Hollywood beckons for Zoo Digital

The Sheffield firm, said the Hollywood studio had taken its recently launched automated authoring software for the Blu-ray Disc format.

Zoo's software allows entertainment products to be created more efficiently for multiple languages and countries.

The firm said in a statement: "An existing Hollywood studio client has adopted the software to create Blu-ray titles for recent and catalogue films for release in international territories."

Stuart Green, chief executive of Zoo, added: "The major studios are continually looking for ways to make the release of a product more efficient and cost effective, and we're delighted that our approach to these issues is continuing to resonate and gain traction.

"Most of our solutions provide an alternative way of looking at an established problem, and our Blu-ray software is a good example of this. We're delighted to be entering this exciting marketplace."