# Zinc Media Group Launches AI Label Cicada > Source: > Published: 2026-07-07 08:59:58+00:00 Zinc Media Group launched **Cicada**, an AI-focused production label, on **July 7, 2026**, after saying it generated **several million pounds** of AI-related revenue in 2025. Deadline reports the label will centralize Zinc's AI activity and support its production companies, branded-content teams, post-production units, and clients, while Cicada's own site says it applies AI across commercials, branded films, live events, training, education, and television. For creative-ops and ML teams, the useful signal is operational: Zinc is packaging generative tools into a named production service with human-led positioning, not just announcing experiments. The launch gives practitioners a small but concrete case to watch for provenance, rights clearance, review workflows, and measurable production ROI.