On April 30, we published Zinkia’s annual report for 2011. While I don’t want to provide a complete analysis of our figures, I would like to pick out some data worth highlighting because they demonstrate that, as we have always insisted, our project has a really promising future.
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As a Spaniard by birth and by conviction, I’m a committed defender of Spanish as a world language and, in fact, if I’m not mistaken, we Spanish speakers are the second largest language group worldwide. Having said that, I have to admit that I’ve traveled quite a lot to a few different places and English has always been my first choice. Learning English early in life has helped enormously with the rest of it.
Read MoreA few days ago, I was in New York representing Zinkia at the Kidscreen Summit, one of the biggest in the entertainment and animation field worldwide. While there, I noted again one of the tendencies we identified some time ago: the multiplatform nature of the content sector.
Read MoreZinkia is a young company that, since day one, has grown thanks to the creativity and talent of young professionals. Staying true to that spirit, we have signed a collaboration agreement with one of the most prestigious design schools, IED Madrid.
Step by step, Zinkia is moving in to the US market. After our recent listing on the New York Stock Exchange, last November 10, we’ve now signed a deal with the Children’s Books division of Random House, making them our partners for the management of Pocoyo publishing products.
Read MoreThis weekend, the ABC newspaper published a special report in its Sunday ‘Business’ section in which 50 representatives of Spanish companies talked about how to generate employment and survive the crisis. Alongside names from Banco Santander, Repsol and Iberdrola, I also took part on behalf of Zinkia. You can read all about it here.
Today, we’ve made public the agreement we signed with CAKE, the British business that specializes in children’s and family audiovisual content, that makes them the official distributor of the Pocoyo series worldwide, except Spain, Italy, Portugal, South America, and the United States, where Zinkia will retain responsibility.
Zinkia recently signed a strategic agreement with EMI Music Publishing making the latter the global music rights manager for the Pocoyo brand.
The deal includes all the platforms on which the brand is currently present (TV, internet, videogames, cellular phones…) and is effective worldwide, with the exception of Spain and the United Kingdom. EMI Music will be responsible for the marketing and distribution of rights related to music for Pocoyo, both in terms of physical supports and digital channels, including all theme and recorded music, as well as the series’ soundtracks and future film productions.
