Zinc Media Group Acquires Edge Picture Company – Global Bulletin
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Factual content specialist Zinc Media Group has fundraised £5 million ($6.1 million) and is using £2.1 million of it towards acquiring award-winning production company The Edge Picture Company, which operates from its bases in London, Doha, Vancouver and Paris.
The rest of the cash will be invested in talent, potential IP, and in future acquisitions and collaborations. The Edge’s clients include Amazon, BT Group and FIFA.The Edge joins Zinc Media Group at the end of August, subject to approval by Zinc shareholders.
The Edge will continue to operate in line with other companies wholly owned by Zinc Media Group and it will continue to be run by the same management team, but benefit from the opportunities presented by being part of an enlarged organisation.
Zinc’s TV business includes the labels current affairs, contemporary history and investigations focused Brook Lapping, which was recently commissioned for “Tom Daley: Illegal To Be Me,” a 1×60’ film for BBC One and iPlayer, that follows the Olympic gold medallist and double world champion diver on his journey to some of the Commonwealth’s most homophobic countries; Rex, home of popular factual and documentaries; Red Sauce, home of factual entertainment and formats from London and U.K.
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