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Not unexpectedly, the share prices of the proprietary (and non-free product vending) GPS device makers, TomTom
and Garmin, plummeted on the news of Google’s latest application. Observe the latest 10-day stock charts for the two
GPS device makers.
AN D ROI D A T H R EA T T O P RO P RI ET AR Y P L AT F O R MS , SU C H A S A PP L E A N D BL A C KB E R RY
This Google development threatens the two leading smartphone players, Apple and BlackBerry. Since both of these
companies must purchase their own mapping data to offer a similar service, they are faced with the choice of taking a
hit to margins or shipping their smartphones without free navigation.
AN D ROI D ST E A DIL Y S IN KI NG IT S HO O KS I NT O T H E M OB IL E M A RK ET
The possibilities for disruption in the mobile device space on the part of Google and its ad-based revenue model are
beginning to come to light with every new, free application press release. Though Android-equipped phones have not
made the same kind of splash as the iPhone nor have they the user-base loyalty of the BlackBerry, we expect that
developments along the lines of Google’s latest will continue to bring the Android phone segment into the forefront.
This report has been created b y Anal ysts that are emplo yed b y Research Capital Corporation, a Canadian Investment Dealer.
For further disclosures, please see last page of this report.
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C A P I T A L M A R K E T S A C T I V I T Y (M & A A N D F I N A N C I N G )
October finishes limping: Total transaction value in the W eb 2.0 universe for October is $170.8 (vs. $151.2 million at
time of last publication). The month ended with 26 financings in the sector averaging $6.6 million each (vs. an average of
$7.6 million last week). In comparison, total capital raised in September was $232.8 million, averaging $9.0 million (26
deals); August was $221.6 million, averaging $7.6 million (29 deals); and July (35 deals) $191.4 million, averaging $5.5
million.
400.0 16.0
14.6
350.0 14.0
300.0 12.0
9.7
250.0 10.0
9.0
(US$m)
(US$m)
200.0 7.6 8.0
7.0 7.0 7.1
6.5 6.6 6.6
6.2
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0.0 0.0
Oct-08 Nov-08 Dec-08 Jan-09 Feb-09 Mar-09 Apr-09 May-09 Jun-09 Jul-09 Aug-09 Sep-09 Oct-09
Deal round-up for October end: The large deal highlights for the month include:
• DailyMotion – a French online video content provider – raised $25.3 million through a Series C financing.
• PopCap Games – a developer of casual games played on multiple types of devices – raised $22.5 million in its first
round of funding.
• Engine Yard – provider of managed hosting and deployment solutions for Ruby and Rails applications – raised $19
million in a Series C financing.
• Ecast Network – operator of a broadband touch screen network in the U.S. – raised $17 million in a follow-on
unattributed financing.
• HubSpot – provider of online enterprise marketing application – received $16 million in Series C financing.
• Jive Software – maker of enterprise collaboration and social community software – raised $12 million in a Series B
financing by returning VC fund, Sequoia.
All other deals in the month were in the amount of $10 million or less. For additional details on financings, see Figures 23
and 24 (at end of note).
200.0
180.0
160.0
140.0
120.0
Nov-09
(US$m)
Oct-09
100.0
Sep-09
Aug-09
80.0
60.0
40.0
20.0
0.0
DailyMotion
Jive Software
MediaMath
Mzinga
InXpo
NextBio
Reality Mobile
HiveLive
Boxee
Polyvore
Fwix
Yext
Box.net
RightsFlow
Skype
Zoove
RichRelevance
Ooyala
Edo Interactive
Jobvite
InnoCentive
Booyah
YuMe
Z2Live
Overtone
Greystripe
DailyBooth
iSyndica
OnLive
Aviary
Mocapay
Vantrix
Fizzback
Roblox
Linkedex
Twitter
Dopplr
MOG
Unisfair
Fluther
Scoopler
Mint
Turbine
Friends Reunited
Ensequence
iLike
Engine Yard
Traffiq
CubeTree
Balihoo
Vuclip
Fanbase
Vdopia
NeoEdge
Alliance Health
ViVu
OurStage
Scoreloop
Godengo
Tremor Media
Plista
FourSquare
Onehub
EduFire
ChessCube
Hot Potato
IngBoo
Chango
Listia
NowPublic
Ecast Network
Livebookings
Scout Labs
Conduit Labs
MashLogic
Tiny Pictures
DataSync
Linksify
Gigpark
Smith & Tinker
VEVO
HubSpot
Spigit
ScanScout
OneRiot
iSocket
StatusNet
Aurora Feint
KODA
Technorati
Loomia
TransGaming
PopCap Games
Riot Games
Sometrics
FeedRoom
Bill.com
Amie Street
Imeem
Gamelab.com
Watercooler
Social Networks the most active sector: Social Networks experienced the most financing activity among our W eb 2.0
sector categories in the past three months by number of transactions (12). Advertising continues to be among the highest
activity sectors with 11 deals in the past quarter. Gaming follows with nine transactions followed by Collaboration (7)
(Figure 4). The $2.0 billion acquisition of Skype skews the dollars transacted to the SMS/Voice segment, while the $170
million acquisition of Mint brings the Vertical Communities segment to the second highest total.
200.0
180.0
160.0
140.0
120.0
(US$m)
100.0
80.0
60.0
40.0
20.0
2,025.0 192.3 122.0 100.9 97.4 70.3 70.3 46.0 37.5 37.9 35.5 34.0 26.1 17.1 15.8 14.0 13.2 13.0 11.5 3.9 3.6 2.2 2.0 1.3
0.0
Comment/Reputation
Social Commerce
Communities
Gaming
Microblog
Collaboration
Enterprise
Mobile
Media
Publishing
Online Learning
Music
SMS/Voice
Infrastructure
Search
Advertising/Mobile
Mobile Ad
Social Networks
Advertising
Video
Crowdsourced
Virtual World
Aggregation
Analytics
Vertical
Content
# companies
1 3 9 2 12 11 6 4 7 4 5 4 4 3 5 2 1 2 4 1 2 1 1 1
C A P I T A L M A R K E T S A C T I V I T Y (P R I C E P E R F O R M A N C E )
Web 2.0 index continues to outpace NASDAQ recovery: Our W eb 2.0 index (market-cap weighted) essentially mirrored
the performance of the NASDAQ composite index from mid-2008 until Q1/09. Since then, the index has diverged in a much
stronger recovery relative to the NASDAQ index (Figure 5).
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0
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12/15/2008
12/29/2008
1/12/2009
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5/4/2009
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6/29/2009
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8/24/2009
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9/21/2009
10/5/2009
10/19/2009
11/2/2009
Index: Web 2.0 (Market Cap) ^COMP - Share Pricing
Broad-based price declines: Eight companies in our universe had positive stock price performances over the past week
(for stocks with prices greater than $1) (Figure 6), while 38 companies showed negative 1-week returns.
P U B L I C C O M P A N Y I N D U S T R Y N E W S (P A R T N E R S H I P S , F I N A N C I A L R E S U L T S , N E W P R O D U C T S )
K ey Developments
C ompany Headline Notes
S ohu.com Inc. (Nas daqGS : S OHU) Q uarterly Update to S ohu.com, Inc. ’s E quity B uyback on O n O ctober 26, 2009, S ohu. com, Inc. announced that during the qua rter ending S eptember 30, 2009, it has ma de no
O ctober 26, 2009 repurcha s es under the program. As of S eptember 30, 2009, S ohu has repurcha s ed 501,686 s ha res a t an avera ge price of
$39.86 for a tota l cons ideration of $20 million under the program.
C hangyou.com L imited C ha ngyou. com L imited R eports Unaudited C ons olidated C hangyou. com Limited reported unaudited cons olidated earnings res ults for the third quarter and nine months ended
(Nas daqG S :C YOU) E arnings R es ults for the T hird Q ua rter a nd Nine Months S eptember 30, 2009. F or the qua rter, the company's total revenues were $68, 684, 000 a gains t $54,604,000 a year ago. T he
E nded S eptember 30, 2009; P rovides E arnings increas es were mainly due to increas ed popula rity of the company's flags hip game, T L B B . O perating profit wa s
G uidance for the F ourth Q ua rter of 2009 $42,288, 000 agains t $32, 474,000 a year ago. Income before income ta x expens e wa s $43, 288,000 aga ins t $32,791, 000 a
yea r ago. Net income was $37,794,000 agains t $32, 084, 000 a year a go. Diluted net income per ADS wa s $0.71 a gains t
$0. 68 a year ago. Non-G AAP opera ting profit was $45,842, 000 a gains t $33, 725,000 a yea r ago. Non-G AAP net income
was $41, 348, 000 a gains t $33, 335,000 a yea r ago. Non-G AAP diluted net income per ADS was $0. 77 agains t $0.70 a year
ago. O perating cas h flow was a net inflow of $46. 2 million.
