INTELLIGENT INVESTING WITH BANJO,well sort of! (Ed-hmmmm-lol)

Galleon Holdings plc has three key divisions:Galleon Entertainment for entertainment type IP,Croco Worldwide for product IP,Phoenix for interactive TV services for broadcasters in China/South East Asia which includes Robot Information Technology (Lushy Assets ('Yunbo')) who are a wireless interactive platform service provider in China who will work alongside Phoenix to enable GON to hold on to a greater part of the generated revenue and so increase the profit margin......think that's the plan! :-)

This makes Galleon Holdings a 'One Stop Shop' to develop and complete new and existing IP's.

Financial PR Redleaf Communications


WEBSITES/LINKS


Galleon Holdings


The Galleon Group of Companies

Galleon Entertainment
Phoenix
Robot Information Technology
Croco Worldwide

Websites associated with GON

Dragonfruit Studios
Super Soccer Star-2nd Roll out-Malaysia
Fortune 5
Skunk Fu Website
Skunk Fu Merchandise-UK
Skunk Fu Merchandise-USA
Apollo's Pad>
The Hunt for Miss Apollo
Sokator442 Web Page
Mysti Web Page


Toy Shelf-website that appears to get updated regularly
Qube Media-Web Marketing/Production for Apollo's Pad
Lavish
Cake Entertainment
Cartoon Saloon & Their Skunk Fu Blog
FATKAT Animation Studios
Good Story Productions-The Series Producers for Apollo's Pad
Copernicus Studios Inc
The Internet Movie Data Base (Skunk Fu)


GON ANNOUNCEMENTS (updated-26/01/09)

CLICK HERE FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM 2006 TO LATEST PLUS OTHER BITS AND BOBS


Acquisition of Phoenix Investment Global Limited, Placing of Shares and Confirmation of Total Voting Rights-23/10/07
Galleon to buy China's Phoenix Investment for up to 5.5 mln stg UPDATE-23/10/07
Galleon Receives Supply Order for Latin America-25/10/07
TR-1 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (Ashcourt) 31/10/07
TR-1 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (Imagination Holdings Limited) 07/11/07
Interactive TV Agreement with TV3 - Malaysia's largest broadcaster 09/11/07
'Skunk fu!' - Global TV placement 12/12/07
TR-1 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (Cheyne) 13/12/07
Change of Adviser 17/12/07
Interactive TV Agreement with Metropolitan TV and CH 9 21/01/08
Results 30/01/08
Acquisition of Wireless Interactive Platform Service Provider in China 20/02/08
Galleon launches Soccer Show in China with Chelsea F.C. and Guangdong TV Sports channel 03/03/08
AGM Statement and Partnership with RDF Media 02/04/08
Galleon Holdings sees H1 revenues higher than previous full year 02/04/08
Skunk Fu! Breaks into US-27/05/08
Launch of Toyline in the US and Appointment of Licensing & Distribution Partners-09/06/08
Syndication of Super Soccer Star in Shanghai region-23/06/08
Interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2008-27/06/08
Agreement with Hunan Television in China-07/07/08
Roll-out of latest product IP-14/07/08
New Product Order-29/07/08
Agreement with MMTV in China-14/08/08
US distribution agreement for Skunk fu! toyline-19/08/08
Strategic US Partnership-17/09/08
Co-production agreement for Super Soccer Star in Malaysia & terms agreed for Super Soccer Star in Indonesia -29/09/08
Trading Update-07/10/08
First Earn-Out Payment - Yunbo 13/10/08
BAFTA Nomination & Appointment of Subsidiary Director-17/11/08
UK distribution agreement for Skunk fu! toyline-27/11/08
Yunbo launches Chinese lottery mobile application-10/12/08
Preliminary results for the year ended 30 September 2008 (Issued 19/01/09)
Acquires stake in US strategic partner-26/01/09

Latest News/Events

SUPER SOCCER STAR STARTS WEDNESDAY 7 JAN 2009.DON'T MISS IT!

CLIK HERE FOR SOME BACKGROUND INFO.ON Michael Koziol and Melissa Honabach (DRAGONFRUIT STUDIOS)

26th June 2008 Galleon – And Its 'Edgy' Strategy by Tom Bulford

Get back to the first page-lol

Another surge upwards next week?

