Zinc Media confirms slate of 'fast turnaround' television commissions
Television and multimedia content producer Zinc Media Group announced a slate of commissions driven by a number of fast turnaround productions on Thursday, totalling £2.8m in revenue across its portfolio of television companies.
The AIM-traded firm said Glasgow based Tern Television was in production for its third series of 'Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs' for BBC Two and BBC Scotland.
Additionally, it was producing a number of high-value single programmes, including 'Britain's Worst Weather: 2019' for Channel 4, one for BBC Scotland, and 'A Year to save My Life: George McGavin and Melanoma' for BBC Four, which aired this week.
Brook Lapping, Zinc’s London-based documentary and current affairs producer, had picked up a string of fast-turnaround commissions and one-off singles including an 'Exposure' for ITV, a 'Panorama' titled 'The Race for Number 10', and 'The Trans Women Athlete Dispute with Martina Navratilova', which had both aired on BBC One this week.
Two other single productions were also made for BBC Two and BBC Four.
Zinc added that its factual division Reef TV had recently transmitted the critically acclaimed BBC Two documentary ‘David Harewood: Psychosis and Me', which aired as part of the BBC's mental health season.
It also produced 'Brexit: Behind Closed Doors', which followed the EU negotiating team through the last three years of negotiation with the UK on leaving the European Union.
“I am really pleased with the raft of new business that our teams have secured,” said Zinc Media chief executive officer Mark Browning.
“The recommission of some familiar titles is critical to future growth, but recently we have also won a significant number of high value singles and fast turnaround programmes.
“This mixed economy of production revenues is crucial to building momentum, confidence and profile in the marketplace.”
Zinc Media said it planned to release its preliminary results for the year ending 30 June at the end of September.