the bookies when you can smoke, drink and gamble from your armchair imo....lol.

TIME TO GAMBLE ON BETTING FIRMS?

Interactive is the fastest growing of William Hills divisions with 292,000
customers at the end of 2004, compared with 247,000 a year earlier.

Over 60,000 people play Ladbrookes online poker games.
Pokermillion will pay a $1m prize this year.

William Hill has launched its own TV Station on Sky Channel 425, so customers
can bet while watching TV, and a range of products for 3G mobile phones.

TIME TO GAMBLE ON BETTING FIRMS?

Gamcare, a charity that works with problem gamblers, said the average debt of
clients rose 9% to 20,642 in 2003.

Fixed odds betting terminals caused considerable problems for 14% of its clients
having been "nowhere" in 2002.

It added that 5% of clients now said the internet was their main means of
gambling, but betting using INTERACTIVE TELEVISION featured for the first time,
the charity said.

Looks like its building up nicely...imo..

hi,

usually this share drops like a stone when there are sells...friday was the most sells i have ever seen (have only been watching about 2 months) and the price rises?

i dont get it. does anyone?

April will be an extremely interesting month.

My position, 550k long.

cavman, most "sells" were actually buys if you study the mid price / price / time movements. Also "big" buys are offered "discount" prices.

Eric, EVO move this share price around like i've never seen before! (well...not every day) they lower their bid to 3p below highest offer and then take their offer to the top of the tree.
Can't blame them for doing this, you would have to keep interest in this share if you owned that many!

Steve.

Prelim Results

http://moneyextra.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200504040700225280K.html

Aquisition of Viavision

Yoomedia PLC
04 April 2005


Embargoed until 07:00
4 April 2005

YooMedia plc ('YooMedia' or the 'Company')

YooMedia plc Acquires ViaVision Ltd

YooMedia plc, the UK's biggest independent interactive media company,
specialising in gaming, dating and the public sector, today announces the
acquisition of ViaVision Ltd ('ViaVision'), an independent broadcaster and
production company focused on the digital broadcast market.

YooMedia acquired 15 per cent of the issued share capital of ViaVision with the
acquisition of DITG in December 2004. The agreement is for the acquisition of
the balance of the issued share capital of ViaVision, currently held privately
by a number of shareholders. The shares have been purchased for a total
consideration of 8,500,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company
('Ordinary Shares'). Of this total consideration 6,800,000 Ordinary Shares are
to be paid immediately, with the remaining 1,700,000 Ordinary Shares to be paid
as deferred consideration subject to the net current assets of ViaVision on
completion.

ViaVision manages five satellite television channels on the BSkyB platform, five
interactive television applications, four supporting websites and multiple
production projects. The company operates broadcast studios in the City of
London. Its range of entertainment and specialist TV channels includes Exchange
and Mart and Game-In.

Game-In TV, shortly to be rebranded as PokerZone TV, provides red-button gaming
to over 12,000 regular players, ranging from fixed-odds gaming formats to
traditional pub games and racing, on the Sky platform. A poker night featuring
documentaries and tournaments from around the world is broadcast every Monday,
Wednesday and Saturday.

The acquisition is expected to be immediately earnings-enhancing. ViaVision
reported a pre-tax loss of 331,000 on revenues of 1.3m in the year to 31
December 2004. Application has been made for 6,800,000 Ordinary Shares, which
will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares, to be admitted to
trading on AIM and it is expected that admission will occur on 8 April 2005.

Dr Michael Sinclair, chairman of YooMedia plc, said: 'This acquisition
consolidates our position in gaming and through Via Vision's work with Game-In
TV we gain crucial exposure to the poker market. It enables us to apply our
interactive media and mobile skills to poker, which is one of the fastest
growing content plays in our industry.'

For further information, please contact:

YooMedia Plc
David Docherty, chief executive 020 7462 0870

Powerscourt
John Murray 020 7236 5630
Kirsty Black 020 7236 5631




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

Hopefully this will mean the share price actually goes up....How can anyone read the results and not see the potential and want to buy some. If I had somespare cash I would buy more. iPublic I hope you make a fortune...you deserve it.
Di

YOOMEDIA fails to break even...today


YooMedia looks to break even
MoneyAM
Independent interactive media company, Yoomedia, said it is on target for operating break-even by the end of March.

