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DQ Entertainment announces milestone partnerships  for  three  animation  series

   DQ Entertainment Limi-ted, Hyderabad-based animation and gaming co-mpany, announced strategic partnerships with American Greetings Properties, Clas-

tainment is very proud to partner with American Gre-etings, Classic Media, Mo-onScoop and Mike Young Productions in order to produce entertaining carto-

explains, “Wo-rking with Am---erican Greeti-ngs to bring these charact-ers to life has

sic Media, TAFFY and Moon- Scoop for three ani-mation series – Twisted Whiskers, an American Greetings Property, Maryo-ku Yummy and Casper’s Scare School. The series comprise of famous charac-ters that have stolen the hearts of many across the globe in the past years.
   Commenting on the new projects Tapaas Chakrava-rti, executive producer and CEO, DQ Entertainment Limited said, “DQ Enter-

on series- Twisted Whisk-ers, Maryoku Yummy and Casper’s Scare School. DQ Entertainment has a 50:50 partnership in this project. On the corporate front, I am proud to say that these partnerships have reempha-sized India’s position as a serious player in the world of animation and enter-tainment.”
   Speaking of Twisted Whi-skers, Liz Young, cofoun-der, partner & President, Mike Young Productions

been one of the most fun projects      I’ve ever encou-ntered, and our partnership with DQ Entertainment ensures that this fun will translate onto TV screens worldwide in a program on-par with some of the finest animation found anywhere.”
   Jeffrey Conrad, studio chief at American Gree-tings Properties and creator of Maryoku Yummy said “Maryoku means `magical’ in Japanese and combining

the iconic characters with such a beautiful world,and having it come to life in animation, is amazing.”
   About Casper’s Scare School, Doug Schwalbe, executive VP of sales and co-production at Classic Media said, “This joint venture creates a great opportunity to bring Cas-per, one of the world’s most beloved and recogniz-able kids properties, to broadcasters around the globe.”


Telairity selects Rahul Commerce to distribute its Professional  Video  Encoders  in  India

   Telairity, has selected Rahul Commerce, a Pune-based distributor of profe-ssional software and syste-ms   for   broadcast,   video

and high-definition video broadcasts, delivered via terrestrial, cable, satellite and Internet systems.
   Rahul  Commerce    with

global pro-duct lines that we repres-ent, and gives us an edge in the highly co-mpetitive  digital video ma-

rketplace. We look for-ward to a long and reward-ing relationship with the Telairity organization.

and   graphics  industry,  to represent    Telairity    in  India. The announcement was made by Telairity pre-sident and CEO, Howard Sachs.
   “Our goal has been to find the best-of-breed re-presentatives in major regions of the world to handle our line of po-werful, cost-efficient enco-ders. We are pleased to have Rahul Commerce be our strategic partner in the emerging superpower that is the Indian subconti-nent,” Sachs said.
   Telairity is a leading manufacturer of real-time video encoders designed for live standard-definition

offices  in Mumbai, Banga-lore, Hyderabad, will mar-ket Telairity encoding sys-tems to terrestrial, cable, satellite and Internet/IPTV companies in India. Produ-cts include the BE8000 HD and BE7400 SD broa-dcast encoders, which bring powerful H.264.AVC video compression to the rapidly growing digital video marketplace.
   Dhiren Shah, director of Rahul Commerce said, “It is an honor to partner with Telairity in introducing le-ading edge, high definition compression systems to India. The company’s line of SD and HD encoders is an excellent fit to the major


APT’s  popular IP audio solutions to be unveiled at IBE Mumbai 2007

   APT will be offering a wide range of solutions and advice at IBE Mumbai in 2007. The multi-algorithm, multi-interface WorldCast Eclipse IP audio codec will be showcased alongside other WorldCast IP codecs on the stand of Electro Dyna-mics, the company’s Indian distributor. APT will also be distributing an updated version of the popular publication “A Practical Guide To IP Audio  Networking”.   Also     the  

entire  WorldCast    Range of IP Audio Codecs will be showcased at IBE 2007. The other solutions include the WorldCast Meridian, a multialgorithm audio codec with both IP & X.21/V.35 interfaces and the WorldCast Hori-zon offering broad-castgrade audio. Other product highlights at this year’s show include the World-Net Oslo, APT’s multiple channel audio multiplexer for delivery over E1 / T1 and IP links.


SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2007

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