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27/03/2025 07:15

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Zinc Media Group plc

 

("Zinc" or the "Group")

 

Zinc moves into Reality TV with major new BBC commission

 

'Race Against the Tide' will be hosted by comedian Iain Stirling

 

Zinc Media Group plc (AIM: ZIN), the award-winning television, brand and audio
production group, announces that it has expanded in to the reality TV genre
with its new commission Race Against the Tide, an innovative new craft reality
show.

 

The 7-figure commission will start production in May 2025 with all revenue
expected to be booked in FY25.

 

The 6-episode show will follow eight teams of sand sculptors, competing againt
each other and racing against the clock to create the best designs, built
purely from sand before they are swept away by the incoming tide.

 

Blue Ant Studios are overseeing global distribution ensuring the series
maximises worldwide sales across all territories, including the lucrative US
market.

 

This commission comes just a month after Zinc's prime time multi-million pound
commission, The Inner Circle with Amanda Holden, which heralded the company's
successful evolution into entertainment formats made for global audiences.

 

 

Mark Browning, Chief Executive Officer, Zinc Media Group, comments:

"This commission sees Zinc expand into another new television genre.  We
acquired this format over two years ago, where it had been a hit on CBC in
Canada and we developed it for the UK market.  This has the potential to be a
new returning series for Zinc and we are delighted to be making it for the
BBC.  Our pipeline of new opportunties is very exciting and we expect to
annouce further new commissions in the months ahead."

 

 

For further information, please contact:

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About Zinc Media Group

Zinc Media Group plc is a premium television and content creation group.

The award-winning and critically acclaimed television labels comprise Atomic,
Brook Lapping, Electric Violet, Raw Cut, Tomas TV, Rex, Red Sauce,
Supercollider, Tern Television, along with Bumblebee Post-Production, and
produce programmes across a wide range of factual genres for UK and
international broadcasters.

Zinc Media Group's commercial content creation unit includes The Edge Picture
Company, one of the UK's largest brand film-making companies, and Zinc Audio,
specialising in podcasts and radio production.

For further information on Zinc Media, please visit www.zincmedia.com
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