ZOO DIGITAL GROUP (LON:ZOO) - Interesting times at Zoo!
The creative media transformation software company issued a positive AGM statement along with news of the launch of a new production toolset that enables full movie material, including extras such as stills, deleted scenes, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, to be adapted for sale on the Apple iTunes® platform Apple in the headline generally attracts some interest! Perhaps more importantly they also confirmed that a major Hollywood studio (no names!) has already chosen to adopt this technology for a range of catalogue titles.
Zoo Digital is an innovative technology business which works closely with major film studios to translate, produce and distribute regionalized media. With their in-house software (part of which works as an addition to the Adobe® Creative Suite) and 22 patents in the US, UK and other countries ZOO has developed simple, easy to use translation and regionalization tools. A potential customer is, for example, one who creates products in the US but wants to market worldwide, typically spending many millions of dollars translating and re-editing creative content. As profit margins are squeezed, and companies are under pressure to cut cost,…