Videogame publisher adopts ZOO

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Zoo Digital Group PLC

07 June 2011

 



7 June 2011

ZOO DIGITAL GROUP PLC

("ZOO" or "the Group")

A LEADING INTERNATIONAL VIDEOGAME PUBLISHER ADOPTS

ZOO'S SOFTWARE THROUGH RELATIONSHIP WITH MPS

ZOO, the provider of workflow management software and services for creative media production, is pleased to announce that it has begun working with a leading international videogames publisher in the regionalisation of the interactive game group's packaging materials for multiple territories and languages.  The announcement highlights the potential of ZOO's software tools and services across a number of different industries in addition to its traditional core market of filmed entertainment.

The agreement also marks the first significant new client to come through ZOO's relationship with Multi Packaging Solutions Inc ("MPS") which is already working with the publisher to produce high quality packaging materials for the North American market.  Collaborating with MPS, two of ZOO's software products, the Translation Management System ("TMS") and the Media Adaption Tool ("MAT"), will be used to customise and localise  packaging for the publisher's sales outside of North America which will bring it benefits in terms of cost and time savings, and the streamlining of print operations. 

Stuart Green, ZOO's Chief Executive Officer, commented: "This is a significant step in our strategy to expand our customer base beyond the film industry, and we are delighted that this has been achieved through our relationship with MPS.  This announcement is further proof that our tools, with only modest adaption, are applicable to a number of different industries beyond Hollywood." 

Marc Shore, CEO of MPS, commented: "We expect this to be the first of many new business relationships for the application of ZOO's product set in the packaging industry. Initial presentations to our customers over the last year have underpinned the great opportunity that exists for both MPS and ZOO as we seek to expand our businesses in other vertical markets and territories."

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For further enquiries please contact:

ZOO Digital Group plc	0114 241 3700
Stuart Green - Chief Executive Officer
Helen Gilder - Group Finance Director
finnCap	020 7600 1658
Marc Young / Henrik Persson (corporate finance) Tom Jenkins / Joanna Weaving (corporate broking)
Threadneedle Communications	020 7653 9850
Josh Royston / Terry Garrett / Hilary Millar

Notes to Editors

About MPS

Multi Packaging Solutions, a portfolio company of Irving Place Capital, is a leading manufacturer of print, packaging, labels, inserts, and POP for the cosmetics, healthcare, horticultural, media, and value added consumer markets. MPS has 18 manufacturing locations in the U.S. and Europe. The company's seasoned management, sales, and design teams bring vast experience in print and packaging to current and future customers. Unlike traditional packaging companies, MPS is unique in its depth of industry experience, breadth of technologies and range of resources. More information is available at www.multipkg.com.

About ZOO Digital Group plc

ZOO Digital Group plc provides software and related services that support the authoring, re-purposing and distribution of creative media. ZOO's products form an integrated suite of web-based and desktop applications for audio/visual content and printed materials, adapting these media for different languages, formats and delivery mechanisms. 

By centralising editorial and approval processes via secure web-based platforms, ZOO's proprietary patented software helps customers to increase their speed of production, reduce costs and protect their brand integrity. ZOO's services enable quicker and more cost effective processes across a wide range of applications and formats, including packaging, printed materials, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, video on demand, electronic sell-through, broadcast, music and electronic books. 

The Group's largest customers include major Hollywood studios, for which the production, marketing and distribution of titles in numerous formats across many geographies and languages has previously been a lengthy, costly and largely manual process. Increasingly the Group's software is benefiting a variety of companies across sectors where the development of media products, printing, packaging and marketing involves complex processes in multiple countries and languages, particularly where brand integrity is of core importance.

 

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