Last checked at 14 Jun 2010 07:00
ZOO Digital Group plc
("ZOO" or "The Group")
AUTOMATED BLU-RAY AUTHORING SOFTWARE ADOPTED BY MAJOR FILM STUDIO
ZOO Digital, the provider of software and software-led services for the filmed entertainment market, announces that a major film studio has adopted its recently launched automated authoring software for the Blu-ray Disc format.
Blu-ray, the next generation optical disc format for high definition video, is growing rapidly, with consumer sales up 94% year-on-year for Q1 2010 according to figures recently released by the Digital Entertainment Group Europe.
ZOO's automated authoring software enables entertainment products to be created more efficiently for multiple languages and territories. An existing Hollywood studio client has adopted the software to create Blu-ray titles for recent and catalogue films for release in international territories. ZOO's innovative products are being used increasingly to centralise studio functions and drive efficiencies with each new product providing incremental recurring revenue potential from existing and new customers.
Stuart Green, CEO of ZOO commented: "The major studios are continually looking for ways to make the release of a product more efficient and cost effective, and we're delighted that our approach to these issues is continuing to resonate and gain traction. Most of our solutions provide an alternative way of looking at an established problem, and our Blu-ray software is a good example of this. We're delighted to be entering this exciting marketplace."
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About ZOO Digital Group plc:
ZOO Digital Group plc is a provider of creative media transformation software and related services. ZOO's products form an integrated suite of desktop applications and on-demand systems that work with printed materials and audio/visual content, adapting these media to different languages, sizes, and technical formats. ZOO makes this process extremely quick and cost effective and is clearly differentiated in the market.
ZOO's services are built on its proprietary patented software and enable customers to reduce considerably the costs and time to market of regionalized filmed entertainment titles and marketing campaigns across multiple territories and across a wide range of applications and formats, including printed materials, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, video on demand, electronic sell-through and broadcast. Working closely with language translation partners, ZOO's media adaptation software transforms computer-based workflows through radical process re-engineering and provides clear differentiation for the company's production, consulting and custom development services.
ZOO is focused on the worldwide creative media production markets and in particular video production for entertainment applications, with customers including major film studios and other producers and publishers of video-based consumer products.
DVD is a trademark of the DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation. Blu-ray is a trademark of the Blu-ray Disc Association.