Just dived in for a small punt on ZOO as it has shot up some 40% today.

Interim results are due out on 14th Dec 2006 and clearly somebody thinks they could be good.

It looks as if there's a turnaround on the cards, but anyway, don't take my word for it.

Here's a nice chart - judge for yourselves:




EDIT: From the last financials; I think this statement gives a lot of grounds for hope, but WDIK:

( With credit to Bosley, his "XMAS" thread, - 05 Dec 2006 11:15 - 5 of 9)

"just been looking at zoo. they seem heavily involved with [interactive DVD], too. from last year's results.

"Interactive DVD

The interactive DVD market in the UK, pioneered by ZOO, has demonstrated
significant growth in the past year. Around 30 titles in the category were introduced
prompting retailers including HMV, Virgin, WHSmith and Borders to dedicate
in-store shelf space to the genre for the first time. Collectively interactive
DVD titles sold around 3 million units over the Christmas 2005 period, of
which we estimate around 70% were produced using DVD-EXTRA STUDIO.

According to data reported in the British Video Association (BVA) Yearbook 2006,
interactive DVDs were responsible for a significant market share gain of the
'special interest' genre, up from 2.3% of volume in 2004 to 3.8% in 2005. Of the
top 20 special interest titles, 17 were interactive DVDs and of these 13 were
created using DVD-EXTRA STUDIO. These titles were hugely popular over Christmas
2005 and companies produced a whole range of products to meet demand, growing
the sub-genre by 100% in the year. The best seller in the special interest
category was 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 3' developed by ZOO Interactive Video
and published by Universal with 344,000 units sold, making it the 14th best
selling UK DVD overall in December 2005. In the first half of 2006 this product
has sold through a further 71,000 units bringing its total volume sales to
415,000.

A particularly impressive performance was shown by the title 'Now That's What I
Call a Music Quiz' published by EMI/Universal, selling over 410,000 units in
December 2005 and making this title the best seller in the 'music' category for
the year demonstrating the significant revenue and profit potential of interactive
DVD to music publishers.

The UK interactive DVD market is showing further significant growth in 2006 in
terms of the number of new titles in development. We expect there to be over a
hundred titles available over the Christmas period of which we estimate around
half will be created using DVD-EXTRA STUDIO.

New licensees are being added on an on-going basis; in North America new
agreements with Scholastic Media, Brighter Minds Media and Endless Games for
products that use ZOOtech's technology for new interactive DVDs will produce a
broad range of new titles based on popular television, film and book properties.
In Europe further licenses have been agreed with Vivid Imaginations Ltd, Big Red
Frog, Silenn and Compedia. ZOOtech has also signed its first developer and
publisher contracts in Italy with Cinehollywood, demonstrating the continued
expansion and growth in the market for interactive DVDs across multiple
territories. These additions contribute to a robust publishing schedule for 2006
and 2007 across a number of DVD game categories.

ZOO Interactive Video Ltd ('ZIV')

ZIV is focused on the development of interactive DVD titles and partners with
publishers to provide the channel for its products in the market. ZIV's efforts
have been responsible for the establishment of the interactive DVD category at
retail, with dedicated point-of-sale areas appearing for the first time in
December 2005. In the year four new titles were developed by ZIV: 'Who Wants to
be a Millionaire? 3', 'Wallace & Gromit DVD Game', 'Telly Addicts' and
'Interactive Championship Challenge 2', which were published by Universal Pictures
across eight territories including UK, France, Germany and Japan.

At the DVD Association Excellence Awards held in May 2006, ZIV received six
awards including two for technical achievement and one for children's DVD
excellence. The British Video Association presented ZIV with three Retail
Performance Awards for 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 3', 'Telly Addicts' and
'Wallace & Gromit DVD Game'.

