Appointment of ZOOtech MD

Zoo Digital Group PLC 27 February 2004 27 February 2004 ZOO Digital Group plc 'ZOO' or 'the Company' ZOO APPOINTS HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY DIVISION ZOO Digital Group plc ('ZOO'), the entertainment technology and games publishing company, today announces the appointment of Mr Cees Zwaard as managing director of its technology subsidiary ZOOtech Ltd. Cees (52) has over twenty years of management experience within the technology, entertainment, multimedia and publishing sectors. He was previously with Global Interactive Gaming ('GIG'), where he was CEO. Cees spent twelve years as managing director at Columbia Tristar Home Video firstly covering Benelux and then moving on to cover UK and Ireland. Following Columbia he held senior positions at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, VCI as senior consultant and Gremlin Group before joining GIG. The appointment follows an announcement made last month that the Company had restructured into 2 main business units - ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd ('ZDPL') and ZOOtech Ltd. ZDPL is responsible for the publishing and development of consumer products including relationships with Universal and other major publishers for the DVD-EXTRA titles. ZOOtech focuses on the sales, marketing, licensing and development of new technologies including DVD-Extra Studio. Commenting on the appointment, Ian Stewart, CEO said: 'Cees Zwaard is a highly regarded individual whose experience will be a valuable addition to the senior management team. His knowledge of the film, video, games and music sectors is of particular relevance to ZOOtech given our strategy for growth. We are delighted to welcome Cees to ZOO and look forward to working with him in driving the commercialisation of ZOOtech.' - ends - For further information please contact: Ian Stewart, CEO Zoo Digital Group plc 0114 241 3700 James Chandler/Grace Marriner Beattie Financial 020 7398 3300 Notes to Editors ZOO Digital Group Plc (www.zoodigitalgroup.com) ZOO Digital Group, the DVD technology and games publishing company, was founded in 1999 by Ian Stewart (founder of Gremlin Interactive plc). In April 2001 it reversed into AIM listed technology company Kazoo3D. ZOO has strong expertise in two areas - DVD authoring software and games publishing. About ZOOtech Ltd ZOOtech has developed a revolutionary software authoring system (content management) called DVD-EXTRA for producing highly interactive DVD-Video discs that will play on any standard set-top consumer DVD player. DVD-Extra unlocks the hidden interactive capabilities that exist in every player, and allows developers to produce titles that exhibit many of the properties of multimedia CD-ROM on a standard, unmodified, set-top device. ZOO is making its technology available in the form of an authoring system called DVD-Extra Studio on a license basis. This will allow content owners not only to substantially reduce the cost of developing features on a DVD disc but will also allow the creative community - from Hollywood to corporate and educational institutions - to add features and produce new products currently not possible for economic or technical reasons. 60 DVD and multimedia developers are currently part of a DVD-ExtraTM 'Early-Adopters' programme including BBC Worldwide, Disney and Warner Bros (GDMX). About ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd is a leading publisher of interactive entertainment software. ZDPL develops, licenses and publishes a wide range of quality titles predominantly on GBA, PS1, PS2, PC and DVD platforms including Medal of Honor Underground, Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf, Premier Manager, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (using the DVD-EXTRA technology for the multi territory DVD products) and Sim City 2000. Further information about ZDPL and its products can be found at: http://www.zoodigitalpublishing.com/ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange