Company Description
YANGAROO INC (YOOIF) is a technology provider in the media and entertainment industry. The company focuses on media asset workflow and digital content distribution, offering a cloud-based software platform that helps customers manage and deliver video and audio assets across multiple channels. YANGAROO is incorporated under the laws of Ontario and is publicly listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol YOO and in the U.S. under the symbol YOOIF.
The company’s core technology is its patented Digital Media Distribution System ("DMDS"), a cloud-based platform that provides customers with a centralized and fully integrated workflow. DMDS directly connects radio and television broadcasters, digital display networks, and video publishers, enabling centralized digital asset management, secure delivery, and promotion of content. According to the company’s disclosures, DMDS is used across the advertising, music, and entertainment awards show markets.
Business Focus and Industry Role
YANGAROO describes itself as a software leader in media asset workflow and distribution solutions for the advertising, music, and awards industries. Its platform is designed to address video and audio workflow challenges by incorporating production services, traffic, clearance, delivery, analytics, and secure API integration. Through these capabilities, the company aims to support customers that need to move creative assets from concept to broadcast-ready content within regulated and time-sensitive environments.
The company operates in the Information sector as part of the software publishers industry. Its technology is positioned for professional, business-to-business use by organizations that require reliable, trackable, and compliant distribution of digital media to broadcasters and other media endpoints.
Key Platform: Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS)
YANGAROO’s DMDS platform is described as a patented, secure, cloud-based solution that centralizes the management of digital media assets. The platform supports:
- Centralized digital asset management for video and audio content.
- Integrated workflows that connect radio and TV broadcasters, digital display networks, and video publishers.
- Digital asset delivery and promotion across advertising, music, and awards show markets.
In company materials, DMDS is highlighted as the core system through which advertisers, music industry participants, and awards organizers can manage and distribute content in a single environment.
Advertising Division and Broadcast Clearance
YANGAROO’s Advertising Division operates TV and digital clearance services through tvclearance.com. The company states that this division provides pre-clearance and broadcast approval solutions across the United States and Canada. These services are integrated with the company’s delivery platform, allowing advertisers and agencies to manage campaign compliance and final broadcast delivery within one connected workflow.
The company has also launched Canadian pre-clearance services, extending its connected broadcast legal clearance and delivery platform across North America. This expansion enables advertisers and agencies to manage stages such as creative concept review, script review, and final broadcast approval within the YANGAROO platform. The company notes that this integration is intended to reduce manual hand-offs and accelerate campaign readiness.
Music and Awards Show Markets
In the Music market, YANGAROO reports that its platform is used for radio promotions and music video delivery. Company disclosures mention that audio track promotions have remained steady in certain periods, while music video delivery volumes can vary with broadcaster programming decisions and activity from major record labels.
In the Awards Show segment, YANGAROO’s platform is used by major U.S. and Canadian awards shows. The company indicates that revenue in this division can reflect the timing and cyclicality of events. It also notes ongoing investments in platform improvements intended to enhance configurability and shorten onboarding timelines for awards show clients.
Corporate History and Listings
YANGAROO Inc. was incorporated on July 28, 1999 under the laws of Ontario as Musicrypt.com Inc. and changed its name to YANGAROO Inc. on July 17, 2007. The company states that it trades on the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSX-V") under the symbol YOO and in the U.S. under OTCPK: YOOIF. In some disclosures, the company also refers to trading on OTC Pink or OTCBB under the same U.S. symbol.
The company’s corporate office and principal place of business is located in Toronto, Ontario, with additional offices mentioned in New York and Los Angeles in certain releases. The Toronto office is identified as the main corporate and operational hub.
Divisional Structure and Revenue Drivers
YANGAROO’s public communications group its activities into an Advertising Division and an Entertainment Group, the latter comprising the Music and Awards divisions. The company’s revenue discussions in its financial news releases are organized along these lines:
- Advertising Division: Focused on advertising delivery, trafficking, production, analytics, and broadcast clearance. Revenue is influenced by delivery volumes, sales per customer, and contributions from acquisitions such as Millenia3.
- Music Division: Focused on radio promotions and music video delivery. Revenue is affected by the level of new music video deliveries from major record labels and broader activity in music promotions.
- Awards Division: Focused on services for entertainment awards shows. Revenue is driven by the award show cycle and timing of specific events and contracts.
In various financial updates, the company highlights that advertising revenue has been supported at times by acquisitions and new advertiser accounts, while entertainment revenue has been sensitive to music video volumes and awards show schedules.
Technology, Workflow, and Compliance
YANGAROO emphasizes that its software addresses workflow and compliance challenges in media distribution. The company describes its Digital Media Distribution System as incorporating:
- Production services for preparing media assets.
- Traffic and clearance functions to handle broadcast approvals and regulatory review.
- Delivery capabilities to send content to broadcasters and digital networks.
- Analytics features to monitor and report on campaign or content performance.
- Secure API integration to connect with other systems in customers’ workflows.
In its advertising-focused communications, YANGAROO notes that by embedding pre-clearance directly into its delivery platform, it aims to remove manual bottlenecks and provide a more predictable compliance path from creative to on-air content.
Geographic Footprint
The company identifies its primary corporate office and principal place of business as being in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It also reports having offices in New York and Los Angeles, reflecting a presence in key North American media markets. Its advertising and clearance services are described as operating across the United States and Canada, particularly through tvclearance.com and its integrated broadcast clearance platform.
Capital Markets and Non-IFRS Measures
YANGAROO is a publicly traded company that reports financial results and uses several non-IFRS measures in its communications, including EBITDA, Normalized EBITDA, EBITDA Margin, Normalized EBITDA Margin, working capital, and liquidity. The company provides definitions for these terms in its news releases and explains that they are used by management to assess operating and financial performance.
The company has also disclosed that its shares trade on the OTC Pink Market under the symbol YOOIF and that the discontinuation of the OTC Pink Market may affect liquidity there. It has indicated that it may consider upgrading to another OTC market tier in the future, while continuing to trade on the TSX Venture Exchange.
Use Cases for Investors and Industry Participants
For investors, YANGAROO represents exposure to a software publisher operating at the intersection of media, advertising, and entertainment. Its business is centered on recurring and project-based workflows for digital content distribution, broadcast clearance, and awards show operations. For media and advertising professionals, the company’s DMDS platform and advertising clearance services offer a unified environment for managing campaign assets, regulatory review, and final delivery to broadcasters and digital outlets.
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