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.

Gull.

Hey! Sorry to butt in. But its no great deal. Only 15m. Chicken feed to Evolution. They spend that on their holidays. Suspect this is just diversionary tactics because you can't answer mactavish's questions. Come on - try just one, just a little one!

EWR

Gull

You are an incredibly stupid individual. I've just told you in post 714. What is the matter with you. It it a concentration problem, a memory problem or have you learning difficulites, in which case, I'll back off.

iPublic. The reason why The Gull didn't read your post was that it came while he was writing his own. It was a whole line long and took 15 minutes to write. May be a friend of Pooh - a bird of little brain!

Eric

EWR
This one ok?
Q) Do you understand the significance of Yoomedia being able to timestamp, and guarantee delivery of 1.8 million SMS messages during a live broadcast, via its Whoosh technology, to enable outcomes of votes and competions before the programme ends ????
A) Yes, they can use the revenues from this to buy themselves an island next to Bill Gates'.

iPublic
nice one 8~#

Gull

Not bad for 23:11. lol! You replied in exactly 15 minutes which proves my previous point! lol! Must have another glass of Rioja and off to bed!

Eric

EWR its called a smoke break.

I think it's good that the one the first major breakthroughs on itv was WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE. Well the Directors of YOO do so they phoned a friend and got lots of cheap options. They didn't ask the audience and offer them 50/50 which would have been better than having to take 50/50 to average down or get out. Having terminated my interest in YOO earlier this year, I will be back!

In times when the SP gives you doubts about Yoomedia, just think about the following:-

BBC - Yoomedia Client
ITV - Yoomedia Client
C4 - Yoomedai Client
C5 - Yoomedia Client
UKTV - Yoomedia Client
Celdor - Yoomedia Client

Access in someway to all UK Digital Platforms - BSKYB, NTL, Telewest, Freeview - no wonder some of Yoomedia's competition already caved in and joined them ????? - maybe Whoosh were already worried about some infringement of the Yoomedia Trigger TV patent - I still can't understand why David Bainbridge gave up such a good business, which was obviously ahead of the field client wise than Trigger TV, anyone elese have any thoughts there ????

Also, broacasters in own right via Sky Active - over 7 million UK access

Also, broadcasters in own right via Freeview - over 5 million UK access

Also, has online presence via Internet - Dating sites & Fancy A Flutter

Also, has own partnership in providing Broadband TV - another growth area about to take off, already piloting with NTL

Doesn't all the above tell you something ?????, not only do Yoomedia have a good foothold in DTV and iTV services, they are in with some of the best clients any company could want in the field of broadcasting.

Regards

This is the trading update since the merger:-

1) In conjunction with the Yoomobile contract with Celador, and with the success of the walkaway game on WWTBAM in the UK - this is now being rolled out in 100 + countries where WWTBAM is broadcast - bearing in mind from a cold start, the first couple of months of the game in the UK generated 1,000,000 contestants, the success of the game is sure to be a revenue producing success

2) By way of the contracts with the CD:UK primetime saturday morning programme, and also The Memory Game on primetime saturday TV - it is now evident that mainstream broadcasters are turning to iTV for additional revenue streams - and with the contracts awarded to Yoomedia, it is evident they are one of ITV's preffered partners - which is good considering they have national coverage.

3) Yoomedia were one of the chosen companies to take part in a mock bid for the 300 million per year contract to provide a PSB ( Public Service Broadcast ) channel, with funding already alloted from the government - feedback since the bid said that Yoomedia's was one of the most interesting bids - even if Yoomedia do not win the evenutual bid - they may still be involved in some capacity 300 million, that is a lot of bickies to share around

4) Yoomobile have won a contract with Nestle in their hign profile Kit Kash promotion which is subject to heavy national advertising.

5) BSKYB have given more prominence to the Sky Active area - in which Yoomedia have a good presence - this is part of the free Sky Subscription are, so all BSKYB customers have access to this area - incidentally - BSKY have just announced impressive figures as they continue to push forward.

6) The take up of Freeview continues to grow substantially - on the two week run up to Christmas over 200,000 set boxes were sold - that means over 200,000 more potential Yoomedia customers - and they didn't even have to do anything

7) The take up of DTV continues to rise on a global basis - even with competition, which we know exists, this worldwide market is large enough to ensure the success of more than one player - with the size of the market, Yoomedia would not be able to cope on their own, but it is comforatble knowledge that they are one of the UK market leaders in iTV services.

