DQ Entertainment ("DQE") and Turner International Announce Exclusive Premiere of Ravan on POGO
DQ Entertainment ("DQE") and Turner International Announce Exclusive Premiere of Ravan on POGO
HYDERABAD, India, August 27/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DQE, (AIM: DQE) the AIM-listed animation, gaming and live
action media company and Indian kids' favourite channel, POGO is pleased to
announce the exclusive telecast of Ravan, the animation feature created and
produced by DQE on POGO on Sunday, August 30 at 12 noon with a repeat
broadcast at 6:00 p.m.
This 70 minute animated television feature is based on the
story of Dashanan a daitya son with super natural powers who was named as
Ravan. A great scholar, he shares a very special and strong relationship with
his siblings. The TV special features various escapades of the siblings
during their childhood. It is a funny and dramatic display of Ravan and his
powers. Ravan's aggression to defeat his long time rival brother Kuber made
him to do intense penance to Lord Brahma for several years and the Creator,
pleased with his austerity, granted him and his brothers a boon each, Ravan
who returns home then goes to claim the city of Lanka from his step brother
Kuber, and becomes the most powerful Daitya king ever.
Tapaas Chakravarti Chairman & CEO of DQE Group said, "The team
at DQE has enjoyed working on this production and we are sure that children
all over India will love watching the funny and lovable little Ravan!
Partnering with Turner International on this production has been seamless and
we hope to bring many more such stories to life to entertain children."
Krishna Desai, Director, Programming, Turner International
India Pvt. Ltd., said, "We are delighted to bring yet another memorable
Indian character to the TV screens in a fun and dramatic avatar like never
before. To watch Ravan's childhood in an animated feature will be an amazing
and enjoyable treat for our viewers. As animation vanguards and home to the
largest library of Indian animation titles, we will continue to invest and
develop age old Indian stories to offer healthy family entertainment."
About DQE:
DQE is a leading animation, gaming and entertainment production and
global distribution group is engaged in production, co-production and
original IP development with over 3500 workforce and with a global client
- partner base of over 90 Producers, Distributors, Broadcasters, Licensors
including Walt Disney Television Animation, Nickelodeon Animation Studios
Inc., Electronic Arts, Marvel Comics, American Greetings, NBC-Universal,
BBC Group, M6/ France TV/ TF-1 Broadcasting groups from France, ZDF Germany
and many more world-wide.
DQ Entertainment Group true to its mandate to produce or co-produce and
distribute iconic global brands have completed Iron Man - the first 3D
animated TV series, Twisted Whiskers, Mikido, Casper, Pinky & Perky, second
season of Large Family, third season of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and now is
producing large number of TV series and movies which includes famous iconic
properties like Little Prince, Little Nicolas with a library of over 400
hours of international programs being distributed successfully world-wide.
DQE is also developing & producing 'The Jungle Book', the 100% home grown
global production as a 52 episode animated series and a 60' TV Feature. The
other major co-production partners are ZDF Enterprises and ZDF Broadcasting -
Germany, as well as broadcasting and licensing powerhouse TF1 Group and
Moonscoop from France.
DQE's international quality production facilities are based in Hyderabad,
Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata and Manila and has International Sales offices in
LA, Paris and Tokyo.
About POGO:
POGO, a multi-genre channel created exclusively for kids in
India, launched successfully on January 1 2004 and is distributed by Zee
Turner Ltd. POGO is available in over 20 million cable & satellite homes.
Within a few months of its launch, POGO became the second most popular kids'
entertainment channel in India, after Cartoon Network, and continues to
maintain this position today.
http://www.pogo.tv is a hugely popular and highly interactive kids'
website with exciting features such as video-on-demand, blogs, message
boards, gaming and mini-sites of popular shows on POGO. The website attracts
over 99,000* unique visitors per month and each of them spend an average of
21 minutes on the website. (*Source: comScore, external research)
Turner Broadcasting System Inc., a Time Warner company, is a
major producer of news and entertainment products around the world and the
leading provider of programming for the basic cable industry.
Media Contact
Turner International DQ Entertainment Limited
Karuna Gulyani Sumedha Saraogi, Vice President, Mgmt. Off.
+91-11-416-61-23 +91-40-2355-3726/27 or
karuna.gulyani@turner.com sumedha@dqentertainment.com
Source: DQ Entertainment International
Media Contact: Turner International, Karuna Gulyani, +91-11-416-61-23, karuna.gulyani@turner.com; DQ Entertainment Limited, Sumedha Saraogi, Vice President, Mgmt. Off.,+91-40-2355-3726/27 or sumedha@dqentertainment.com
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