T he compa ny es timates tota l revenues for the fourth qua rter of 2009 to be between $69.0 million and $71. 0 million. Non-
G AAP net income for the fourth quarter of 2009 to be between $41. 5 million and $42.5 million. Non-G AAP fully diluted
earnings per ADS for the fourth quarter of 2009 to be between $0. 78 and $0.80.
S ohu.com Inc. (Nas daqGS : S OHU) S ohu.com Inc. R eports Unaudited C ons olida ted S ohu.com Inc. reported unaudited cons olida ted earnings res ults for the third qua rter a nd nine months ended S eptember 30,
E arnings R es ults for the T hird Q ua rter a nd Nine Months 2009. F or the quarter, the compa ny reported net income a ttributable to company of $37,354, 000 or $0. 88 per s hare on tota l
E nded S eptember 30, 2009; P rovides E arnings revenue of $136, 585,000 aga ins t net income a ttributa ble to company was $40,261, 000 or $1. 02 per s ha re on total revenue
G uidance for the F ourth Q ua rter of 2009 of $120, 676,000 in the s ame period of las t year. O pera ting profit was $52,953, 000 agains t $43, 758,000 in the s ame period
of las t year. Income before income tax expens e was $54,102, 000 a gains t $45, 230,000 in the s ame period of las t year.
Income from continuing operations was $47, 080, 000 a gains t $40, 238,000 in the s a me period of las t yea r. As per non-
G AAP , net income attributable to company was $40,921, 000 or $0. 96 per s hare on tota l revenue of $136,585, 000 agains t
net income attributable to company was $42,822, 000 or $1. 08 per s hare on tota l revenue of $120,676, 000 in the s a me
period of las t year. As per non-G AAP , operating profit was $57, 077,000 agains t $46,319, 000 in the s a me period of las t yea r.
T he compa ny provided earnings guidance for the fourth quarter of 2009. It es tima tes tota l revenues to be between
$134.5 million and $138. 5 million. It es tima tes non-G AAP net income before deducting the s ha re of non-G AAP net
income perta ining to the non-controlling interes t in C ha ngyou to be between $49. 5 million to $51. 5 million. After
deducting the s hare of non-G AAP net income pertaining to the non-controlling interes t in C hangyou, it es timates
non-G AAP net income to be between $35.0 million to $37.0 million a nd non-G AAP fully diluted earnings per s ha re to
be between 90 cents and 95 cents . C ons idering its s hare in C hangyou, the es timated impa ct of this expens e is
expected to reduce its fully diluted earnings per s hare for the fourth quarter of 2009 under US G AAP by US 6 cents to
US 8 cents .
Quepas a C orp. (OTC B B : QP S A) Q uepas a La unches Developer Interface and O pen Q uepas a C orp. a nnounced the launch of its Developer Interface and O pen S ocial S andbox. T he launch of the Developer
S ocial S a ndbox Interfa ce is pa rt of Q uepas a's overall s trategy to open the s ite to third party O pen S ocial developers who would like to
develop applica tions for its global audience. T he compa ny believes that this new Developer Interfa ce and O pen S ocial
S andbox will become an ea s y mechanis m for developers to tes t a nd s ubmit their applica tions for inclus ion in the s ite's
Application a nd/or G a mes s ections a nd thus enhance the overall us er experience a nd drive s ite traffic and monetiza tion.
T he Developer Interface cons is ts of a toolbox that developers us e when s ubmitting a n O pen S ocia l application for inclus ion
on any s ocial s ite. T he toolbox includes documentation of the interfaces a vailable, a news area, a community built for the
developers where they can communicate and interact with other application developers a s well as with Quepa s a's
development tea m, a nd the O pen S ocial S a ndbox where they can tes t completed applications with va lid tes t data.
IAC /InterActiveC orp. (Nas daqG S : IAC I) Update to IAC /InterActiveC orp’s E quity B uyback IAC /InterActiveC orp announced that it has repurcha s ed approximately 5,600, 000 s hares at an average price of $16. 69 per
s hare during the qua rter ended S eptember 30, 2009. T ill J une 30, 2009, IAC has repurcha s ed 22,874, 884 s hares for a total
cos t of $653.16 million under the progra m. As of S eptember 30, 2009, the company has repurcha s ed approximately
28, 474,884 s hares for a tota l of $746. 62 million.
Open Text C orp. (Nas daqG S : OTE X) O pen T ext C orp. announces an E quity B uyback O pen T ext C orp. (Nas da qG S : O T E X ) announced its intention to ma ke a normal cours e is s uer bid through the facilities of
the NAS DAQ G loba l S elect Ma rk et on O ctober 27, 2009. Under the bid, O pen expects to repurcha s e approximately up to
2,819, 037 s hares . T he maximum number of s hares tha t ma y be purcha s ed is calculated as 5% of the outs tanding common
s hares of O pen T ext at the beginning of the bid. T he repurcha s es over the NAS DAQ could commence in November 2009 if
des irable. T he bid will expire one year from the commencement date.
IAC /InterActiveC orp. (Nas daqG S : IAC I) IAC /InterActiveC orp. R eports Unaudited C ons olida ted IAC /InterActiveC orp. reported unaudited cons olida ted earnings res ults for the third qua rter a nd nine months ended
E arnings R es ults for the T hird Q ua rter a nd Nine Months S eptember 30, 2009. F or the qua rter, the company reported net income attributa ble to IAC s hareholders of $21. 6 million or
E nded S eptember 30, 2009 $0. 16 per diluted s hare on revenue of $336. 5 million agains t net los s attributable to IAC s hareholders of $14. 8 million or
$0. 11 per diluted s hare on revenue of $369. 2 million a year a go. E a rnings from continuing operations were $23.8 million or
$0. 18 per diluted s hare aga ins t los s from continuing operations $1. 2 million or $0. 01 per diluted s hare a year ago. O perating
income was $7.1 million a gains t operating los s of $22.6 million a year a go. E a rnings from continuing operations before
income taxes were $58. 08 million a gains t los s from continuing operations before income taxes of $86. 6 million a yea r ago.
Adjus ted E P S was $0. 34 agains t adjus ted los s per s hare of $0. 14 a year ago.
S ocial Media Ventures Inc. S ocial Media V entures Inc. S igns Marketing Agreement S ocial Media V entures Inc. announce tha t it has s igned a marketing a ffiliate a greement with P ets criptions .com.
(OTC P K : S MVI) with P ets criptions . com P ets criptions . com is a provider of pharma ceuticals , medicine, a nd other innova tive products for pets . P ets criptions .com
offers pet owners acces s to inexpens ive pet products including medicine a nd pha rmaceutica ls . T he online reta iler offers
direct s hipments of pet pha rmaceutica ls and other pet s upply products directly to its cus tomers , offering cus tomer s avings
on a wide arra y of pet medicines . All products a re ins pected by the K entucky B oard of P ha rmacy.
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C ompany Headline Notes
Open Text C orp. (Nas daqG S : OTE X) O pen T ext C orp. Announces Unaudited C ons olida ted O pen T ext C orp. announced unaudited cons olidated fina ncial res ults for the firs t quarter ended S eptember 30, 2009. T ota l
F inancia l R es ults for the F irs t Q ua rter E nded S eptember revenue for the firs t quarter wa s $211.4 million, up 16% compa red to $182.6 million for the s a me period in the prior fis cal
30, 2009 yea r. Adjus ted net income in the quarter was $32. 8 million or $0.58 per s hare on a diluted ba s is , up 16% compared to $28. 2
million or $0. 53 per s hare on a diluted bas is for the s a me period in the prior fis cal year. Net income in accordance with U. S .
generally accepted accounting principles wa s $1.7 million or $0.03 per ba s ic a nd diluted s hare compared to $14. 7 million or
$0. 28 per s ha re on a diluted bas is for the s ame period in the prior fis cal yea r. T he company reported income before income
tax of $5.186 million and income from opera tions of $4. 792 million compared to income before income ta x of $20. 712
million and income from opera tions of $22. 977 million for the s ame period of la s t year. T he compa ny reported net cas h
provided by opera ting activities of $4.502 million a nd additions of ca pital as s ets , net of $7.665 million compared to net cas h
provided by opera ting activities of $24. 813
million and a dditions of capital a s s ets , net of $3.887 million for the s ame period of las t year.