Current monthly revenues are around 8m, the group added.

YooMedia also announced today that it is to buy the remaining 85% of ViaVision Ltd, an independent broadcaster and production company focused on the digital broadcast market.

YooMedia will pay the vendors 8.5 million ordinary shares in the company, 6.8 million immediately and the remaining 1.7 million subject to the net current assets of ViaVision on completion.

ViaVision manages five satellite television channels on the BSkyB platform, five interactive television applications, four supporting websites and multiple production projects.

The acquisition is expected to be immediately earnings-enhancing.

Yoomedia's pretax loss in the year under review was 24m, up from a loss of 5.4m, after operating exceptionals of 5.9m, and depreciation, amortisation and impairment charges of 11m.

The group's turnover for the year rose to 21.3m from 700,000.

Chairman, Michael Sinclair, said each of the business units has performed well during the year and all of them are strongly poised for growth.

Di & iPublic

The potential is fabulous but the buyers seem to be waiting to see the cashflow before getting on board...similar to SEO I think...revenues of 8M per month ought to get this going don't you feel?

Ruthie

It's pleasing to remove the uncertainty.

The Chairman's statement is the most bullish I've ever read and I'm still obsorbing the news. So much to discuss.

Estimated cost savings for the merger, as stated in the aquisition letter, 2m.

Actual cost savings, after merger 4.5m.

"The merger has lived up to our expectations and the two businesses are
already integrated, resulting in benefits in terms of scale and synergy. We look
forward with relish to the opportunities ahead."

Get ready for huge volume today, as broker note is published mid morning.

http://www.evbgresearch.com/

IMHO Yoo has to be one of the most under valued shares on the market. Everyone hypes about 1 shares but surely YOO will be s in a couple of years. A very good statement by the chairman. Yoo really will IMHO go from strength to strength.
Di

Acquisitions boost YooMedia
Published: 08:39 Monday 04 April 2005 < PREV | 1 | 2 | NEXT > TOTAL PAGES: 2
By: Algernon Craig Hall, Secret Buying Correspondent Printable Version


Following a year of busy acquisition activity interactive TV group YooMedia reports burgeoning top-line growth and a deal to secure control of Pokerzone TV.

YooMedia (YOO) today announced that turnover during 2004 had rocketed from 700,000 to 21.3 million. The group is now bringing in revenues in excess of 8 million a month and believes it is on target to achieve monthly operating breakeven from the end of March. The shares rose 0.5p or 3% to 16.75p.

The group reported an operating loss for 2004 of 21.3 million compared with 5.4 million last time. This year's loss included a 5.9 million exceptional charge and 11 million of depreciation and goodwill related charges.

The company, which operates the Avago TV gambling channels and the Dateline internet site, achieved impressive organic growth as well as its expansion through acquisition.

The two big deals last year were the acquisitions of Digital Interactive Television Group and Gaming Channel, which the company says have bedded down well. The acquisitions have given YooMedia the enviable position of being the only interactive TV group providing services across all four digital platforms Freeview, Sky, NTL and Telewest.
YooMedia currently runs three TV gaming channels and news today that it will purchase the remaining 85% of ViaVision, valuing the company at 4.3 million, will see it take control of Pokerzone TV. The group also operates a major satellite gaming portal that supports ten TV channels. Like for like growth for the division during the year was 50% and margins showed a big improvements.

The group's dating business, the UK's biggest, also did well during the year and plans are afoot to launch a TV dating service this year.

Following its busy 2004 YooMedia can also boast the accolade of being the biggest independent interactive solutions provider for digital TV. It currently provides technology and software services for 33 channels.

The company looks well positioned following the frenetic period of deal making and management is optimistic about prospects this year.

Todays news just shows what a lot of rubbish YOOs detractors were spouting: a company thats in serious trouble doesnt snap up acquisitions like YOO has done.