Media Corporation Plc

Mediacorp Plc is quoted on the London Aim Stock Exchange (MDC) formerly known as Gaming Corporation Plc and has been listed since may 2001. Mediacorp is currently split into three divisions Search, Media and Publishing.

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Mediacorp has a diverse publishing division ranging from online to printed media. Its market leading sites include. Onthebox.com , Gambling.com is a Casino Portal offering online casino and poker room advertising.  They also publish the gambling.com magazine.
The media division is led by Eyeconomy a on-line advertising technologies and solutions provider, creating new and innovative media space, generated through on-line placements.
Its Search division comprises of search specialists – building sector specific search engines for advertisers to communicate in a highly targeted environment with their particular audience. Specializing in Finance , Gambling and travel, With the coveted web address Gambling.com

Media Corporation Plc Company News
15th April 2008
Announce a partnership agreement with Yahoo! Search Marketing to provide
search results and content match advertising across Media Corp's extensive publishing network.  Justin Drummond commented 'Adding Yahoo!'s paid search and content match solutions to our in-house
publishing network will enhance our users experience and drive new revenue to
our bottom line'


20th February 2008
In a trading statement the company said it plans to invest up to £1 million of its
existing cash resources in expanding its businesses during 2008.  The Board believes this investment is essential to ensure that the Group
maximises the opportunity presented by the unprecedented growth of the online
advertising sector.  The business is also now organised into two divisions: Internet Publishing and Advertising sales.
21st January 2008
Announce the acquisition of domain name and website sport.co.uk for a cash consideration of £135,000. Media Corp will develop Sport.co.uk during the first quarter of 2008 with the aim of it becoming a worldwide provider of comprehensive sports statistics and information
27th November 2007
Announced results for year ending 30th September 2007 Pre-tax profit increased 20% to £3.0m (2006 £2.5m) with an exceptional gain of £2.5m, Earnings per share of 0.97p (2006 0.88p), Cash balances at the year end £6.3m (2006 £5.3m)
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13th November 2007
Announced the acquisition of Interactive Consulting limited trading as Nash Digital, Nash Digital is  the specialist in the packaging and sale of internet advertising space to media networks in Europe and north America. The acquisition is being completed for a consideration of £224,700 in cash including the companies asstes of £60K
18th September 2007
Announces the relaunch of Gambling.com The aim of the new website is to provide the most comprehensive destination site for sports information, gambling content and related services on the internet
23rd August 2007
Announced the sale of the domain name and assets on casino.co.uk for 3.625million to Gaming Portals Ltd a subsiduary of Cryptologic (CRP)
30th July 2007
Advanced negotiations are ongoing with a potential buyer of Casino.co.uk the decision has been taken to fully redevelop the website with the aim of significantly growing the revenues generated, pending conclusion of negotiations.
21st June 2007
Announce the re-launch of Onthebox.com, the leading online UK TV listings guide. CEO Justin Drummond commented "With the redesign and added features, we expect advertising revenues to increase dramatically along with growing site traffic and page impressions. We have further developments in the pipeline to build off this very strong platform".

23rd may 2007
Mediacorp profits drop due to US gaming legislation,  Revenues of £5.8m (2006 £5.3m), Profit after tax of £220,000 (2006 £1.3 million), Earnings per share were 0.08p (2006 0.45p) on a fully diluted basis. The Group's had net assets as at 31 March 2007 of £17.1million (31 March 2006: £16.1million).
18th December 2006 
Mediacorp announced the acquisition of Result Online Limited a leading financial portal and owner of the credit card comparison site creditcardexpert.co.uk for The total consideration for the acquisition of Result Online is comprised of an initial payment of £1.57 million  and a further payment of £1.5 million depending on pre tax profits generated between 2007 and 2009.