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17/10/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 2972Q  Zinc Media Group PLC  17 October 2023

17 October 2023

 

Zinc Media Group plc

("Zinc" or the "Group")

 

Major contract win

 

Zinc Media Group plc (AIM: ZIN), the award-winning television, brand and audio
production group, is pleased to announce it has won its largest ever USA
television series with the working title, Top Gun: The Next Generation, worth
approximately $9m of revenue to the Group.

 

Top Gun: The Next Generation, is a series which follows the world-class U.S.
Navy pilots as they work to join the next generation of the Navy's most elite
strike fighter force. With unprecedented access to one of the U.S. Navy's most
demanding training and selection programmes, the series follows a group of
officers as they push their limits on the grueling Advanced Flight Training
Programme. For the first time ever they will be embarking on some of the most
challenging flight tests possible including landing on an aircraft carrier at
sea. The elite nature of the course means that only a minority - the very best
- will make it to the top and fly the world's most advanced jet - the F-35C
Lightning II.

 

The series is due to be filmed towards the end of FY23 and throughout FY24,
with final delivery in FY25 and is being produced for National Geographic
Channel, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and the National
Geographic Society, and includes direct to consumer platforms Disney+ and
Hulu.

 

It will be produced by REX TV one of Zinc's newest television production
companies which was launched last year, and post produced by Zinc's Bumblebee
Post Production.

 

 

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

"This is an outstanding new series which comes with the most exclusive access
that Zinc has secured. We have earned the trust of the U.S. Navy because of
our global reputation for the highest quality television production.  This
commission will have worldwide appeal and will deliver exhilarating,
adrenaline-fuelled television. We are extremely proud of our team's hard work
and persistence in securing this significant contract win."

 

 

Further information can be found at:  https://www.zincmedia.com/news/
(https://www.zincmedia.com/news/)

 

 For further information, please contact:
 Zinc Media Group plc                                   +44 (0) 20 7878 2311
 Mark Browning, CEO / Will Sawyer, CFO
 www.zincmedia.com (http://www.zincmedia.com)
 Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser and Broker)  +44 (0) 20 7496 3000
 James Moat / 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 premium television and content creation group.

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

Zinc Communicate specialises in developing cross-platform content for brands,
businesses, and rights holders.

The Edge Picture Company produces film content for brands and corporates in
the UK, Qatar and other international markets.

For further information on Zinc Media please visit www.zincmedia.com
(http://www.zincmedia.com/) .

 

About National Geographic Content

 

Award-winning and critically acclaimed National Geographic Content, part of a
joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and the National Geographic
Society, creates and delivers riveting stories and experiences in natural
history, science, adventure and exploration. Inspiring a deeper connection to
the world, the content studio reaches 300 million people worldwide in 180
countries and 33 languages across the global National Geographic channels
(National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Nat Geo MUNDO), National
Geographic Documentary Films, and direct-to-consumer platforms Disney+ and
Hulu. Its diverse content includes Emmy® Award-winning franchise Genius,
series Life Below Zero and Secrets of the Whales, and Oscar®- and BAFTA
award-winning film Free Solo. In 2022, National Geographic Content was awarded
eight News and Documentary Emmys, in addition to Life Below Zero's Emmy win
for Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program, its sixth Emmy overall.
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