Yoomedia PLC
14 December 2005
YooMedia plc / Ticker: YOO / Index: AIM / Sector: Media
14 December 2005
YooMedia plc ('YooMedia' or 'the Group')
to launch Avago channel on ntl digital cable
YooMedia plc, the AIM traded interactive content and services provider, has
signed an agreement with ntl to operate its interactive gaming and betting
channel, Avago, on ntl's platform. Avago will be the first live-studio
presented interactive gambling channel on UK cable TV. ntl's digital TV
subscribers will be able to play Avago for fun or for real on the channel. The
service will launch early next year.
As well as being the only channel of its kind operating on ntl's platform, Avago
is the only product of its type to be distributed on Sky, cable, internet, and
mobile phones. YooMedia's proprietary cross platform back end systems and single
e-wallet allows customers to use their accounts on TV, web and mobiles.
YooMedia has agreed with ntl to launch other video and graphics play for fun/
real games behind the channel in 2006.
YooMedia's Group Managing Director, Neil MacDonald, said: 'Expanding our popular
interactive gaming and betting channel, Avago, onto ntl's platform is a
breakthrough for the Group. With over 200,000 registered account holders, Avago
is gaining recognition all the time. We believe that this deal will contribute
greatly to its continued success.'
ntl has 1.4m subscribers across its digital cable TV service. Avago will
feature within ntl's Base and Family packs.
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Contacts:
Neil MacDonald YooMedia plc Tel: 020 7462 0870
Isabel Crossley St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: 020 7242 4477
Notes on YooMedia plc
YooMedia is one of the fastest growing interactive entertainment companies in
the UK. Essentially, it develops and delivers premium interactive content and
services to households and individuals via TV, the web, telephony and mobile
phones. It has four main divisions:
• YooMedia Dating - manages dating brands including Dateline and Avenues
from over 20 locations throughout the UK. Operates across traditional
media, digital TV, internet and mobile phones.
• YooMedia Gambling & Games - interactive fixed odds, play for fun casino
and poker related games services for digital TV, the web and mobile phones.
Brands include Avago and Channel 425. It also manages YooPlay, the only
interactive games channel found on all four Digital TV platforms in the UK.
• YooMedia Enhanced Solutions (YES) - delivers interactive content that
enhances consumer and audience experiences. Customers include the BBC,
Nestle, Celador, William Hill, Channel 4, ZipTV, The Cartoon Network and
HR Owen.
• YooMedia Public Sector - provides digital solutions/media services to
leading public sector organisations including the NHS Direct Interactive TV
service for the Department of Health, the Learning and Skills Council TV
Kickstart service and a range of local authority TV services.
The Group's experienced management team includes: Chairman, Dr. Michael
Sinclair, who holds a number of directorships in both the UK and the USA having
previously founded Lifetime Corporation; and Managing Director, Neil MacDonald,
whose career spans 11 years in multimedia and interactive sectors plus a further
19 years in the retail industry.
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