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

MIIT: Revenue Of Mobile Phone Rises While Fixed-line Declined In H1 2008

September 3, 2008

According to statistics released by the Monitoring and Coordination Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, from January to July 2008, the revenue of China's mobile communications industry and data communications industry increased by 16.2% and 40.4%, respectively, over last year while the fixed-line business decreased by 6.8%.

By number of users, by the end of July 2008, China's mobile phone users reached over 600 million, of which 61.07 million were new users who increased over the first seven months of 2008. The average monthly increase of 8.7 million in mobile phone users was the highest in China's mobile phone development history.

In contrast, the number of fixed-line users continued to decline in the first seven months of 2008. By the end of July, there were 355 million fixed-line users in China. The fixed-line industry of China lost 10.581 million customers from January to July 2008, an average monthly decrease of 1.35 million.

A representative from the Monitoring and Coordination Bureau says that mobile phone business has obvious advantages. On one hand, mobile phones have natural advantages such as convenience and efficiency. On the other hand, favorable charging policies like one-way charges bring greater competitive strength to mobile phones. In addition, the commercial trial of 3G mobile phones and the launch of new services, including mobile phone newspapers and mobile phone TVs, have attracted more people to use mobile phones in China.

http://www.chinatechnews.com/2008/09/03/7444-miit-revenue-of-mobile-phone-rises-while-fixed-line-declined-in-h1-2008/

Croco going from strength to strength this year by the look! Going back to post 1272:

"They have updated their website with Boinx and Roks and both to do with 'Pokon'- "I choose you Pikachu!""

Croco are now involved with Shrek-3 promotions via 'Boinx':

http://www.lays.lv/shrek3/

http://www.lays.lv/shrek3/boinxes_lati.html

Croco's main work so far with Shrek-3 still to add:

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


From the Results for the year ended 30 September 2007 (Annouced 30 January 2008):

"Croco Worldwide Sourcing Limited's revenues up 258% on last year and already
has an order book of 4.75m for 2008"

Growth

Galleon has seen both organic growth and growth by acquisition in 2007. In our
interims we stated that the emerging markets were a strategic opportunity for a
company like ours with strength in developing cross-platform entertainment. The
subsequent acquisition of Phoenix Global Investment Limited has provided Galleon
with a pipeline into China and South East Asia for its content. Whilst this
acquisition happened just outside the 2006-2007 financial year it presents a
significant opportunity for Galleon in 2008 and future years as the TV and
mobile market continues to grow in these regions.

The source of our revenues has been much more balanced this year with our
entertainment division contributing significant revenues to this year's results.
All this has been underpinned by the continued growth of Croco Worldwide
Sourcing ('Croco') which has consolidated its position as a leading developer
and supplier of in pack premium toys in Europe. In addition, it has expanded its
geographical reach into Latin America, the world's largest market for this type
of product, securing 2 orders this year from both the food and drink divisions
of Pepsico .This coupled with our new presence in Asia presents Croco with a
much larger global distribution footprint for its new and existing products and
IP for 2008.

Outlook

In 2008 we have an entertainment division that is now generating revenues from
its children and family based IP across multiple platforms coupled with a
distribution channel to take this and other content into China and the rest of
South East Asia. In addition to this Croco Worldwide continues to grow
significantly, expanding its existing customer base, winning new clients and
introducing more of its product based IP into market. With the continued growth
in both divisions in mind we are optimistic that 2008 will be a defining year
for the company.

David Wong
Chairman

30 January 2008

Then.....


Interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2008 (Announced 27 June 2008):

Croco Worldwide

Croco Worldwide is our global toy division, focusing on designing and manufacturing innovative bespoke in-pack premiums for the global FMCG companies. The division continues to grow in terms of volume, value and also geographical reach. Our relationship with Pepsico is expanding well beyond Europe and our presence in Latin America has been bolstered by the successful test of our product IP Blasterz in a promotion in Mexico.