Must be due some news from GON soon!

Skunk Fu

"Produced by Irish animation house Cartoon Saloon with Telegael and Cake Entertainment, for Ireland's TG4 and Germany's Super RTL, will now air across all of Cartoon Network's EMEA channels including their channels in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and parts of Africa. It's a huge achievement as the animation will now air on every continent world wide."

"Edward Galton, Managing Director of Cake Distribution, Cake Entertainment's distribution arm, said the size of Skunk's territory now puts the property in a good position to break out of TV and move on to other platforms." and were not talking shoes..................sorry :-)

http://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews.asp?id=68831

Morning all,
Although Super RTL (Germany) own the merchandising rights for Germany,news items relating to are all positives for the IP Skunk Fu and as GON own the merchandising/licensing rights for the rest of the world of interest too.

So,it looks like Super RTL are gearing up for Skunk Fu on the airing and merchandising front:

http://translate.google.com/translate?sourceid=navclient&hl=en&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2esuperrtl%2dmerchandising%2ede%2f%3ftabid%3d93

Talk over on the 'Dark Side' relating to a possible visit (yesterday) from David Beckham to a TV show (Happy Camp) in China for Hunan TV and possible tie up with Sokator-442.
I'd rather wait for official news before getting too excited but this part:

" But "Camp" is a partner of a mobile phone company, which has signed a deal with Beckham." does tie up with recent acquisition with Phoenix,so there may be something in this story! Also from one of the articles below:

"ENGLISH soccer star David Beckham is expected to be in Beijing tomorrow for a television show, which will be broadcast in December, a Hunan Province media outlet reported yesterday."



Then again there is so much going on in China relating to all forms of media so think I'll wait for official news before getting the flags out. :-)
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EDIT-turns out Becks was for Motorola promotion
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http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200711/20071122/article_339040.htm

http://english.sina.com/life/1/2007/1123/133355.html


http://virtualreview.org/china/zoom/389860/beckham-appear-in-beijing-for-tv-show

Also nicked from the 'Dark Side' and worth a read:

"Indeed, Chinas media industry is bringing its viewers an increasing plethora of content genres ranging from animated specials to formats such as Hunan TVs Super Voice Girls, Chinas answer to Pop Idol. The show became one of the most-watched television events in the world, with about 400 million viewers tuning in to its final episode in the first season.

From a commercial standpoint, the Chinese media industry has recently witnessed superlative growth along with the rest of the economy to become the worlds fastest-growing media market. China now ranks as the worlds third-largest advertising market, and is expected to continue its double-digit growth in the coming years, becoming the worlds second-largest advertising market by 2010.

At the same time, much as in the rest of the world, an increasing range of content-consumption options outside the traditional broadcasting model is now available, including online video and user-generated content."

http://www.worldscreen.com/featurescurrent.php?filename=china1007.htm

Spending on digital platforms to touch $1.1 trillion by 2011

Indiantelevision.com Team

(24 November 2007 10:00 pm)

NEW DELHI: Global spending across various digital platforms is expected to touch $1.1 trillion by 2011, up from $690 million in 2006.

In 2006, the spending on digital platforms has contributed 48 per cent to the total entertainment and media spending including internet access spending.

Spending on these platforms have expanded by double-digit and high-single-digit rates during the five past years. The report also says that two additional years of double-digit growth are expected, with high-single-digit gains anticipated during 200911.

India is currently witnessing a trend of increased digital infrastructure penetration of broadband and mobile networks which now make it possible to broadcast, stream and download digitised content from diverse platforms to a variety of devices. The new technological environment is thus creating great opportunities for content providers in India to monetise their valuable content across various digital media and devices.

http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k7/nov/nov279.php

"Skunk Fu! Goes Global With Cartoon Network
22 Nov 2007

The animated comedy action series Skunk Fu!, is set to air on every continent world wide after begin licensed by Cake Distribution to the Cartoon Network Europe.

Funded by the IFB, produced by Irish animation house Cartoon Saloon with Telegael and Cake Entertainment - for Ireland's TG4 and Germany's Super RTL, the series will now air across all of Cartoon Network's EMEA channels including their channels in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and parts of Africa, meaning the popular series is now reaching a global audience."

