ZOO expands product suite with ZOOsubs

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Zoo Digital Group PLC

18 September 2012

 



18 September 2012

ZOO DIGITAL GROUP PLC

("ZOO" or "the Company")

ZOO expands product suite with the launch of ZOOsubs

ZOO, the provider of workflow management software and services for creative media production, is pleased to announce that it has launched its new subtitling tool, ZOOsubs (www.zoosubs.com), following extensive development and trialling. This tool was created in response to demand from ZOO's major customers following the success of its other workflow management systems within their organisations.

ZOOsubs is a cloud-based Software-as-a-Service workflow solution that supports the preparation, review and approval of subtitles for filmed and TV entertainment. The system is designed to allow the preparation and adaptation of subtitle information across all platforms, i.e. DVD, Blu-ray, Electronic Sell Through (EST) and broadcast. As well as creating subtitling for new feature film and TV material, it also enables the conversion of subtitles from existing materials to other platforms, e.g. from DVD to digital media suitable for distribution via iTunes®.

The software has been designed to give producers greater ownership of the subtitling process. By using the same secure, web based platform as ZOO's other workflow tools, content owners can have greater involvement throughout the project, working with preferred translators and ensuring greater quality control and reduced time to market. ZOOsubs has already been adopted by a number of ZOO's existing clients.

Stuart Green, CEO of ZOO, commented: "We've been delighted with the initial response to this new software as a service. The fact that it was demand led is a further endorsement of the quality and efficiency of our existing workflow automation tools and of their growing importance within our clients' organisations. ZOOsubs represents the first viable alternative to the de facto labour and time intensive methods which have always been used for the management of subtitling, reducing costs for our clients and providing them with greater quality assurance."

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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 7220 0500
Marc Young / Henrik Persson
Newgate Threadneedle	020 7653 9850
Josh Royston / Terry Garrett / Hilary Millar

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 cloud-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 cloud-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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