DQE's Jungle Book goes to Canada, Korea

City-based animation, game art and entertainment company DQ Entertainment (International) Limited has signed two exclusive broadcasting agreements with Korea-based Education Broadcasting System (EBS) and Canada-based Tele-Quebec, a public educational television network for the Jungle Book 3D animated TV series.

Under the agreement, EBS will have television rights to broadcast the 52 x 11 minutes animated series in Korea for three years and Tele-Quebec will have the television rights to broadcast this programme in French (titled Le Livre De La Jungle) in Canada.

“EBS free TV in Korea and Tele Quebec free TV in French-speaking Canada have extensive reach in their respective regions, and we are delighted to work with these important strategic international partners to enhance the value of our Jungle Book franchise further,” Tapaas Chakravarti, chairman and chief executive of DQE, said in a press release on Thursday.

The visibility gained from this deal is expected to lead to consumer products, licensing and merchandising, publishing as well as home video entertainment deals, according to Chakravarti.