ValueC lic k Inc. (Nas daqG S : VC L K ) V alueC lick Inc. R eports Unaudited C ons olida ted V alueC lick Inc. reported unaudited cons olida ted earnings res ults for the third qua rter a nd nine months ended S eptember
E arnings R es ults for the T hird Q ua rter a nd Nine Months 30, 2009. F or the qua rter, revenue was $130.2 million, adjus ted-E B IT DA of $33. 4 million. T he C ompany genera ted
E nded S eptember 30, 2009 ; P rovides E arnings approximately $22. 6 million in free cas h flow in the third qua rter, defined as net cas h from opera tions les s capital
G uidance for the F ourth Q ua rter of 2009 expenditures . G AAP net income was $25.0 million, or $0. 29 per bas ic and diluted common s hare. T he C ompany recorded
an income tax benefit in the third quarter of 2009 of $2.7 million due to favorable income tax adjus tments recorded in the
qua rter. E xcluding thes e adjus tments and as s uming the normaliz ed 42% effective tax rate included in the company's
previous ly-is s ued third quarter guida nce, net income would have been $13. 0 million, or $0. 15 per diluted common s hare.
Non-G AAP net income, which excludes dis continued operations , s tock -bas ed compens a tion and a mortiz ation of inta ngible
as s ets wa s $30. 3 million, or $0. 34 per diluted common s hare. T he company reported net income of $1.999 million or $0.02
per bas ic and diluted s hare on revenue of $148.065 million for the third qua rter of 2008. T he company reported income before
T he compa ny provided earnings guidance for the fourth quarter of 2009. T he company expects adjus ted E B IT DA
of $32 million to $35 million on revenue of $128 million to $138 million for the fourth qua rter of 2009. T he company
expects G AAP diluted net income per common s ha re of $0. 15 to $0.16 a nd Non-G AAP diluted net income per
common s hare of $0.21 to $0. 22 for the fourth qua rter of 2009.
S handa Interactive E ntertainment L td. S handa Interactive E nterta inment Ltd. , Annua l G eneral S handa Interactive E nterta inment Ltd., Annua l G enera l Meeting, O ct 28, 2009, at 10:00 C C T -C hina C oas t, US S R Zone 7.
(Nas daqG S :S NDA) Meeting, O ct 28, 2009 Loca tion: Is land S hangri-La, L evel 7, executive boardroom, P a cific P lace, S upreme C ourt R oad, C entral, Hong K ong.
Agenda: T o elect 8 directors to s erve for the ens uing year or until their s ucces s ors are elected and duly qua lified; and to
cons ider any other bus ines s properly brought before the meeting.
Quepas a C orp. (OTC B B : QP S A) Q uepas a C orp. - C onference P res entation C a ll T o communicate progres s achieved in developing its bus ines s model
S hutterfly, Inc . (Nas daqG S :S FL Y) S hutterfly Inc. R eports C apita l E xpenditure for the T hird S hutterfly Inc. reported capita l expenditure of $4. 9 million for the third quarter ended S ep. 30, 2009, which included $2. 7
Q uarter E nded S ep. 30, 2009; P rovides F ree C as h F low million for technology equipment a nd s oftware, approximately $1. 1 million for ma nufacturing equipment and building
O utlook for the Y ear 2009 improvements a nd $1. 1 million in capita liz ed s oftware development cos ts .
T he compa ny now expects full year 2009 free cas h flow to ra nge from approximately $14 million to a pproxima tely $22
million.
Open Text C orp. (Nas daqG S : OTE X) O pen T ext C orp. Announces New R elea s e of its O pen T ext C orp. announced a new relea s e of its enterpris e porta l s olution, V ignette P ortal vers ion 8. 0. T he s olution allows
E nterpris e P ortal S olution, V ignette P orta l V ers ion 8.0 organiz ations to provide cus tomers , employees a nd pa rtners with a rich internet experience where they can find relevant
and pers onalized informa tion aggrega ted from multiple bus ines s and cons umer-ba s ed s ys tems . V ignette P orta l 8. 0
s implifies the adminis tration a nd creation of dynamic, content-rich W eb s ites with the ability to rapidly s yndicate porta l
applications acros s W eb properties powered by multiple s ys tems . V ignette P orta l 8 from O pen T ext expands on the
vers a tility and rich interopera bility a fforded a pioneer in the enterpris e portal s pace. It helps bus ines s es unify their W eb
s oftware portfolios into s leek, eas y-to-us e W eb s ites a nd allows thos e s a me bus ines s es to engage cus tomers and partners
with rich a nd s ocially ena bled W eb experiences . T he relea s e of P ortal 8. 0 not only demons trates O pen T ext's continued
commitment to V ignette cus tomers and technology, but als o ena bles additional s ocial media ca pabilities that align with the
company's s tra tegic development of E nterpris e 2. 0 s olutions . O pen T ext recently announced that it plans to enhance its E C M S uite w
technology from its exis ting W eb S olutions and V ignette. B y offering a variety of s olutions , the company will
allow organiz ations -regardles s of s iz e a nd indus try-to s ucces s fully addres s their bus ines s needs .
Tencent Holdings L td. (S E HK : 700) C hina Unicom T eams Up with T encent's T enP ay for T enpay, an online payment s ervice operated by C hina's T encent H oldings Ltd. , has s igned a contra ct with C hina U nicom
O nline P ayments (Hong K ong) Ltd. to provide online pa yment s ervices . Under the terms of the contract, the carrier's us ers ca n us e T enpay to
recharge their phones via C hina Unicom's online s ervice center and a pply for C hina Unicom's online value-added s ervices .
T hey can als o buy prepaid cards , mobile hands ets and 3G data cards from the ca rrier's online s tore. T encent's T enpay
handled €2. 53 billion worth of tra ns actions in the s econd quarter of 2009. C hina Unicom will a ls o us e T enpay's e-billing
s ervices to handle pa yments between online s ervice centers and provincial divis ions .
OAO R B C Information S ys tems O AO R B C Information S ys tems R eaches $208 Million O AO R B C Information S ys tems reached a $208 million debt res tructuring deal with the creditors .
(R TS :R B C I) Debt R es tructuring Deal
K ings oft C o. L td. (S E HK : 3888) K ings oft La unches W ap. s houji. cn K ings oft C o. L td. la unched wireles s Internet webs ite wa p.s houji.cn in an attempt to offer va rious mobile phone application
s ervices for us ers . S ince the open beta tes ting on O ctober 1, 2009, wa p.s houji.cn has been luring 600,000 unique vis itors at
mos t per day, with da ily pa ge view of 2.3 million or s o. T he new s ite, which offers mobile phone-ba s ed s oftware, ga me,
theme, as well a s picture downloading s ervices , will be opened not only to K ings oft us ers but a ls o to mobile phone us ers ,
noted an official from the Hong K ong-lis ted compa ny. S o far, K ings oft ha s joined hands with nea rly 100 mobile phone
s oftware companies , collecting approximately 1, 000 kinds of mobile phone s oftware and more tha n 10, 000 mobile phone
games and theme products . T he products ca n meet the dema nd of mobile phone us ers .
P ay88, Inc. (OTC B B : P AYI); S ohu.com P ay88, Inc. E nters Dis tribution Agreement with S ohu.com P ay88, Inc. announced that it ha s entered into a dis tribution agreement with S ohu. com Inc. T hrough its s ubs idiary, Q ianbao
Inc. (Nas daqG S :S OHU) T echnology, P ay88 will act a s a dis tributor of S O HU digita l products , with a pa rticular focus on mobile phone games . As a
res ult of this new rela tions hip, Q ianbao T echnology will now be a ble to offer mobile ga mes to the domes tic market in C hina .
K ey Developments - c ontinued
C ompany Headline Notes
S hutterfly, Inc . (Nas daqG S : S FL Y) S hutterfly Inc. R eports Unaudited C ons olidated E arnings S hutterfly Inc. reported unaudited cons olidated earnings res ults for the third quarter and nine months ended S eptember 30,
R es ults for the T hird Q uarter and Nine Months E nded 2009. F or the quarter, the company reported los s from operations of $9. 055 million, los s before income taxes of $9. 003
S eptember 30, 2009 ; P rovides E arnings G uidance for million and net los s of $6. 346 million or $0. 25 per bas ic and diluted s hare on net revenues of $40. 495 million compared to
the F ourth Q uarter and F ull Y ear of 2009 the los s from operations of $9. 226 million, los s before income taxes of $8. 871 million and net los s of $2. 800 million or $0. 11
per bas ic and diluted s hare on net revenues of $35. 953 million for the s ame period a year ago. Adjus ted E B IT DA was $2. 0
million, compared to $0. 1 million in the third quarter of 2008.