ZIV is increasing its output for Christmas 2006 to seven titles which will be
published by Universal Pictures and 2 Entertain Ltd. ZIV's strategy is to grow
the interactive DVD market through the development of premium branded titles for
trivia as well as non-quiz genres, and its products rank amongst the most
sophisticated in the market." ENDS



PDYOR, etc.

Patience needed here for a while. ST enjoy Christmas and don't forget to check out CCH it's rising today towards the feb results-will be very good I'm hoping!

MP, thanks for that; will indeed take a closer look at CCH.

Yep, ZOO may test our nerves but I think has potential to be profitable. Am only in for a few anyway.

PS have you taken a look at CBOX?

not yet.

http://www.screendigest.com/events/peve/programme/FHAN-6UPFJH/Screen%20Digest%20-%20Marie%20Bloomfield%20-%20iDVD.pdf

http://www.screendigest.com/events/peve/programme/FHAN-6UPFJH/Screen%20Digest%20-%20Marie%20Bloomfield%20-%20iDVD.pdf

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/20/business/ptgadgets21.php

RNS out today:

Zoo Digital Group - Change of Adviser
RNS Number:0805P
Zoo Digital Group PLC
08 January 2007


Zoo Digital Group plc

Appointment of nominated adviser and broker


The Board of Zoo Digital Group plc is pleased to announce the appointment of KBC
Peel Hunt Ltd as its nominated adviser and broker with immediate effect.


For further information, please contact:

Stuart Green - Chief Executive Officer Tel: 0114 241 3700
Helen Gilder - Finance Director
Zoo Digital Group plc

Richard Kauffer/ Patrick Booth-Clibborn Tel: 020 7418 8900
KBC Peel Hunt




Notes to Editors


ZOO Digital Group ("ZOO") is an innovative software solutions company that helps
video publishers and rights owners maximise revenues and profits by exploiting
their content across multiple platforms, languages and territories. ZOO has a
portfolio of 60 patents (granted or pending) and a depth of knowledge in digital
media processes which has few rivals.


ZOO's key products include:


Interactive DVD software - world leading tool for creating interactive DVDs.
Most of the computer games played on any household DVD player are made with
ZOO's software. Notable titles include "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?",
"Question of Sport" and "Madagasgar - Animal Trivia Game".


Linear DVD production software - technology to automate the production of linear
(movies & TV shows) digital media. With this automation comes a significant
reduction in time-to-value for the intellectual property, as well as radically
changing the economies of publishing back catalogues.


Multi-language production software - technology to 'localise' text that appears
in digital media. This software revolutionises the localisation process for
video publishers. Previously, highly-skilled technicians were required to
manipulate graphical data. Now, with ZOO's software, text that needs translation
is extracted and replaced with corresponding translations - reducing time,
errors and labour costs.




This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END
APPILFSELEIEIID

ZOO Bid: 48p Offer: 53p Change: 0.5


but on only 1,000 shares traded !!

how have sales of interactive dvds gone over christmas? i noticed that there seemed to be plenty on offer during the post-christmas sales. is the license paid as a set fee or per unit sold?

Crikey, Bos, no idea on either of those, I'm afraid.

(It doesn't help that I don't live in the UK and am punting on ZOO on very much a speculative basis!).

ZOO is for monkies who think they are picking peanuts for peanuts ..... more likely to be rat droppings!

Oooh-oooh-oooh!

:o)

hi soul* ..... thought you'ld like that one ... lol

So much for the breakout. Seems more like ZOO is heading for extinction.

ZOO Bid: 30p Offer: 36p Change: -8

Worth a look as a recovery play? Dunno, opinions welcome . . . .

Zoo Digital Group - Trading Statement
RNS Number:8190P
Zoo Digital Group PLC
19 January 2007


For immediate release 19 January 2007


ZOO DIGITAL GROUP PLC
('ZOO' or 'the Group')


TRADING UPDATE


ZOO Digital Group plc today announces an update on trading following the
Christmas period.