"Edward Galton, MD of Cake Distribution, Cake Entertainment's distribution arm, said the size of Skunk's territory now puts the property in a good position to break out of TV and move on to other platforms."

http://www.iftn.ie/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4280847&tpl=archnews

It wants to breakout,I know it does! :-)

I haven't finished my 'family tree' type thing on GON,yet!

History of an IP and of a company is most important as it highlights past problems,reasons for delays along with positive changes in the companies life to name but a few-imo.

Sokator-442 (Name could change on launch)

Jan 2005-Acquisition of Green & Dunne Limited who brought with them TWO IPR where development had already started in Los Angeles.

"Stephen Green is an expert in both license acquisition and exploitation with an
excellent track record in the UK and internationally with global brands.At Chorion plc, as director of brand operations he was a senior member of the
management team and responsible for the commercial planning and exploitation of
all their brands.

He previously worked as licensing director for Hasbro Consumer Products for
five years, with strategic and commercial responsibility for acquiring
international licenses and exploitation of Hasbro brands. This involved working
with global brands in Pre-School, Boys, Girls and Family programming including
Bob the Builder, Star Wars, Monopoly, My Little Pony, Action Man and a number
of sports brands such as Manchester United and Formula 1."


"Len Dunne has expertise in product and brand development with 15 years
experience in marketing both in the UK and the USA.

At Chorion plc, as director of brand development he was also a senior member of
the management team with responsibility for strategy planning, research, new
acquisition identification and evaluation, and content development and funding.

He previously worked as director of marketing and global brands at
Entertainment Rights plc. Prior to that he spent six years at Hasbro where he
held several roles both in Europe and the USA including global director of
marketing - Boys Action. He had global responsibility for Transformers, Batman
toys and the US launch of Pokon toys.

Collectively Stephen and Len have direct experience of building successful
entertainment brands in key categories and channels globally. These include TV,
Theatrical Releases, Home Entertainment, Publishing, Multimedia, Toys, Games,
Live Events, Sponsorship, Partworks, Merchandising, Third Party Promotions,
Direct Marketing, On-Line and Retail."



April 2005-Relating to the announcement of a New Intelectual Property:

"The property, provisionally titled `Project Sport,' would consist initially of
52 half hour episodes incorporating animation and live action aimed at boys. It
is anticipated that the property, involving a global sports theme, will feature
internationally renowned soccer stars who have already indicated their desire
to be involved."

"The project is moving ahead with
such momentum that a concurrent UK & US launch is looking likely. In this event
the multiple revenue streams unlocked by this property would deliver six figure
revenues as early as 2006."
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Running a little bit late-lol.The reason I would suggest is the 360' approach arrived mid-way through the planned time scale.
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June 2005-"We have also put into development a new sports fantasy kids TV show, Goalactika-442. This project has had a positive response from key broadcasters in the UK, US and Japan and we are now finalising its development with a view to going into production by the end of the year."

There is too much to post regarding Sokator-442 along with the other IP's.A lot missing out in the middle ie fill the thread up! regarding Sokator-442 so will just post link from the last major article:

"Indiantelevision.com Team

(25 September 2007 3:26 pm)

MUMBAI: Galleon Entertainment, the UK-based intellectual property owner, developer and manager, is taking its all-new repositioned multiplatform animated comedy adventure series, Sokator-442 to Mipcom 2007.

The 26 x half hours animated soccer adventure series is available to international buyers at this year's market for online, mobile and TV broadcast deals, it was announced by Galleon Holdings plc CEO Stephen Green."

http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k7/sep/sep384.php

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Jan 2005-Acquisition of Green & Dunne Limited

July 2005-The arrival of David Wong

Skunk Fu is a prime example in 'New' GON having a nose for what will sell in the future and shows how the 'New Management' ie Green,Dunne and Wong started to take GON forward and in a new direction-imo.

October 2005-Gon acquired a 15% equity stake and the global merchandising rights (exc.Germany) in Skunk Fu.


Mar 2006-Driscoll has resigned. David Wong will replace Driscoll with immediate effect.


