ZOO Digital: Yorkshire subtitling and dubbing specialist 'turning the corner' as 'Fast Track' service introduced
The boss of a Yorkshire company which specialises in subtitling and dubbing films and TV programmes says the firm “has started to turn the corner following industry disruption” as it published its latest results.
Shares in Sheffield-based ZOO Digital rose 10 per cent in early Wednesday trading after it published its interim results for the six months to September 30 – representing the first half of its 2026 financial year.
It increased adjusted EBITDA by 18 per cent to $2 million (£1.52m) and said it is on track to deliver full year 2026 results in line with market expectations. Revenue was down 19 per cent to $22.4m on the same point last year but the company said revenues had stabilised, with the latest figures $400,000 up on what was recorded in the second half of the 2025 financial year.
Gross profit was unchanged at $10.1 million while its operating loss fell to $1.2m from a previous $2.5m.
The results noted that the entertainment industry has been through “significant volatility” in recent years, with factors including the rapid expansion of streaming services followed by a writers’ and actors’ strike in Hollywood as well as “headwinds from customer reorganisations”.
ZOO said it has conducted a “strategic restructuring” to cut costs, integrate international operations, embed the use of AI and launch a premium ‘Fast Track’ service. It said it has been able to deliver dubbing projects in 24 hours, when the typical industry delivery time is between two to three weeks, as well as subtitling in three hours, when the typical delivery time is up to a fortnight.
Stuart Green, CEO of ZOO Digital, said the company is well-positioned.
“These results demonstrate that ZOO has started to turn the corner following industry disruption.,” he said.
"We are now on a more solid footing with a rightsized cost base, stable revenues, improved profitability, and generating cash.
"We are focused on reducing liabilities, investing in our technology, and further expanding into our existing international operations.
"To have achieved this whilst integrating AI into our workflows – contributing to the launch of our market-leading Fast Track service – and completing an international reorganisation of our business, is a credit to the hard work of the team here at ZOO.
“Throughout this we have maintained the high levels of quality demanded by our customers and have created a foundation on which to capitalise on the opportunities we now see in front of us.
"With our customers becoming more open to adopting technology to reach global audiences faster, I believe ZOO is positioned to benefit as the only truly tech-first end-to-end vendor in our market. We therefore look to the future with a renewed sense of confidence.”