Zinc Media Secures £3.5 Million in Investment Funding

The British factual specialist Zinc Media Group has landed £3.5 million ($4.6 million) in new investment funding to help accelerate its continued growth.

Zinc Media is home to six factual TV production brands: Blakeway, Blakeway North, Brook Lapping, Films of Record, Reef and Tern Television. The group spans the full range of factual content—from high-quality returning daytime and prime-time series to landmark features and one-offs.

The investment funding was raised through a new share issue, which won support from existing shareholders and a number of new institutional investors.

Mark Browning, CEO of Zinc Media, said: “Our investors have seen how much we have grown recently, and are keen to back our future expansion. It means we can further invest in creative talent; invest in our nations and regions operations, and invest in technology to help fuel Zinc’s overall growth.”

“We experienced a huge uplift in demand for our out-of-London TV work last year, up 32 percent year on year, a demand we expect to grow even further,” added Browning. “We are one of the U.K.’s very few multi-nation companies, so are a perfect partner for commissioners looking for high-quality nations and regions content.

“As well as strengthening our TV footprint in the U.K., we are also securing more U.S. commissions, so need to invest further behind this growth. We have a fantastic senior creative team and this additional funding will help us extend that team even further. There is no better time for us to be investing in our creative growth.”

“It’s fantastic to have such a vote of confidence from our investors,” continued Browning. “There’s a huge amount of interest in the content market at the moment and it complements our belief that there is huge growth potential for Zinc across the whole of the U.K. and also internationally. We are proud to be growing, attracting investment, and expanding our talent base. It’s a very exciting time for us.”