T he company provided earnings guidance for the fourth quarter and full year of 2009. F or the quarter, the company expects
that net revenues to range from $102. 6 million to $112. 6 million, a year-over-year change of (4% ) to 5% . G AA P operating
income to range from $21 million to $27 million. Non-G AA P operating income to range from $26 million to $32 million.
G AAP diluted net los s per s hare to range from $0. 55 to $0. 66. Non-G A AP diluted net los s per s hare to range from $0. 68 to $0. 78. Adjus ted E B IT DA to rang
C hangyou.c om L imited C hangyou. com L imited O pens U . S . S ubs idiary C hangyou. com L imited has opened its U. S . s ubs idiary in S ilicon V alley and aims to introduce its hugely s ucces s ful online
(Nas daqG S : C YOU) games in A s ia to American gamers . T he company's firs t releas e in the U. S . market Dragon Oath will launch O pen B eta
Nov. 5. Dragon Oath, which has run in A s ia for over three years , has over 75 million regis tered players and 910, 000
concurrent us ers .
Quepas a C orp. (OTC B B : QP S A) Q uepas a C orp. - C onference P res entation C all T o communicate progres s achieved in developing its bus ines s model and to inform attendees of the abundant mark et
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Openwave S ys tems Inc . O penwave S ys tems Inc. P rovides E arnings G uidance for O penwave S ys tems Inc. provided earnings guidance for the full year of fis cal 2010. T he company thinks that the full year of
(Nas daqG S : OP W V) the F ull Y ear of F is cal 2010 fis cal 2010 will be cas h flow neutral to pos itive from operations . T he company will focus on maintaining a non-G AAP net
income breakeven level until and s ees revenue improvement. S ince the majority of revenue comes from backlog, outlook
for 2010 remains unchanged des pite the improvement in firs t quarter of fis cal 2010. T he company expects 2010 revenue to
be a s us tained level as 2009.
J umbuc k E ntertainment L imited J umbuck E ntertainment L imited Announces New J umbuck E ntertainment L imited announced at its AG M held on October 29, 2009, elected Adrian R is ch, B ruce B ennie and
(AS X: J MB ) A ppointments Harvey P arker as directors of the company.
J umbuc k E ntertainment L imited J umbuck E ntertainment L imited, A nnual G eneral J umbuck E ntertainment L imited, Annual G eneral Meeting, O ct 29, 2009, at 15: 00 E AS T -E as t Aus tralian S tandard G S T .
(AS X: J MB ) Meeting, O ct 29, 2009 L ocation: T he S ebel Hotel Melbourne, 394 C ollins S treet, Melbourne V ic 3000, Aus tralia. Agenda: T o receive and cons ider
the financial report and the reports of the directors and of the auditor for the financial year ended J une 30, 2009; to adopt
the remuneration report of the company for the financial year J une 30, 2009; and to cons ider the election of directors .
B right Things plc (AIM: B GT) B right T hings plc, Annual G eneral Meeting, O ct 29, 2009 B right T hings plc, Annual G eneral Meeting, O ct 29, 2009, at 10: 00 G MT T ime. L ocation: T he offices of F aegre & B ens on
L L P , 7 P ilgrim S treet, L ondon E C 4V 6L B , U nited K ingdom. Agenda: T o is s ue s hares in the C ompany both pro-rata to
exis ting s hareholders and to non-s hareholders ; to amend the articles of as s ociation of the C ompany to reflect recent
changes in company legis lation in the UK .
Openwave S ys tems Inc . O penwave S ys tems Inc. R eports C ons olidated E arnings O penwave S ys tems Inc. announced that revenues for the firs t fis cal quarter ended S eptember 30, 2009 were $49. 8 million,
(Nas daqG S : OP W V) R es ults for F irs t Quarter E nded S eptember 30, 2009 compared with $47. 9 million in the prior quarter ended J une 30, 2009 and $51. 0 million in the S eptember quarter in the
preceding fis cal year. O n a G A AP bas is , net income for the firs t fis cal quarter ended S eptember 30, 2009 was $990, 000, or
$0. 01 per s hare, compa red with a net los s of $3. 4 million, or $0. 04 per s hare, in the prior quarter and a net los s of $10. 5
million, or $0. 13 per s hare, in the S eptember quarter in the preceding year. O n a non-G AAP bas is , net los s for the firs t
fis cal quarter ended S eptember 30, 2009 was $380, 000, or $0. 00 per s hare, compared with net los s of $278, 000 or $0. 00
per s hare, in the prior quarter and net los s of $1. 0 million, or $0. 01 per s hare, during the S eptember quarter of the prior
year. O perating los s from continuing operations for the period was $1. 8 million a gains t $5. 5 million for s ame period a year
ago. P re-tax los s from continuing operations was $3. 0 million agains t $12. 0 million for s ame period a year ago. Net los s
from continuing operations was $3. 5 million or $0. 04 per
diluted s hare agains t net los s from continuing operations was $12. 5 million or $0. 15 per diluted s hare for s ame period
a year ago. Net cas h us ed in operating activities for the period was $8. 8 million agains t $2. 9 million for s ame period a
year ago. P urchas es of property and equipment, net for the period was $607, 000 agains t $477, 000 for s ame period a
year ago.
Northgate Tec hnologies L imited Northgate T echnologies L imited, B oard Meeting, Oct 30, Northgate T echnologies L imited, B oard Meeting, O ct 30, 2009 Agenda: T o cons ider and take on record the unaudited
(B S E : 590057) 2009 financial res ults for the quarter and half year ended S eptember 30, 2009.
DigitalFX International, Inc . S us an Hantman R es igns from the B oard of Directors of DigitalF X Interna tional, Inc. announced that it has received a letter from S us an Hantman dated O ctober 21, 2009, informing
(OTC B B : DG F X) DigitalF X International, Inc. about her res ignation from the company's B oard of Directors .
VOIS , Inc . (OTC B B : VOIS ) V OIS , Inc. Announces Management C hanges ; O n O ctober 30, 2009 Mr. Herbert T abin, a member of the B oard of Directors and S enior V ice P res ident - C orporate
A pproves Articles of A mendment to Its Articles of Development of V O IS , Inc. res igned his pos itions as an executive officer and director of the company. T here were no
Incorporation dis agreements between the company and Mr. T abin on any matter. T he B oard of Directors appointed Mr. Mark B . L ucky to
the B oard to fill the vacancy res ulting from Mr. T abin's res ignation and appointed Mr. L ucky and S ecretary. Mr. L uck y has
s erved as the C hief F inancial O fficer of IceW E B Inc. s ince March 2007.
O n O ctober 29, 2009 the B oard of Directors of V OIS Inc. approved A rticles of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation
changing the par value of V O IS ' common s tock from $0. 001 per s hare to $0. 00001 per s hare. P urs uant to the provis ions of
the F lorida B us ines s C orporations Act no s hareholder cons ent was required for this action.
Wizzard S oftware C orporation W izz ard S oftware C orporation has filed a S helf W iz zard S oftware C orporation has filed a S helf R egis tration in the amount of $0. 82 million.
(AME X: WZE ) R egis tration in the amount of $0. 82 million.
Tree.C om, Inc . (Nas daqG M:TR E E ) T ree. C om Inc. A nnounces Unaudited C ons olidated T ree. C om Inc. announced unaudited cons olidated financial res ults for the third quarter and nine months ended S eptember
F inancial R es ults for the T hird Q uarter and Nine Months 30, 2009. F or the quarter, the company reported total revenue of $50, 716, 000, opera ting los s of $7, 442, 000, los s before
E nded S eptember 30, 2009 income taxes of $7, 582, 000, net los s of $7, 400, 000 or $0. 68 per diluted s hare agains t total revenue of $50, 258, 000,
operating los s of $22, 455, 000, los s before income taxes of $22, 624, 000, net los s of $22, 551, 000 or $2. 41 per diluted s hare
a year ago. Adjus ted E B IT DA was a los s of $3. 5 million, which was a $4. 8 million improvement year-over-year, from the
third quarter 2008 adjus ted E B IT DA los s of $8. 3 million.
