OTTV To Expand Kids And Animation Business Opportunities In India

Who says that only the kids of the early 90's had the privilege of experiencing the fun of watching 'Shaktimaan' or 'Tom Jerry'? Well, for those, who think that gone are the days of 'Disney' or 'Vikram And Vetaal' or 'Shaka Laka Boom Boom' or 'Sonpari', a good news is surely awaiting. 

OTTv Kids & Animation 2018, which is organized by Dveo Media has taken up the mission of expanding the kids and animation business in India on a much larger scale. An event named 'OTTv Kids & Animation 2018' is going to be held at Taj Lands’ End Mumbai on November 22, 2018. 

Some of the key topics which are likely to be discussed in the summit are ' The making of home grown characters, Home grown IPs pathway to international audiences, How “Little Singham” is making it Big, to create an interactive and get engaged in experiences for kids through gaming, The challenge of crafting stories to groom, educate and entertain, The growing prospect for kids content on digital video platforms'. 

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Some prominent personalities, who will be present to grace this occasion, are Ashish Kulkarni – Founder - Punnaryug Artvision; Kishor Shrivastav - Head - Content Alliance & Partnerships Saarc -Toonz Animation; Tejonidhi Bhandare – COO - Reliance Animation; Siddhartha Roy, Chief Executive Officer - Hungama.com; Uttam Pal Singh – Head - Discover Kids – Discovery Communications; Manish Rajoria – Director - Aadarsh (Purple Turtle); Munjal Shroff – Director & COO - Graphiti Multimedia; Soumini S Paul - VP Artist Aloud, Kids Original Content – Hungama Ravi Teja Bommireddipalli – CEO - Robosoft Technologies; Smita Maroo, Sr. Vice President, Animation, Digital Kids, L&M – Shemaroo; Elbert Dsilva, Head-Partnerships, BARC India, Vivek Shukla – Animation Screenwriter, Amit Agarwal, Founder – India Goes Global and Ockpocky

Commenting on the event Deepak Ramsurrun, CEO and Director of Events of Dveo Media, said “This second edition of OTTv Kids & Animation will focus on Making home grown animation characters go global. This summit comes at a time where new avenues are opening up for local IPs on local and international digital video platforms while Animation Studios are initiating new and exciting creative ventures. OTTv Kids & Animation 2018 will be the opportunity to capture the key trends and strategies ahead and leverage the success potential of home-grown characters on global front.”

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OTTv Kids & Animation is keen on welcoming up to 150 executives from OTT TV operators, Publishers, Media & Entertainment Groups, Pay TV operators, Telco’s in TV Business and Animation Studios.

Well, the era of 'Takeshi's Castle', 'Owi', and many more are going to be revived soon, just wait and watch!!