8) Fancy A Flutter continues to grow at more than 1,000,000 per month revenue, this figure is easily obtained by keeping a close eye on the web site, as they declare how much winnings are paid out - in January over 1,000,000 was paid out in prize money.

As you will realise, the above is not an offcial announcement, but is just some of the information that is available via research, and that Yoomedia were not able to tell us about during the two month news black out after the take over.

I am sure there is a lot more that we do not know about, that remains to be seen when we do get some offcial news.

Another point, there is no material change since the merger, only good news as per the above points, so in my mind, there is no need to panic, as some people appear to be doing.

When investing in any AIM listed share, there is sure to be large swings in each direction, which we have seen a lot of in the last 12 months, there really are only two options for Yoomedia, it will either grow by its own means as it has done to date, or it will get taken over - either of which I am confident will reap rewards for the investors at the time.

Regards

2 delayed 175k buys just went thru'.

mac

Thanks for the excellent research as usual. I think confidence has been slipping away with Lloyds TSB selling out and the Superannuation Pension Fund going below 3% - I should think that they hadn't liked the publicity; complaints about the gambling link? I think the main point, though, is that whilst you have all the qualitative evidence of a successful company, we haven't been given any updated figures or forecasts. I really think these are needed. I can understand management wanting to get the re-organisation out of the way and to get some solid trading under their belt. There will be nothing new in the prelims for the year to 31st Dec. which means that the first meaningful figures will probably be for Q1. There would be no point in Evolution putting out the report that they could have put out at the end of December but for the embargo without updated projections.

So we may get sideways trading for the next few weeks before a run-up of rumour before news. Noticeable that the fall today preceded some good buying, including 350K (in two tranches) at 17p. Suspect that this is as good a buying opportunity as will be available.

Eric

iPublic I have topped up, do i need a shrink?
(damn this work computer different log in)

Gull

poes: No! You have shrunk already! lol! EWR

Time to come on Board - I have beeen watching the conversations on this board and read macs summary and decided the time is right with a small investment to test the water.
Now is the time to go Blue
Baza

From 11/03
Sporting bet is now valued at over 1 billion share price then was 40p now well over 3

LONDON (AFX) - Sportingbet PLC said it has entered an exclusive three year
partnership agreement with YooMedia PLC, the interactive entertainment group, to
take fixed odds games betting onto UK interactive television.
Sportingbet will provide the odds setting, customer services and transaction
capabilities which will enable YooMedia to develop and launch Sportingbet's
games products on all digital television platforms in the UK during 2004.
YooMedia will share in a percentage of the gross win generated from these games.
newsdesk@afxnews.com

buys well outnumbering sells now today.

Gull/Poes,

Was that you that just bought 1 share?

lots of patience and we will be well rewarded! Thanks Mac it's very exciting reading, I'm already excited to see GMC are rocketing up as I've stuck with those for over a year! If you all fancy a good chance of rich rewards IMHO. you should check out GMC---the mini sportingbet but not for long! cheers MP

mac

Is this sportingbet contract still running? I had a feeling that events took a different course and YOO are actually providing competitive services. Whichever way it is, there is a hige furture in DVD betting as there is with the internet.

There's moneyplus, again. Struck another goldmine! Can't keep up with her - too elusive!

Eric

Since the annoucement of RNS 49635 dated 11th November 2003, I am lead to believe that the deal with Sportingbet has been scrapped - due to the fact that Yoomedia saw their own opportunity of developing an iTV presence of their own, rather than via a third party.

Since that announcement, Yoomedia have their own direct access to iTV gambling channels, which infact, has put them ahead of Sportingbet in this field - which when you see the growth Sportingbet has achieved online in the last 12 months, gives rise to a lot of optimisum for the same to happen via iTV - especially when we have FTSE 100 Partners such as William Hill via Sky Interactive channel 425 - who just happen to have some considerable advantage over Sportingbet in the fact they can heavily promote on the high street, and as one of the largest high street bookies, expect to see a lot of promotion instore.

If you are excited about the growth of Sportingbet over the 12 months - start getting excited about the growth we are going to see for Yoomedia via iTV with reference to gambling.