City-based animation, game art and entertainment company DQ Entertainment (International) Limited has signed an exclusive broadcasting agreement with Chennai-based Sun TV Network Limited for providing animated content.
Under the agreement, DQE will provide 117 half-hour international animated programmes, which have been co-produced with European, Canadian and US partners, including four properties – 3D TV series Caspers’ Scare School, and three TV series Benjamin Bear, Leonardo and Pet Pals.
Sun TV will have the rights to broadcast these programmes in four languages including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam across their extensive network in India, Sri Lanka and other countries with Indian diaspora.
“Sun TV Network has a strong presence in India and neighbouring countries for these regional languages and we are happy that we have started a new business journey with such a large and successful broadcaster,” Tapaas Chakra-varti, chairman and chief executive of DQE, stated in a press release on Tuesday.