Unis erve C ommunic ations C orp. U nis erve C ommunications C orp. Announces Unis erve C ommunications C orp. announced cons olidated unaudited earnings res ults for the firs t quarter ended A ugus t 31,
(TS XV: US S ) C ons olidated Unaudited E arnings R es ults for the F irs t 2009. F or the quarter, the company reported revenues of C A D 3, 986, 059 compared to C AD 5, 138, 741 for the s ame period
Q uarter E nded Augus t 31, 2009 a year ago. O perating income was C AD compared to opera ting los s of C AD 265, 134 for the s ame period a year ago. L os s
before income taxes from continuing was C AD 213, 649 compared to C A D 1, 421, 510 for the s ame period a year ago. Net
los s and comprehens ive los s for the period from continuing operations was C A D 238, 058 or C AD or C AD per s hare per
s hare compared to C AD 1, 354, 310 or C AD 0. 06 per s hare for the s ame period a year ago. Net los s and comprehens ive
los s for the period was C A D 238, 058 or C AD 0. 01 per s hare compared to C AD 1, 960, 037 or C AD 0. 08 per s hare for the
s ame period a year ago. Net cas h provided by operating activities was C AD 102, 980 compared to C AD 825, 239 for the
s ame period a year ago. P urchas e of property and equipment was C AD 49, 073 compared to C AD 46, 381 for the s ame
period a year ago.
P erfec t World C o., L td. P erfect W orld C o. , L td. Announces B oard C hanges P erfect W orld C o. , L td. announced the appointment of Mr. Daniel Dong Y ang as an independent director to the company's
(Nas daqG S : P WR D) B oard of Directors . Mr. Daniel Dong Y ong has been a partner of S A IF P artners , s ince 2004 and s erved as a director from
2001 to 2004. He currently s erves as a director of s everal companies , s uch as MainOne Information T echnology C o. , L td.
and Mobi Antenna T echnologies (S henz hen) C o. , L td. T he company als o announced that Mr. L ouis T . Hs ieh recently
s tepped down from his pos ition as a member of the B oard of Directors of the company.
United Online Inc . (Nas daqGS :UNTD) U nited O nline Declares Q uarterly Dividend P ayable on United O nline Inc. announced that its B oard of Directors has declared a quarterly cas h dividend of $0. 10 per s hare. T he
November 30, 2009 dividend is payable on November 30, 2009 to s hareholders of record on November 13, 2009.
VALUATION
Online Gaming companies lead market-cap charts: Fourteen companies in our W eb 2.0 universe top US$1 billion in
market capitalization (Figure 8). Fifty-eight of the 89 companies have market caps under US$100 million, with 38 under
US$25 million. Online gaming companies dominate the top of the list, led by Tencent Holdings (SEHK:700) with a market
cap of approximately US$33.5 billion.
Market C ap (US D m)
Tencent Holdings L td. 33542.7
Netea s e. com Inc. 4878. 1
S handa Interactive Entertainment L td. 3039. 9
Modern Times Group Mtg A B 2906. 3
Gree, Inc. 2548. 3
IA C/InterA ctiveCorp. 2510. 1
Perfect World Co., L td. 2178. 9
Open Tex t Corp. 2082. 2
S ohu. com Inc. 2072. 7
Changy ou. com L imited 1669. 3
G iant Interactive Group, Inc . 1644. 0
Mix i, Inc. 1345. 8
Chines e G amer Interna tional 1104. 8
K ings oft Co. L td. 1058. 1
V alueClic k Inc . 802. 7
NEOWIZ G ames Corporation 681. 9
United Online Inc. 659. 0
S hutterfly , Inc . 365. 3
NetDragon WebS oft, Inc. 326. 7
GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc. 271. 0
XING A G 269. 3
CDC Corp. 249. 1
S K Communica tions Co., L td. 247. 4
OA O R B C Information S y s tems 222. 0
GigaMedia L td. 217. 0
Gamania Digital Enterta inment Co., 209. 8
My riad Group A G 209. 7
The9 L imited 196. 2
Openw ave S y s tems Inc. 172. 0
DA DA S pA 167. 7
A c toz S oft Co., L td. 105. 2
GameOn Co L td. 92. 1
Tree.Com, Inc. 87. 7
Fluid Mus ic Canada, Inc. 86. 4
Y D Online Corp. 85. 6
Cy berplex Inc. 83. 6
TheS treet. com, Inc. 73. 8
Frogs ter Interactive Pic tures A G 71. 5
NeuLion Incorporated 71. 1
GeoS entric Oy j 65. 8
HanbitS oft, Inc. 62. 8
S park Netw orks , Inc . 59. 3
PNI Digita l Media Inc. 56. 6
Gra vity Co. , Ltd 43. 6
NeXplore Corporation 41. 8
DXN Holdings B hd 41. 6
Ngi G roup Inc. 38. 2
Webz en Inc. 35. 9
Eolith Co. L td. 32. 2
A Q Interac tiv e, Inc. 28. 5
Digita lTow n, Inc. 27. 6
S oc ialw is e, Inc. 22. 1
LookS mart, L td. 22. 1
Wiz z ard S oftw are Corporation 21. 7
Dolphin Digital Media, Inc. 21. 5
Northgate Technologies L imited 21. 3
Ex tens ions , Inc. 17. 8
Y nk K orea Inc. 17. 4
A cceleriz e New Media, Inc. 15. 4
Quepas a Corp. 15. 3
J umbuc k Entertainment L imited 14. 5
Lingo Media Corporation 10. 9
IA S Energy , Inc . 8.5
MOK O. mobi L imited 8.3
S pectrumDNA , Inc . 7.3
is eemedia Inc. 6.8
UOMO Media, Inc 6.6
B right Things plc 5.9
CornerWorld Corporation 5.7
Magnitude Information S y s tems Inc. 5.4
Worlds . com Inc . 5.2
B ey ond Commerc e, Inc. 4.2
DigitalPos t Interac tiv e, Inc. 3.9
V OIS , Inc. 3.3
B roa dWebA s ia Inc. 2.5
S NA P Interac tiv e, Inc. 2.3
B igs tring Corp. 2.0
Wy nds torm Corporation 1.8
LiveWorld Inc. 1.2
Unis erve Communications Corp. 1.1
B etaw ave Corporation 0.9
CLICK ER Inc. 0.7
K A B Dis tribution Inc . 0.6
A s s ociated Media Holdings Inc . 0.4
The Parent Compa ny 0.2
China G atew ay Corporation 0.0
S NM G lobal Holdings 0.0
Dibz Internationa l, Inc. 0.0
S oc ial Media V entures Inc. 0.0
0 500 1, 000 1,500 2, 000 2, 500 3, 000 3, 500 4, 000
TEV/Revenue (LTM) averages 5.3x: The overall average TEV/Revenue (LTM) multiple for our group is 5.3x (vs. 6.1x last
week) (Figure 9). As the past week saw broad-based share price decline, we now see four companies (vs. five last week)
trading above 25x revenue – Bigstring Corp. (OTCBB:BSGC) at 49.2x, Dolphin Digital Media, Inc. (OTCBB:DPDM) at
38.6x, NexPlore Corporation (OTCPK:NXPC) at 27.0x, and Tencent Holdings Ltd. (SEHK:700) at 26.6x. The median of
1.7x is below last week’s 1.9x multiple. Note that we exclude multiples greater than 50x. Thirty-two companies have
multiples under 1.5x.
60. 0
49.2
50. 0
38.6
40. 0
30. 0 26.627.0
20. 0 16.8
15.3 15.6
12.112.6
10.6
8.3 8.9 9.0
10. 0
A verage, 5.3 7.3 7.6
5.3 5.9
3.7 3.7 4.3 4.54.6
1.3 1.4 1.6 1.7 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.8 3.1 3.2 3.3
1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1
0. 0
MO K O .mobi L imited
UO MO Media, Inc
C LIC K E R Inc.
DXN Holdings B hd
C DC C orp.
G eoS entric O y j
S N M G loba l Holdings
O pen T ex t C orp.
C hina G atewa y C orporation
C y berplex Inc .
G igaMedia Ltd.
S pa rk N etwork s , Inc .
Y D O nline C orp.
S ohu.com Inc .
is eemedia Inc .
Mix i, Inc .
G ree, Inc .
Y nk K orea Inc .
TEV/Revenue (LTM) by country/exchange: W e have also calculated multiples based on where the companies are listed
or domiciled. Figure 10 shows the average TEV/Revenue multiples by stock exchange. The OTCBB has the largest
number of companies (18), trading at an average multiple of 12.6x (vs. 16.3x last week). On a geographic basis, the
United States has the most companies (38), trading at an average of 6.9x revenue (vs. 8.7x last week) (Figure 11). Ten of
the companies are Canadian (average 4.1x revenue).
