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Zinc Media Group PLC
21 November 2022
Zinc Media Group plc
("Zinc", the " Group " or the "Company")
Trading Update
Zinc Media Group plc (AIM: ZIN), the award-winning television,
brand and audio production group, announces a trading update
alongside details of recent commissions for the current financial
year ending 31 December 2022 ("FY22").
Financial highlights:
-- Revenue booked and anticipated to deliver in FY22 at GBP28m
(FY2021: GBP17.5m), ahead of market expectations
-- EBITDA performance is in line with current guidance with the
Group expecting to be profitable in H2 2022
-- The Edge, which was acquired by the Group in August 2022, is
reporting its best trading year on record and integration into the
wider Group is progressing well
-- The Group has a strong balance sheet with cash of GBP3.1m as at 17 November 2022
-- The Group is entering the new year in a strong position with
GBP 6 m of revenue currently booked and a further GBP16m at a
highly advanced stage which is expected to convert in the next few
months for delivery in FY23
New commissions include:
-- The first series commission for new label Rex titled Scandal
-- Worldwide launch of new Supercollider project for Red Bull: Space Jump
-- Recommission of Lego Suntz production from Supercollider
-- New BBC TWO series Putin and the West
-- Recommission of BBC ONE daytime series Critical Incident
Other operational highlights include:
-- Appointment of Managing Director of Commercial Strategy
-- Pledge to ensure half its Zinc documentaries are directed by women
-- Nine award nominations for new label Bumblebee Post Production
Mark Browning, Chief Executive Officer, commented : "We are
pleased to report robust performance of the Group which has been
driven by strong revenue growth. Our recent acquisition The Edge is
performing ahead of initial expectations, our newly launched
businesses are booking revenue quickly and our well-established
labels are winning returning series. We continue to strengthen our
business winning capabilities and a plethora of award nominations
is a reminder that Zinc is one of the UK's most prestigious
production companie s. "
The Group's latest acquisition, The Edge, is trading well and on
course to deliver its best trading performance to date. Integration
is underway with workstreams exploring synergies and commercial
growth opportunities across all aspects of the newly enlarged group
and management expect to report progress at the end of Q1 2023.
Zinc launched two new business winning labels this year and both
are already booking revenue into 2022 and 2023. The new popular
factual label Rex launched in April , is prioritising returning
series and saleable formats. This label is led by Lana Sala who was
series producer of hit factual shows including SAS Who Dares Wins ,
First Dates and Celebrity First Dates. Rex is in production on its
first series , Scandals for Channel 5, which charts some of the
most notorious scandals of the last 30 years. Episodes include the
infamous Neil and Christine Hamilton, the Jeffrey Archer scandals,
culminating in his imprisonment in 2001, and the John Major and
Edwina Currie affair in 2002. Bumblebee Post Production , which
launched in September , is now winning television post production
work for b roadcasters and independent production companies.
Supercollider , the brand, event and documentary film label
launched in 2021 , has produced its latest film for Red Bull. The
film Space Jump charts the 10 (th) anniversary of Felix
Baumgartner's solo jump from the stratosphere which broke all
online streaming records and changed the way the world watches
content. To this day it remains the most watched online event. The
film is available here
https://www.redbull.com/int-en/films/space-jump-stratos
Brook Lapping has announced its latest premium access
documentary Putin and the West . This series gets exclusive access
to the corridors of power to tell the inside story of a decade of
political strife from those who were in the room for the crucial
decisions. Each episode will look at a different crisis - Ukraine
2014, Syria and the Middle East, and the current war in Ukraine up
to the point of Russia' s invasion.
Tern TV has secured a recommission of the BBC ONE daytime series
Critical Incident for its fourth season. The 15 new hours, which
take the format to over 50 hours in total, tell real-life stories
of the police and emergency services on the front line, often
facing assault and abuse. This series is produced from Northern
Ireland.
Zinc has appointed Aileen Dennis into a new role of Managing
Director of Commercial Strategy. She will manage the rapid growth
of the Zinc Communicate businesses , which grew 78% in H1 2022
versus H1 2021, while also supporting the Group as it explores
further strategic development and acquisition opportunities. Zinc
Communicate has recently launched its first 18-part series with
Sustainable Travel International . It has produced films for global
clients Easyjet, Ame rican Express and Shell amongst many
others.
The Group has picked up a string of highly prestigious award
nominations, underpinning its reputation as one of the UK's most
prestigious production companies. Tern TV has been nominated for 6
Royal Television Society (RTS) Awards for programmes including
Darren McGarvey 's Class Wars, Thatcher vs The Miners, Mr Brown's
Boys, The Secret Science of Sewage and Dolly: The Sheep That
Changed the World. Tern TV has also been nominated for Scottish
BAFTA s . Meanwhile new business Bumblebee Post Production has been
nominated for the Broadcast Bulldog Awards which recognise
outstanding innovation in television technology. The nomination is
for excellence in cloud-based production work for the hit series
Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun for Channel 5.
Zinc Media Group further underlined it s status as an industry
pioneer this month by joining the likes of Amazon Prime Video, BBC
Documentaries and Channel 4 in committing to We Are Doc Women 's
pledge which aims to ensure that half of its documentaries are
directed by women.
Further information can be found at:
https://www.zincmedia.com/news/
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.
For further information, please contact:
Zinc Media Group plc +44 (0) 20 7878 2311
Mark Browning, CEO / Will Sawyer, CFO
www.zincmedia.com
Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser and Broker) +44 (0) 20
7496 3000
Mark Taylor / George Tzimas / Alex Emslie
IFC Advisory Ltd (Financial PR) +44 (0) 20 3934 6630
Graham Herring / Zach Cohen
About Zinc Media Group
Zinc Media Group plc is a leading television and content
creation group.
The award-winning and critically acclaimed television labels
comprise Brook Lapping, Red Sauce, Supercollider, Tern Television,
Rex and Bumblebee Post Production and produce programmes across a
wide range of factual genres for UK and international channels.
Zinc Communicate specialises in developing cross-platform
content for brands, businesses, and rights holders.
The Edge is the Group's latest acquisition and produces film
content for brands, corporates, and Governments both in the UK and
in Qatar and other international markets.
For further information on Zinc Media please visit
www.zincmedia.com
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