Zoo Digital Regulatory News (ZOO)

14 Sep 2009 07:00



ZOO Digital Group plc

("ZOO" or "The Company")

Launch of Translation Management System ("TMS")

ZOO Digital Group plc is pleased to announce the launch of its Translation Management System (TMS), further expanding its suite of software for workflow automation within the digital media industry. The TMS works with ZOO's suite of media production and adaptation software and allows users to enter  translations and legal information into an on-line database. This textual information is processed using ZOO's integrated desktop tools and applied to multiple media, from DVD and Blu-ray menus to marketing collateral such as posters and websites.

The TMS provides further diversification for the Company. The system provides a production services-based offering which is expected to generate recurring fees rather than one-off software licences, and has been designed in response to the needs and requirements of ZOO's clients. The system incorporates a number of modules, including a dictionary of standard translations, as well as the capability to 'learn phrases' as they are used in specific contexts. This eradicates the need for duplication, providing ZOO's clients with significant cost savings, alongside improved brand consistency and control.

Gordon Doran, Commercial Director, commented "The very nature of translation work requires multiple operators in several geographies. Using our online system the regionalisation process is centralised, allowing different departments within film and television studios to access and update projects at will, enabling technical services, legal, marketing and in-territory groups to collaborate efficiently. The online system has excellent management capabilities, so the progress of a project can be monitored at any time."

With the addition of the TMS, ZOO can offer a turn-key solution to any client that requires localisation across multiple media. The combination of this system with the Company's desktop software allows wider participation in customer processes, delivering significant cumulative benefits. 

Stuart Green, CEO concluded: "The TMS links all of our software tools with an intuitive interface, a radical rethink of the translation process and a way of managing data across a variety of platforms. Initial feedback from our clients has been extremely positive with evidence that the system, used in conjunction with our Media Adaptation Tool, optimises production processes and will deliver operational efficiencies that we expect will result in significant savings of time and cost for our customers."

For further enquiries please contact

ZOO Digital Group plc 0114 241 3700

Stuart Green - Chief Executive Officer

Helen Gilder - Group Finance Director

FinnCap 0207 600 1658

Marc Young/Charles Cunningham

Threadneedle Communications 0207 653 9850

Graham Herring/Josh Royston

About ZOO Digital Group plc

ZOO Digital Group plc is a provider of creative media transformation services and software. ZOO works with printed materials, audio and visual content, and can adapt 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 home 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, interactive games and broadcast. Working closely with language translation partners, ZOO's media adaptation software suite 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 and print production for entertainment, games and education applications, with customers including major Hollywood studios and other producers and publishers of video-based consumer products.