Zoo Digital Share Discussion Threads

[napoleon 14th] 02/2/2013 16:09

Not that bad, but not good enough;
I wouldn't put any £££ in until something a lot more credible is shown.
Much better in IOF, NANO, TCG & so on.
In this market, marking time = losing money.

[anothertim] 02/2/2013 11:29

More to the point, the Intellectual Property, Software products and contracts...

[abarro] 01/2/2013 15:31

All those PCs mmm

[anothertim] 01/2/2013 15:05

That'll be handy if the company goes under. Some of the assets will stay in the family....

[ron64] 01/2/2013 14:15

The Loan will be secured upon the assets of the Company.

[amt] 01/2/2013 13:16

even with a turnaround, it will take a long time to regain investor confidence. In the meantime many other great opporunities out there.

[hastings] 01/2/2013 13:09

I think things will improve here and there is potential for future upside, i just feel it will take time and there are better prospects elsewhere.

[simonp] 01/2/2013 09:55

On a positive note - I would not think Mrs Green is going to lend the company £200,000 of her own money if her husband does not see a profit returning.

No one would lend their own money if they thought things where not going to improve!

[plok] 01/2/2013 09:29

I guess Mrs Green is more flexible! Also in my opinion the banks are still not stepping up to the mark to support small businesses in general!

[anothertim] 01/2/2013 09:06

@hastings You have a fair point. I find it a bit odd that they went to Mrs Green for what is in effect an overdraft rather than the bank...

[hastings] 31/1/2013 21:28

Have been keeping an eye on these, but confirmation today of a continuing poor track record which certainly wipes out the short to midterm Investment case for me. From who wants to be a millionaire video games to the latest offerings the all important transition is yet to deliver results. Broker FinnCap has downgraded and understandably so. There may yet be future upside, latest client has after all postponed, not cancelled and there should be opportunities ahead. But, with a return to profit now off of the menu until the end of next year, it is off of my list..for now at least.

[plok] 31/1/2013 12:59

Looking at the sectors the Zoo tools work in, it might be that this is a dog with a bite! Less reliant on production services which require high overheads and focused on products like Zoosubs which is software as a service! Thanks for your support Mrs Green.

[anothertim] 31/1/2013 09:19

The translation market that they're in (eBooks etc) is potentially very lucrative and they have a good foothold in the VOD preparation market.

However the DVD and Blu-Ray sector looks very dodgy and I would guess that they're still over-reliant upon that...

[napoleon 14th] 23/12/2012 08:20

Very "dormant", this, hmmm?
Hopefully the next results/TS/update will change that.
Results to Sept went unnoticed/uncommented by all.



"We are pleased to announce that ZOO has had a profitable start to the year, in contrast to the difficult first half of last year where we were affected by the volatility of the Home Entertainment market. Revenue has increased to $6.2 million (2011: $5.9 million) leading to an operating profit of $0.2 million (2011: $1.1 million loss). This improvement in profitability is the result of a diversification in revenue sources and a greater contribution from higher margin services and software licensing."

Nothing fab, but a return to profit after a tough leisure industry environment.

" In the year to March 2012 the decline in the number of home entertainment products introduced into the market by ZOO's clients led to a reduction in revenues. This has subsequently stabilised, although market conditions continue to be difficult. According to the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG), consumer spending on home entertainment rose 0.24% in the third quarter of 2012 compared with prior year, made up of a decline in mature parts of the market, such as DVD-Video, offset by growth in new market areas including Electronic Sell Through (EST), Video on Demand (VOD) and Blu-ray Disc. We have experienced pricing pressures from established vendors in areas such as DVD services, and continue to observe consolidation in this market. ZOO's workflow tools are designed to work for all platforms and therefore any increase in the number of titles produced, irrespective of format, results in an increased throughput for ZOO. There has been particularly strong growth in EST and Blu-ray which, according to the DEG, have grown in the third quarter by 38% and 13% respectively."

[aphzombie] 15/11/2012 10:20

ZOO's new workflow management system ZOOcore now gone live ... worth taking a look

[condom2] 01/11/2012 16:53

MM desperate to get their 12p short back !!!

[wywcu1] 25/9/2012 14:06

I see that Finncap reiterates it's price target of 50p today. GLA

[uknighted] 25/9/2012 09:26

Summat happening!

[napoleon 14th] 24/9/2012 23:26

Summat happening at last?