MUMBAI:DQ Entertainment and Al Jazeera Children‘s Channel (JCCTV) have signed multiple exclusive broadcast agreements with 22 Arabic states for the broadcasting rights of the Hyderabad-based company‘s three iconic animated productions - The Jungle Book, New Adventures of Lassie and Mysteries and Feluda in Arabic language.
The second series of Jungle Book of 52 x 11 minutes duration in 3D HD follows from the successful first season that was remade with new storylines using modern digital technologies. The successful production of the second series has already started airing on several networks such as BBC-UK, TF1-France, ABC-Australia, TVO-Canada.
The New Adventures of Lassie is a 26 x 22 minute-HD animated TV series co-developed by DQE with Classic Media, USA and Super Prod, France while Mysteries and Feluda is a 2D animated series comprising a 52-minute movie and 13x22 minutes-duration TV series.
Said DQE Group Chairman & CEO Tapaas Chakravarti, “We are delighted to associate again with JCCTV which is of immense strategic value to DQE.
This agreement for three of our high quality animated TV series is testament to the universal appeal of our properties. The success of the first season of Jungle Book has given us the confidence to produce more of such iconic high quality global properties. We are sure that The New Adventures of Lassie, Feluda and The Jungle Book 2 will also be well received by audiences in Arabic nations."
DQE has a global client-partner base of over 90 producers, distributors, broadcasters and licensors including Walt Disney Television Animation, Nickelodeon Animation Studios Inc., Electronic Arts, Marvel Comics, American Greetings, NBC-Universal and BBC Group.
