ZOO 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. (more…)

ZOO is pleased to announce that it has signed a licensing agreement with Global Digital Media Xchange Inc. (GDMX) that will provide shorter and streamlined programming using automated production solutions to support Blu-ray™ Disc and Electronic Sell Through (EST) platforms.

GDMX will use ZOO’s systems to create Blu-ray Disc and digital products for VOD providers more quickly and efficiently, thereby reducing costs and time-to-market. These systems provide an integrated and automated solution for the preparation of digital content, its regionalization into multiple languages and territory variants, and its assembly for full compliance with the Blu-ray Disc and EST formats. ZOO’s toolset can automatically adapt audio and video materials prepared for physical disc products so that the same titles can be prepared for sale via digital download more quickly and easily than would otherwise be possible, and thereby at a cost that is not prohibitive to the content owners. (more…)

ZOO Digital, the provider of software and software-led services for the filmed entertainment market, announces the availability of its iTunes® production toolset and adoption by a major film studio. iTunes, the proprietary digital media player application from Apple, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files, is the first platform to be supported by ZOO’s new suite of authoring tools for the Electronic Sell Through market. Electronic Sell Through (EST) is the offer of content, usually video or audio over the internet, allowing consumers to keep a copy of a movie or music album permanently on their computer hard drive or portable device. (more…)

ZOO Digital, the provider of software and software-led services for the filmed entertainment market, is pleased to announce that a second major film studio has adopted a solution using its media collaboration platform. This allows content from a variety of media to be repurposed and reused across multiple formats, from printed materials to on-line content and optical discs. The system, which includes ZOO’s Media Adaptation Tool, enables the user to repurpose standard data, legal requirements and logos for a variety of end uses and formats, and will speed up the distribution and accuracy of the studio’s worldwide releases. (more…)

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. (more…)