Animation City to come up in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD, INDIA: The Andhra Pradesh government is planning to set up India’s first Digital Entertainment City in Hyderabad with support from an industry consortium.

The consortium includes FXLabs, Suresh Productions, Gemini TV and DQ Entertainment.

Digital Entertainment City Task Force (DECTF), representing industry leaders and representatives from the Andhra Pradesh government, would manage and promote the project.

The state government would allot land for the project. The city will house animation and gaming companies, film production houses, music and TV studios, training academies, regulation support office and an entertainment complex.

The first phase of the project is likely to be concluded by December.

The industry consortium comprises Sashi Reddi (founder and chairman, FXLabs), Suresh Babu (MD & CEO, Suresh Productions), P. Kiran (director, Gemini TV), Tapaas Chakravarthy (chairman & CEO, DQ Entertainment), JA Chowdhary (chairman Nvidia) and Sudhish R (CEO Colorchips).

“The Digital Entertainment City will facilitate the development and establishment of a world-class infrastructure to encourage the growth of the animation, gaming, television, film, multimedia, radio, music and new media industries in the capital state of Andhra Pradesh,” said SK Joshi, the state IT and Communications secretary.

The state government also announced its plans to launch a training academy to offer courses in digital entertainment. The academy is likely to be launched in June.

Amongst other initiatives, The Digital Entertainment City will also host functions annually like the Annual Animation Festival, the Annual Film Festival, Annual Game Competitions and Entertainment Conferences.

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