Oct 19, 2012

DQE Completes New Production

India-based animation studio DQ Entertainment (DQE) completes new production, distribution and licensing deals coming out of Mipcom 2012, which it predicts altogether will bring in upwards of $6 million in revenue over the next two years. Various deals include: - DQE and Foothill Europe are teaming to develop, co-produce and distribute the animated buddy comedy Raz & Benny, which has a worldwide budge of $7 million, and also includes exploitation of ancillary rights. - DQE and France's Method Animation are set to co-produce a third season of the 3D animated TV series The Little Prince, for a budget of about $9.1 million. - ATV Turkey signs on to co-produce the new 3D animated TV seriesRobin Hood-Mischief In Sherwood (52x11), with co-production partners DQE with Method Animation. ATV will have exclusive free TV, pay TV, VOD, pay per view, Web TV, IPTV, Home Video rights, merchandising, licensing and publishing rights for Turkey. Also newly acquiring the new Robin Hood series is Global TV (Indonesia) and Workpoint Entertainment Public Company (Thailand). - In other acquisitions from DQE: Global TV (Indonesia) takes Galactick Football, The New Adventures of Lassie & Friends, Tara Duncan, and Feluda (series and 1x60 TV movie); Workpoint Entertainment Public Company (Thailand) picks up The New Adventure of Lassie & Friends, Iron Man season 2, The New Adventures of Peter Pan, and Charlie Chaplin; Al Jazeera's kid-aimed JCCTV (22 Arabic nations) taking The New Adventures of Lassie & Friends, 5 & IT, The New Adventures of Peter Pan, and Charlie Chaplin; while Cheers Media (Vietnam) takes the home video distribution rights for Charlie Chaplin.