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27 Aug 2009 10:57



Immediate Release 27 August 2009 DQ Entertainment PLC ("DQE")

DQ Entertainment plc ("DQE") and Turner International announce exclusive Premiere of Ravan on POGO 

August 27, Delhi: 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.

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.

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