Our focus for the remaining months will be to secure regular business from this region and to expand our sales and distribution into Asia. Greater visibility of business and stronger relationships allows us to be more strategic about our investment in product IP and also manufacturing technology, all of which provide significant barriers to entry for any competitors.

Current Trading & Outlook

The first six months of this financial year have been very solid as the Group moves into a profitable phase of growth. This is a huge achievement by the management which has generated a profit in a period when they acquired and then integrated Phoenix and Yunbo in China and South East Asia. We are fortunate to have excellent dedicated employees and managers locally in each of the markets where we operate which allows us to act efficiently, responsively and timely to our partners in this period of quantum growth.

It is evident that we are steadily executing our business model in the emerging markets, particularly in China. Each of our divisions has continued to gain momentum and this will continue into the second half of the year. We are excited by the opportunities that we see ahead of us.

Then....

Roll-out of latest product IP (14 July 2008)-The product range includes Blasterz, Epix Coins, Lenticulars, Flipz and Spinners. Blasterz, our previously launched product, has received orders to date of 8,000,000.

New Product Order (29 July 2008)-The new product, which cannot be named for competitive reasons, has been tested successfully in multiple markets.

Forgot to add this bit from GON's China/SEA arm which in my opinion shows the start of a big push into this area by Croco:

Marketing and promotions

Phoenix has a team of professionals with a strong background in marketing premiums and promotions, unlocking an additional revenue stream for brands. Sister company Croco Worldwide has design and production capabilities for marketing premiums and promotions, enabling an additional revenue stream for brands.

http://www.phoenixglobal.tv/products.htm

This may or may not unfold to involve GON,I will check later but I'm sure RDF Media 'The Group' are mainly involved in UK,USA and Europe and the inclusion below of Asia,Malaysia and among others may be interesting,only time will tell of course!

Edit-I read it wrong,ooooopsed.Malaysia already aired.....carry on :-)


RDF Rights secures Dance pre-sales

RDF Media Group's RDF Rights has secured nine pre-sales for season four of 19 Entertainment/Dick Clark Productions dance show So You Think You Can Dance? which the company is launching at Mipcom.

The pre-sales are to TVA in Canada, MBC Middle East, Channel 4 Nelonen Finland, Fox International Channels Italy, Kanal 11 Estonia and Fox Life Channel Poland. Other territories include Asia, South Africa and Turkey.

Also

"Local versions of So You Think You Dance? have also aired in Australia, Germany, Poland, Malaysia, Israel, Greece, Turkey, Denmark, New Zealand, and Norway among others."


http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?area=1&article=44450

Them there Moving Average lines,the coloured ones in chart :-) are converging in a positive fashion it would seem which I suppose is only reflecting the rise to 23.5p from the drop to the 20p area a few weeks/months back.

The 25 and 50 are definitely moving in the right direction with the 50 looking to overtake (might not be the correct word) 100!

Sort of interesting in an interesting sort of way,hmmmmmm

It's all about buying volume at the end of the day and GON being a 'growth company' need major positive news to prove this point!

There are plenty of avenues where this news can come from within GON as a whole as I hope is made clear by my few posts on this 'ere thread.

And obviously the news is going to arrive from China/SEA and there is no rush as the management have done amazing work so far with GON.Carry on as they are doing I say,in hinting of possible activities,nailing the deals,estimating times and mostly achieving them,upbeat statements/announcements that are then backed up by figures within the interims and finals and you can't really ask for more...............did I ramble-lol

Looks exciting after a quick read:

Date: 17 September 2008

On behalf of: Galleon Holdings plc ('Galleon' or 'the Company')

Embargoed until: 0700hrs

Galleon Holdings PLC

Strategic US Partnership

Galleon Holdings plc (AIM: GON), the AIM listed entertainment media company developing and producing multi-platform properties with a focus on emerging markets, announces a strategic partnership with Dragonfruit Studios, a US-based original content studio focused on multi-platform entertainment properties, that initially involves the licensing of two of Galleon's multi-platform entertainment properties.