6.9
6.0 6.5 6.3 6.0 6.3 5.6
6.2 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.4
4.0 3.7 3.3 4.0 4.1
2.7 2.0 1.7 1.7 3.3
2.0 1.6 0.9 0.7 2.0 1.7 1.7 0.9 0.7
0.3 0.3 0.7 0.3
0.0 0.0 0.00.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
OTCPK
OTCBB
Grand Total
GTSM
NasdaqGM
HLSE
SEHK
TSE
OSE
KOSE
NasdaqGS
RTS
Germany
OM
CM
Finland
China
United
Japan
Canada
Malaysia
Hong Kong
India
Russia
United
TSX
XTRA
AMEX
KLSE
BSE
NYSE
Italy
AIM
South
TSXV
SWX
Taiwan
Australia
ASX
Switzerland
Sweden
# Companies 18 1 3 2 11 4 5 2 2 4 1 2 1 1 6 14 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 # Companies 1 10 38 3 2 2 6 10 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 88
TEV/EBITDA (LTM) averages 10.6x: The average multiple for the 35 companies with positive EBITDA (and multiples
under 100x) is 10.6x LTM EBITDA (vs. 11.8x last week), led by HanbitSoft, Inc. (KOSE:A047080) 34.8x multiple (Figure
12). Twenty-one companies have EBITDA multiples under 7x. The median multiple is 8.6x (vs. 9.9x last week).
T E V/L T M E B IT DA (x)
40. 0
34. 8
35. 0
29. 8
30. 0
25. 9 26. 5
25. 0 23. 6
19. 7
20. 0 17. 2
15. 0 13. 2
11. 9 12. 1 12. 2 12. 8
A verage, 10.6
8. 9 9. 0 9. 7 10. 2 10. 5
10. 0 8. 6
7. 0 7. 0 7. 4 7. 6
6. 6 6. 8
4. 5 4. 7 4. 9 5. 1 5. 3
5. 0 2. 8
0. 7 0. 9 1. 1 1. 2
0. 4
0. 0
DXN Holdings B hd
C DC C orp.
O pen T ex t C orp.
V alueC lic k Inc .
C yberplex Inc.
S ohu. c om Inc .
Y D O nline C orp.
G ree, Inc .
Mix i, Inc .
XING AG
P erfec t World C o. , L td.
Y nk K orea Inc.
TEV/EBITDA (LTM) by country/exchange: Figure 13 shows the average TEV/EBITDA multiples by stock exchange. The
OTCBB has the largest number of companies (18), trading at an average multiple of 0.7x. On a geographic basis, the
United States has the most companies (38), trading at an average of 6.8x EBITDA (Figure 14). Ten of the companies are
Canadian (average 13.5x EBITDA).
13.5 12.2
(x)
NasdaqGM
1.1
TSE
KOSE
SEHK
OSE
NasdaqGS
RTS
OM
CM
XTRA
TSX
AMEX
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ASX
0.0 0.0
Germany
Japan
Canada
Hong Kong
China
United
Malaysia
Russia
Italy
South
Korea
States
Taiwan
Australia
Sweden
Switzerland
# Companies 4 2 5 6 2 1 3 1 14 1 4 2 1 5 2 18 1
# Companies 3 8 6 2 10 1 1 10 1 38 1 2 1 1
P/E (LTM) averages 18.8x: The average multiple for the 33 companies with positive earnings (and multiples under 100x)
is 18.8x LTM EPS (vs. 19.0x last week), led by Tencent Holdings Ltd. (SEHK:700) with a 68.5x multiple (Figure 15).
Fourteen companies have P/E multiples under 10x. The median is 11.3x.
P /E L T M (x)
80.0
68.5
70.0 65.4
58.6
60.0
54.0
50.0 45.4
39.2
40.0 35.5
30.0 27.7
NE O W IZ G ames C orporation
J umbuck E ntertainment Limited
G ameO n C o Ltd.
T he9 Limited
S handa Interactive E ntertainment Ltd.
O pen T ex t C orp.
C y berplex Inc.
G igaMedia Ltd.
Y D O nline C orp.
S ohu.com Inc.
G ree, Inc.
Mix i, Inc.
P/E (LTM) by country/exchange: Figure 16 shows the average P/E multiples by stock exchange. The OTCBB has the
largest number of companies (18), trading at an average multiple of 12.0x. On a geographic basis, the United States has
the most companies (38), trading at an average of 12.7x earnings (Figure 17). Ten of the companies are Canadian
(average 26.5x EPS).
28.9
30.0 28.6 20.0 15.6
13.9
18.0 16.2 15.0 12.7 12.0
20.0 15.6 12.0 6.9
10.9 7.5 10.0 4.1
6.9
10.0 4.1 5.0 0.0
2.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Germany
Japan
Canada
China
United
Malaysia
Italy
South
Korea
OTCBB
GTSM
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States
Taiwan
Australia
OSE
TSE
SEHK
KOSE
NasdaqGS
OM
Sweden
Switzerland
XTRA
AMEX
TSX
KLSE
NYSE
ASX
# Companies 1 5 3 2 2 6 2 1 18 14 4 1 2 1 5 # Companies 6 2 10 3 1 10 38 8 1 2 1 1
UPCOMING EVENTS
E arnings C alendar
C ompany Date Time Quarter C onf C all Details
United Online Inc. (NasdaqGS:UNTD) Nov-04-2009 5:30 p.m. EST Q3/09 877-718-5098
Spark Networks, Inc. (AMEX:LOV) Nov-05-2009 4:30 p.m. EST Q3/09 800-723-6604
Cyberplex Inc. (TSX:CX) Nov-10-2009 4:30 p.m. EST Q3/09 888-892-3255
Figure 18. Earnings Calendar
Source. Company reports
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A ctoz S oft C o. , L td. KR W A052790 K OS E 105.2 14, 500 -11.0% -19.4% -39.8% 0. 7% 52.6% -59.7%
A Q Interactive, Inc. JPY 3838 TS E 28.5 46, 800 -3.3% -6.3% -21.7% -0.3% 5.1% -43.6%
A s s ociated Media H oldings Inc. US D AS MH OT C P K 0.4 0.01 0. 0% -35.7% -35.7% 500.0% 200. 0% -55.0%
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B roadW ebA s ia Inc. US D BWBA OT C P K 2.5 0.03 0. 0% -87.0% -87.0% -91.4% -97. 8% -99.0%
C DC C orp. US D C H IN.A Nas da qG S 249.1 2.35 -4.9% -4.9% -24.7% 52.6% 104. 3% -40.1%
C ha ngyou.com Limited US D C Y OU Nas da qG S 1, 669.3 30.35 -6.0% -6.7% -19.7% -6.3% NM -37.3%
C hina G a tewa y C orporation US D CGWY OT C P K 0.0 0.00 -86.7% -86.7% -86.7% 0. 0% -80. 0% -93.3%
C hines e G a mer International TWD G T S M:3083 GTS M 1, 104.8 426.00 -0.5% -9.4% 3.8% 91.0% 407. 1% -17.9%
C LIC K E R Inc. US D CLK Z OT C B B 0.7 0.01 6. 3% -22.7% 23.2% 88.9% -97. 9% -97.9%
C ornerW orld C orpora tion US D CW R L OT C B B 5.7 0.06 0. 0% 0.0% 20.0% -57.1% -70. 0% -87.2%
C yberplex Inc. C AD T S X: C X TS X 83.6 1.39 0. 0% 6.9% -14.7% -18.7% 247. 5% -30.2%
DADA S pA E UR C M:DA CM 167.7 7.07 -5.4% 4.8% 15.8% 5. 4% -4.5% -13.7%
DXN Holdings B hd MY R DXN K LS E 41.6 0.64 1. 6% 5.8% 58.8% 54.9% 86.8% -8.0%
Dibz Interna tional, Inc. US D DIB Z OT C P K 0.0 0.00 20.0% NM 20.0% -88.0% -97. 6% -97.6%
DigitalP os t Intera ctive, Inc. US D DG LP OT C B B 3.9 0.05 -9.1% -10.7% 4.2% 212.5% 42.9% -49.5%
DigitalT own, Inc. US D DG T W OT C B B 27.6 1.01 -49.5% -49.5% -32.7% -59.6% -59. 6% -71.1%
Dolphin Digital Media, Inc. US D DP DM OT C B B 21.5 0.40 -18.4% 0.0% -4.8% -29.8% -54. 0% -57.9%
E olith C o. L td. KR W A041060 K OS E 32.2 530.00 -7.8% -27.4% -35.4% -42.1% -3.6% -54.3%
E xtens ions , Inc. US D E XT I OT C P K 17.8 0.40 60.0% 100.0% 100.0% 166.7% 300. 0% -60.4%
F luid Mus ic C anada, Inc. C AD T S X: F MN TS X 86.4 1.79 -0.6% 27.9% 88.4% 225.5% 411. 4% -16.7%
F rogs ter Intera ctive P ictures AG E UR FR G XT R A 71.5 19.05 -4.3% 6.5% 43.2% 124.1% 349. 3% -11.4%