ZOO Interactive Video Limited ('ZIV')


Current indications show that the Christmas retail sell-through of the consumer
products created by the now discontinued interactive DVD publishing business,
ZIV are behind our expectations, and consequently results for the Group for the
full year will be materially behind market expectations. The Group closed ZIV,
the interactive DVD title developer, in October 2006 and is retaining revenues
for the products developed prior to its closure.


Although it is disappointing that the financial performance of ZIV is expected
to fall behind original expectations, leading to a significant shortfall in
revenue, this supports the Board strategy to withdraw from the business of
acquiring intellectual property rights for consumer product development.


ZOOtech Limited


Following the refinancing of the Group in September 2006, a strong cash position
of approximately 1.75 million on the balance sheet has allowed the Board to
focus purely on ZOOtech, the technology division. ZOOtech earns revenues from
interactive DVD royalties and its Regionalisation Tool and Templated Authoring
System. Interactive DVD royalties have been affected by the lower than expected
sell-through of these consumer products. However, ZOOtech has been successful in
securing on-going utilisation-based contracts for its Regionalisation Tool and
Templated Authoring System. The Board is confident that these will generate
recurring revenues on a monthly basis, reducing ZOO's dependency on the seasonal
interactive DVD market and creating a more predictable business profile.

The user base for DVD-EXTRA continues to grow and expand into new territories.
Interest from Hollywood studios in the Regionalisation Tool and the Templated
Authoring System, which deliver significant benefits for the video title
production industry, continue to be received enthusiastically and the Board
expects these to build a recurring revenue stream for the ongoing future growth
prospects of the Group.

i guess today's trading statement answered my questions. glad to have stayed out of these. bad luck , soul.


ZOO Interactive Video Limited ('ZIV')


Current indications show that the Christmas retail sell-through of the consumer
products created by the now discontinued interactive DVD publishing business,
ZIV are behind our expectations, and consequently results for the Group for the
full year will be materially behind market expectations. The Group closed ZIV,
the interactive DVD title developer, in October 2006 and is retaining revenues
for the products developed prior to its closure.


Although it is disappointing that the financial performance of ZIV is expected
to fall behind original expectations, leading to a significant shortfall in
revenue, this supports the Board strategy to withdraw from the business of
acquiring intellectual property rights for consumer product development.


ZOOtech Limited


Following the refinancing of the Group in September 2006, a strong cash position
of approximately 1.75 million on the balance sheet has allowed the Board to
focus purely on ZOOtech, the technology division. ZOOtech earns revenues from
interactive DVD royalties and its Regionalisation Tool and Templated Authoring
System. Interactive DVD royalties have been affected by the lower than expected
sell-through of these consumer products. However, ZOOtech has been successful in
securing on-going utilisation-based contracts for its Regionalisation Tool and
Templated Authoring System. The Board is confident that these will generate
recurring revenues on a monthly basis, reducing ZOO's dependency on the seasonal
interactive DVD market and creating a more predictable business profile.

The user base for DVD-EXTRA continues to grow and expand into new territories.
Interest from Hollywood studios in the Regionalisation Tool and the Templated
Authoring System, which deliver significant benefits for the video title
production industry, continue to be received enthusiastically and the Board
expects these to build a recurring revenue stream for the ongoing future growth
prospects of the Group.

- ends -

soul, we must have seen it at the same time :)

it was always going to be dependant on christmas sales , which now look to have been poor. i find this strange considering how heavily promoted they were prior to christmas, constantly being advertised on tv. the same thing will probably happen next year and the same speculation will most likely happen too. might be an idea to wait 'til they bottom out and then tuck some away?

no idea, at present, Bos. My remaining holding is only worth a few hundred anyway, so may just hang on.

edited MoneyAM

A nice little rise for new holders of ZOO - pity I've been in for that much longer!

A nice little rise for new holders of ZOO - pity I've been in for that much longer!

doubled your money here too i hope!