Sataym's BPO arm to collaborate with UK firm

New Delhi, Dec 21 (UNI) Satyam Computer Services Ltd today said its BPO subsidiary Nipuna Services Ltd has partnered with UK-based 4K Animation for execution and delivery of a 25 million dollars edutainment deal.

Nipuna will work with 4K Animation team for 15 months on two European animation projects: the third season of "Marvi Hemmer Presents National Geographic World," an award-winning, 52- episode TV series and a movie, featuring Marvi Hemmer. More than 120 Nipuna professionals will produce and deliver animation services for the projects.

''This partnership reflects a growing trend toward 'corporatisation' in the animation industry, which is leading to increasingly significant opportunities,'' said Nipuna Chief Executive Officer Venkatesh Roddam.

Nipuna will provide VFX, CGI, 3D and 2D animation services, including pre-production, production and post-production, from its studio in Chennai. Other animation artists will also collaborate from Hamburg and Berlin for this project delivery.

The series and movie feature a combination of live action and animation. They include actual studio sets used as animation backgrounds, a furry Computer Graphics creature and 2D-animated characters. Hamburg-based YOUA Edutainment, National Geographic, and German broadcaster ZDF will co produce the series and movie.

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