DVD EXTRA, the technology that should see this company through to profits and a very bright future.
DVD-Extra

During the year the Group accelerated its development of a revolutionary
authoring software for producing interactive DVD-Video discs that will play on
any standard consumer DVD player. We applied for and received a SMART grant
award of 188,000 from the Department of Trade and Industry to assist with the
research and development. DVD-Extra unlocks the hidden interactive capabilities
that exist in every player, and allows developers to produce titles that exhibit
many of the properties of multimedia CD-ROM on a standard, unmodified, DVD
player.

ZOO's principal offering is a product for authoring interactive DVD-Video discs
called DVD-Extra Studio. This tool operates in a similar way to multimedia
authoring products that are designed for creating CD-ROM applications for PC and
Macintosh, but produces DVD-Video disc images as its output. It performs a
similar function to so-called DVD authoring products that are designed
specifically for creating DVD-Video discs, but due to the patent-pending
authoring method it employs, it offers substantial cost savings for companies
that are involved in the production of DVDs and also enables more sophisticated
functionality to be developed.

ZOO will license DVD-Extra Studio to multimedia developers and Compression and
Authoring facilities. Charges will be levied on a pay-per-use basis, such that
customers will pay a fee to ZOO for each project that uses DVD-Extra Studio.

The Group has applied for patents to protect the core DVD-Extra technology and
is continuing to further develop and protect its intellectual property
worldwide.

Outlook

Following the successful fundraising of 1.5m gross through the share placing
which was completed on 2nd June 2003 the Group looks forward to positive
progression. The portfolio of products is expanding, with a focus on the
development of our own intellectual properties. The board believes that the
combination of publishing low risk licensed product and in-house own brands
together with the huge potential of DVD-Extra Studio places the Group in an
excellent position for a move to profitability and significant future growth.

The Group plans to exploit the DVD-Extra technology internationally and has
established an Early Adopter Programme consisting of around twenty companies
including Technicolor, Warner and Comchoice, leading to the first commercial
release of the product within twelve months. We believe that the uniqueness of
DVD-Extra and the filing of international patents will allow ZOO to build and
maintain significant differentiation over other authoring tool providers.

John Barnes, Chairman

Ian Stewart, Chief Executive Officer.G

Thanks akel44.

anyone no the reason for todays rise?

No reason just a few buyers

This really is treading water at the moment in a slowly sinking kind of way. Keep expecting the next big news but keep getting disappointed. Really don't want to walk away but thinking about it...

queen

heres a little bit of news to cheer you up,

http://www.gamesasylum.com/showarticle.php?articleID=3653

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/580/580822p1.html

Many thanks akel44.

Looks like the game has a big following and is due in may 2005.

http://www.gameshout.com/news/012005/article334.htm

skids

http://www.cube-europe.com/news.php?nid=7378

http://www.planetgamecube.com/news.cfm?action=item&id=5954

Some storming news for ZOO followers (me included).

skids

and again here skids

http://gba.n64europe.com/feature.php?id=3133

surprising what a bit of good news does,up today

Hopefully the results in March should be good. It is about time this share went up and stayed there.
Diana

Diana

Found you here, following your reference from (somewhere else!). Just been sifting through the posts. Interesting developments in the company over the last few months and seem to have been successful in bringing publishers on board, resulting in licence revenue. Into profit which is a key step for any company in this sort of field. A 15-month year but a pbt of 700K would seem to need turnover of well over 10m on a 12-month basis. Key will be analysts forecasts for 2005/6. PE of 10 may not be out of the question - what do you think? If so, sp likely to give PE of 30 and price to be 40p. That's back of the envelope stuff from a new boy, but it looks well worth while buying in. I notice that 4 buys of 50K drove the price up 5% today so looks as if MMs don't keep any stock judging by volatility.

Eric

Interesting stuff happening here Eric. Been in these for 12 months, there was disapointment with launching some products and the shares have stayed very much the same, though they drifted to 9p at one stage. Interesting times a head me thinks? 40p sounds good to me, though they were tipped to hit 74p last year.

Hi Eric and Azhar,

Zoo had a false start in late Oct 2003 when they flew up to about 18p before eventually dropping back down. I more than doubled my money when I sold out at the peak and later bought back in, which I still hold. The big thing that drove them down was they missed the 2003 Christmas market with Who wants to be a Milloinaire and various other games, they then issued a profit warning and poof!! Down it went. I think this time they are determined to show good results, hence the new year end to take into account Christmas which is their best period. The rave reviews and news about how well the games are selling must show a good year. This is another share that has 'passion' behind it when things are gooing right and the price can move up jolly quick. If you are not in Zoo it is easy to miss the ride which is why I have just sat on it waiting.
The 74p tipped in the shares mag in 2003 could well happen this year.
Diana

Nice summary Di.. sorry to say but i bought at the peak and it was 21.3p and have avearaged down since.

A nice start to the morning already 2+% up.

Azhar..I stand corrected...just going from memory.The time to buy some more will be when some momentum gets behind Zoo, then you should get your money back and make a profit.
Diana

Not selling for couple of yrs Di.. good things to come yet. Always invested for the longterm which is the reason why I still bought when they were at their peak.

Agreed great things to come with Zoo but you have it the wrong way round. Buy low sell high. When they went down you should have cut your losses and bought back again low. Mind you I did what you did with DDD but made it all back on the recent DDD surge.
Diana

Hi Diana and Azhar

Nice cosy chat going on here so sorry to break in! That was my 25K to get my foot in the door; the fact that it resulted in a mark-up in price of 0.25 shows again how responsive the sp of this share is. Helpful to have the background: it would appear that they have made a killing this Xmas and the licence revenues should be flowing in; helpful to have the March year-end becuase it will give two year ends effectively this year which will prove the trend of finances. I like the licence aspect because, like SEO royalties, it is recurring income (I assume). Its tricky convincing yourself to sell when the price is falling. I think the key thing is to ask the question whether the price has got too far ahead of itself. That may be the case with PDX so I have come out on the basis that there is no support level established in the charts and there are clearly worries about the results; if I'm wrong I can get back in. Its the 3:1 upside to downside principle. Propose to build up a strong position in ZOO: the right vibes, Diana!

Eric