Dragonfruit has licensed the exploitation rights to Galleon's entertainment properties, Super Soccer Star and Apollo's Pad. Under the terms of the deal Dragonfruit will pay an initial fee of US $1million and royalties on future earnings.

Commenting on the partnership, CEO of Galleon Holdings, Stephen Green said:

'The partnership with Dragonfruit Studios is highly complementary to Galleon's business with the addition of a US operating presence, expansion opportunities for our brands into the United States, digital media expertise and access to major global brand advertisers. The relationship will greatly enhance our ability to drive revenues from these properties in the US and globally in the immediate future.'


Commenting on the partnership, CEO of Dragonfruit Studios, Michael Koziol said:

'Globally, the future of entertainment and media is in the creation and execution of relationship-driven multi-platform properties that engage consumers on numerous different media fronts and facilitate the relationships between brand sponsors and their end consumers. Together with Galleon, we are confident that the right formula and thinking exist to create lasting media and entertainment brands and build value for our businesses and brand partners.'

http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200809170700145970D.html

Well,that gained a lot of interest! Never mind as further updates will arrive in due time and hopefully the markets will have settled a bit.

I'll have a good look around tonight on todays splendiferous news.

Interesting that Chelsea FC are continuing to sponsor SSS!

Apollo's Pad looks to be going from strength to strength with the added bonus that it's progress and direction will be seen on screen as it happens along with the usual annoucement route!

Good olde Galleon

yes not a bad rns banj

another 560k to the Galleon bottom line

results should be pretty good.

profit in the region of 1.5m me thinks!!

Afternoon John,
Will have a good look tonight,todays news is totally out of the blue!

We may even get Sokator 442 running along side SSS,who knows?

All very exciting stuff!

hmmm,interesting.

Dragonfruit Studios a quick history as I have to dash....

"The man who spearheaded the re-branding of Delta.com at digital agency Digitas is now running the Atlanta office of his former competitor, interactive agency Nurun Inc. The appointment of Bill Lawrence as vice president and managing director of Nuruns Atlanta office follows the departure of Michael Koziol and Melissa Honabach the duo who co-founded Ant Farm Interactive LLC, which was acquired by Nurun in 2004. Koziol and Honabach left the agency to found Atlanta-based entertainment studio Dragonfruit Studios LLC."

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2008/09/08/newscolumn1.html?ana=from_rss


Ant Farm founders form entertainment studio

The co-founders of Atlanta agency Ant Farm Interactive have launched a new venture -- Dragonfruit Studios.

Located at the King Plow Arts Center, Dragonfruit is an original content and entertainment studio focused on developing and producing ideas for various distribution channels, including broadcast, Internet, mobile, video on demand, print and music, among others.

"We believe that entertainment is poised to shift dramatically in the coming years and that our business creative and digital background are the foundation for a new approach to content and creativity," said Michael Koziol, who started Ant Farm Interactive with Melissa Honabach."

http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2008/02/25/newscolumn4.html


Integrated Marketing: What Does It Really Mean?
by Michael Koziol - April 12, 2006

http://www.talentzoo.com/news.php?articleID=497

Social Networking 101-May 22, 2006

Michael highlights two points in particular that I think are principle

Viewpoint: Interactive strategy must mirror exclusive feel of offline presence-By Michael Koziol Mailed 2007-05-01

Advertising Age: 2007-10-22: Who's who among digital independents


http://www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/2156563229/

(Picture Top Left)


Heres the website for 'Ant Farm Interactive' that was bought by Nurun in 2004 where Michael Koziol and Melissa Honabach then left to set up Dragonfruit Studios.

http://www.antfarminteractive.com/html/leadership.html


Interesting that Michael Koziol is on the board of directors for Center for Puppetry Arts,obviously sees potential for Apollo's Pad.