G amania Digita l E ntertainment C o., L td. TWD 6180 GTS M 209.8 44.80 -8.3% -6.4% -24.5% 28.0% 213. 3% -34.9%
G ameO n C o L td. JPY 3812 TS E 92.1 85, 200 -3.6% -3.8% -20.8% -11.8% -15. 6% -43.9%
G eoS entric Oyj E UR G E O1V H LS E 65.8 0.05 0. 0% 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% 25.0% -16.7%
G ia nt Interactive G roup, Inc. US D GA NY S E 1, 644.0 7.26 -4.0% 10.2% -13.6% -14.6% 8.8% -24.1%
G igaMedia L td. US D G IG M Nas da qG S 217.0 3.98 -11.9% -15.0% -23.0% -40.6% -31. 4% -48.5%
G ra vity C o., Ltd US D GR VY Nas da qG M 43.6 1.57 -3.1% -11.8% -6.5% 60.2% 106. 6% -40.3%
G ree, Inc. JPY T S E :3632 TS E 2, 548.3 5, 090 1. 0% 12.9% 30.7% 84.4% NM -4.9%
G ungH o Online E ntertainment, Inc. JPY 3765 OS E 271.0 211, 500 -4.3% -10.2% 0.5% 53.6% 101. 6% -24.4%
H anbitS oft, Inc. KR W A047080 K OS E 62.8 3, 420 -3.9% -17.8% -23.0% -24.3% 18.5% -48.5%
IAC /InterA ctiveC orp. US D IA C I Nas da qG S 2, 510.1 19.02 -1.7% -0.8% 3.8% 19.1% 14.3% -10.6%
IAS E nergy, Inc. US D IA S A. E OT C B B 8.5 0.12 14.3% 0.0% -33.3% -53.8% 33.3% -57.1%
is eemedia Inc. C AD IE E T S XV 6.8 0.15 3. 6% 11.5% 107.1% 20.8% 20.8% -9.4%
J umbuck E ntertainment Limited AU D AS X: J MB AS X 14.5 0.34 0. 0% -11.7% -10.5% -15.0% -20. 0% -32.0%
K AB Dis tribution Inc. C AD T S X: K AB TS X 0.6 0.01 -50.0% -99.2% -99.2% -98.6% -99. 4% -99.4%
K ings oft C o. L td. HK D 3888 S E HK 1, 058.1 7.51 0. 0% 8.7% -13.0% 98.2% 270. 0% -20.7%
L ingo Media C orpora tion C AD T S XV :LM T S XV 10.9 0.95 -5.0% -9.5% -17.4% 8. 0% -20. 2% -34.9%
L iveW orld Inc. US D LV W D OT C P K 1.2 0.04 -2.4% 14.3% 60.0% -33.3% -50. 0% -84.0%
L ookS mart, L td. US D LO OK Nas da qG M 22.1 1.29 -1.5% 12.2% -4.0% -7.9% -26. 7% -29.9%
Ma gnitude Information S ys tems Inc. US D MAG Y OT C B B 5.4 0.01 20.0% 33.3% 84.6% -7.7% 0.0% -60.0%
Mixi, Inc. JPY 2121 TS E 1, 345.8 781,000.00 6. 0% 39.0% 15.9% 72.4% 9.8% -0.4%
Modern T imes G roup Mtg AB SEK MT G B OM 2, 906.3 307.10 -5.7% 5.9% 11.9% 34.4% 61.2% -9.7%
MO K O .mobi L imited AU D MK B AS X 8.3 0.09 13.9% 38.5% 38.5% 28.6% 125. 0% -10.0%
Myriad G roup AG C HF MY R N S WX 209.7 4.89 8. 9% 6.8% 29.7% -5.0% -30. 1% -34.8%
NE O W IZ G ames C orporation KR W A095660 K OS E 681.9 38,600.00 -4.7% -9.5% 14.0% 29.7% 432. 4% -14.0%
NetDra gon W ebS oft, Inc. HK D 777 S E HK 326.7 4.79 -6.6% -5.0% -24.6% -11.3% 97.9% -33.0%
Netea s e. com Inc. US D NT E S Nas da qG S 4, 878.1 37.69 0. 7% -14.2% -16.8% 17.7% 73.5% -22.3%
NeuLion Incorpora ted C AD T S X: NL N TS X 71.1 0.70 -2.8% -30.0% -14.6% -6.7% 27.3% -46.2%
NeXplore C orpora tion US D NXP C OT C P K 41.8 0.75 7. 1% 7.1% 7.1% 7. 1% -21. 1% -48.3%
Ngi G roup Inc. JPY 2497 TS E 38.2 27,550.00 -9.1% 9.5% -16.9% -25.1% -63. 8% -68.3%
Northgate T echnologies Limited INR 590057 BSE 21.3 29.30 -21.7% -32.0% -25.2% -26.4% -61. 4% -64.3%
O pen T ext C orp. US D OT E X Nas da qG S 2, 082.2 36.93 -6.3% -0.5% -4.4% 19.6% 32.1% -10.9%
O penwa ve S ys tems Inc. US D OP W V Nas da qG S 172.0 2.06 -24.0% -17.9% -20.2% 63.5% 178. 4% -34.2%
P erfect W orld C o., Ltd. US D PWRD Nas da qG S 2, 178.9 43.24 -5.7% -3.8% 13.8% 125.6% 140. 4% -14.4%
P NI Digital Media Inc. C AD T S XV :P N T S XV 56.6 1.80 6. 5% -6.2% 16.1% 16.1% -10. 0% -22.4%
Q uepa s a C orp. US D QP S A OT C B B 15.3 1.20 -11.1% -20.0% 0.0% 23.7% -47. 8% -48.9%
O AO R B C Information S ys tems US D R BCI R TS 222.0 1.60 0. 0% 6.7% 52.4% 62.4% 6.7% -5.9%
S ha nda Interactive E nterta inment L td. US D S NDA Nas da qG S 3, 039.9 45.20 -3.0% -6.0% -10.7% -10.5% 84.1% -30.5%
S hutterfly, Inc. US D S F LY Nas da qG S 365.3 14.24 -3.3% -9.0% -6.0% 12.8% 100. 3% -21.5%
S K C ommunications C o. , L td. KR W A066270 K OS E 247.4 7,050.00 -9.6% -20.3% -26.0% -25.0% 35.6% -45.1%
S NA P Intera ctive, Inc. US D S TVI OT C B B 2.3 0.21 -40.0% -40.0% 5.0% -67.7% -47. 5% -80.6%
S NM G loba l H oldings US D S NMN OT C P K 0.0 0.00 0. 0% 0.0% -70.0% -50.0% -99. 2% -99.3%
S ocial Media V entures Inc. US D S MV I OT C P K 0.0 0.01 -22.0% -88.3% -96.9% 17.0% -99. 6% -99.8%
S ocialwis e, Inc. US D S CLW OT C B B 22.1 0.50 -13.8% -18.0% -24.2% 2. 0% -73. 0% -75.0%
S ohu.com Inc. US D S O HU Nas da qG S 2, 072.7 54.07 -9.8% -16.3% -14.0% -2.4% 4.4% -25.2%
S pa rk Networks , Inc. US D LO V A ME X 59.3 2.88 12.5% 29.1% 16.6% 0. 3% -1.7% -8.6%
S pectrumDNA, Inc. US D S P XA OT C B B 7.3 0.15 50.0% 15.4% 7.1% -40.0% -37. 5% -66.7%
T encent H oldings Ltd. HK D 700 S E HK 33,542. 7 143 -3.8% 16.4% 29.7% 94.6% 175. 2% -5.9%
T he P a rent C ompany US D K IDS . Q OT C P K 0.2 0.01 0. 0% -42.1% -30.0% -44.0% -99. 2% -99.3%
T he9 L imited US D NC T Y Nas da qG S 196.2 7.82 -2.9% 3.1% -17.1% -17.3% -39. 8% -53.0%
T heS treet.com, Inc. US D TS CM Nas da qG M 73.8 2.41 -13.3% -17.7% 16.4% 14.8% -33. 4% -40.8%
T ree.C om, Inc. US D TR E E Nas da qG M 87.7 8.05 6. 5% 3.2% -16.0% -31.5% 259. 4% -38.4%
U nis erve C ommunica tions C orp. C AD T S XV :US S T S XV 1.1 0.05 25.0% 25.0% -50.0% 25.0% -72. 2% -50.0%
U nited O nline Inc. US D UNT D Nas da qG S 659.0 7.86 -9.4% 1.9% -13.1% 9. 2% 6.9% -16.9%
U OMO Media, Inc US D UO MO OT C B B 6.6 0.08 -24.0% -37.2% -52.5% -49.3% -60. 0% -92.8%
V alueC lick Inc. US D V CLK Nas da qG S 802.7 9.21 -27.5% -27.7% -20.8% -10.1% 43.2% -33.9%
V OIS , Inc. US D V O IS OT C B B 3.3 0.00 -42.9% 0.0% -21.6% 25.0% -46. 7% -82.6%
W ebzen Inc. US D W ZE N Nas da qG M 35.9 3.03 3. 8% 18.8% -9.8% 10.9% 203. 0% -35.3%
W izzard S oftwa re C orporation US D W ZE A ME X 21.7 0.43 2. 4% -6.5% -12.2% -25.9% -46. 3% -75.1%
W orlds .com Inc. US D W DDD OT C B B 5.2 0.10 0. 0% -16.7% -23.1% -54.5% -58. 3% -58.3%
W ynds torm C orpora tion US D W Y ND OT C P K 1.8 0.10 0. 0% 0.0% 0.0% 11.1% -50. 0% -80.4%
XING A G E UR O1B C XT R A 269.3 34.88 -4.2% -1.8% 26.3% 16.7% 44.4% -8.2%
Y D Online C orp. KR W A052770 K OS E 85.6 6,810.00 -12.1% -20.9% -26.6% -22.5% 14.5% -45.1%
Y nk K orea Inc. KR W A023770 K OS E 17.4 3,900.00 -9.3% 0.0% -22.3% -36.8% -33. 8% -55.2%
H igh 60.0% 100.0% 107.1% 500.0% 432. 4% -0.4%
L ow -86.7% -99.2% -99.2% -98.6% -99. 6% -99.8%
Average 780.0 -4.9% -7.9% -5.7% 14.1% 35.8% -45.2%
