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

still up and 90% buys

another tick up....time to get on, rns around the corner?

Tick up again today..rns today or Monday then watch .

A further tick up on repeatedly low buys and no real news of note. Consider that there could be some really nice news ahead of the AGM in a couple of weeks time. By the way, IS is buying new office furniture with our monies ;)

Zoo looking good! Rising steadily on no news.

Its going to be an interesting couple of months, I feel sure that there will be a lead report prior to, or at the same time as the AGM on the 19th? July. Then in August there should be further chunk of favourable news when the Interim results are announced for the first 6 months and give us a real indication as to how lucrative the done deals really are.

I feel that at 12p this share is so undervalued.

anyone heard any info on zoo as they they have gone very quiet.

Netflix in US tumbled 25% last week. Not sure how similar it's business is compared to Zoo's but any thoughts?

For all those Long Term ZOO holders, looks like something is afoot today, I wonder what??

PTH

ptholden

why do you say that? trade volume and price look fairly static.

cheers
skids

My guess is they are going down big style.
Massive sells comming in - does not bode well!!

It all depends on who the seller is and what their intentions are. Please don"t panic. Why has the price remained the same ?

skids,

much bigger volume than we have seen for some time, unfortunatley appearing as sells, but like you I wonder why the SP remains unchanged. Like I said something is afoot, but not necessarily bad!!

PTH

ptholden

Ok thanks. I'll post anything I find here.

cheers
skids

moving up today, any news?

Moving up is a bit of an understatement, shot up more like, and still no news, would expect something over the next few days though.

PTH

check the message boards at advfn, much more input

i facer, could you add some details here pls?

Up 17% today on fairly low trades....this is interesting!

pthw

Nice Initials!!

Just had a trawl through all the drivel on Advfn, normal muppets posting without anything concrete to say, except 'Zoo Zoo Zoo Zoobie Do Do Do' If you get my drift. Best guess, announcement out soon or a good set of Results, although not sure when the Results are due.

PTH

DVD-EXTRA at IBC

ZOOtech at MILIA

Ascent Media

DVD-EXTRA at NAB


press pack


ZOOtech boosts DVD interactivity with the release of DVD-EXTRA STUDIO 1.5
New additions to DVD-Video production system enhance interactive DVD creation possibilities
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 9 September, 2004 The world of DVD-Video production will be enhanced once again by ZOOtech, Ltd. with the release of DVD-EXTRA STUDIO 1.5 at the International Broadcast Convention (IBC). DVD-EXTRA STUDIO is an innovative DVD-Video development system that enables DVD authors and multimedia developers to create highly interactive discs easily and cost effectively.

This system transforms the DVD-Video format from a passive playback medium into an interactive multimedia platform. DVD-EXTRA STUDIO enables developers to unlock the capabilities of every DVD player and produce titles that exhibit many of the properties of multimedia CD-ROM. These interactive DVD-Video discs will play on any standard set top consumer DVD player. In addition, DVD-EXTRA STUDIO will allow developers to republish interactive DVD content at a dramatically reduced cost with a faster time to market. DVD-EXTRA STUDIO also enables developers to create DVD content with new levels of complexity and interactivity.

"This latest version of DVD-EXTRA STUDIO moves DVD-Video production to a new level allowing multimedia developers, game producers, even advertising agencies, to take full advantage of this interactive platform" said Stuart Green, Chief Technology Officer, ZOOtech, Ltd. "The latest DVD-EXTRA STUDIO system includes features that allow various stages of development to be automated or to occur in parallel. This not only increases the interactivity of DVD-Video projects, it also allows for quicker development. Additional features, such as a JavaScript debugger and subtitle automation, help address significant industry issues of productivity and cost."

Building on the success of DVD-EXTRA STUDIO 1.4, this latest version includes support for the following:

Adobe After Effects 6.5 and Adobe Photoshop CS Integration - Supports the automated creation and editing of assets through interoperability with these popular production tools
Subtitle Automation - Enables template driven creation and integration of multiple subtitle streams
JavaScript Debugger - Allows developers to debug their scripts by setting breakpoints, stepping through the code and monitoring variables
Type 3 Instructions - Allows the use of Type 3 DVD instructions for greater control of the DVD format
Pre-Encoding Filters - The ability to link together a number of programs to process assets as they are created such as the application of video filters in Adobe Photoshop
Macrovision Analog Protect System (APS) - Integrated support for Macrovision's copy protection technology to prevent unauthorized copying on DVD and video recorders
"The DVD-EXTRA approach allows development of highly interactive products to be performed time efficiently and cost effectively. We believe that DVD-EXTRA will become the industry standard for the development of highly interactive DVDs for a variety of applications" Green concluded.