Galleon Holdings PLC
28 June 2006

'Skunk Fu!' is in full production with 52 episodes targeted for delivery to
air in 2007 on the BBC(UK), Super RTL(Germany), Canal J(France) and other
European territories. Advanced discussions are in place for other key
territories including the US and Australia.





The point being by looking back it is quite clear 2005 was a key year in GON's history and I'm not knocking JD as he had his day but times moved on very fast and a change was required!

Interesting to note that all GON's websites are down this evening excluding Apollo's Pad.Make of that as you wish :-)

Observations on updated website.................so far! :-)


1. 'Our Properties'-Big update on Skunk Fu as in the airing of globally and a link to Skunk Fu TV ie http://www.skunkfu.tv/ Maybe some changes there then soon.

2.'Our Properties'-Not sure but Hoo Ha House appears new in that 'HHH IS being developed into a CGI Tv series', I'm sure that bit is new?

3.'Our Properties'-Sokator-442 is different somehow but haven't picked up on it yet.

4.'Our Properties'-Mysti now mentions the film rights to Cutstone Feature Productions Limited.

5.'TV Room'-Mysti,I'm sure there wasn't a song there before ! or ?

6.'TV Room'-HHH,not sure but thought they showed the original trailer before and now it says 'Coming Soon!'........no laughing at the back-lol

7.'TV Room'-Sokator-442,not sure if they were in this room to start with but they are 'Coming Soon!' too!

8.Mysti website still down as of 23:34 :-)

I haven't finished yet-lol

The Lady with the Log has a few things to say:

"My log hears things I cannot hear. But my log tells me about the sounds, about the new words.
Even though it has stopped growing larger, my log is aware."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPpKx6zWpOo&mode=related&search=

Never really rated the band but they did a corker of a song:


The The - Infected - Heartland

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8Tov0B-BEQ

but on a happier note :-)

Love Shack - B-52s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8NhJNpQlsY

Forgot to check the Croco part of GON's website last night.................amazing up-dates! :-)

See,the Log Lady knows best! :-)

Anyways,The article below mainly relates to Apollo's Pad at the present time,I've highlighted what I think are the main bits:

C21's FutureMedia Weekly: Mobile


Making the most of mobile

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With over two billion mobile phones in people's pockets around the world there's a clear opportunity to connect with their users in new ways - and an imperative to do so, writes Greg Brooks.
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Engaging your audience used to be what TV companies did best. Immersive dramas, innovative gameshows and explosive documentaries would draw in an audience that would either shout at or become glued to the magic box in the corner.

But in a schedule where many more reality and format-driven shows are finding a home, TV companies are increasingly turning to mobile interaction to provide the engagement and to add value to their shows' brands.

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A recent survey of more than 1,000 UK mobile users found that nearly half of respondents fail to respond to traditional advertising campaigns because they forget the brand name and contact details after their initial interest in the advertisement has passed. More than a third of people, however, had sent a text to a five-digit number (short code) in response to a competition, programme or advertisement, according to the research, commissioned by mobile companies 2ergo and O2.
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'Text to win,' 'text to vote,' 'text us your thoughts' have become the new mantras for TV companies that are switching on to the fact that not only do viewers feel more involved and engaged in a show if they can participate, but also that the industry can make some serious revenues.
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Mobile presents TV companies with two clear opportunities. The first is to engage the audience during the show through participation TV using the mobile channel. The second is to add value to shows by giving the audience extra content such as clips, wallpapers, ringtones and other assets through mobile WAP sites.

A series of high-profile participation TV scandals in the UK of late has hit public confidence, not only in phone-in voting but also in text activity. There have also been problems in other countries, such as India, where in June allegations that a number of text votes for the local version of Pop Idol were not counted resulted in shops being vandalised and the offices of the mobile operators being besieged by angry fans.

Andrew Bud (left), executive chairman of mBlox, which handles the infrastructure to enable mobile communication between viewers and broadcasters, says that despite the bad publicity, broadcasters are a lot savvier in their use of mobile than they were six months ago, and that the future of mobile and TV is far from dead.

"These malpractices didn't directly cause financial harm to the viewers, but it was scruffy behaviour and made the public concerned over its faith in what it sees on TV. Time needs to pass and services need to run without incident and public confidence will be slowly restored," he says.