Media n -3.3% -5.3% -12.2% 0. 7% 6.7% -40.8%
United S tates 38 C hina 49, 633. 4 C hina 4,963. 3 C hina 4,152. 4 C hina 2, 070. 2 C hina 48. 8%
C a na da 10 U nited S ta tes 5, 811. 3 S weden 2,974. 2 United S tates 3,887. 3 S weden 304. 6 A us tralia 42. 8%
C hina 10 J a pan 3, 871. 5 J apan 645. 3 S weden 1,982. 6 United S tates 290. 0 T aiwan 37. 1%
S outh K orea 8 S weden 2, 974. 2 T aiwan 577. 9 C a na da 1,015. 0 C a na da 200. 0 J apan 24. 2%
J a pa n 6 C anada 2, 488. 2 Hong K ong 294. 6 S outh K orea 707. 3 J a pa n 186. 0 S weden 15. 4%
T a iwa n 3 T a iwa n 1, 733. 6 C anada 248. 8 J a pa n 634. 4 S outh K orea 121. 9 Mala ys ia 14. 4%
Aus tralia 2 S outh K orea 1, 527. 4 S outh K orea 190. 9 T a iwa n 385. 8 T a iwa n 59. 8 Italy 13. 1%
G erma ny 2 G ermany 317. 0 Ita ly 165. 4 Hong K ong 361. 6 Ita ly 31. 9 R us s ia 13. 1%
S witzerla nd 1 Hong K ong 294. 6 R us s ia 160. 9 Ita ly 242. 6 Hong K ong 25. 1 S outh K orea 12. 7%
Hong K ong 1 Ita ly 165. 4 G ermany 158. 5 R us s ia 156. 2 R us s ia 20. 4 Hong K ong 6. 9%
F inla nd 1 R us s ia 160. 9 U nited S ta tes 152. 9 India 82. 8 G erma ny 12. 5 S witzerla nd 1. 9%
Ita ly 1 S witzerla nd 92. 0 S witzerla nd 92. 0 Ma lays ia 77. 1 Ma lays ia 11. 1 C anada -8. 5%
United K ingdom 1 F inland 65. 9 F inland 65. 9 G erma ny 68. 7 Aus tralia 4. 5 G ermany -9. 1%
India 1 Malays ia 39. 8 Malays ia 39. 8 S witzerla nd 40. 0 S witzerla nd 0. 8 U nited S ta tes -21. 9%
S weden 1 India 31. 0 India 31. 0 Aus tralia 17. 8 Norwa y -1. 1 India -50. 0%
R us s ia 1 Aus tralia 22. 1 Aus tralia 11. 0 F inla nd 5. 5 United K ingdom -2. 7 Norway -50. 6%
Ma lays ia 1 U nited K ingdom 6. 0 U nited K ingdom 6. 0 Norwa y 2. 3 F inla nd -17. 5 U nited K ingdom NA
Norwa y 1 Norway 0. 1 Norway 0. 1 United K ingdom 0. 0 India -41. 4 F inland NA
G rand Total 89 G rand Total 69,234.6 G rand Total 777.9 G rand Total 13,819.5 G rand Total 3,276.1 G rand Total 5.1%
G rand Total 89 G rand Total 69,234.6 G rand Total 777.9 G rand Total 13,819.5 G rand Total 3,276.1 G rand Total 5.1%
G rand Total 31.0 2.0 69.3 194.3 138.8 88.3 110.0 633.7
G odengo United S ta tes www. godengo. com G odengo, Inc. des igns online publis hing and advertis ing platform for magazine publis hers . T he company provides technology to build,
manage, and dis tribute media content online. G odengo, Inc. was incorpora ted in 2004 and is ba s ed in E meryville, C alifornia.
S pigit United S ta tes www. s pigit. com S pigit, Inc. des igns , develops , and dis tributes s ocial networking s oftware for bus ines s innovation. It provides s tra tegic and technical
cons ulting, webs ite des igning, project forecas ting, C R M applications , employee engagement tra cking, web logs , and currency a nd idea
management s ervices . T he compa ny markets its products under InnovationS pigit, IdeaS pigit, and P redictionS pigit brand names . S pigit, Inc.
is bas ed in P leas anton, C alifornia.
S tatus Net C a nada www. s tatus . net S tatus Net, Inc. provides open s ource micro-blogging s ervices for bus ines s es , publis hers and bra nds , and communities . T he company offers
s ta tus . net s oftware, an open s ource micro-blogging s ervice that is us ed to write s hort notices and s end them to friends and fans , a s well as
to create and dis tribute open content. It als o provides profes s ional s upport contracts and cus tomiz ation for companies tha t us e S tatus Net
s oftware on their s ervers for intra net or Internet microblogging. S tatus Net was founded in 2008 and is bas ed in Montrea l, C anada.
Technorati United S ta tes www. technorati.com T echnorati, Inc. engages in s earching, s urfacing, a nd organizing blogs a nd us er-generated content on the W eb. It offers various citizen
media on the W eb, which include blogs , videos , vlogs , podcas ts , photos , and games . T he company was founded in 2002 and is ba s ed in
S an F rancis co, C alifornia.
Vdopia United S ta tes www. vdopia. com V dopia, Inc. operates as an online video advertis ing network and platform company. It enables advertis ers in India to a dvertis e on the online
video content. T he company's s olutions to content owners and publis hers include V DO Ad network to advertis e on video content; V DOAd
platform with campaign ma nagement tools to offer online video advertis ing to a dvertis ers /cus tomers ; B randC onnect Ad technology to deliver
C P Ms ; ana lytic tools to provide s tatis tics about ads and video ana lytics for client’s videos ; and AP Is to create/publis h content. Its s olutions
to a dvertis ers , media pla nners , and marketers include publis her network , bra nd connect with various ad formats on various online Internet
T V channels , advertis ing, mea s urable branding, a nd reporting. V dopia, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is bas ed in S a n J os e, C alifornia
with s ales and development offices in S an J os e, C alifornia; and G urgaon a nd Mumbai, India.
VE VO United S ta tes www. vevo. com V E V O operates as a mus ic video web s ite. T he company is bas ed in the United S tates .
ViVu United S ta tes www. vivu. tv V iV u, Inc. develops participative event platform that enables live video pa rticipation from a pers onal computer, Mac, a nd Linux without any
proprietary downloa ds . It offers a s olution for event organiz ers to create, publis h, a nd manage quality video events . T he company wa s
incorporated in 2008 and is ba s ed in S unnyvale, C alifornia.
Waterc ooler United S ta tes www. watercooler-inc. com W atercooler, Inc. operates F anS ection a nd T V Loop online communities that enable us ers to acces s a network of online fan communities in
s ports and televis ion entertainment in the United S tates and internationally. \T he company was founded in 2006 a nd is bas ed in Mountain
V iew, C alifornia.
Yext United S ta tes www. yext. com Y ext, Inc. provides online directories . It focus es on repres enting va rious bus ines s es acros s the United S tates . T he company wa s founded in
2006 and is bas ed in New Y ork, New Y ork .
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