"The Center is the largest non-profit organization in the U.S. dedicated to puppetry. In addition to a dedicated staff and Board, it is supported by its Members and generous contributions from individuals, foundations, corporations and government agencies."

http://www.puppet.org/about/board.shtml

http://www.puppet.org/about/who.shtml

I'll probably add to the above later,gives a bit of background thee knows.

Anyway,last night I said "And obviously the news is going to arrive from China/SEA..."

I still think that to be the case and although todays news was splendiferous I get the feeling in me banja strings that there are much bigger announcements to come from China/SEA.

Forgot to say that GON even made the 'Other Top Stories' on the front page of MoneyAM today,which was/is rather good.

There's a thing that has puzzled me for sometime,it's the Robot Technology (Yunbo) website that hasn't been updated since well before the GON deal but is referenced to many times,especially via Phoenix.Strange that!

Edit-It's probably there just to show that they do exist and may come under the Phoenix banner in due time or a complete new redesign and update is on the cards.

It's quite interesting (will have to think of another word,getting repetitive) this new partnership with Dragonfruit Studios in that there are lots of links to China/SEA and not just the name of the fruit,there are links via work done in this region too!

Edit-Forget the links with China/SEA,got confused with Dragonfruit Studio,opposed to Studios

There are also similarities in the time frame regarding age of the company compared with Phoenix ie about the same age when deals were struck.

Michael Koziol and Melissa Honabach obviously work very well together to have their 'Ant Farm Interactive' business snapped up! From what I've managed to glean tonight they are a very capable pair who have their eyes firmly fixed on the future of the media in general and have a key knowledge in this sector and most importantly where it is heading.

Lets look at todays announcement again (for my benefit,been a busy one).

"Dragonfruit was launched in January 2008 by Michael Koziol and Melissa Honabach, who previously founded interactive agency Ant Farm Interactive in 1999, which they sold to Nurun, a publicly traded (TSX) global interactive agency, in 2004. Nurun was subsequently acquired by Quebecor Media. The principals are widely recognised for their expertise in digital media and marketing, new and emerging media models, and advising leading global brands on the new media landscape. During their tenure at Ant Farm Interactive and Nurun, they advised a wide range of clients, including: AT&T, AutoTrader.com, Equifax, L'Oreal, Unilever, Evian, The Home Depot, Bombardier Recreational Products, Frontier Airlines, and many others."

Dragonfruit which was only launched in January 2008 must be doing very well in this short period of time and have money to spend or/and see GON as a major step forward for their very young company,what did GON say would follow from this initial deal............now that is the question?

"Dragonfruit has licensed the exploitation rights to Galleon's entertainment properties, Super Soccer Star and Apollo's Pad. Under the terms of the deal Dragonfruit will pay an initial fee of US $1million and royalties on future earnings."

The question could be asked that were Michael Koziol and Melissa Honabach head hunted or approached maybe a better word to form their own company again and link up with GON at a future date ie now!

I may be rambling now but how big are GON going to be? The more I look into the past two or is it three years under the 'new management' and see what has been achieved then there must have been a major plan from the start and explains why the placement last October was taken up with ease!

I can see Dragonfruit and Phoenix working together/linking up to give individual IP's whether GON's own or a third parties a level of consistancy or seemless entwinement between the two continents to give an IP or a brand free movement......just a thought-lol

"Galleon Holdings, a producer/distributor of multiplatform properties, inks a strategic partnership with Dragonfruit Studios, a nine-month-old US-based original content studio. Under the initial agreement Galleon has licensed the US rights of two of its properties, Super Soccer Star and Apollo's Pad, to Dragonfruit Studios, and which will also provide an interactive media and sponsorship role for Galleon. Dragonfruit will pay an initial fee of US $1million and royalties on future earnings."

http://www.cynopsis.com/content/view/3828/53/

Viewing figures picking up on Apollo's Pad via the Youtube route,especially the ladies area :-)

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=apollospad&p=v