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In the US, consumer research company Telephia claims Americans texted nearly 35 million times in the first quarter of this year in response to participation TV, generating roughly US$35m in revenues. The biggest shows in the market are American Idol, Deal or No Deal, Big Brother - which brought in 500,000 text votes in just two days in 2005 - and One vs 100.
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Mark Fitzgerald (left), MD at MX Telecom, which acts as an aggregator between content providers and networks and works with companies including the BBC, ITV, Sky and Endemol, says that the US market is moving quickly and has great potential, but is being bogged down by regulation. "American Idol has more voting than The X Factor in the UK, but the US market is much more regulated, so doing clever mobile marketing is difficult," he says.

In the US, every individual network operator must agree to the marketing campaign if it is to go to their subscribers, even if the mobile phone owner has previously opted in. This means that simple systems such as SMS voting dominate mobile marketing and prevent more sophisticated campaigns from being developed.

This feature continues online. For the full version plus access to the rest of C21Media.net click here. To read it in the November edition of FutureMedia magazine request a copy here.

KidScreen-Best Of The year

Distributor of the Year

Cake Distribution
Landing a prime US spot for 2-D animated comedy/action series Skunk Fu! was a highlight for Cake Entertainment's new distribution arm in '07. The 52 x 12-minute series, which tells the story of a Western skunk learning martial arts moves at the feet of a wise old Kung Fu master, bowed on Kids' WB! airwaves this fall, after first launching on CBBC and ABC Australia. And the company has beefed up its sales initiatives by bringing on former Xilam EVP of business development, Ed Galton, as MD.
Acting as a third musketeer to co-directors Tom Van Waveren and Genevieve Dexter, Galton is focusing on international presales and overseeing brand positioning. He also brought a new revenue stream with him by way of an exclusive alliance with his former employer, Xilam - the French prodco has appointed Cake Distribution to handle sales of its entire library in all English-speaking markets. Besides Skunk Fu!, the distributor's most recent pick-ups include Edgar & Ellen and Total Drama Island. And as part of an effort to bolster its development slate, the company has started getting involved in indie-driven projects at a much earlier stage.

Our Man Len :-)



HOT TOPIC: Industry challenges in 2008

By Samantha Loveday

November 19

As the licensing business starts to look ahead to the New Year, Samantha Loveday asks a selection of execs what they think the biggest challenges facing the market will be, and how theyll be looking to get round them

"The biggest challenge for licensing in 2008 is the lack of good quality childrens television content. Ultimately, the licensing industry is most akin to the fashion industry it requires innovation and freshness to drive the market. This is a perennial issue for the industry rather than something specific to 2008. The ability for independent production companies to deliver this freshness is being eroded currently due to poor advertising revenues negatively impacting broadcaster production budgets. Thankfully for Galleon, Skunk Fu is driving strong ratings in the UK and the US and demonstrates that a fresh concept can cut through to the consumer, which in turn is leading to strong licensing interest.

Len Dunne, MD, Galleon


http://www.licensing.biz/features/16/HOT-TOPIC-Industry-challenges-in-2008

Let me give Croco centre stage,as they deserve it:

Croco Worldwide

Croco Worldwide designs innovative bespoke in-pack premiums for global FMCG companies.

Headquartered in London, with global representation, Croco Worldwide has the specialised design, manufacturing and operational capabilities to take an idea from concept through to market.

Croco Worldwide is a wholly owned subsidiary of Galleon Holdings plc, an intellectual property company based in the UK and is AIM (Alternative Investment Market) listed on the London Stock Exchange.


http://www.crocoworldwide.com/pages/home.php

Very interesting information:


Product Development

Design innovation gives Croco its competitive edge. We are in the unique position of having a full service product design and moulding facility within our business. Upon taking a client brief, we are able to go from concept to fully injected prototype in less than one week. As this is all in-house, confidentiality is guaranteed.

For in-pack premiums, innovative product solutions are key: Croco Worldwide is focused on developing concepts that have huge appeal, strong game-play and unquestionable collectibility.

Our ambition is always to create a new craze that will drive sales volume for our clients.

http://www.crocoworldwide.com/pages/productdev.php